Narrative of the proceedings of Pedrarias Davila
ANDAGOYA, Pascual de.
Narrative of the proceedings of Pedrarias Davila
Narrative of the proceedings of Pedrarias Davila
in the provinces of Tiera Firme or Castilla Del Oro, and of the discovery of the South Sea and the coasts of Peru and Nicaragua... Translated and edited, with notes and an introduction, by Clements R. Markham.
Stock Code 81953
London, Hakluyt Society, 1865
He returned to Panama and spread word of his discoveries, in particular the existence of a land of enormous riches of gold and silver. This inspired Pizarro who, in 1524, mounted his expedition using Andagoya's ships.
Hakluyt First Series, number 34. 8vo, xxix, 88 pp., folding map frontispiece of the Isthmus of Panama, original blue cloth gilt, fine.
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