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[KNOX. J]
A New Collection of Voyages, Discoveries and Travels. Complete 7 Volume Set. Containing Whatever Is Worthy of Notice in Europe, Asia, Africa & America: In Respect to the Situation & Extent of Empires, Kingdoms, & Provinces; Their Climates, Produce, Etc
London: J Knox, 1767. First Edition. Original brown leather cover. (More images available on request). 220mm x 130mm (9" x 5"). xiv, 516pp; 496pp; 520pp; 464pp; 472pp; 543pp; 528pp. 16 b/w engraved maps - 15 fold-out. 24 b/w plates - 9 fold-out. Contents includes: The four Voyages of Christopher Columbus; Conquest of Mexico by Hernando Cortes; Conquest of Peru by Francis Pizarro; Voyage to South America by Dom George Juan and Don Antonio de Ulloa; Patagonia; John Niehoff's voyage to Brazil and the East Indies; Lionel Wafer's Journey over the Isthmus of Darien; A brief account of North America from Major Roger describing the several British Colonies; Colonel Bouqet's Expedition against the Ohio Indians; Reflections on the War with the savages of North America; the first voyage to the East Indies by Vasquez de Gama; Voyage to the Cape Verde Islands by George Roberts; Mr Peter Kolben's voyage to the Cape of Good Hope and the Hottentot Natives; The Voyage of Sir Francis Drake around the Globe; The Voyage round the World of William Dampier; The Voyages og Woodes Rogers and Stephen Courtney round the World including finding Alexander Selkirk on the Island of Juan Fernandez; The Voyage round the World of George Anson; Travels through the most Northern Parts of Europe; Travels of Monsieur Maupertius in the Polar Circle; Lorde Molesworth in Denmark and Sweden; Bernard Connor in Poland; Mr Beauplan and Others in the Ukrain; Travels through Europe; Keysler's Travels through Europe; Travels through France by Sacheveral Stephens; Rev. Clarke's Travels through Spain and Portugal; Mr Hanway's Account of Russia; John Thevenot's Voyage and Travels from Italy to Constantinople; Mr Wood's Journey to Palmyra; Maundrell and Shaw in the Holy Land and Barbary; Dr Pococke through Egypt; Journey to Mequines by Mr Windus; Travels to the Inland parts of Africa by Francis Moore; Travels of Sir John Chardin in Persia; An Account of Indostan by Thomas Roe and Mr Holwell; A Journey from St Petersburg to Pekin by John Bell; Accounts of England and Scotland and a 1762 List of the Royal Navy.. G: in good condition without dust jackets as issued. Covers rubbed with some partial hinge cracking. Inner hinge cracking. Previous owners inscriptions to feps. A few maps with mis-creasing and closed tears - no loss. Occasional minor foxing and marking .
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Book number: r3544
GBP 1800.00 [Appr.: EURO 2076 US$ 2410.94 | JP¥ 357993]
Catalogue: Exploration
Keywords: Exploration History 1750 - 1850 Antiquarian Anthropology

 
[KNOX. J]
A New Collection of Voyages , Discoveries and Travels: Containing Whatever Is Worthy of Notice in Europe, Asia, Africa & America: In Respect to the Situation & Extent of Empires, Kingdoms, & Provinces; Their Climates, Produce, &C. Volume III Only
London: J Knox, 1767. First Edition. Brown hardback leather cover. (More images available on request). 220mm x 130mm (9" x 5"). 520pp. 2 fold out engraved charts. Heraldic bookplate of Cameron of Lochiel on paste down with motto 'Pro Rege et Patria'. Contents include: The Voyage of Sir Francis Drake; The Voyage of William Dampier, the Voyage of Captain Woodes Rogers in the Duke and Captain Stephen Courtney in the Duchess including the account of their finding Alexander Selkirk on the island of Juan Fernandez with his manner of life during a residence of four years at that place and the voyage round the world by George Anson with a brief detail of the disastrous fate of the Spanish squadron under Admiral Pizarro sent out to intercept him. Includes fold out charts of South America and of the Pacific Ocean.. G : in Good condition. Cover rubbed and scuffed with edge and corner wear. Fep loosening. Slight foxing .
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Book number: r3544c
GBP 196.00 [Appr.: EURO 226.25 US$ 262.52 | JP¥ 38981]
Catalogue: Exploration
Keywords: Exploration History 1750 - 1850 Antiquarian

