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Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007-06-01. Paperback. Good.

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London, Hakluyt Society, 1872 . 8vo., 2, [2], 2, [2], lv, 229 pp., frontispiece, 1 map, 1 illustration, blue cloth stamped in blind and gilt, spine darkened, hinges cracked, bookplate, blindstamp, and spine label of the Royal United Service Institution. Hakluyt Society first series 46.Bethencourt was a French explorer who in 1402 led an expedition to the Canary Islands, landing first on the north side of Lanzarote. From there he conquered for Castile the islands of Fuerteventura (1405) and El Hierro.

2+[statement of accounts]+[1 blank]+[4]+lv+229 pages with frontispiece, map, illustration and index. Octavo (9" x 6") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and gilt pictorial representation of the ship Victoria on the cover and edge ruled decorative blind stamp to covers. Translated and Edited by Richard Henry Major Works issued by the Hakluyt Society, First Series, Number 46. First edition.Jean de Béthencourt was a French explorer who in 1402 led an expedition to the Canary Islands, landing first on the north side of Lanzarote. From there he conquered for Castile the islands of Fuerteventura (1405) and El Hierro, ousting their local chieftains (majos and bimbaches, ancient peoples). Béthencourt received the title King of the Canary Islands but he recognized King Henry III of Castile, who had provided aid during the conquest, as his overlord. The Canary Islands were apparently known to the Carthaginians of Cadiz. The Roman writer Pliny the Elder called them "the… Read More