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Nuevo descubrimiento del gran rio de las Amazonas

Cristóbal de Acuña, Oliveira Lima (Former owner)
Print Book, Spanish, año 1641
En la Imprenta del Reyno, En Madrid, año 1641
[104] (i.e. [100]) p. ; 20 cm. (4to)
29524523
An extremely scarce book, the first on the Amazon, by a Jesuit who accompanied the 1639 expedition of Pedro Teixeira, the first to reach Pará
Signatures: par.⁴, 2par.², A⁴( -A2.3), B-L⁴ (M2 signed L2; F3 signed E3)
T.p. vignette (device of the Soc. of Jesus), head-pieces, catch words, large woodcut tail-piece on verso of last leaf