Relatione del Reame di Congo et delle Circonvicine Contrade Tratta dalli Scritti & ragionamenti di Odoardo Lopez [Duarte] Portoghese... con dissegni vari di Geografia, di piante d'habiti, d'animali &

£25,000 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

A complete copy of this rarity with the two elaborately decorative maps and 8 beautifully engraved plates depicting a banana palm, and a zebra with the remaining plates showing costume, weaponry, and modes of transport etc. Filippo Pigafetta (1533-1604) was an Italian mathematician and explorer. His work is a transcrip

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