Author: HERRERA, Antonius de.
Title: Uytvoerige reys-togten door Pedrarias Davila .. naar de vaste kust van Darien; in't jaar 1514 .. Aangevuld met de scheeps-togten van Jean Diaz de Solis, en die van Jean Ponze de Leon om de Karibanen te beoorlogen, in't jaar 1515. In't Spaans beschreeven .. nu aller eerst in't Neederduyts vertaald.
Description: Leyden, Pieter van der Aa, 1706. Sm.8vo. Later half vellum, marbled boards. With engraved title-vignette, engraved foding map and 8 engraved folding plates. 185,(14) pp. Issued in Pieter van der Aa's collection of voyages. - Pedro Arias de Ávila (1440 - 1531) was a Spanish soldier and colonial administrator. He led the first great Spanish expedition to the mainland of the New World. There he served as governor of Panama (1514-1526) and Nicaragua (1527-1531), and founded Panama City (1519). Supplemented with the ship voyages of Jean Diaz de Solis and those of Jean Ponze de Leon to the Caribbians in the year 1515.- An early description of Central America and the Caribbean area. Tiele 5; Cat. NHSM I, p.107; Sabin 18783; European Americana 706/125; Palau 114303.

Keywords: America Caribbean Dutch travel Nicaragua Panama