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CUBERO SEBASTIANO, PEDRO Peregrinazione del mondo. Naples: Criscolo, 1683. First Italian edition. Early, likely original, paper covered boards with manuscript lettering to spine. 7 1/2 x 5 5/8 inches (19.5 x 14.5 cm); [viii], 339, [4] pp.; engraved title, 2 portraits. Explorers Club bookplate to pastedown, early ink notations to front blank, ink numerals to first leaf, the lower edge trimmed close at places, tear to corner with loss of some text to O3, stray stains, some wear to boards. Pedro Cubero, a Spanish priest, was the first to circumnavigate the world from West to East between 1670-79, and, remarkably he did so overland. Rare: we trace one copy of this Italian edition at auction in 30 years. Sabin 17820. C The Explorers Club Collection