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André Thevet;
ed. Roger Schlesinger; trans. Edward Benson. 
Portraits from the Age of Exploration: Selections from André Thevet's "Les vrais pourtraits et views des hommes illustres".
Urbana: Illinois U.P., 1993.
ISBN 0252019431;
ISBN-13: 9780252019432.
Hardback, stitch bound.
157x235x19mm.
ix,159 inc. 15 monochrome illustrations. 
English.
Good to very good condition: the dustjacket is somewhat worn, and its front panel has a white mark from a small oblong sticker; book in very good condition. 

This item £8.50
463g. 

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Includes material on Pizarro, Cortés, Alfonso d'Albuquerque, Columbus, Vespucci, Magellan, Atabalipa (King of Peru), Montezuma, Nacol-absou (cannibal king), Paracoussi (king of the Platte), Quoniambec, and Paraousti Satouriona (king of Florida). 

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