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America

LAS CASAS, Bartolomé de Brevissima relacion de la destruycion de las Indias.

An indictment of the brutal Spanish conquest of the New World

£175,000

By LAS CASAS, Bartolomé de, 1552-1553.

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STADEN, Johann von Warhafftig Historia vnnd Beschreibung einer Landtschafft der wilden, nacketen, grimmigen Menschfresser Leuthen, in der Newen Welt America gelegen.

A sensational tale of cannibalism in the New World

£50,000

By STADEN, Johann von, 1557 [dedication, page 14, 1556].

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LOPEZ DE GOMARA, Francisco Con privilegio del Principe nuestro Senor: Cronica de la Nueua España: con la conquista de Mexico, y otras cosas notables:

The conquest of Mexico

£40,000

By LOPEZ DE GOMARA, Francisco, 1554.

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First large-scale map of Barbados

First large-scale map of Barbados

£30,000

By MAYO, William, 1722.

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FADEN, William The Course of Delaware River from Philadelphia to Chester.

The British take Philadelphia: “the definitive contemporary source map for these events” (Taliaferro)

£15,000

By FADEN, William, April 30, 1778.

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FADEN, W[illiam] Plan of the City of Quebec,

The Battle of Quebec

£7,500

By FADEN, W[illiam], 12th Sept., 1776.

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ANDERSON, Margaret Swainson Road Map of Barbados. Compiled from Admiralty Charts 502 and 2485,

The first “good road map” of Barbados

£600

By ANDERSON, Margaret Swainson, 1956.

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SCHOUTEN, Willem Corneliszoon; [translated by William PHILLIP] The Relation of a Wonderfull Voiage made by William Cornelison Schouten of Horne.

“a newe unexpected and neverheretofore discovered Passage” (Phillip)

£95,000

By SCHOUTEN, Willem Corneliszoon; [translated by William PHILLIP], 1619.

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WILLES, Richard; after Richard EDEN The History of Travayle in the West and East Indies, and other countreys lying eyther way, towards the fruitfull and ryche Moluccas.

Better than Eden

£115,000

By WILLES, Richard; after Richard EDEN, 1577.

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ANGLIARA, Juan de; [possibly after Fr. Juan DIAZ] Die schiffvng mitt dem Lanndt der Gvlden Insel gefvndē durch Hern Johan vō Angliara

Early New World apocrypha?

£45,000

By ANGLIARA, Juan de; [possibly after Fr. Juan DIAZ], c.1522].

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ACOSTA, Jose de; [translated by Edward GRIMESTONE] The Naturall and Morall Historie of the East and West Indies.

From the library of George Sandys: “one of the most important men in the history of colonial Jamestown” (Grizzard)

£50,000

By ACOSTA, Jose de; [translated by Edward GRIMESTONE], 1604.

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MARTYR d'ANGHIERA, Peter; Richard EDEN; and Michael LOK De Novo Orbe, or the Historie of the west Indies,

“Whoso committe themselves unto the huge, and mayne Ocean, in a small vessell, may sooner expect to be swallowed in that vastity of waters, through the rage and furie of the Sea, then [sic] hope to gaine the desired, and intended haven” (Lok)

£40,000

By MARTYR d'ANGHIERA, Peter; Richard EDEN; and Michael LOK, 1612.

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