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Bacon, G.W. | Bacon's popular atlas of the British isles / Commercial and library atlas of the British isles (meer info) | G.W. Bacon, London 1898 | Folio 35x26 cm, Large red cloth hardback book, traces of use and age. Contents 65 maps | € 390.00 |
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Cook, James | Reis naar de Zuidpool en rondom de Weereld (meer info) | G.T. van Paddenburg en Zoon/ M. Schalekamp, Utrecht/Amsterdam 1793 | second Dutch much enlarged edition | € 1250.00 |
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(Bilderdijk, W.) | Kort verhaal van eene aanmerklijke luchtreis, en nieuwe planeetontdekking. Uit het Russisch vertaald. (meer info) | Groningen, W. Wouters, 1813 first edition | imaginaire ontdekkingsreis | € 220.00 |
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Arends, Fridrich | Het Missisippi-Dal of het Westen der Vereenigde Staten van Noord-Amerika (meer info) | Groningen, W. van Boekeren, 1839 first Dutch edition | 8vo, modern cloth with original title label pasted on. VIII, 354 pages with scattered minor water st... | € 480.00 |
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Rietstap, J.B. | De wereldbol. De jongste zee- en landreizen (meer info) | Groningen Arnhem, P. Noordhoff/ J. Voltelen, n.d. (~1865-1870), 7 volumes | Original blind stamped cloth boards, repaired. 14 coloured lithographs. | € 390.00 |
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Voormeulen van Boekeren, G.R. / [Tasman, A.J.] | Reizen en ontdekkingstogten van Abel Jansz. Tasman, van Lutkegast (meer info) | Groningen, A.L. Scholtens, 1849 first edition | first biography of Abel Tasman! | € 450.00 |
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Schuver, Juan Maria | Reisen im oberen Nilgebiet. Erlebnisse und Beobachtungen auf der Wasserscheide zwischen Blauem und Weissem Nil (meer info) | Gotha Justus Perthes 1883, Petermann's Ergänzungshefte 72 | [4], 95pp. Folding map (partially outlined in color). Quarto. Cloth-backed boards. Clean, very good ... | € 160.00 |
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Williams, J. | Het christendom in de Zuid-zee, of reizen en lotgevallen van den zendeling J.Willams (meer info) | Gorinchem, H. Horner 1838/1839 first Dutch edition | 8vo, 2 parts in 1 volume. Half calf with wear, front joint cracked. xii, 321, v, 384 pages, complete... | € 230.00 |
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Bligh, William | The voyage of the Bounty’s launch, as related in William Bligh’s despatch to the Admiralty and the journal of John Fryer | Golden Cockerel Press, London 1934 | Slender folio. Original cloth, gilt titling on spine, t.e.g. others uncut. With wood engravings by R... | € 650.00 |
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Saugnier, M. / Brisson, Pierre Raymond de | Voyages to the Coast of Africa (meer info) | G.G.J. and J. Robinson, London 1792, first English edition | 8vo, contemporary half calf with marbled boards, rubbed and some wear. viii, 500 pages with a foldin... | € 550.00 |
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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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Buren Schele, A.D. van | Keur van gedenkwaardigheden uit de Geschiedenis der Nederlandsche Oost en West-Indische bezittingen (meer info) | Gebr. E M Cohen, Nijmegen Arnhem 1892, second (enlarged) edition | 14x20 cm, red pictorial cloth. 280 pages with 4 lithographed plates. | € 50.00 |
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Tardieu, A. | Atlas universel de géographie ancienne et moderne (meer info) | Furne, Jouvet et Cie, Paris ~1860 | 31 double-page (hand coloured) steel engraved maps, of which 1 plan of Paris by Lemercier and a rail... | € 240.00 |
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La Perouse, Jean François de Galaup | Plan des Iles Kuriles et des terres peu connues situees a la suite de ces Iles d'apres au manuscrit conserve dans les Archives d'Ochotsk qui a ete communique a M. Lesseps, en 1788 | From the Atlas Du Voyage De La Pérouse nr. 69. Paris, L'Imprimerie de la Republique 1797 | Map on thick paper, ~70x50 cm on sheet ~78x55 cm. Folds as issued, old colouring, verso blank. (Wate... | € 140.00 |
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La Perouse, Jean François de Galaup | Plan de la Baie de Ternai “Située sur la Cote de Tartarie par 45°13'00" de Latitude Nord et par 135°09'00" de Longitude Orientale. Cette Baie fut decouverte le 22. Juin 1787, par les Fregates Francaises la Boussole et l'Astrolabe.” | From the Atlas Du Voyage De La Pérouse nr. 69. Paris, L'Imprimerie de la Republique 1797 | Map on thick paper ~49x33 cm on sheet ~56x41 cm. No fold as issued, uncoloured, verso blank. | € 90.00 |
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La Perouse, Jean François de Galaup | Plan de la Baie d'Estaing “Situee a la cote de l'ouest de Tchoka par 48°59'38" de Latitude Nord, et par 14°00'42" de Longitude Orientale, Prise du Mouillage de l'Astrolabe. Cette Baie fut decouverte le 20 juillet 1787 par les Fregates Francaises | From the Atlas Du Voyage De La Pérouse nr. 69. Paris, L'Imprimerie de la Republique 1797 | Map on thick paper ~49x33 cm on sheet ~56x41 cm. No fold as issued, uncoloured, verso blank. | € 90.00 |
