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Vega, Garcilaso de la
Florida Del'Inca. Historia del Adelantado Hernando de Soto. Chronological Ensayo para la historia general de la Florida., 1723
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Madrid, Oficina Real y a Costa de Nicolas Rodriguez Franco, 1723. In 2nd. Title page printed in red and black. Related with Gabriel de Cardenas Z Cano. Chronological ensayo, para la historia general de la Florida, same typographical data, frontispiece printed in red and black with woodcut crest, typographical family tree folded several times, text on two columns, on 2 index cards, small gap with loss of a few letters due to lack of paper, coeval binding in mottled leather, spine with 6 nerves with gold and gusset impressions, red cuts, some peeling. Paper noble coat of arms on the guard card.
Specialist Notes
Third edition of Hernando de Soto's exploration report from the then "Florida", now Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas. Sabin 98745; Palau 394793. First edition of the Ensayo, complement of the previous work. "Covers early explorations in the whole continent north of Mexico and east of the Pacific coast... The principal authority on Florida itself during its two decades of undisputed Spanish supremacy" Howes B130. Palau 105049; Sabin 3349.