[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

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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. 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 jacket as issued. Covers rubbed with some partial hinge cracking. A few maps with mis-creasing and closed tears - no loss. Occasional minor foxing and marks .

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Book number: r3544

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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, Browbn, 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. 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. 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

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/gilt hardback cloth cover. 230mm x 140mm (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. Some foxing, but content in overall good condition. Ex Royal College of Surgeons Ireland Library .

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Book number: r6109a

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Keywords: Exploration Africa 1750 - 1850 Antiquarian

ANSON, GEORGE; WALTER, RICHARD [ED.]

A Voyage Round the World in the Years Mdccxl, I, II, II, IV. Paul Delrue Binding

London: John & Paul Knapton, 1748. Fourth Edition. Black hardback quarter morocco with green cloth boards. Spine gilt with raised bands. 210mm x 130mm (8" x 5"). [xxiv], 548pp + maps. 3 large folding charts'. Binding by Paul C. Delrue, Fellow of Designer Bookbinders, with accompanying invoice for the work [250].. VG : in very good condition. Rebound with new eps. Some light age toning to page ends. Ownership details at head of title page .

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Book number: 2211

Catalogue: Exploration

Keywords: Exploration 1650 - 1750 Antiquarian Cornucopia - Books for Gifts Sailing

ARMITAGE, ALBERT B

Two Years in the Antarctic. Being a Narrative of the British National Antarctic Expedition

London: Edward Arnold, 1905. First Edition. Green illustrated hardback cloth cover. 240mm x 160mm (9" x 6"). xix, 315pp + plates. Numerous b/w plates and vignettes. With coloured fold-out linen map in rear pocket.. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed and rebacked. New eps. With khaki slipcase .

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Book number: w0473

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Keywords: Exploration First Editions

BARROW, JOHN

A Chronological History of Voyages Into the Arctic Regions (1818)

London: David & Charles, 1971. Reprint. Blue hardback cloth cover. 210mm x 140mm (8" x 6"). x, 397pp + appendix. Dust jacket is a later facsimile.. G: in good condition with reproduction dust jacket. Staining and discolouration to cloth .

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Book number: j7923b

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BARTH, HENRY

Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa. Vols 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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BATES, HENRY WALTER

The Naturalist on the River Amazons. A Record of Adventures, Habits of Animals, Sketches of Brazilian and Indian Life, and Aspects of Nature Under the Equator, During Eleven Years of Travel

London: John Murray, 1876. Fourth Edition. Green/gilt hardback cloth cover. 200mm x 130mm (8" x 5"). 394pp. Numerous engravings. Book-plate of W. Herbert Evans 'Libertas'.. G : in good condition. Foxing to eps. Armorial book-plate on paste-down .

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Book number: g7149

Catalogue: Exploration

Keywords: Exploration South America 1850 - 1900 Antiquarian

BONINGTON, CHRIS

Kongur: China's Elusive Summit. Signed Copy

London: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 1982. First Edition. Black hardback cloth cover. 250mm x 180mm (10" x 7"). 224pp. Signed and inscribed by author on half title page.. VG : in very good condition with dust jacket.

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Book number: bon12

Catalogue: Exploration

Keywords: Exploration Asia Autographed Editions

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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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

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