[ROMANET, J.]:

Reise nach der Insel Martinique. Weimar 1805.

. Pp. 64. With one engraved map. Modern boards. St.o.t. Some marginal light staining. Translated from the French. ('Bibl. d. neuesten u. wichtigsten Reisebeschr. XIX'). Engelmann p.101.

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Book number: 14283

Catalogue: Americas

Keywords: Americas, america, south america, martinique, travels, voyages, exploration, explore, explorations, expéditions, viajes, viaggio, reisen, südamerika, amerique du sud, west indies, westindes, caraibes, westindische inseln, caribbean

[ZIEGENBALG, BARTHOLOMAEUS & GRÜNDLER, JOHANN ERNST]:

Thirty Four Conferences Between the Danish Missionaries and the Malabarian Bramans (or Heathen Priests) in the East Indies, Concerning the Truth of the Christian Religion: Together with Some Letters Written by the Heathens to the Said Missionaries. Translated out of High Dutch by Mr. Phillips. London, H. Clemens, 1719.

. Pp. (vi), xxii, (ii), 352. Partly with some light marginal staining. Brown morocco. First English edition of the famous account by two German missionaries about their religious discussions in Tranquebar with Hindu heathens. Ziegenbalg and Gründler, German Lutherans, spent many years as missionaries in Tranquebar, a small Danish colony on the south-east coast of India. Mission stations were found in Srirangam, Tanjore, Madura, Kanchi, Chidambram and Tirupathi. The missionaries travelled extensively and established contacts with the Brahmans.

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Book number: 99418

Catalogue: South Asia

Keywords: South Asia, india, indian, inde, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, travel, exploration, tamil, missionary, hindus,

BOCK, FRIEDRICH SAMUEL:

Kurtz gefasste Missionsgeschicht, oder Merkwürdige Nachrichten von den in neuern Zeiten angewandten Bemühungen die Heyden zum christlichen Glauben zu bekehren. Köningsberg, Verlag J. H. Hertungs, 1743.

. Pp. 336, Register (12). Small repair to one leaf (pp. 7/8). Contemporary boards, title in manuscript on spine, some staining to covers. Copy of Ericsberg. First edition. A treatise of heathendom and missionary activities in general. Includes chapters about the Danish mission in India; the Dutch acitivities; the British in the East and West Indies; the Swedish mission in Lapland; and the Russians among the Ostjaks. Bock (1716-86) was professor of theology at Königsberg. Sabin 6105.

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Book number: 99929

Catalogue: Travel general

Keywords: Travel general, travels, voyage, exploration, explore, ericsberg, india, west indies, lapland, ostjaks

BRASSEY, LADY ANNA (ANNIE):

En sjöresa i tropikerna. Stockholm 1885.

. Pp. 451, (1), iv. With one folding map and numerous illustrations in the text. Publisher's pictorial cloth, printed in silver and gilt, some minor wear to covers. A Swedish version of Lady Brassey's narrative about a voyage to the West Indies in 1883 (First London 1885). Translated by Dr. Anton Blomberg. This voyage went to Trinidad, Venezuela, Jamaica, the Bahamas and the Bermudas. Robinson p. 202.

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Book number: 44003

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Keywords: Americas, west indies, trinidad, venezuela, jamaica, bermuda, travel, exploration, voyage, south america,, lady traveller,

CARTWRIGHT, CHARLES:

An Abstract of the Orders and Regulations of the Honourable Court of Directors of the East-India Company, and of other documents relating to the Pains and Penalties the Commanders and Officers of Ships in the Company's service are liable to, for breach of orders, illicit trade, &c. + An Appendix, ... and a list of the duties payable to the King on all goods imported from the East-Indies and China. No place (London 1788).

. Pp. (viii), lxxx, appendix 56. Occasional minor spotting, one small marginal wormhole repaired. Modern green morocco, ruled in gilt, spine lettered in gilt. First edition.A manual for East India Company officers, mainly focused on their private trade compiled by Cartwright, the Deputy Accountant-General. The extent of the Abstract suggests a remarkable range of illicit commerce. The attached list of duties to be paid on imported goods from the East Indies and China includes arrack, coffee, elephants' teeth, various fabrics, dragon's blood, tea, rum, etc. Officers are reminded not to land goods on Sark, Jersey, or Ireland. An order prohibiting dockers from entering ships' holds suggests a recognised route for smuggled cargo. The numerous notes regulating bullion and bills of exchange indicate yet another area of illegitimate activity. Commanders are reminded that passengers, unless authorised by appropriate Company officials, or members of the ships' company, are prohibited, with details of charges depending on nationality. Scarce.

