TRAVEL AND DISCOVERY IN THE RENAISSANCE 1420- 1620
1952. · Cambridge
by Penrose, Boies
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1952.. xvi,[2],369pp. plus plates. Original black cloth. Inscribed by Penrose on the front free endpaper. Near fine. In worn pictorial dust jacket. An excellent account of early voyages of discovery, from Henry the Navigator to Columbus to the Conquistadores and the exploration of North America. The final chapter treats of the literature of the Renaissance travellers. (Inventory #: WRCAM29411)