The Coronado Expedition, 1540-1542

Description

Author: Winship, George Parker (1871-1952)

Publisher: Smithsonian Institution

Pub Date: 1896

Binding: Hardcover

Condition:   Fair.  This volume was excised from a copy of Part 1 of the 14th Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, 1892-1893 that was falling apart.  I had this section (pp. 331-637) rebound in hardcover.  The binding is tight.  The principal faults of this volume all occur toward the end–there’s what looks like some long-ago water damage to the upper corners of pages 623 to the end.  The rear endpapers have tears to the lower corners at the spine foot, and the second rear endpaper has an approx. 2″ bend, plus ragged edge.  The last endpaper has a ragged edge.  There’s what looks like a remainder mark on the bottom text block, but I’ve never heard of any BAE’s being remaindered.  Now bound in grey boards.

Notes:  Originally published in 1896, the English portions of this text were republished by A.S. Barnes in 1904, under the title “The Journey of Coronado, 1540-1542.”  The “Historical Introduction” begins in 1527,  with Cabeza de Vaca and continues through 1547, with the Villalobos crossing of the Pacific.  About half of the volume is in Spanish–“The Narrative of Castañeda”, with the English translation following.  Another small section (pp. 566-571) in Spanish–“Relacion postrera de Sivola” with the English translation following.  Also includes “A list of works useful to the student of the Coronado expedition.”