Ecuador -- History -- To 1809; Peru -- History -- 1548-1820; Peru -- History -- Conquest, 1522-1548; Pizarro, Gonzalo, -1548
Being the Second Voyage set forth by the Governor and Company of
Merchants of London trading into the East Indies. From the (rare)
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83. 52. viii. 3 Maps. 3 Illus. Bibliography. Index.
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20--Russia at the Close of the Sixteenth Century.
Comprising the Treatise, “The Russe Commonwealth” by Dr. GILES FLETCHER,
and the Travels of SIR JEROME HORSEY, Knt., now for the first time
printed entire from his own MS. Edited by SIR EDWARD AUGUSTUS BOND,
K.C.B., Principal Librarian of the British Museum. pp. cxxxiv. 392.
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21--History of the New World. By Girolamo Benzoni, of Milan.
Showing his Travels in America, from A.D. 1541 to 1556, with some
particulars of the Island of Canary. Now first Translated and Edited by
ADMIRAL WILLIAM HENRY SMYTH, K.S.F., F.R.S., D.C.L. pp. iv. 280. 19
Illus. Index.
_Issued for 1857._
22--India in the Fifteenth Century.
Being a Collection of Narratives of Voyages to India in the century
preceding the Portuguese discovery of the Cape of Good Hope; from Latin,
Persian, Russian, and Italian Sources. Now first Translated into
English. Edited with an Introduction by RICHARD HENRY MAJOR, F.S.A.,
Keeper of Maps, British Museum. pp. xc. 49. 39. 32. 10. Index.
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In the years 1599-1602, with 4 Maps and 5 Illustrations. By SAMUEL
CHAMPLAIN. Translated from the original and unpublished Manuscript, with
a Biographical Notice and Notes by ALICE WILMERE. Edited by NORTON SHAW.
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24--Expeditions into the Valley of the Amazons, 1539, 1540, 1639,
Containing the Journey of GONZALO PIZARRO, from the Royal Commentaries
of Garcilasso Inca de la Vega; the Voyage of Francisco de Orellana, from
the General History of Herrera; and the Voyage of Cristoval de Acuña.
Translated and Edited by SIR CLEMENTS R. MARKHAM, K.C.R., F.R.S.,
ex-Pres. R.G.S. pp. lxiv. 190. 1 Map. List of Tribes in the Valley of
the Amazons.
_Issued for 1859._
25--Early Voyages to Terra Australis,
Now called Australia. A Collection of documents, and extracts from early
MS. Maps, illustrative of the history of discovery on the coasts of that
vast Island, from the beginning of the Sixteenth Century to the time of
Captain Cook. Edited with an Introduction by RICHARD HENRY MAJOR,
F.S.A., Keeper of Maps, British Museum, Sec. R.G.S. pp. cxix. 200. 13. 5
Maps. Index.
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26--Narrative of the Embassy of Ruy Gonzalez de Clavijo to the Court of
Timour, at Samarcand, A.D., 1403-6.
Translated for the first time with Notes, a Preface, & an introductory
Life of Timour Beg, by SIR CLEMENTS R. MARKHAM, K.C.B., F.R.S., ex-Pres.
R.G.S. pp. lvi. 200. 1 Map.
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27--Henry Hudson the Navigator, 1607-13.
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