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Book number: 120662

Catalogue: South Asia

Keywords: South Asia, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, east india,, india, indian, trade, commerce, inde, china, chine, chinese, kina,

COLERIDGE, HENRY NELSON:

Sex månader i Westindien, år 1825. Linköping, Axel Petre, 1835.

. Pp. (viii), 214, (1). Remains of original blue wrapper on inner margin of title. Printed ownership name on title. Contemporary or somewhat later half calf, spine richly gilt, slightly rubbed. Scarce Swedish edition. In 1825 Henry Nelson Coleridge accompanied his uncle, William Hart Coleridge (the bishop of Barbados) to the West Indies. In addition to Barbados they visited Trinidad, Grenada, St. Vincent, St. Lucia, Martinique, St. Christopher, Antigua, etc. His vivid account was published anonymously the following year. Includes a description of the Madeira Islands from where the journey started. The translation into Swedish was made by C.A. Carlsson, vicar of the Swedish parish in St Barthélemy between 1830 and 1833. He has added many interesting comments to the text. Cf Sabin 14318.

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Book number: 99495

Catalogue: Americas

Keywords: Americas, america, americas, americana, travels, exploring, voyage, west indies, south america, amerika, virgin islands

EUPHRASÉN, BENGT ANDERS:

Beskrifning öfver svenska vestindiska ön St. Bathelemi, samt öarne St. Eustache och St. Christopher. Stockholm, A.Zetterberg, 1795.

. Pp. (viii), 207. With one folding engraved map of St.Barthélemy by Gjörwell and one folding engraved plate. Contemporary half calf, spine somewhat faded with five raised bands, ruled in gilt and with title label. A few old marginal annotations. First three leaves with brown spots at outer corners, otherwise a lovely, crisp copy. Copy of Ericsberg. First scarce edition. Bengt Anders Euphrasén was a Swedish natural historian who in 1788 travelled to St. Barthélemy to study its natural history. He was sponsored by the Swedish Academy of Sciences. His narrative is mainly devoted to the fauna, fishes and animals of the island. He also writes about the inhabitants, climate, slaves, etc. At the end he gives an account of the visit to the islands Saint Eustace (Sint Eustatius) and Saint Christopher (Saint Kitts). The map was first issued in Dahlman's account of St. Barthélemy in 1786. A German edition was published in 1798 (without plates). Bell E 161. See Sabin 23107.

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Keywords: Americas, st barthelemy, Saint Barts, west indies, Saint kitts, Sint Eustatius, travel, exploration, travels, south america, americana, amerique, västindien,

FORSSTRAND, CARL:

Bland oleander och liljor. Minnen från en sommar på Bermuda eller Somers öar. Stockholm, Central Tryckeriet, 1895.

. Pp. (viii), 122. With one map and 15 full page plates made from photographs protected by tissue guards. Contemporary half calf on marbled boards, flat spine decorated in gilt and with green title label. First edition. Carl Forsstrand, a Swedish zoologist, visited the Bermuda or Somers Islands during the summer of 1889. His account covers the history, geography, natural history and literature. Includes a comprehensive bibliography of books about the Bermudas.

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Book number: 100118

Catalogue: Americas

Keywords: Americas, bermuda, americas, america, american, travel, exploration

HAWTAYNE, GEORGE HAMMOND:

West Indian Yarns by 'X. Beke'. Demerara, J. Thomson, publisher, Georgetown, 1884.

. Pp. (iv), 137. With some staining. Contemporary half calf, printed title on upper cover and title label on spine, rubbed and stained. First edition in book-form. A collection of humorous stories by a British colonial administrator of British Guiana 1881-99. Demerara is a historical region in the Guianas, today part of Guyana. Previously published in the newspaper Argosy. Scarce.

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Book number: 121279

Catalogue: Americas

Keywords: Americas, west indies, guyana, the guianas, south america, americana, travel, exploration, humour, literature,

ISERT, PAUL ERDMANN:

Bref, om Guinea-kusten och Caraibiske öarne. I sammandrag från tyskan af J.H.O. Stockholm, Johan A. Carlbohm, 1795.

