Relation historique de la découverte de l'isle de Madere

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Year:: 1671
Contributor:: Alcoforado, Francisco.
Subject:: lnma---; Zarco, João Gonçalves > approximately 1380-1460; Madeira Islands > Description and travel; Madeira Islands > Discovery and exploration; Imprint 1671.; France > Paris
Extent:: [16], 132, 131-185, [1] p. ; 15 cm. (12mo)

Notes:: Traduit du Portugais.; First appeared as manuscript with title "Qual foy o azo co[m] que se descobrio a ilha da Madeyra", which appeared in Epanaphoras de varia historia portugueza / by Francisco Manuel de Mello under title: Descobrimento da ilha da Madeira. Anno 1420, Lisbon, 1660.; Another French edition was printed by Claude Barbin in Paris the same year.; Includes an account of João Gonçalves Zarco's disocovery of the Madeira Islands. Zarco was a Portuguese sailor and squire to Prince Henry the Navigator.; Signatures: pi² (pi1 verso blank) ã⁸ A-O⁴⁻⁸ P-Q⁴; Engraved printer's ornament on title page; head and tail pieces; initials.

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