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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. x, 170 pages, 5, [2] leaves of plates (3 folded) : illustrations, facsimiles, maps ; 23 cm. Notes: Half-title: The tragic history of the sea "The three narratives are taken from the original editions of accounts which were subsequently included in the História trágico-marítima, or Tragic history of the sea, edited by Bernardo Gomes de Brito at Lisbon in 1735-6"--Preface Language Notes: Translated into English from original Portuguese.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Summary:This book presents an English translation of the 1639 journal of Dutch naval commander Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp (15981653), who led the Dutch fleet in a decisive victory over the Spanish at the Battle of the Downs during that year. A highly detailed introduction, illustrative figures and a bibliography are included.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. frontis portrait, 4 plates, 8 figures in text, 2 folding maps, original blue cloth in lightly rubbed d/w, otherwise copy in mint condition, published for the Hakluyt Society, Second Series No: CXXXII.#34857.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First UK Edition. First English edition 8vo , translated from the Portuguese, , number 132, Second Series. Mild and sunning, closed tears to unclipped jacket, Good blue boards with gilt vignette, sound binding, good fold-outs, excellent interior.This book features the misadventures in Asian seas of Jorge d'Albuquerque Coelho and Nuno Velho Barreto.

170 pp including index, b&w plates, maps (2 fold-out), d/j spine sunned, small clean tears to top edge of d/j, else near fine copy in very good d/j. . With John Calaby bookplate.

8vo, pp. x, 170; 2 folding map, 5 plates and 8 text illustrations; spine a bit sunned else a very good, sound, and clean copy.

Narratives of the shipwrecks of the Portuguese East Indiamen Aguia and Garça (1559), São Paulo (1561) and the misadventures of the Brazil-ship Santo António (1565). Hakluyt Society, Second Series. No. 132. Frontispiece portrait and several plates and maps, some of which are folding. 8vo. Original gilt blue cloth with dust-jacket (slight wear). Cambridge, Published for the Hakluyt Society at the University Press, .