CAMPO, Luis del.
Relacion de la refriega que tuvo con catorce navios de Turcos a la vista de Tarifa, y Tanger el Capitan Don Luis del Campo ... qui yba a Levante, a cargo del General Roque Centeno, con su navio solo llamado Sanson.
Madrid, Diego Diaz de la Carrera, 1638. Folio (28 x 20 cm). With a small woodcut decorated initial on the first page. [4] pp.
€ 2,500
Rare imprint, giving news of the sea engagement between a Spanish vessel and fourteen Ottoman ships; the careful detail in which the author narrates the events - number of pieces of artillery shot, damages suffered in the ship, flags displayed, the difficulty of navigation during the evening, and others - is remarkable. The Spanish went back to Gibraltar, when heard news of the sinking of one of the 14 Ottoman ships. Luis del Campo sailed under order of General Roque Centeno (1568-1641), who would be Captain General of the fleet of the Indies.
With contemporary manuscript foliation in the upper outer corners of the leaves. Minor spotting, and toning, else fine. Palau 258139; USTC 5027326 (5 copies); WorldCat 433988753, 460969014 (5 copies).
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