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Linschoten, Jan Huygen van | Histoire de la navigation de Jean Hugues de Linscot Hollandois et de son voyage es Indes Orientales (meer info) | Amstelredam 1610, first French edition | Complete as indicated in the text with Title-vignet, 3 folding maps/plan (2 handcoloured), 2 double-... | € 46500.00 |
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Ablijn, Cornelis / Grynaeus, S. / Huttich, J. | Die Nieuwe Weerelt der Landtschappen ende Eylanden (meer info) | Antwerpen, vander Loe, 1563 | Folio, 4 , 818 (recte 814) pages in double columns. Near contemporary vellum with manuscript title o... | € 18300.00 |
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Prevost, Abbe A.F. and others | Historische beschryving der reizen (meer info) | The Hague (vols. I-XI) Amsterdam (vols. XII-XXI), P. de Hondt widow S. Schouten (etc.), 1747-1767. 21 in 13 volumes | 4to, contemporary half calf gilt with some restaurations and new endpapers. | € 17500.00 |
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Dapper, O. | Naukeurige Beschrijvinge der Afrikaensche Gewesten (meer info) | Amsterdam, Jacob van Meurs, 1676 second revised edition | 4to, contemporary blind stamped vellum with manuscript title, restorations, new ties and endpapers. | € 7500.00 |
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Cook, James | Reize rondom de waereld (meer info) | Leyden, Amsterdam 's Haage, Honkoop, Allart Van Cleef, 1795-1809, 14 Volumes | complete with 187 (large) maps and plates and the later published 14th volume. | € 7250.00 |
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Barlaeus, Caspar (Kaspar van Baerle) | Descriptio Totius Brasiliae (meer info) | Clivis, ex officina Tobiae Silberling 1698 | 8vo, contemporary vellum. 664 pages plus index, includes 8 folding plates, 2 illustrated initials an... | € 6800.00 |
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Potgieter, Barent Jansz | Historisch ende Wijdtloopigh verhael van ‘tgene de vijf Schepen (meer info) | Michiel Colijn, Amsterdam 1617, second edition | € 6250.00 |
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Nieuhof, Johan | Het Gezandtschap der Neêrlandtsche Oost-Indische Compagnie, aan den grooten Tartarischen Cham, Den tegenwoordigen keizer van China (meer info) | Amsterdam, Wolfgang, Waasberge etc 1693 | Complete, profusely illustrated account of an early embassy to the emporer of China. | € 5800.00 |
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Dapper, Olfert | Gedenkwaerdig bedryf der Nederlandtsche Oost- Indische Maetschappye, op de Kuste en in het Keizerrijk van Taising of Sina (meer info) | Amsterdam, Jacob van Meurs 1670 first edition | Large 4to, full calf, rubbed etc. with raised bands, richly decorated gilt back, upper part of first... | € 5600.00 |
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Linschoten, Jan Huygen van | Histoire de la navigation aux Indes Orientales (meer info) | _Evert Cloppenburgh, 1638. 3 parts in one, third french edition | Contemporary full calf gilt, front cover expertly renewed, new endpapers. | € 5300.00 |
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Ross, John | A Voyage of Discovery (meer info) | John Murray 1819, first edition | Bound in contemporary half calf with marbled boards and gilt decoration and title label to the spine... | € 4800.00 |
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Montanus, Arnoldus | Gedenkwaerdige Gesantschappen der Oost-Indische Maetschappy (meer info) | Jacob Meurs, Amsterdam 1669, first edition | Folio, contemporary calf, spine renewed. (6), 456, (16) pages with restaurations. Engraved title, 24... | € 4800.00 |
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Pococke, R. | Beschryving van het oosten, en van eenige andere landen (meer info) | Utrecht , Paddenburg etc, 1776-1786, first Dutch edition, 6 volumes | 4to in original, restored, printer’s boards. Enlarged Dutch edition of “Description of the East ... | € 4600.00 |
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Weddell, James | A Voyage Towards the South Pole, Performed in the Years 1822-24. (meer info) | London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1825, first Edition | 8vo, contemporary quarter calf with marbled boards, spine expertly restored. | € 4500.00 |
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Burton, Richard Francis | The Lake Regions of Central Equatorial Africa (meer info) | Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860. 2 volumes first edition | 8vo, original red cloth, some light soiling and discoloration on covers, gilt spine lettering rubbed... | € 4200.00 |
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Vaugondy, Robert de | Nouvel atlas portatif destiné principalement pour l'instruction de la jeunesse, et precedé d'un discours sur l'etude de la geographie (meer info) | Paris, 1762, first edition | 4to 29x25 cm, quarter calf with mediaeval manuscript vellum over boards. Vellum with loss, expertly ... | € 3950.00 |
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Niebuhr, C. | Reize naar Arabië en andere omliggende landen (meer info) | Amsterdam, by S.J. Baalde Utrecht, by J. van Schoonhoven Comp., 1776/80 first Dutch edition, 2 volumes | 4to, contemporary half calf with marbled boards, spine restored. | € 3850.00 |
