Ensayo de Bibliografia Maritima Espanola
Author: Palau Claveras, Agustin (1906-1997) and Eduardo Ponce de Leon
Year: 1943
Publisher: Publicacion Patrocinada
Place: Barcelona
Description:
ciii+461 pages with two frontispieces, illustration, facsimiles and indices. Quarto (11 1/4" x 7 1/2") bound in original publisher's wrappers. From the library of Professor Donald Worcester. First edition.
This work covers Spanish maritime expansion from 1485 to its publication in 1943. It is broken out in to sub groups of archaeology, administrations, commercial, biographies, voyages, etc. At the time of this work is was the most comprehensive bibliography on maritime Spain.
Donald E. Worcester (1915-2003) was an American historian who specialized in Southwestern United States and Latin American history. He was president of the Western History Association from 1974-1975. Worcester graduated from Bard College in 1939. He received an M.A. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1941. He then served in the US Naval Reserve in World War II. He received a PhD. from Berkeley in 1947. From 1947 until 1963 he was a professor at the University of Florida. He then was a professor at Texas Christian University and history department chair. From 1960 until 1965 he was managing editor of the Hispanic American Historical Review. Worcester's view that history is made of complexities, not dualities, is seen as foundational for much of the understanding by later scholars of Southwest United States history.
Condition:
Edge wear with chips, soiled, Worcester's stamp to front end paper else a very good copy.
Year: 1943
Publisher: Publicacion Patrocinada
Place: Barcelona
Description:
ciii+461 pages with two frontispieces, illustration, facsimiles and indices. Quarto (11 1/4" x 7 1/2") bound in original publisher's wrappers. From the library of Professor Donald Worcester. First edition.
This work covers Spanish maritime expansion from 1485 to its publication in 1943. It is broken out in to sub groups of archaeology, administrations, commercial, biographies, voyages, etc. At the time of this work is was the most comprehensive bibliography on maritime Spain.
Donald E. Worcester (1915-2003) was an American historian who specialized in Southwestern United States and Latin American history. He was president of the Western History Association from 1974-1975. Worcester graduated from Bard College in 1939. He received an M.A. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1941. He then served in the US Naval Reserve in World War II. He received a PhD. from Berkeley in 1947. From 1947 until 1963 he was a professor at the University of Florida. He then was a professor at Texas Christian University and history department chair. From 1960 until 1965 he was managing editor of the Hispanic American Historical Review. Worcester's view that history is made of complexities, not dualities, is seen as foundational for much of the understanding by later scholars of Southwest United States history.
Condition:
Edge wear with chips, soiled, Worcester's stamp to front end paper else a very good copy.
