*COREAL (Francisco). Travels... in the West Indies, Containing what he saw there of more remarkable during his stay since 1666 until 1697. Translated from the Spanish with a relation of Walter Raleigh's Guiana & the Voyage from Narborough to the South Sea by Magellan's Strait. Translated from the English. Amsterdam: J. Frederic Bernard, 1722. - 3 volumes in 2 in-12, 157 x 92: 332 pp, (2 ff.), 7 maps, 1 plan, 4 plates; (2 ff. first blank), 302 pp, (3 ff. last 2 blanks), 2 plans, 3 plates; (2 ff. first blank), 278 pp, (1 f.), 3 maps. Brown calf, cold-stamped border, spine ribbed and decorated, red edges (period binding). First sought-after edition of this collection of voyages to the Americas. The first account is that of the Spanish explorer and cartographer Francisco Coreal (1648?-1708) whose voyage led him to explore the West Indies, Florida, Mexico, the southern coast to Brazil, Buenos Aires and Peru. This report occupies the first volume and continues in a part of volume 2 with a description of Peru, a historical summary of the Inca reign, and the report of the return trip via Panama and Havana. Following in volume II, the Relation de la Guiane, Du Lac de Parimé, & des Provinces d'Emeria, d'Arromaia & d'Amapaia decouvertes par le Chevalier Walter Raleigh, la Relation de la Guiane, Traduit de L'Anglois du Capitaine Keymis et la Relation en forme de journal, De la découverte des Iles de Palaos, ou nouvelles Philippines. The third volume includes the Journal of the voyage of Captain Narbrough to the South Sea, by order of Charles II King of Great Britain, the Relation of a voyage to the unknown Southern Lands, taken from the Journal of Captain Abel Jansen Tasman, and the Spanish Relation, Of the Mission of the Moxes in Peru, printed in Lima, by order of Monsignor Urbain de Matha Bishop of the City of the Peace The edition is illustrated with 20 plates, that is to say 10 maps, the majority folding, 3 plans and 7 views and figures. Among the maps are the one "of Peru, the river of Amazons and Brazil", or the one "of the Strait of Magellan". Among the plans are those of the cities of Callao and Lima and there are views of San Salvador and the "City of Mexico". Complete copies of all plates and maps are rare. Copy of the printer, publisher and map dealer Jean-Claude Dezauche (1745?-1824), who became the king's geographer in 1791, with his engraved bookplate. A damaged spine in the first volume, head cover of the second volume damaged, corners dulled, some cracks and rubbing from use. Scattered foxing and a few browned leaves and plates. Tear to leaves H6 and O5 in the first volume. Staining on pages 163 to 166 in the second volume. Rare plates are short of margins and very slightly cut by the binder. Provenance: Jean-Claude Dezauche, with bookplate.