Magellan’s Voyage: A Narrative Account of the First Circumnavigation. Vol. 1: Translated and edited by R. A. Skelton from the Manuscript. Vol. 2: A Facsimile of the Manuscript.

Description

Beautiful two-volume set, hardbound, cream cloth, spines lettered in gilt over red background, housed in publisher’s red cloth slipcase. RARE REFERENCE

A narrative of the account of the first circumnavigation by Ferdinand Magellan and Elcano as documented by Antonio Pigafetta (c. 1491-c. 1531), a Venetian scholar and explorer who was part of Magellan’s expedition.

Vol. I contains Pigafetta’s account as “translated and edited by R. A. Skelton from the manuscript
in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library of Yale University.”; 195pp. with all texts and illustrated with all maps and other facsimiles.

Vol. II contains color facsimile of the Yale University manuscript which is a transcription of Pigafetta’s original manuscript, the latter of which is now thought to be lost.; unpaginated, with colour facsimiles throughout reproducing the original manuscript.

Only 2,000 copies of these volumes were printed by Yale University Press.