La Austrialia del Espíritu Santo [The Journal of Fray Martin de Munilla O.F.M. and other documents relating to The Voyage of Pedro Fernández de Quirós to the South Sea (1605-1606) and the Franciscan Missionary Plan (1617-1627). 2 vols

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pp.446, hardbound, 2 vols. First English translation of de Munilla in relation to Quiros voyage,
published by Hakluyt Society, Cambridge.

With ethnological introduction, appendix, and other contributions by G. S. Parsonson…The ‘Relación’ of Munilla, chaplain and vicar of the royal fleet and commissary of the Franciscans in the Quirós expedition, with an extensive introduction…The ‘Sumario Breve’ of Juan de Iturbe, followed by documents bearing on the preparations for the expedition, the voyage of Quirós, Quirós in New Spain, negotiations for another expedition, and the missionary plan. Two appendices, one by G. S. Parsonson.