The History of the Discovery and Conquest of the Canary Islands: Translated from a spanish manuscript, lately found in the Island of Palma…

FIRST EDITION, 3 engraved maps (1 folding), slight offsetting, occasional light foxing, contemporary calf, spine gilt, red morocco label, spine head and tail repaired, 4to, London, for R. and J. Dodsley, and T. Durham, 1764

George Glas was a competent translator and observant seaman. Glas translated Abreu de Galindo’s manuscript regarding the voyage of Jean de Bathencourt, the French explorer known as the conqueror of the Canary Islands. This is the first of the three parts the work contains. The second is an ethnography of the indigenous populations and their language, the third is a description of the archipelago. Glas attempted to make a settlement on the coast of Africa between Cape Verde and Senegal. Later he was imprisoned by the Spaniards at Teneriffe for contraband trading, and to cap the series of misfortunes he was killed in a mutiny on board ship while returning home to Scotland (Cox I, p.384).

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