Fourteenth in the series of known Quirós presentation memorials. Quirós wrote about fifty memorials addressed to the King Philip III of Spain describing the wonders of the lands he had discovered and requesting Royal support to organize a new expedition to the Southern hemisphere. The majority of them were manuscripts, but fourteen were printed b...

Incipit: a V.M. pido licencia para quexarme si quiera vn poco de lo mucho ...

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Woodcut initial.

Not recorded by F. M. Dunn in his 'Quiros memorials' (1961) or Celsus Kelly in 'Calendar od documents' (1965).

Mitchell Library copy shows evidence of having been folded in half. "+ | El Capitan quiros" written vertically in early hand on p. 4. Copy purchased from Hordern House Rare Books, Sydney, July 2012.

Online images available via the State Library of NSW at: http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/album/albumView.aspx?itemID=1004893&acmsid=0 ; Digital order number a6318.

Exhibited in: "Maps of the Pacific", State Library of New South Wales, August 2021 to 24 April 2022 NSL

Pedro Fernandes de Queirós, (Spanish: Pedro Fernández de Quirós, (1563-1615)), was a Portuguese navigator best known for his involvement with Spanish voyages of discovery in the Pacific Ocean. In 1595 he sailed as chief pilot with Mandana's expedition to colonize the Solomon Islands. When Mandana died in Santa Cruz, Quirós brought the fleet thr...

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