Isbn: 9781908145154 - the Struggle for the South Atlantic: the Armada of the Strait, 1581-84: the Armada of the Strait, 1581–1584 (hakluyt Society, Third Series) (7 results)

1st edition. Royal 8vo. xiv + 203pp. 7 maps. Original navy cloth with gilt device to upper board and gilt lettering to spine. Blue d/w. lettered in black, minor wear to wrapp. at head of spine, otherwise very good. Hakluyt Society Third Series, No.31. ISBN 9781908145154 US$18.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Tall 8vo, i-xv, 203 pp, 6 maps. A fine copy in dust wrapper. Loosely inserted is a copy of the Editor's lecture to The Hakluyt Society "The Struggle for the South Atlantic : Sources and Serendipity", 14 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardbound book lightly read if at all, immaculate and crisp throughout with one small area of wear at front top edge of dust jacket. DJ in mylar.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition hardcover with dust jacket in fine condition. xiv, 203pp, several maps and b/w illustrations. The Armada of the Strait under Don Diego Flores de Valdes in 1581-84 came at a crucial juncture in global politics. Philip II of Spain had assumed the crown of Portugal and its overseas empire, and Francis Drake s daring peacetime raids had challenged the dominance of Spain and Portugal in the Americas. The armada was intended to ensure the loyalty of Portuguese Brazil; bolster its defences against hostile native peoples, and English and French pirates and interlopers; and fortify and settle the Strait of Magellan to prevent further incursions into the Pacific. Pedro de Rada, the official scribe of the armada, kept a detailed, neutral chronicle of the venture which remained in private hands until 1999 but is now held in the Henry E. Huntington Library in San Marino, California. It is published here for the first time. Previous historical assessments of the expedition have largely reflected the writings of Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa, governor-designate for the planned colony at the Strait, who blamed all the misfortunes of the enterprise on Diego Flores de Valdes. Rada s Relacion is presented here in conjunction with other documentation and compared with Sarmiento de Gamboa s accusations. The results will force scholars to revise long-standing conclusions regarding the place of Sarmiento and Flores in Spanish history and the accomplishments of a long-forgotten armada sent into the terrifying waters of the South Atlantic.…

Hard Cover. First Edition. F/F. 4to. original blue cloth gilt in dustwrapper; pp. xiv, 204 (last blank) with 7 maps. A fine copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Third Series No. 31. xiv, 203 p. 26 cm. 7 maps. Blue cloth in mylar-covered blue dustjacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Not price-clipped. No markings or inscriptions. Slightest shelf wear. Various pieces of papers from previous owner, Lord Patrick Cormack, laid in. was a British politician, historian, journalist and author. He served as a member of Parliament (MP) for 40 years, from 1970 to 2010. Cormack was a member of the Conservative Party. One of those is an (empty) envelope addressed to Lord Cormack, from 'Dahrendorf' in Cologne, which is presumably from Rolf Dahrendorf, the former European Commissioner for Trade.…