The Fifth Letter of Hernan Cortes to the Emperor Charles V, containing an Account of his Expedition to Honduras
by CORTES, Hernan, translated from the Spanish by Don Pascual de Gayangos;
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About This Item
London, The Hakluyt Society, 1868, First edition in English. . contemporary half calf, matching marbled boards, endpapers and edges, gilt title lettering on black leather spine labels, rear joint repaired, edges bit rubbed, else a near fine copy, interior is clean and unmarked. . 8vo [23 x 15 cm]; xvi, 156, 3 [publisher's report for 1868] pp, index, blank pages have been bound in at the end. . Cox ii, 242. Markman 70. Spain and Spanish America II, 123. Motivated by an easy passage to the Indian Ocean and the spice islands, Cortes left Mexico in 1524 with about 400 Spaniards and three thousand local people, passing through southern Mexico, possibly near Palenque and through what is now Guatemala, Honduras, etc, destroying towns and temples as he went. A detailed account with a historical introduction. Published in the first series of the Hakluyt Society. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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- Horizon Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- J12555
- Title
- The Fifth Letter of Hernan Cortes to the Emperor Charles V, containing an Account of his Expedition to Honduras
- Author
- CORTES, Hernan, translated from the Spanish by Don Pascual de Gayangos;
- Format/Binding
- Contemporary half calf, matching marbled boards, endpapers and edges, gilt title lettering on black leather spine labels, rear j
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, The Hakluyt Society, 1868, First edition in English.
- Size
- 8vo [23 x 15 cm]; xvi, 156, 3 [p
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel - Central America & West Indies;
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