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LOT 28:
CHARTON (Édouard). VOYAGEURS Anciens et Modernes. Paris: Aux Bureaux du Magasin Pittoresque, 1867.
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CHARTON (Édouard). VOYAGEURS Anciens et Modernes. Paris: Aux Bureaux du Magasin Pittoresque, 1867.
CHARTON (Édouard)
VOYAGEURS Anciens et Modernes. Ou Choix des Relations de Voyages les plus Intéressantes et les plus Instructives depuis le cinquème siècle avant Jésus-Christ jusqu’au dix-neuvième Siècle avec biographies, notes et indications iconographiques. Paris: Aux Bureaux du Magasin Pittoresque, 1867.
4 v.: il.; 265 mm. Half calf; volume 1 with loss of leather on top spine; stained.
Complete collection of this description and summary of the most important voyages and travelers in the world from ancient times to the 19th century. With a wide range of references to Portugal and the voyages of the Portuguese from the 3rd volume onwards, reproducing in French some of the most important documents, including Álvaro Velho's descriptions of Vasco da Gama's voyage or Pigafeta's description, among many others. others. Profusely illustrated in the text.
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