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The Relation of a Wonderfull Voiage

HSRD9_diagram.jpgMay's item of the month is a rare English book, "The Relation of a Wonderfull Voiage", written by the lesser known explorer William Cornelis Schouten.

This very rare English edition is part of the Archive and Library's rare books collection and tells a story of a forgotten seaman who discovered the sea passage between Isla de los Estados and the eastern extremity of the Argentine portion of Tierra del Fuego.

Gregory (Information Assistant, Library)

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