[PONCE DE LEON (Francisco).]

Nova e curiosa relaçaõ do fatal combate que teve o capitaõ de mar e guerra espanhol D. Jozé Ponçe de Leon, com huma nao de mouros argelinos na altura do Cabo de S. Vicente pelo exordio e methodo que nesta egregia e louvavel scena poderá ver todo o curioso

First edition. Woodcut vignette to title-page. 8vo. Twentieth-century half-morocco over buckram, spine gilt, some marginal worming not affecting text. 7, 1pp. [Lisbon], no publisher, n.d. [but ca, 1759.

£950.00

A rare contemporary Portuguese report describing the encounter between the Spanish Captain Francisco Ponce de Leon and an Argentine warship off Cape St. Vincent, the most southwestern point of Portugal, in the summer of 1752. Ponce de Leon emerged victorious from the incursion, destroying the Argentine vessel in the process.

OCLC locates a single copy at Heidelberg.

Stock No.
252491