New Light on the Discovery of Australia, as Revealed by the Journal of Captain Don Diego De Prado Y Tovar

New Light on the Discovery of Australia, as Revealed by the Journal of Captain Don Diego De Prado Y Tovar - Hakluyt Society, Second Series

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Publisher's Synopsis

Spanish text, with English translation, of Prado's Relación of the voyage begun in company with Quirós and Torres in 1607, together with a report of the Spanish Council of State concerning Quirós, 1618, and letters of Torres and Prado, 1607-13. Contents: New light on the discovery of Australia.-Note on Prado's Relación.-Relación de don Diego de Prado (Spanish and English)-Appendices: I. Report of Council of State with letter of Luis Vaez de Torres (Spanish and English) II. Mr. Barwick's translations of Prado's two letters sent from Goa in 1613. III. Mr. Barwick's translations of the legends on the four Prado maps. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1930. Owing to technical constraints it has not been possible to reproduce the "Facsimiles of the Four Prado Maps" which appeared in the first edition of the work.

Book information

ISBN: 9781409414315
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Imprint: Hakluyt Society
Pub date:
Edition: 1st edition
DEWEY: 994.01
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 278
Weight: 555g
Height: 234mm
Width: 156mm
Spine width: 20mm