Americas.- South America.- Acuña (Cristóbal de) & others. Voyages and Discoveries in South-America, 3 parts in 1 vol., first edition in English, 2 folding engraved maps of the rivers Amazon and Plate, a little foxed and browned, particularly at beginning and end, staining to final leaf, contemporary sprinkled calf, rubbed, rebacked, corners worn, [Borba de Moraes I:12; Hill 1788; Sabin 152; Wing V 746], 8vo, for S. Buckley, 1698.

⁂ Collection of narratives of the first Europeans to penetrate into the territories of the the Arragoues and Nouragones nations, comprising: Acuña's account of Pedro Teixiera's expedition from Quito up the Amazon to Pará including scientific observations and descriptions of the native Indians; Acarete du Biscay's voyage up the River Plate with descriptions of Buenos Aires and the silver mines at Potosi; Grillet & Bechamel's travels in Guiana in search of Lake Parima.