BOXER, C.R. (editor)

The Tragic History of the Sea, 1589-1622. Narratives of the Shipwrecks of the Portuguese East Indiamen Sao Thome (1589), Santo Alberto (1593), Sao Joao Baptista (1622), and the Journeys of the Survivors in South East Africa. [Together with] Further Selections from The Tragic History of the Sea, 1559-1565. Narratives of the Shipwrecks of the Portugese East Indiamen Aguia and Garca (1559), Sao Paulo (1561) and the Misadventures of the Brazil-ship Santo Antonio (1565)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press for The Hakluyt Society, 1959 [and] 1968.

Octavo, two volumes, xiv, 297 pages with 4 illustrations (one with a printed tissue overlay) plus 6 plates and 6 folding maps [and] x, 170 pages with 8 illustrations plus 4 plates and 3 folding maps.

Cloth; an excellent set with the dustwrappers sunned about the spines.

With the ownership signature of Sir Walter Crocker in each volume. Hakluyt Society, Second Series, Volumes 112 and 132. Signed Crocker copy.

Item #27739

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