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Auction #129 begins on 26 Feb 2026

Major (Richard Henry)

THE LIFE OF PRINCE HENRY OF PORTUGAL

Published: A. Asher & Co., London, 1868

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SURNAMED THE NAVIGATOR; AND ITS RESULTS: comprising The Discovery, Within One Century, of Half the World. With, new facts in the discovery of the Atlantic islands; a refutation of French claims to priority in discovery; Portuguese knowledge (subsequently lost) of the Nile lakes; and the history of the naming of America. From Authentic Contemporary Documents.

487 pages, colour frontispiece portrait heightened with gold, 2 maps ‘shewing (sic) Authenticated Discovery of Australia by the Portuguese in 1601,’ coast lines hand coloured in blue, large folding ‘Skeleton Chart of Africa to Illustrate the Voyages of the Portuguese in the Fifteenth Century,’ coast line hand coloured in blue (map is torn at the first fold), other illustrations in the text, rebound in green cloth with the original upper and lower covers laid down – spine without titling, contents good.

  • Binding Condition: Fair
  • Overall Condition: Good
  • Size: 8vo (275 x 185 mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
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  • Country: South Africa
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