Relatione d'vn memoriale che ha presentato a sva maesta il Capitano Pietro Ferdinando de Quir

Title: Relatione d'vn memoriale che ha presentato a sva maesta il Capitano Pietro Ferdinando de Quir
Subject: Australia--Discovery and exploration; Oceania--Discovery and exploration; Australia--Description and travel; Discoveries in geography; Voyages and travels
Category: 1. Settlement
Author: Queirós, Pedro Fernandes de
Publisher: Per Padolfo Malatesta
Place of Publication: Milano
Current holder: National Library of Australia
Period of reference: 1611 – 1611
Link: https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3208801575
Series number: M117394
Item number: 896494
Access rights: Digitised
Rights: Out of Copyright
Country of origin: Italy
Language: Italian
Description from source: Full title: Relatione d'vn memoriale che ha presentato a sva maesta il Capitano Pietro Ferdinando de Quir, sopra la popolanza scoperta nella quarta parte del mondo australe incognita, con le sue richezze, & fertilita scoperte per il medemo Capitano. / Tradotta dalla lingua Spagnuola nell'Italiana per notare Gio. Prothasio Guida

[6] p. ; 23 cm. (4to) With the book-plate of a cardinal of the Florentine family Giuntini.

"[This pamphlet is] the only [edition] in Italian, and apparently the first edition in any language other than the original Spanish... This pamphlet, first published in 1609, describes [Queiros'] finds in Australasia, and the petitions to Philip III for support in further exploration."
Physical format: Books