MARINE. - CLEIRAC (Et.). Uses and customs of the Sea, divide - Lot 133

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MARINE. - CLEIRAC (Et.). Uses and customs of the Sea, divide - Lot 133
MARINE. - CLEIRAC (Et.). Uses and customs of the Sea, divided into three parts. I) Of navigation - II) Of naval trade and maritime contracts - III) Of the Jurisdiction of the Navy. With a treatise on the terms of the Navy and the regulations for the navigation of rivers. In Bourdeaux, by Guillaume Millanges, 1647. In-4, contemporary ivory vellum. AMERICA DISCOVERED BY THE BASQUES. FIRST EDITION. The second part of this rare volume: Explanation of the marine terms (and The second part of this rare volume: Explanation of the terms of the navy (and liveries or colours of the flags of the ships) is decorated with a beautiful title vignette representing a sailing ship. The work also contains a treatise on whaling and 2 chapters: Expedition or voyage of the Basques in the sea of the Nort of Greenland and First discovery of America by the Basques, hunting whales, where the author says that the Basques discovered America (Newfoundland and Canada) one hundred years before Christopher Columbus and that it was a pilot from Newfoundland who revealed its existence to him. A VERY ATTRACTIVE COPY IN ITS IVORY VELLUM OF THE TIME.
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