DUSSIEUX, Louis.- Compendio historico del descubrimiento y conquista de la India Oriental. Refierense las primeras navegaciones de los Portugueses, varios acontecimientos en ellas, Islas, Cabos, Puertos, Ciudades, y sus habitantes de la India Oriental... / traducido del Francés por D. Manuel Antonio Ramirez.- En Cordoba: En la Oficina de D. Juan Rodriguez, 1773.- [8], 155, [5] p.; 20 cm.- E. First edition of the Spanish translation of the work by Louis Dussieux (1744-1805), a French writer, historian, and agronomist born in Angoulême, whose original edition dates from 1770. The third chapter is dedicated to the discovery of the Canary Islands and the seventh to Columbus's discovery of America. The remaining chapters recount the discoveries of the Portuguese, especially during the reign of King D. Manuel I, with particular emphasis on the voyages of Vasco da Gama and Pedro Álvares Cabral. A very clean copy, contemporary flecked sheepskin binding, preserving the original marbled paper endpapers. Palau, 346368.