Very good condition. A fascinating archive of typescripts and correspondence documenting bibliographer, historian and Maggs cataloguer Sarah de Laredo’s work on early Spanish exploration, the projected colonisation of Australia and the exceptionally rare memorials of Pedro Fernández de Quiros.

[Comprising]

1. A 25-page typescript, with manuscript amendments presumably in de Laredo’s hand, translating 'The establishment of the Mariana Mission as a stepping-stone towards the projected Spanish colonisation and Catholic conversion of Australia'.
2. De Laredo's typescript translation of an apparently previously untranslated Memorial of Pedro Fernández de Quiros to Philip III concerning his southern discoveries and proposed colonisation, c.25 leaves, manuscript note identifying it
3. A 3pp typescript essay by de Laredo with autograph corrections titled: How Australia Came to be Excluded from the Spanish Empire. It discusses Spain's ambitions for Australia and how they came to naught.
4. A good deal of correspondence, mostly 1932–35, between de Laredo, Maggs Bros, the Mitchell Library in Sydney and the Palacio de Liria, concerning her attempts to find the rare translations of the Quiros memorials she did for Maggs. The reply from the Palacio de Liria is five pages, and seems to cover bibliographic notes of their Quiros material.
5. A small group of extracts from Maggs catalogues. Item #13633