Relacion del Ultimo Viage al Estrecho de Magallanes

£3,500 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

The official account of the two expeditions made by Antonio de Córdoba to “ascertain the advisability of Spaniards continuing to use the Strait in voyages - the results indicated the negative. After these expeditions the Spanish trade routes were exclusively to east coast ports and then overland to the Pacific ports… “ (Hill). Chadenat, 552; Hill, 1756; Leclerc, 1971; Sabin, 16765 1729.

• Year: 1788

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