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    Reference 4194 (2371)
    Category Other travel
    Author Anonymous (Possibly Henty, G. A.)
    Title Famous Discoveries By Sea and Land
    Publishing Information London: Blackie and Son Limited, no date, circa 1905.
    Description Undated Edition: No date, circa 1905, Author possibly G.A. Henty as publishers adverts are for his series of Blackie and Son's illustrated Story Books. 256 pages plus 8 pages of publishers adverts. Frontispiece b/w drawing "Emperor Montezuma put in irons by Cortez". Original covers, no dust jacket as issued. Previous owners signature dated 1906 verso front cover otherwise contents clean. Shelf wear. Contents: New World and Christopher Columbus; Mexico and Hernando Cortez; Peru and Francisco Pizarro; Canada and Jacques Cartier; Sir Walter Raleigh and Guiana; How Don Ferdinando de Sotowith six hundred Spaniards conquered the Land of Florida; Bougainville the French Navigator at Tahiti; Africa and Mungo Park.
    Price £5.00
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