[TRAVEL - LIGON (Richard), TELLES (Father Baltasar), & JUSTEL (Henri), eds.]. A collection of various journeys made in Africa and the Americas that have not yet been published; containing the Origin, Manners, Customs, and Trade of the Inhabitants of these Two Parts of the World. With Interesting Treatises Concerning Upper Ethiopia, the Flooding of the Nile, the Red Sea, and the Prince of the Desert. Paris: Published by the Widow of Ant. Cellier, 1684. Small quarto, calfskin, decorated ribbed spine (contemporary binding). New edition of this work compiling ten travel accounts: • LIGON (Richard). History of the Island of Barbados; enriched with a map of the island, and illustrations of the most notable trees and plants that grow there (4 ff. + 204 pp.). One folded map, six botanical plates, and three folded plans. • [LOBO (Geronimo)]. WISCHE (Pierre), trans. Account of the Nile River, Its Source, and Its Course […]. •• TELLES (Baltasar). Excerpt from the History of Ethiopia (262 pp. in total). One map (on the back of the title page ••). • [ALMEIDA (Manoel de)]. Description of the Empire of Prester John [Ethiopia] (35 pp.). The four folded maps are missing. • LA BORDE (M. de). Account of the Origin, Manners, Customs, Religion, Wars, and Travels of the Caribs, Savages of the Antilles Islands of America. •• Account of Guiana, and of What Can Be Done There (49 pp. total). Three plates (•). • [BLOME (Richard)]. Description of the Island of Jamaica and of all those possessed by the English in America […]. •• Account of the Island of Barbados. ••• Description of the Island of Saint Kitts (81 pp. total). Two folded maps (• & •••). • [ANONYMOUS]. Account of the voyage made along the coasts of Africa in the months of November and December of the year 1670, and January and February 1671. Beginning at Cape Verde (23 pp.). Dulled corners; minor damage to the edges; some foxing and pinholes; 4 maps missing (from the *Description of the Empire of Prester John*).
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[TRAVEL - LIGON (Richard), TELLES (Father Baltasar), & JUSTEL (Henri), eds.].
A collection of various journeys made in Africa and the Americas that have not yet been published; containing the Origin, Manners, Customs, and Trade of the Inhabitants of these Two Parts of the World. With Interesting Treatises Concerning Upper Ethiopia, the Flooding of the Nile, the Red Sea, and the Prince of the Desert. Paris: Published by the Widow of Ant. Cellier, 1684. Small quarto, calfskin, decorated ribbed spine (contemporary binding).
New edition of this work compiling ten travel accounts:
• LIGON (Richard). History of the Island of Barbados; enriched with a map of the island, and illustrations of the most notable trees and plants that grow there (4 ff. + 204 pp.). One folded map, six botanical plates, and three folded plans.
• [LOBO (Geronimo)]. WISCHE (Pierre), trans. Account of the Nile River, Its Source, and Its Course […]. •• TELLES (Baltasar). Excerpt from the History of Ethiopia (262 pp. in total). One map (on the back of the title page ••).
• [ALMEIDA (Manoel de)]. Description of the Empire of Prester John [Ethiopia] (35 pp.). The four folded maps are missing.
• LA BORDE (M. de). Account of the Origin, Manners, Customs, Religion, Wars, and Travels of the Caribs, Savages of the Antilles Islands of America. •• Account of Guiana, and of What Can Be Done There (49 pp. total). Three plates (•).
• [BLOME (Richard)]. Description of the Island of Jamaica and of all those possessed by the English in America […]. •• Account of the Island of Barbados. ••• Description of the Island of Saint Kitts (81 pp. total). Two folded maps (• & •••).
• [ANONYMOUS]. Account of the voyage made along the coasts of Africa in the months of November and December of the year 1670, and January and February 1671. Beginning at Cape Verde (23 pp.).
Dulled corners; minor damage to the edges; some foxing and pinholes; 4 maps missing (from the *Description of the Empire of Prester John*).
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