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MAYNE, Richard, Capt. (1835-1892). Apuntes para la navegacion de Estrecho de Magallanes. Translated into Portuguese by Capt. Elias Aguirre (1843-1879). Lima: Calle de la Rifa, 1874.
Tall 8vo. Title-page vignette, folding table at end. Later quarter sheep (light sunning to extremities).
RARE FIRST PORTUGUESE EDITION, originally published in London in 1871. Mayne commanded the HMS Nassau on the survey expedition to the Straits of Magellan, 1866-69, compiling invaluable information that The Admiralty would compile and provide to mariners of the Strait in 1871. We could locate only one institutional copy held in North America (Yale University).