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Chardin, Jean | Voyages de Mr. le Chevalier Chardin, en Perse, et autres lieux de l'Orient (meer info) | Amsterdam : Chez Jean Louis de Lorne, 1711, 10 volumes | 12mo, half calf, rebacked, corners repaired. Titles in red and black with engraved vignette, engrave... | € 3800.00 |
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Figueroa, García de Silva | L’Ambassade de D. Garcias de Silva Figueroa en Perse (meer info) | Paris, chez Jean du Puis, 1667 first French edition | contemporary calf, spines gilt. Corners and binding somewhat worn. | € 3800.00 |
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Forrest, Thomas | Voyage aux Moluques et à la Nouvelle Guinée (meer info) | Paris, Hotel de Thou, 1780, first French edition | From the library of Louis Napoleon, King of the Netherlands 1805-1810 ! | € 3800.00 |
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Dapper, Olfert | Naukeurige Beschryving van Asie (meer info) | Amsterdam, Jacob van Meurs, 1680 | Folio. 12 double-page engraved plates; 3 double-page maps; 23 text illustrations. [8], 357, [3], 324... | € 3800.00 |
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Pinkerton, John | A General Collection of the Best And Most Interesting Voyages And Travels In All Parts of the World (meer info) | _Longmans, Hurst, Rees and Orme and Cadell and Davies 1808-14, 17 volumes first edition | 4to, nicely rebound in recent half calf. Complete with the 201 engravings called for in the index. S... | € 3600.00 |
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Veer, Gerrit de | Tre navigationi fatte dagli Olandesi, e Zelandesi al settentrione nella Norvegia, Moscovia, e Tartaria (meer info) | Venice, (G. B. Ciotti für) G. Porro u. Co., 1599, first Italian edition (second imprint) | Translation of "Waerachtighe beschryvinghe van drie seylagien" 1598. | € 3500.00 |
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Solinus, Caius Julius / Sequester Vibius | De situ orbis terrarum et de singulis mirabilibus quae in mundo habentur / De fluminibus montibus lacubus et gentibus (meer info) | Pesaro, Soncino 1512 | Folio, (near) contemporary vellum binding with manuscript title. 6 leaves + XXXIIII leaves + 8 leave... | € 3500.00 |
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Benzoni, G. | Der newen Weldt und Indianischen Königreichs newe unnd wahrhaffte History (meer info) | Basel, S. Henricpetri 1579 first German edition | Folio, recent half vellum with marbled boards. 4, 219 pages, small erased stamp on title page, other... | € 3450.00 |
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Kolbe, Peter | Naauwkeurige en uitvoerige beschryving van Kaap de Goede Hoop (meer info) | Amsterdam Balthazar Lakeman 1727 2 parts in 2 volumes | Fine copy of the first Dutch edition of this famous description of South Africa. | € 3400.00 |
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Amundsen, Roald | The South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the "Fram" 1910-1912 (meer info) | London, John Murray, [ november] 1912 first English edition, first issue, 2 volumes | 8o (226 x 168 mm). 6 maps and charts (4 folding), one diagram of the journey, and 99 photographic pl... | € 2900.00 |
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Ides, Evert Ysbrants | Three Years Travels from Moscow over-land to China (meer info) | Printed for W. Freeman, J. Walthor, T. Newborough, J. Nicholson, and R. Parker, 1706. First English edition | 4to, Contemporary panelled calf, rebacked. Engraved title (dated 1705), folding map, and 30 plates, ... | € 2900.00 |
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Ross, Captain James Clark | A Voyage of Discovery and Research in the Southern and Antarctic Regions, during the years 1839--43 (meer info) | John Murray 1847, first edition first issue 2 volumes | 8vo, modern half leather, raised bands, gilt title lettering and rules, new endpapers. (2), lii, (1)... | € 2800.00 |
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Anson, George (compiled by Richard Walter) | A Voyage round the World in the years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV (meer info) | Printed for the Author By John and Paul Knapton, London 1748, first edition | 4to, contemporary halfcalf with marbled boards, skillfully restored, [34], 417, [2]; complete with l... | € 2800.00 |
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Sanson | Atlas nouveau du Voyageur pour les dix-sept Provinces des Pais-Bas (meer info) | Pierre Mortier, Amsterdam ~1700. | 8vo 19x12 cm, full calf, used. Title page, double-page engraved coloured title-page, 35 double page ... | € 2800.00 |
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Shelvocke, George | A Voyage Round the World by Way of the great South Sea (meer info) | London, W. Innys and J. Richardson, M. T. Longman, 1757, second (best) edition | 8vo, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, rebacked, spine label new. Dedication, preface, contents, 4... | € 2750.00 |
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Sparman, Anders | Reize naar de Kaap de Goede Hoop, de landen van den Zuidpool, en rondom de waereld (meer info) | Te Leyde : by S. en J. Luchmans Amsterdam, : M. de Bruijn 1787, 2 volumes first Dutch edition | 8vo, old half calf with red and green title labels on the back and gilt decoration, marbled sides. | € 2750.00 |
