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Examen apologetico de la historica narracion de los naufragios peregrinaciones i milagros de Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Baca en las tierras de la Florida i del Nuevo Mexico. : Contra la incierta i mal reparada censura del P. Honorio Filipono o del que puso en su nombre el libro intitulado: Nova typis transacta navigatio Novi Orbis Indiae Occidentalis Adm. R.R.P.P. ac F.F. Rev. ac Ilmo. Buellio Catalani abbatis Montiferrati & in universam americam seu Novum Orbem S.S. apostolicae legati

1736 · 2107010033 — Con las licencias necesarias. En Madrid : En la imprenta de Juan de Zuniga Joaquiưn Ibarra 1736 1749 1736. Hardcover. Very Good. Early Spanish edition describing the first Spanish exploration of Texas and the Southwest. Handsome folio 31 cm. Bound in fine modern calf gilt ruled and lettered. Generally very good occasional minor foxing. All edges dyed red. Text printed in two columns. Collated: 2 50 43 9 70 2 pages. Refs: Palau 105051; Sabin 9771 <br> Also includes the "Naufragios de Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca y relation de la Jornada" and the "Comentarios de Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca" a reprint of Vaca's narrative of the voyage of Pamphilo Panfilo de Narvaez in 1523 from the coast of Florida to the Spanish settlements of Sinora and Sinaloa on the Pacific. Vaca was one of the few survivors and his accounts provide one of the first records of native peoples the Spanish explorers encountered. <br> Provenance: Bruce McKinney's copy. Butterfield & Butterfield auction 23 Feb. 1995 lot 903; Bonham's American Experience sale 2 Dec 2010 lot 62. Con las licencias necesarias. En Madrid : En la imprenta de Juan de Zuniga [Joaquiưn Ibarra] [1736, 1749] hardcover