NODAL, Bartolome Garcia de (d. c.1622) and NODAL, Gonçalo (b. c.1569). Relacion del viajé par orden de Su. Magd. y Acverdo del Real Consejo de Indias. Madrid: Fernando Correa de Montenegro, 1621.

NODAL, Bartolome Garcia de (d. c.1622) and NODAL, Gonçalo (b. c.1569). Relacion del viajé par orden de Su. Magd. y Acverdo del Real Consejo de Indias. Madrid: Fernando Correa de Montenegro, 1621.

The first edition of “one of the rarest voyage accounts of the seventeenth century” (Hill). The Nodal brothers' landmark voyage includes the first circumnavigation of Tierra del Fuego. They were dispatched by the Spanish authorities who had become alarmed by the news of the discoveries made by Le Maire and Schouten on their voyage of 1616 in search of the Southern Continent. The Nodals returned with accurate observations of the tides in the Straits of Magellan and precise sailing instructions for the area. This copy bound with the map from the second edition. Borba de Moraes comments that "copies containing the [original] map are so rare that it is believed to have been withdrawn" in accordance with the official Spanish policy of secrecy. Alden & Landis 621/90; Borba de Moraes II:616; Church 386; Hill 1231; JCB (3) II:156; Palau 99485; Sabin 55394.

Quarto (202 x 140mm). Engraved title, 3 woodcuts, woodcut initials and ornaments; engraved folding map from the second edition supplied (lacking original map as usual; faint dampstain to final gathering). Later vellum with ties. Provenance: Father Pedro de la Vega (early signature on title page and annotations) – Juan de Dios Tomas (early signature on final blank).

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