1 engraved folding plate, title page vignette, engraved tailpiece. [ii],31, [4, index] pp. 1 vols. 8vo
1706 · Leyden
by Verrazzano, Giovanni da
Leyden: Pieter Vander Aa, 1706. First Dutch edition, from vol. 10 of the Vander Aa collection of voyages. 1 engraved folding plate, title page vignette, engraved tailpiece. [ii],31, [4, index] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Disbound. Very good. First Dutch edition, from vol. 10 of the Vander Aa collection of voyages. 1 engraved folding plate, title page vignette, engraved tailpiece. [ii],31, [4, index] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. "Verrazzano's letter to King Francis I., a Dutch translation of which forms pp. 13--31, was first printed in Italian in Ramusio's 'Navigationi,' vol. 3, 1556" (Sabin).
The plate depicts a column bearing the French arms erected at Cape Francis, in Florida, at north latitude 30 degrees. Sabin 99281 (Inventory #: 257388)
The plate depicts a column bearing the French arms erected at Cape Francis, in Florida, at north latitude 30 degrees. Sabin 99281 (Inventory #: 257388)