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Meissas, Achile / Michelot, Auguste | Afrique (meer info) | From the Atlas universel de géographie moderne. Paris, Hachette, map dated 1840 in cartouche | Large steel engraved map ~38x48 cm on sheet 44x56,5 cm. Center fold as issued, original outline hand... | € 90.00 |
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Meissas, Achile / Michelot, Auguste | Oceanie | From the Atlas universel de géographie moderne. Paris, Hachette, map dated 1840 in cartouche | Large steel engraved map ~32x45 cm on sheet 41x55 cm. Center fold as issued, original outline hand c... | € 90.00 |
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Labillardière, Jacques-Julien Houton de | Fête donnée au Général d'Entrecasteaux par Toubau, Roi des îles des Amis | From the “Atlas pour servir a la Relation du Voyage a la Recherche de La Perouse”, Paris, H.J. Jansen An VIII [1800]. | Large copper engraving, 30x44 cm on sheet 43x57 cm. No folds, uncoloured, verso blank. | € 250.00 |
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Labillardière, Jacques-Julien Houton de | Dance des îles des Amis, en presence de la Reine Tiné | From the “Atlas pour servir a la Relation du Voyage a la Recherche de La Perouse”, Paris, H.J. Jansen An VIII [1800]. | Large copper engraving, 30x44 cm on sheet 43x57 cm. No folds, uncoloured, verso blank. Small, hardly... | € 180.00 |
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Schraembl, Franz Anton | Karte von den N.W. Amerikanischen und N.OE. Asiatischen Kusten nach den Untersuchungen des Kapit. Cook in den Jah. 1778 und 1779 (meer info) | From the “Allgemeiner Grosser Atlas” 1788. | Very large map ~39x68 cm on sheet ~63x78 cm. No folds as issued, outline coloured, verso blank. Bord... | € 480.00 |
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Schraembl, Franz Anton | Generalkarte sämmtlicher Entdeckungen auf den drei großen Weltreisen des Kapit. Jakob Cook (meer info) | From the “Allgemeiner Grosser Atlas” 1788. | Two large maps ~53x44 cm on sheet ~87x64 cm, to be conjoined (or not). No folds as issued, outline c... | € 980.00 |
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Reinwardt, C.G.C. | Reis naar het oostelijk gedeelte van den Indischen Archipel in het jaar 1821 (meer info) | Frederik Muller, Amsterdam 1858, first edition | 8vo, modern stiff wrappers. xvi, 646 pages with 19 (folding) coloured/tinted lithographs of great be... | € 390.00 |
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Lachambre, Henri / Machuron, Alexis | Andree's balloon expedition in search of the North Pole (meer info) | Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York 1898, first English edition | 12mo, blue decorative cloth, rubbed and wear. Inside very good with over 50 illustrations. | € 130.00 |
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Peary, Robert E. | Northward over the "Great Ice" (meer info) | Frederick A. Stokes, New York 1898, first edition, 2 volumes | 8vo, original publisher's full blue cloth stamped in silver and gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut. ... | € 390.00 |
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Tench, Watkin | Nachricht von der Expedizion nach Botany-Bay nebst Bemerkungen über Neu-Südwallis (meer info) | Frankfurt u. Leipzig, Fleischer, 1789 first German edition | 8vo, contemporary marbled wrappers with wear. Translation of “A Narrative of the Expedition to Bot... | € 1250.00 |
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Wissmann, Herman von | Meine zweite Durchquerung Äquatorial Afrikas vom Kongo zum Zambesi während der Jahre 1886 und 1887 (meer info) | Frankfurt, Trowitsch Sohn [1890] first edition | 8vo, original decorated cloth and endpapers. viii, 261 pages with 92 illustrations and 3 folding map... | € 120.00 |
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Valentia, George A. | Reize naar Indie, Ceylon, de Roode Zee, Abyssinie en Egypte, in de jaren 1802 tot 1806 (meer info) | Francois Bohn, Haarlem 1816-1818, first Dutch edition, 4 volumes | 8vo,13x21cm, modern hardcover. vi, 372; vi, 356; viii, 380; vi, 402 pages with 8 plates. Besides a f... | € 750.00 |
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Wintergerst von Memmingen, Martin | Zwey und zwantzig-jährige Reysen durch Europam, Asiam, Africam, Americam und Ost-Indien (meer info) | Francfurt und Leipzig, Daniel Bartholomae 1713 | 8to, modern half calf with marbled boards. [1] double page woodcut (facs), [8] Bl., 400 pages, 10 (2... | € 980.00 |
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Charcot, Jean | Le Pourquoi Pas? dans l’Antarctique. Journal de la deuxième expédition au Pôle Sud 1908-1910. (meer info) | Flammarion Paris 1910 first edition | Large 8vo, original half morocco with marbled boards, top edge gilt, original wrappers bound in. vii... | € 450.00 |
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Tuckey, J.H. | Bericht von einer Reise nach Neu-Süd-Wallis (meer info) | F.G. priv. Landes Industrie Comptoirs, 1805 first German edition | 8vo, modern marbled wrappers. VI, 136 pages. Translation in the same year of “An Account of a Voya... | € 280.00 |
