Author: GIROLAMO BENZONI (EDITED BY REAR-ADMIRAL W.H. SMYTH)
Title: History of the New World By Girolamo Benzoni of Milan Shewing His Travels in America, from A.D. 1541 to 1556: With Some Particulars of the Island Canary.
Description: London, Hakluyt. 1857, 1st Edition. Blue Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book, iv, 280 pages, 18 plates. Chipping at top and bottom, Reform Club blind stamp on title page, small number 21 (barely visible) at top of spine, spine darkened. Rare early issue of Hakluyt Society, first series. Good.

Keywords: Girolamo Benzoni, America, Atahualpa, Canary Islands, Columbus, Hernando Cortez, Cusco, Gold, Hayti, Hispaniola, American Indians, Cartagena, Lima, Peru, Panama, Francisco Pizarro, Quito, Slavery, Spaniards, Yucatan, Mexico Travel and Exploration


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