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Grabhorn Press Relation of Cabeça de Vaca

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Title: Relation...
Author: Cabeça de Vaca, Alvar Nuñez
Description: [10], 122, [2] pp. Hand-illuminated decorations by Valenti Angelo. 12½x8¾, tan boards, printed spine, red slipcase. One of 300 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press.Beautiful fine printing of the account of Cabeça de Vaca's unbelievable journey across the continent of North America in the 1530's after escaping from Indians. He and three companions, assuming the roles of medicine men and at times treated as gods, crossed from Florida to Texas and eventually arrived in Mexico City. Printed from the Buckingham Smith translation of 1871. GB 124.
Heading: Place Published: [San Francisco]
Publisher: [The Grabhorn Press]
Date Published: [1929]