ANDAGOYA, Pascual de. Narrative of the proceedings of Pedrarias Davila in the provinces of Tierra Firme or Castilla del Oro, and of the discovery of the South Sea and the coasts of Peru and Nicaragua. Translated and edited, with notes and an introduction, by Clements R. Markham. London, Hakluyt Society, 1865.
8vo. Contemporary half-calf over marbled boards, spine with raised bands and two contrasting lettering-pieces; pp. [6], xxix, [3], 88, [4, Report for 1865]; folding map of the Isthmus of Panama with coastline coloured by hand; extremities a little rubbed, internally very good.
First edition. An expedition of cinquistadores sailed for the New World in 1514, Panama City was founded and the Europeans made forays into the vicinity and learned about the existence of the Inka Empire.
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