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INCLUDING AN ACCOUNT OF DRAKE’S VOYAGE
2. ARGENSOLA, Bartolomé Leonardo. Conquista de las Islas Malucas. Madrid, Alon-
so Martin, 1609. Folio. (6) h., 407 pp [i.e. 411]. Engraved title-page by Perrot. Contem-
porary Englis calf, gilt estamped on covers. 15,000 € / US$ $17,000

First edition of this highly important book, of great rarity, of this history of the Spaniards
in the East Indies, focusing on the Molucas and Philippines islands, but also including an
account of Drake’s voyage and much else relating to the region, including a history of
China and a relation of the discovery of the Strait of Magellan by Sarmiento de Gamboa.
“an essential work for the history of the Spanish and Portuguese exploration of the East
Indies”. (Hill II.475). “Few narratives of [East] Indian affairs are written with so much
judgment and elegance as Argensola’s History of the conquest of the Molucca Islands”.
(Bouterwek). An attractive, large and clean copy.
References: Palau 16089; Medina, Bibliografía Española de las Islas Filipinas, 48; Salvá
3349; Latassa, pp. 141-143; Leclerc 2002; Sabin 1946

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