Folio in sixes. [iii], Title, Dedication and License; 207pp. (11) Tabla . (Pages misnumbered, going from 86 to 89 but with continuous text). Text in Spanish. Contemporary vellum bound stiff wraps. Professionally rebound in original cover with some restoration to the first two sheets. Housed in custom cover and slipcase. A few small closed tears to page edges. Vellum cover a little age wrinkled with one tear to top of spine. Contains accounts of Portuguese presence along the western and eastern coasts of Africa, including Angola, Congo, Mozambique, and the kingdom of Ethiopia. It chronicles missionary activity, colonial administration, battles with local rulers, and maritime engagements with rival European powers, especially the Dutch. This account of the Portuguese possessions in Africa is a compilation, the scope of the volume extending from the year 495 to 1520. It gives a narrative of various expeditions along the coasts, and deals principally with North African Territories. (Mendelssohn Vol. 1 p.533).