The life of Prince Henry of Portugal surnamed The Navigator; and its results: Comprising the Discovery, Within One Century of Half the World with New Facts in the Discovery of the Atlantic Islands; A Refutation of French Claims to Priority in Discovery; Portugese Knowledge (Subsequently Lost) of the Nile Lakes and the History of the Naming of America from Authentic Contemporary Documents. London, A. Asher and Co. 1868. Gr.8°. 487 S., mit farblithogr. Porträt, 5 Holzst.-Tafeln u. 7 (1 mehrf. gef.) grenzkolor., lithogr. Karten. Olwd.

First edition.- Including color portrait and 7 (1 fold-out) maps hand-colored in outline (Ceuta / Plan of the fort and promontory of Sagres / Africa from the Laurentian Portulano 1351 / Map showing the Lakes Victoria & Albert Nyanza... / Map shewing first authenticated discovery of Australia by the Portuguese / Australia from the Dauphin Map 1530 / Skelton Chart of Africa to illustrate the voyages of the Portuguese in the fifteenth century).- Loosened book block, orig. cloth waterstained.- Flying endpaper with autograph dedication by the author.

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