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MONTALBODDO, Antonio Fracanzano da; translated into Latin by Archangelo MADRIGNANO Itinerarium Portugallensium e Lusitania in Indiam & inde in occidentem & demum ad aquilonem.

The Henry Huth – James C. McCoy copy of the first printed collection of voyages; the earliest mention of the ‘Arabian’ gulf; and, “after Columbus’s letter, the most important contribution to the early history of American discovery”

£550,000

By MONTALBODDO, Antonio Fracanzano da; translated into Latin by Archangelo MADRIGNANO, 1508.

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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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ORTELIUS, Abraham Abrege du Theatre d'Ortelius,

The world in your pocket

£7,500

By ORTELIUS, Abraham, 1602.

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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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LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huygen van John Huighen van Linschoten his Discours of Voyages unto ye Easte & West Indies. Devided into Foure Bookes.

“The navigator’s vade mecum for the Eastern seas” – one of the most influential English travel books of the sixteenth century

£150,000

By LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huygen van, 1598.

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MÜNSTER, Sebastian Erklerung des newen instruments der Sunnen

The Consolidation of Cartography

£18,000

By MÜNSTER, Sebastian, 1528.

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MÜNSTER, Sebastian Mappa Europae,

The work that turned Europe Upside Down

£60,000

By MÜNSTER, Sebastian, 1536.

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HOGENBERG, Frans [The Royal Exchange, London

The First Commercial Building in London, and the Earliest English Copper Engraved Topographical Print

£12,500

By HOGENBERG, Frans, c1569].

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MÜNSTER, Sebastian Cosmographei,

The Book that “sealed the fate of ‘America’ as the name of the New World”

£50,000

By MÜNSTER, Sebastian, 1550.

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MONTALBODDO, Antonio Fracanzano da Paesi nouamente ritrovati per la Navigatione di Spagna in Calicut Et da Albertutio Vesputio Fiorentino Intitulato Mondo Nouo.

With an early bird’s-eye view of Venice

£80,000

By MONTALBODDO, Antonio Fracanzano da, 1521.

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