Derrotero de las Costas de España en el Mediterraneo, y Su Correspondiente de Africa … [with:] Derrotero de las Costas de España en el Océano Atlántico
- [vi], lviii, [ii], 227, [1, errata] ; [ii], xvii, [i], 247, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8vo
- Madrid: Viuda de Ibarra, Hijos y Compañia, 1789
Madrid: Viuda de Ibarra, Hijos y Compañia, 1789. First edition. [vi], lviii, [ii], 227, [1, errata] ; [ii], xvii, [i], 247, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Recent quarter brown calf, red morocco spine label, and ninteenth century marbled boards. First title page browned, with some marginal flaws, laid down (covering text on verso), light dampstain at lower corner of pp. xxvii-lviii. Very good. First edition. [vi], lviii, [ii], 227, [1, errata] ; [ii], xvii, [i], 247, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Navigation guide for the Mediterranean and Atlantic costs of Spain and North Africa. Tofino himself was a sailor and cosmographer. He participated in the expedition against Algiers and also in the siege of Gibraltar before turning his attention to this maritime atlas of Spain.
This work includes an introduction by José de Vargas y Ponce, the sailor, poet and scholar who participated in the siege of Gibraltar. At about this time he was working on a naval dictionary which was never published. His notes here are possibly drawn from this unpublished work.
An accompanying volume of maps was issued in the same year, but is lacking here as usual. Palau 332929 & 332930; Sabin 98306
This work includes an introduction by José de Vargas y Ponce, the sailor, poet and scholar who participated in the siege of Gibraltar. At about this time he was working on a naval dictionary which was never published. His notes here are possibly drawn from this unpublished work.
An accompanying volume of maps was issued in the same year, but is lacking here as usual. Palau 332929 & 332930; Sabin 98306