. Pp. (iv), 222, (2). Contemporary half calf, rubbed, small damage to spine. Small stain to title. A Swedish version of Isert's "Journey to Guinea and the Caribbean Islands in Colombia" (1788) translated from the German by Johan Henrik Olin. A narrative in the form of letters by a Danish doctor serving on the Gold Cost of Africa. Bibl. Danica ii, 416. Cf Sabin 35843 (German edition).

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KIÖPING, NILS MATSON / WILLMAN, OLOF ERIKSSON / [CARON, FRANCOIS]:

ÉÊEen kort beskrffning uppå trenne reesor och peregrinationer, sampt konungarijket Japan: I. Beskrifwes een reesa som genom Asia Africa och många andra hedniska konungarijken ... förrättat aff Nils Matson Kiöping. II. Beskriwes een reesa till OstIndien China och Japan: III. Med förestlliande om förbenembde stoora och mächta konungarijketz Japan tillstånd... förrättat och beskrefwen aff Oloff Erickson Willman. IV. Uthföres een reesa ifrån Muszcow till China, genom Mongul och Cataja... Wiisindzborg, Johann Kankel, 1674.

. 4to. Pp. (iv), 176, 178-304. Modern half calf, spine ruled in gilt and with a red title label. Occasionally some minor browning. Second edition, first published in 1667 in only 500 copies. A scarce Swedish collection of travels printed at the private press of Count Brahe in Wisingsborg by the German bookprinter Johan Kankel. They are the first proper travel accounts published in Sweden.Comprises:I. Kiöping's narrative of his voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, Arabia, Persia, continuing to the Far East. His story was partly imaginative but became enormously popular at the time. Kiöping was employed as a bosun on a Dutch ship which in 1648 took him to Guinea and later to the Cape of Good Hope. He writes about his stay in Persia where he was in the service of the Shah and then about his journey on horseback to Bagdad. In 1652 he continued by ship to Ceylon and then to Java and Formosa (where Fredrik Coyet was governor). See Lasse Berg, När Sverige upptäckte Afrika, Stockholm 1997, pp. 11-15.II. Olof Eriksson WillmanÕs account of a voyage on a Dutch East Indiaman to the East Indies and and Japan between 1648-53. He visited Java which at the time was a Dutch colony.III. WillmanÕs interesting and accurate account of Japan (with separate title page dated 1673) which he visited in August 1651 for some months. He was able to participate in a Dutch embassy to Edo (Tokyo) which was reached in January 1652. His account of Tokaido, the ÒEast Sea RouteÓ, is one of the earliest known in European literature. Also contains a translation of François CaronÕs account of Japan. See Hjärne, Två svenska Japanfarare, pp. 17-83.IV. An account of a journey from Moscow to China.

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Book number: 100269

Catalogue: Travel general

Keywords: Travel general, travel, travels, exploration, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, siam, siamese, thailand, west indies, japan, japanese, japon, china, chinese, kina, chine,

OLEARIUS, ADAM / MANDELSLO, JOHANN ALBRECHT DE:

Relation du voyage d'Adam Olearius en Moscovie, Tartarie et Perse, augmentée en cette nouvelle édition de plus d'un tiers et particulièrement d'une seconde partie; contenant le voyage de Jean Albert de Mandelslo aux Indes Orientales. Two volumes. Paris, Antoine Dezailler, 1679.

. 4to. (xxiv), (30), 656, 667-686; (xliv), 135, 138-266, 269-648. Pagination irregular but the text is complete. With seven engraved folding maps (two joined together), two maps with tears without loss. Contemporary full calf, spines with five raised bands richly decorated in compartments, slightly rubbed, head of spine to volume two chipped with small loss. Six leaves with marginal repair in volume one (no text missing), wormholes running through some leaves and minor marginal water staining in the beginning of volume two. Second French edition of these important travel accounts of the first German trading mission to Moscow and Persia, sent by the Duke of Holstein-Gottorp.Adam Oelschläger (Olearius), renowned mathematician and German scholar, accompanied the embassy as secretary. He published a comprehensive account of Russia and Persia. Johan Albert Mandelslo was a German adventurer who participated in the same expedition to Isfahan, where he separated from the party and made his way to India. In 1639 he sailed for England calling at Ceylon and Madagascar. Mandelslo's informative account is published posthumously by Olearius. It includes information about South-East Asia, Japan and China. The seven maps are: La Livonie ou Liflande; Moscovie; Le Cours de La Riviere de Wolga; Mariis Caspii ostium ad Wolgam; Mare Caspium siue Hyracanum Persis Kulsum; Maris Caspii alluens Hyrcaniam siue Kilan; and Les Indes Orientales. Cf Cordier BS 2076. Howgego M38.

