Historical and Geographical Notes on the Earliest Discoveries in America 1543-1530
Office of the American Journal of Science & Henry Stevens, 1869. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Near Fine / No Jacket. Item #005507359
One of 75 copies; this copy un-numbered and out-of -series, presumably one of the handful of copies issued hors commerce. 54pp. Extra engraved title-page. Original full green cloth over beveled boards, publisher's gilt 'clasp' motif stamped on the boards and spine; six large folding map facsimiles inside the rear pocket; a Near Fine copy; bookplate of Hugh Greenfield Doggett to front pastedown. HOWES S-958. STREETER 4389 // With comments on the earliest charts and maps; the mistakes of the early navigators & the blunders of the geographers; the Asiatic origin of the Atlantic coast line of North America, how it crept in and how it crept out of the maps, the whole illustrated by the Tehuantepec Railway Company's map of the world on Mercator's projection and photo-lithographic facsimiles of many of the earliest maps and charts of America. Scarce.
Price: $450.00