Author: HERRERA, Antonius de.
Title: Verscheide zee en land-togten gedaan in de West-Indien: d'eerste door den beroemden Jean Ponze de Leon, een en andermaal ondernomen naar Florida, in't jaar 1512. De andere gedaan door Pamphilio de Narvaes, uit bevel van Diego de Velazques, op't eiland Cuba naar't landschap Cumaguyea en elders, in't jaar 1513. Verhalende, behalven veel zeldzame ontmoetingen met d'Indiaanen; d'eerste kundschap van't goudryk Peru .. In 't Spaans beschreven .. nu aller-eerst in't Nederduyts vertaald.
Description: Leyden, Pieter van der Aa, 1706.Sm.8vo. Modern half morocco (old wrappers preserved). With engraved title-vignette and 4 double-page engraved plates. 77,(6) pp.Issued in Pieter van der Aa's collection of voyages. - Juan Ponce de Leon (1460-1521) accompanied Columbus on his second voyage to the New World, assisted in the conquest of the Dominican Republic and conquered Puerto Rico. In 1513 he took possession of Florida for Spain. Pánfilo de Narvaez took part in the invasion of Cuba in 1512 to 1514, where he slashed his way across the southern part of the island with fifteen crossbowmen and a few arquebusiers. - (Age-browned).Tiele 5; Cat. NHSM I, p.107; Sabin 31551; European-Americana 706/127; Palau 114307.

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