HAMOND, MADAGASCAR, THE RICHEST AND MOST FRUITFULL ISLAND IN THE WORLD, 1643

FIRST EDITION, small 4to (182 x 132mm.), later red crushed morocco gilt, occasional minor dampstaining, spine slightly sunned 

ESTC R574 (only 8 copies listed)

Condition is described in the main body of the catalogue, where appropriate.
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RARE. The second of two accounts of Madagascar by Hamond (see lot 75). The previous work was written as an encouragement to colonise Madagascar, something that was scheduled for 1639. That plan never came to fruition, and this second work was published in support of reviving the idea of colonisation. John Bond led an expedition to the island and established a colony in 1645. It was abandoned the following year after a large death toll.