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Book number: 99406

Catalogue: Near East

Keywords: Near East, russia, russian, ryssland, persia, persian, persien, far east, east indies, travels, voyage, exploration, madagascar, china, chinese, tartary, ceylon, trade, commerce,

OSBECK, PEHR / TORÉEN, OLOF / EKEBERG, CARL GUSTAV:

A Voyage to China and the East Indies by Pehr Osbeck. Together with a voyage to Suratte by Olof Toreen. And an Account of the Chinese husbandry by Captain Charles Gustavus Eckeberg, translated from the German, by John Reinhold Forster. To which are added, a faunula and flora sinenses. Two volumes. London, printed for B. White, 1771.

. Pp. xx, 396; (ii), 367, (1) + index (32). With 13 engraved plates of which 11 of plants. Contemporary full calf, spines gilt with red title labels (one with loss), rubbed and hinges cracked, hinges restored. Old ownership signature, traces of bookplates on front pastedown. Partly with some minor staining. First English edition of Osbeck's and Torén's travels, originally published in Swedish in 1757. Additionally included an account by Carl Gustav Ekeberg who made several voyages in the service of the Swedish East India Company between the years 1742 and 1778. Ekeberg's account covers a voyage to China in 1770-71 on the ship Finland and includes interesting descriptions of Canton, Whampoa, Hainan and Sumatra. Cordier BS 2098. Lust 350. Löwendahl 491 & 569. Soulsby 3601.

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Book number: 120633

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, asia, asie, asien, orient, east, asiatica, far east, china, kina, chine, travels, voyages, exploration, explore, suratte, linneaus, linné, east india company,natural history,

PHILIPPI, KARL FERDINAND:

Fristaten St. Domingos (Haytis) historia. Christianstad, C.W.K. Gleerup förlag hos Schmidt & Co., 1833.

. Pp. (iv), 414. Contemporary half calf, worn. A Swedish translation made from the German edition (Dresden 1825) of this work dealing with the history of St. Domingo, based on works by Rainsford, Placide-Justin and Metral. It's mainly devoted to the French-controlled parts of the island. Cf Sabin 62450. ("Historiskt Bibliothek. iv.").

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Book number: 15123

Catalogue: Americas

Keywords: Americas, st. domingo, west indies, travel, travels, voyage, exploration, explore,

PISO, WILLEM / MARCGRAVE, GEORGE / DE BONDT, JACOB:

Indiae utriusque re naturali et medica. Libri quatuordecim. Quorum contenta pagina sequens exhibet. Three parts in one volume. Amsterdam, apud Ludovicum et Danielem Elzevirios, 1658.

. Folio. Pp. (xxii), 248, 247-327, index (5); 40; 226, (2). With engraved title and numerous woodcut illustrations throughout the text. Contemporary goatskin, rubbed, small repair to back cover, rebacked with preserved original title label. Book label (Coward College Library). Some minor staining, some marginal water staining at end.A revised and much enlarged edition of Piso's "Historiae naturalis Brasiliae" (1648), which provides the most extensive documentation of Brazilian flora and fauna in the 17th century. Enlarged with Jacob de Bondt's "Historiae naturalis & medicae Indiae Orientalis libri sex", edited by Willem Piso. The first four parts on tropical medicine were originally published in 1642 entitled "De medicina indorum lib. iv". This edition has additional two parts on Asian fauna and flora, supplied with a large number of woodcuts of animals. Parts two and six contain descriptions of tea and tea culture. Jacob de Bondt was physician to the Dutch East India Company in Batavia 1627-31.Borba de Moraes 676. Lach &Van Kley (1993:1) p. 457. Landwehr (1991) 828. Löwendahl, Supplement, 1566. Nissen 1533. Willems 1236.

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Book number: 120848

Catalogue: Southeast Asia

Keywords: Southeast Asia, medicine, medicin, travel, exploration, natural history, flora, fauna, brazil, east indies, indonesia, tropical, dutch east india,