 
ADAMS-RAY, EDWARD [TR.]
The Andree Diaries...
London: John Lane - The Bodley Head, 1931. First Edition in English. Red/gilt hardback cloth cover. 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). xx, 471pp. 103 illustrations and 6 maps, plans and diagrams. '.... being the diaries and records of S.A. Andree, Nils Strindberg and Knut Fraenkel written during their baloon expedition to the North Pole in 1897 and discovered on White Island in 1930, together with a complete record of the expedition and discovery'.. G+ : in good condition plus without dust jacket. Spine faded. Light staining to cover edges. Contents VG .
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Book number: g9119
GBP 86.00 [Appr.: EURO 99.25 US$ 115.19 | JP¥ 17104]
Catalogue: Exploration
Keywords: Exploration Arctic Exploration

 
ADANSON, MICHEL
A Voyage to Senegal, the Isle of Goree and the River Gambia
London: J. Nourse and W. Johnston, 1759. First English Edition. Leather cover. 210mm x 130mm (8" x 5"). xiii, 337pp. Frontispiece fold out engraved map. Translated from the French. The author [1727-1806] was a French Naturalist.. G : in Good condition. Neatly rebacked. Cover rubbed with corner wear. Worming on rear paste-down and rear ep. Darkening to page ends of prelims. Contents tight .
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Book number: r7235
GBP 680.00 [Appr.: EURO 784.25 US$ 910.8 | JP¥ 135242]
Catalogue: Exploration
Keywords: Exploration Africa Natural History 1750 - 1850 Antiquarian

 
ALLEN, WILLIAM
The Dead Sea, a New Route to India: With Other Fragments and Gleanings to the East. 2 Volume Set
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855. First Edition. Blue hardback embossed cloth cover. (More images available on request). 210mm x 130mm (8" x 5"). xvi, 374pp; vii, 384pp. 2 folding maps [one in colour], and 8 [of 9] tissue guarded lithographed plates by Hullmandel & Walton.. G : in Good condition. Cover lightly rubbed. Spotting to prelims. Lacks frontispiece to volume I. Ex-lib with embossed stamps. Inner hinge cracking. Plates bright .
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Book number: e2626
GBP 480.00 [Appr.: EURO 553.75 US$ 642.92 | JP¥ 95465]
Catalogue: Exploration
Keywords: Exploration Travel 1850 - 1900 Antiquarian Middle East

 
ALLEN, WILLIAM; THOMSON, T R H
A Narrative of the Expedition Sent by Her Majesty's Government to the River Niger in 1841. 2 Volume Set
London: Richard Bentley, 1848. First Edition. Light blue hardback board cover. (More images available on request). 230mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). xviii, 509pp; viii, 511pp. Plates, maps and woodcuts.. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. Modern rebind (light marking to spines). Scattered browning. All edges marbled. Frontis plates missing .
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Book number: r6109
GBP 320.00 [Appr.: EURO 369.25 US$ 428.61 | JP¥ 63643]
Catalogue: Exploration
Keywords: Exploration Africa 1750 - 1850 Antiquarian

 
ALLEN, WILLIAM; THOMSON, T R H
A Narrative of the Expedition Sent by Her Majesty's Government to the River Niger in 1841. 2 Volume Set
London: Richard Bentley, 1848. First Edition. Blue hardback cloth cover. (More images available on request). 230mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). xviii, 509pp; viii, 511pp. 18 plates, and woodcuts including 3 maps, one in colour and two folding.. Worn condition. Covers rubbed and faded with splits and reinforcement to hinges. Spines browned with chipping to ends. Inner hinge cracking. Some foxing and browning; more prominent on plates. Ex Royal College of Surgeons Ireland Library. Blind stamp to early pages and sporadically to content of volume 1. Top corner of page 395 missing in volume 2; impinging on text .
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Book number: r6109a
GBP 160.00 [Appr.: EURO 184.75 US$ 214.31 | JP¥ 31822]
Catalogue: Exploration
Keywords: Exploration Africa 1750 - 1850 Antiquarian

