[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. 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

Catalogue: Exploration

Keywords: Exploration History 1750 - 1850 Antiquarian

[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. 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

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Keywords: Exploration History 1750 - 1850 Antiquarian Anthropology

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

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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

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. 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

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. Blue hardback cloth cover. 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

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. Light blue hardback board cover. 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

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

Catalogue: Exploration

Keywords: Exploration Mediaeval History Sea & Sailing

BALDWIN, WILLIAM CHARLES

African Hunting and Adventure. From Natal to the Zambesi Including Lake Ngami, the Kalahari Desert, &C. From 1852-1860

Newcastle upon Tyne: Richard Bentley, 1863. Second Edition. Brown hardback leather cover. 250mm x 180mm (10" x 7"). x, 451pp + plates. 12 plates (5 colour, 1 fold-out) + 35 b/w vignettes.. G : in good condition. Cover rubbed. Some foxing .

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Book number: e7850

Catalogue: Exploration

Keywords: Exploration Hunting 1850 - 1900 Antiquarian

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. 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

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Keywords: Exploration

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

Catalogue: Exploration

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

Catalogue: Exploration

Keywords: Exploration Travel

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

BROWNE, G F

Ice-Caves of France and Switzerland. A Narrative of Subterranean Exploration

London: Longmans, Green & Co, 1865. First Edition. Maroon hardback cloth cover. 210mm x 140mm (8" x 6"). ix, 315pp. 13 b/w illustrations.. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed. Spine faded .

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Book number: r0790a

Catalogue: Exploration

Keywords: Exploration Topography 1850 - 1900 Antiquarian Europe

BRUCE, JAMES

Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile in the Years 1768, 1769,1770,1771,1772, and 1773. 5 Volume Set

London: G G J and J Robinson, 1790. First Edition. Brown hardback leather cover. 310mm x 240mm (12" x 9"). lxxxiii, 535pp; viii, 718pp; viii, 759pp; viii, 695pp; xiv, 230pp, [x[[] + plates. 3 engraved plans, 3 folding maps and 55 engraved plates. Volume V is entitled 'Select Specimens of Natural History collected in 'Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, in Egypt, Arabia, Abyssinia, and Nubia'.. Cover rubbed and lightly bumped with some corner wear. Joints repaired to volumes I and III. Volumes II and IV some joint cracking to upper boards. Very minor worming [defunct] to extreme margin of first few leaves of volume I. Short tears at crease to folding maps in volume V without loss. Heraldic bookplates on paste-downs. Content overall VG .

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Book number: r7103

Catalogue: Exploration

Keywords: Exploration Africa 1750 - 1850 Antiquarian Natural History