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Benoit, Pierre Jacques | Voyage a Surinam. Description des possessions neerlandaises dans la Guyane (meer info) | Bruxelles, Societe des Beaux-Arts, De Wasme et Laurent, 1839. First edition | Large folio. Contemporary green three-quarter morocco, spine blind and gilt tooled with the title le... | € 2650.00 |
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Grenet, Abbé (M. Bonne) | Atlas Portatif, a l'usage des colleges (meer info) | Paris, ~1782 | 4to, original green vellum (stain). Double page decorative frontispiece and 84 outline coloured doub... | € 2600.00 |
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Feuille, Paul de la | Les tablettes guerrieres, ou cartes choisis pour le commodité des officiers et des voyageurs (meer info) | Amsterdam, chez Paul de la Feuille, 1709 | atlas | € 2500.00 |
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Labillardiere, J.J.H. de | Voyage in Search of La Perouse Performed ... during the Years 1791, 1792, 1793, and 1794 (meer info) | John Stockdale, 1800 2 volumes | 8vo, contemporary calf, rebacked. xxxii, 33-487; 344, 105, (6) ads pages. Engraved folding map, 45 e... | € 2450.00 |
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Burton, Richard Francis | Zanzibar; City, Island, and Coast (meer info) | London, Tinsley Brothers 1872 first edition 2 volumes | 8vo, contemporary half calf, edges marbled. xii, [2], 503, [1]; vi, [2], 519, [1] pp. Illustrated w... | € 2400.00 |
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Ross, John | Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage (meer info) | A.W. Webster, London 1835 | 4to, lovely restored contemporary vellum, gilt and dark green morocco floral and decorative inlays a... | € 2400.00 |
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Anson, George (compiled by Richard Walter) | Voyage autour du monde, fait dans les annees MDCCXL,I,II,III,IV (meer info) | Arkstee et Merkus, Amsterdam and Leipzig 1749, first French edition | 4to, full leather with coat of arms in gold, rubbed, joints and spine ends repaired, marbled endpape... | € 2400.00 |
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La Perouse, J. F. G. de | A Voyage Round The World in the Years 1785, 1786, 1787 1788 (meer info) | Johnson, London 1799, second edition, 3 volumes | 8vo, 13x21 cm, modern half calf, fine. X, 532; x, 498; 446, 60 pages. Folding map, engraved portrai... | € 2300.00 |
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Smith, Charles | Smith's new general atlas (meer info) | London 1808, first edition | Stunning maps of the world in the Napoleon era. | € 2300.00 |
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Kerr, Robert | A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, arranged in systematic order (meer info) | Edinburgh, William Blackwood 1811--1816--1824 , 18 volumes | 8vo, full calf bindings, rubbed with restorations. 17 engraved maps (7 folding), folding-table, spot... | € 2250.00 |
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Bruce, James | Travels to discover the Source of the Nile in the Years 1768 [to] 1773 (meer info) | J. Ballantyne, 1804-05. 8 volumes (text and atlas), second edition | Atlas with half-title, engraved portrait, 3 folding engraved maps and 78 plates and plans (foxing as... | € 2200.00 |
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[Burton, Richard F.] | Wanderings in West Africa, from Liverpool to Fernando Po. By A F.R.G.S. (meer info) | London, Tinsley Brothers 1863 first edition 2 volumes | 8vo, original dark purple cloth, spines titled in gilt , only little rubbed. viii, [2], 303; [6], 2... | € 2200.00 |
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Franklin, John | Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1825, 1826, and 1827 (meer info) | London, John Murray, 1828 first edition | 4to, publisher’s cloth with wear. xxiv, [xxi]-xxiv, 320, clvii, [1], [1 leaf]errata. 31 engraved p... | € 2200.00 |
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Frezier, Amadee Francois | A Voyage to the South-Sea, and Along the Coasts of Chili and Peru, in the Years 1712, 1713, and 1714 (meer info) | Jonah Bowyer, 1717, first English edition | 4to, modern red morocco, new endpapers. Title printed in red and black, [xii], [i, directions for bi... | € 1850.00 |
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Gonzalez de Mendoza | Dell’ historia della China (meer info) | Genova, Bartoli 1586 | 4to, full limp vellum. [24] ff. including title leaf, indices, etc., 280 pages. Lower blank margin o... | € 1850.00 |
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Dixon, James | Narrative of a voyage to New South Wales, and Van Dieman's Land, the ship Skelton, during the Year 1820 (meer info) | Edinburgh, printed by Hay, Gall Co. for J. Anderson, 1822 first edition | 8vo. Modern panelled leather with gilt lettered spine. Without the frontispiece and the 4 advertoria... | € 1800.00 |
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Barrow, John | An account of travels into the interior of Southern Africa, in the years 1797 and 1798 (meer info) | Cadell and Davies, London 1801/1804, 2 volumes, first edition | 4to, rebound in quarter leather with original boards and new endpapers. viii, 419; xi, 452 pages wit... | € 1800.00 |
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