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Thomas, R. | An Authentic Account of the Most Remarkable Events: Containing the Lives of the Most Noted Pirates and Piracies (meer info) | Ezra Strong, New York 1836 2 volumes in 1 | bound with: Interesting and Authentic Narratives of the Most Remarkable Shipwrecks, Fires, Famines | € 230.00 |
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Goodridge, Charles Medyett | Narrative of a voyage to the South Seas, and the shipwreck of the Princes of Wales Cutter, with an account of two years residence on an uninhabited island (meer info) | Exeter, W.C. Featherstone 1841 fourth edition | 8vo, publisher’s cloth rebacked preserving part of the spine, front hinge repaired. [14, subscribe... | € 150.00 |
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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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Ellis, Henrik | Reize naar de baai van Hudson, ter ontdekkinge van eenen Noord-Wester doortogt (meer info) | Elias Luzac, Leiden 1750, first Dutch edition | 14x23cm, half calf with marbled boards, uncut. Spine and marbled papers worn, lacking free endpaper,... | € 1350.00 |
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Johnston, W A.K. | The World-wide Atlas of modern geography (meer info) | Edinburgh-London, W. A.K. Johnston, 1899, fourth edition | Large 4to 32x26 cm, embossed cover in excellent condition with 128 detailed (regional) maps and town... | € 170.00 |
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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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Petherick John | Egypt, the Soudan and Central Africa (meer info) | Edinburgh, W. Blackwood, 1861 first edition | 8vo, publisher’s cloth, rubbed and spine ends repaired. Recased with new endpapers. xii, 482 pages... | € 480.00 |
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Johnston, Keith | North Polar chart | Edinburgh, W. A. K. Johnston 1884 | Large coloured map 45x34 cm in very good condition | € 70.00 |
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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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(Park, Mungo) | The life and travels of Mungo Park (meer info) | Edinburgh, Nimmo (1895) | 8vo, nice decorated cloth in early Jugendstil. 256 pages double columns with frontis. Prize ticket f... | € 50.00 |
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Elmslie, W. A. | Among the Wild Ngoni. Being some chapters in the history of the Livingstonia Mission in British Central Africa (meer info) | Edinburgh and London, Oliphant Anderson Ferrier 1899, first edition | 8vo, original decorated covers, large coloured folding map and 14 photographs, 320 pages. | € 150.00 |
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Johnston, W A.K. | The Cosmographic Atlas (meer info) | Edinburgh and London, W A K Johnston, 1889 | Large folio 48x38 cm, rebound in quarter morocco and green (bowed) boards. 60 maps coloured in outli... | € 380.00 |
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Speke, John Hanning | Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile (meer info) | Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and sons 1863, first edition | 8vo, original cloth gilt. xxxi, 658 pages and 34 pages publisher’s catalogue at rear. Engraved fro... | € 680.00 |
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Werner, J. R. | A Visit to Stanley's Rear-Guard at Major Barttelot's Camp on the Aruhwimi with an Account of River-Life on the Congo (meer info) | Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons 1889 first edition | 8vo, publisher’s cloth with some shelf wear. xvi, 337, 24 (ads) pages, 18 plates including frontis... | € 330.00 |
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Brown, R.N.R. and others | The Voyage of the “Scotia” Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration in Antarctic Seas (meer info) | Edinburgh London 1906 first edition | 8vo, original grey cloth, spine and front board decorated and lettered in white and black, the usual... | € 600.00 |
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Amundsen, Roald | My life as explorer (meer info) | Doubleday Page co, New York 1927, first edition | 282 pages. Illustrated. Inscription (non-authorial) on front endpaper. Little shelfwear, title page ... | € 190.00 |
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Weeda, P. | Schoonheden uit de geschiedenis der reistogten in Aziën | Dordrecht, Blussé en Van Braam, 1841 2 volumes | 8vo, [4] 293 [3]; [4] 339 [1]. Original boards with wear. Comprises the travels of Maffio, Nicolo an... | € 240.00 |
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Fisher, Alexander | Dagboek eener ontdekkingsreis naar de noorderpoolstreken, met de schepen... Hecla en Griper, in de jaren 1819 en 1820 (meer info) | Dordrecht, Blusse en van Braam 1822 first Dutch edition | 8vo, original printer’s stiff papered wrappers, spine with restaurations, later label. (2), 363, (... | € 750.00 |
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Park, Mungo | Tweede of laatste reis van Mungo Park in de binnenlanden van Afrika (meer info) | Dordrecht, Blusse, 1817 first Dutch edition | 8vo, half calf gilt. VIII, 374 pages. | € 480.00 |
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