1754 Voyages of Christopher Columbus Atlas MAPS CORTEZ Aztecs Mexico Illustrated

1754 Voyages of Christopher Columbus Atlas MAPS CORTEZ Aztecs Mexico Illustrated

The ‘General History of Voyages’ by abbe Prevost is one of the largest and most impressive collections of stories of expeditions and world exploration printed in Europe during the 18^th-century. It has been highly collectable and desirable since its first printing, not only from the fascinating contents but from the full-page and folding engravings depicting scenes of exploration and unknown peoples. According to Hill, this work is an

“important collection, which includes accounts of many early voyages. It includes accounts of all the major early Australian voyages as well as an account of the Dutch discovery of Australia, including Roggeveen’s voyage to the Southern Lands, Dutch and French voyages to the East Indies, voyages to China, and voyages of the British East India Company to India and Ceylon.”

This volume from the 1754 edition is unquestionably the most famous, popular, and rare volume – the Christopher Columbus and Hernando Cortez volume! This book covers Columbus’s voyages on the Nina, Pinta, and the Santa Maria across the Atlantic, discoveries in Haiti, the voyages of Vasco de Balboa, colonization on Saint Thomas Island, Cortez’s arrival on the Yucatan, and the eventual Spanish conquests of Aztecs in Mexico!

Item number: #21363

Price: $950

PREVOST, abbe

Histoire générale des voyages, ou, Nouvelle collection de toutes les relations de voyages par mer et par terre

Paris: chez la veuve Didot, 1754.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • xx, 659, [1]
  • 29 engravings including 13 maps (9 folding)
• References: Sabin 65402; Hill 1391
• Language: French
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~10in X 8in (25.5cm x 20.5cm)

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