 
ANDREWS, K R; CANNY, N P; HAIR, P E H [EDS.]
The Westward Enterprise. English Activities in Ireland, the Atlantic and America 15480-1650
Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 1978. First Edition. Black/gilt hardback cloth cover. 240mm x 160mm (9" x 6"). 326pp.. VG : in very good condition with dust jacket .
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Book number: g8854
GBP 36.00 [Appr.: EURO 41.75 US$ 48.22 | JP¥ 7160]
Catalogue: Exploration
Keywords: Exploration Mediaeval History Sea & Sailing

 
BARBOT, JEAN; JAIR, PAUL [ED.] (JOBSON, RICHARD)
Barbot on Guinea. The Writings of Jean Barbot on West Africa 1678-1712. Volume I. The Hakluyt Society. Series 2, Volume 175
London: The Hakluyt Society, 1992. First Edition. Blue hardback cloth cover. 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). cxxviii, 327pp + plates. 51 b/w plates.. VG : in very good condition with dust jacket .
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Book number: hak2175
GBP 15.60 [Appr.: EURO 18 US$ 20.89 | JP¥ 3103]
Catalogue: Exploration
Keywords: Exploration Africa

 
BARBOT, JEAN; JAIR, PAUL [ED.] (JOBSON, RICHARD)
Barbot on Guinea. The Writings of Jean Barbot on West Africa 1678-1712. Volume II. The Hakluyt Society. Series 2, Volume 176
London: The Hakluyt Society, 1992. First Edition. Blue hardback cloth cover. 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). 586pp + plates. 30 b/w plates.. VG : in very good condition with dust jacket .
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Book number: hak2176
GBP 18.60 [Appr.: EURO 21.5 US$ 24.91 | JP¥ 3699]
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Keywords: Exploration Africa

 
BARTH, HENRY
Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa. Volumes I to IV Only
London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans & Roberts, 1857. First Edition. Half red leather hardback with brown leather boards. (More images available on request). 220mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). xxxvi, 578pp + ads; xi, 676pp; xi, 635pp; xiv, 641pp + ads. Plates and maps, some folding. Volume V is absent.. G : in good condition. Rebound with new eps. Browning throughout, impacting on all plates and maps, also stamps of the British Legation, Tangiers .
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Book number: j4864a
GBP 620.00 [Appr.: EURO 715.25 US$ 830.44 | JP¥ 123309]
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BICKMORE, ALBERT S
Travels in the East Indian Archipelago
London: John Murray, 1868. First Edition. Black hardback cloth cover. (More images available on request). 230mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). 542pp. Maps (some folding), b/w plates and illustrations within the text; linen backed folding map to rear. Occasional light marking.. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Ex lib with library binding usual stamps and markings. Inner hinges reinforced with tape. Title page worn with slight loss to text .
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Book number: r6159a
GBP 98.00 [Appr.: EURO 113.25 US$ 131.26 | JP¥ 19491]
Catalogue: Exploration
Keywords: Exploration Asia History Travel

 
BORCHGREVINK, C E
First on the Antarctic Continent Being an Account of the British Antarctic Expedition 1898-1900
London: George Newnes, Ltd, 1901. First Edition. Red hardback cloth cover. 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). xvi, 333pp, + ads. B/w illustrations and 3 fold out colour maps.. G : in Good condition with new eps. Respined with original laid on. Two neat inscriptions on prelims .
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Book number: e6850a
GBP 576.00 [Appr.: EURO 664.5 US$ 771.5 | JP¥ 114558]
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Keywords: Exploration Antarctic Exploration

 
MAGGS BROS
Bibliotheca Asiatica Et Africana Part IV. Nos. 1-500. Maggs Catalogue No 519. 1929
London: Maggs Bros, 1929. First Edition. Cream card cover. 240mm x 190mm (9" x 7"). 264pp + plates. In original postal envelope.. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket as issued. Small internal repair to front cover .
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Book number: mgg519
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MAGGS BROS
Bibliotheca Asiatica Et Africana Part V. Nos. 501-1300. Maggs Catalogue No 521. 1929
London: Maggs Bros, 1929. First Edition. Cream card cover. 240mm x 190mm (9" x 7"). 184pp + plates. In original postal envelope.. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket as issued .
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Book number: mgg521
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Keywords: Exploration Travel

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