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Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Nodal / Echevelar / Teixeira / 1769 circa / Relacion del Viage, que por orden de Su Magestad, y acuerdo de el Real Consejo de Indias, hicieron los Capitanes Bartholome Garcia de Nodal, y Gonzalo de Nodal, Hermanos. Al Descubrimiento del Estrecho Nuevo de San Vicente, que Hoy es Nombrado de Maire, y Reconocimiento del de Magallanes [Bound with, as usual:] ECHEVELAR, Manuel de. J. M. Y J. Instruccion Exacta, y Util de las Derrotas, y Navegaciones, que se Executan en todos tiempos en la America Septentrional, de unos Puertos a otros: con las Advertencias de Sondas, y Notas, Para Ponerlas en Practica. Cadiz. 1753. (Safe 2, 89551) Small quarto. Contemporary limp vellum. Spine lettered in ink. Binding exhibiting a nice, characteristic patina of old vellum. Front free endpaper renewed with old laid paper. Small square paper reinforcement to verso of titlepage.Early ownership signature of Pedro Fernandez on front pastedown and on leaf X3v. Ink stamp of "Biblioteca Pirucho" on title verso. A very nice copy overall. Two works bound in one, as usual: [18], 162, [2]; 43 pages. Engraved folding map. Woodcut initial and head-and tailpieces. Complete. Second Edition of Nodal's Important Work, Including Teixeira's Suppressed Map of the Straits of Magellan With Instructions for Navigation within the Americas - Not in the First Edition Second and first obtainable edition, after the exceedingly rare 1621 first edition, and with additional material on navigation in the Americas by Manuel de Echevelar not found in the first edition. With the important map of the Straits of Magellan by Pedro Teixeira, which had originally been suppressed. The handsome map shows southern Patagonia and the Straits of Magellan separating the continent from the island of Tierra del Fuego. The real innovation of the map, however, is the small Strait of San Vicente to the east, which cuts between Tierra del Fuego and a small island that extends into the right-hand border. This strait, discovered by the Dutch in 1616 and more commonly known as the Strait of Le Maire, proved that Tierra del Fuego was an island, not a part of the vast southern continent. More importantly, the strait provided an alternative outlet to the lucrative China trade and made the Spanish ports of western South America potential targets for rival empires. The map is criss-crossed with rhumb lines. The land is dotted with hills and trees. Instruccion Exacta de las Derrotas y Navegaciones by Echevelar This second edition includes the navigational instructions (with a separate titlepage) by Manuel de Echevelar, not issued in the original edition. Echevelar was principal pilot of the Royal Armada in 1753. He gives information regarding the routes to Span from various places in Spanish America. Specifically, the following routes are described: Veracruz to Havana Barlovento to Puerto Rico St. Thomas to Cuman Puerto Rico to Santo Domingo and Ocoa Isla Baca via Jamaica Barlovento to Cartagena Cartagena to Puerto Velo Veracruz and Campeche Veracruz to Panzacola (i.e. Pensacola, Florida) Cuba to Omoa and Santo Thomas de Castilla in Honduras Campeche to Havana Nodal and Le Maire: Navigating Around the Straits of Magellan This map illustrates one of the most important discoveries in the history of world trade, the discovery of the Strait of Le Maire or, as the Nodal brothers christened it, the Strait of San Vicente. The Nodal expedition was a reconnais. Book.