Description DE HERRERA Y TORDESILLAS (ANTONIO). [ACCOUNTS OF JOURNEYS TO THE EAST AND WEST INDIES, IN 1508 AND 1509]. Opmerklyke zee-togten gedaan ter ontdekkinge van Eilanden en vaste kusten der West-Indien, in de jaaren 1508, in 1509. Leiden, Pieter van der Aa, 1706. 5 works in one vol. in-8, wove white, manuscript title on spine (Rel. of the period). This collection includes a map and 15 beautiful copper engravings (religious rites, battle scenes, shipbuilding...) distributed as follows in the five works: - Opmerklyke... vaste kusten der West-Indien in de Jaaren 1508 en 1509. - 52 pp., 3 ff - a map of Latin America and the West Indies, and a folding board. The travels to the "West Indies", by Sebastian de Ocampo, the first European discoverer of the Gulf of Mexico. - Bloedige scheeps-togt van den Maarschalk don Fernando Coutinho na Oost-Indien... 1509 - (1) f., 23 pp, (1) f - a folding plate. Don Fernando's arrival in the "Indies" with 15 boats, commissioned by the King of Portugal. - Aankomst van Jean d'Ezquebel ter bevolking van Jamaica, door den Ammiraal Diego Kolumbus, van Hispaniola derwaards gezonden, in 't Jaar 1510 - 144 pp., (5) ff - 7 beautiful plates. - Twee bisondere scheeps-togten na Oost-Indien, van Gonsalo de Sequeira in het jaar 1510, en Garcia de Noronha en het jaar 1511 - (1) f., 47 pp, (3) ff - 2 plates. Account of the conquest of the "East Indies". - Verscheide zee en land-togten gedaan in de West-Indien : d'eerste door den beroemden Jean Ponze de Leon... naar Florida in 't jaar 1512... op't eiland Cuba... in-t jaar 1513 - 77 pp., (3) ff, 4 plates. Relation between the discovery of Florida by Juan Pons de Leon and the exploration of northern Cuba. Dirty binding, traces of ex-libris. Automatically translated by DeepL. To see the original version, click here.