PEDRO DE RADA. SPAIN. BRAZIL. DRAKE, Sir Francis. Account of a voyage of the Spanish fleet to the coast of Brazil and the Straits of Magellan, 1581-1584, referring to Sir Francis Drake and other English seamen, o...
BOLIVAR, Simon. Autograph Letter to the British envoy Alexander Cockburn, in Spanish, Caracas, 6 May [1828], with a note on the address leaf by Sir Robert Ker Porter, British Consul at Caracas Creation dates: 6 May [1828]
ILLUMINATIONS Leaves from Acuńa Rosarium and Prayerbook; the Annunciation, f.1v, Christ carrying the Cross reaching out towards St. Veronica, f.7v, the Ascension, f.10v, the Coronation of the Virgin, f.13v, made for a member of the Acuńa family, of Castille, by Simon Bening (1483-1561), on vellu...
MALDONADO, Capt. L. Ferrer Manuscript copy of fictitious account of F. Maldonado's discovery of the North-West passage, illustrated with two pen-and-ink drawings showing the entrance and exit of the strait. Sotheby’s, 12 June 2000, Lot 236 Creation dates: 1756
CUBA Report by the commander of a regiment of engineers on the defence of Havana ('Instruye de lo que le ha expeusto el comandante de Ingenieros, sobre …. de Defensa posible'), Havaba, 30 March 1805, signed at St Ildefonso on 19 Sep and San Lorenzo on 6 Dec 1805. Sotheby’s, 12 June 2000, Lot 243...
CARTA Leaf with a full-page illuminated achievement of Arms of de Loranca the brothers Alonso and Gaspar de Loranca of Nanuelos near Paredes, on vellum, Valladolid Creation dates: 14 April 1597