The First Voyage Round the World, By Magellan. Translated from the Accounts of Pigafetta, and Other Contemporary Writers. Accompanied by Original Documents, with Notes and an Introduction by Lord Stanley of Alderley. London: Printed for The Hakluyt Society, 1874. First Edition, All plates present and intact, (lx), 257, (xx) pp, 9 x 6", 8vo. In fair condition. Gray cloth boards lightly rubbed at edges and corners. Gilt vignette of ship on front board presents very well, clean and bright. The same vignette is stamped onto rear board, but blind rather than gilt. Some small drops of either tea or water dampness staining are exhibited on cloth spine; gilt lettering still presents well. Ex-library bookplate found on front paste-down: Ex libris Virginia, Designed and Built by Herreshoff at Bristol, Rhode Island, 1900. R. Barrie, owner, 1908. Frontispiece of Magellan is possibly a modern library facsimile, as the tissue guard is detached as a perfect rectangle & the actual frontispiece is far too white and clean to match original text-block. Light toning around edges of leaves throughout text-block. A complete work. Binding intact. Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing. Henry Edward John Stanley, 3rd Baron Stanley Alderley and 2nd Baron Eddisbury (1827-1903), also known as Abdul Rahman Stanley, was a British nobleman and historian who translated The First Voyage Round the World by Magellan and other works from the Age of Discovery. A convert to Islam, in 1869, Lord Stanley became the first Muslim member of the House of Lords. Ferdinand Magellan (c. 1480-1521) was a Portuguese explorer best known for having planned and led the 1519 Spanish expedition to the East Indies across the Pacific Ocean to open a maritime trade route, during which he discovered the interoceanic passage, thereafter bearing his name (Strait of Magellan), and achieved the first European navigation to Asia via the Pacific. Megellan has come to be renowned for his navigational skills and tenacity. The first circumnavigation has been called "the greatest sea voyage in the Age of Discovery." Antonio Pigafetta (c. 1491-1531) was a Venetian scholar and explorer. He joined the Spanish expedition to the Spice Islands led by Magellan, and is best known for being the chronicler of the voyage. During the expedition, he served as Magellan's assistant until Magellan's death in the Philippine Islands, and kept an accurate journal, which later assisted him in translating the Cebuano language. Pigafetta was one of eighteen men who made the complete trip, returning to Spain in 1522, under the command of Juan Sebastián Elcano, out of the approximately 240 who set out three years earlier. A complete work. Presents well. First Edition. Gift quality! RAREB1874DPRB 03/24 - HK1359
