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Laplace, C. P. T. | Reis rondom de wereld door de zeeën van Indië en China (meer info) | Zaltbommel, J. Noman and Son 1834-1836, first Dutch edition 7 volumes | 8vo, contemporary uniform gilt half morocco, spickled edges. Complete with 7 different lithographed ... | € 1760.00 |
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Park, Mungo | Travels in the interior districts of Africa: Performed under the direction and patronage of the African Association in the years 1795, 1796 and 1797. (meer info) | London, Blumer 1799, first edition | 4to 28x22 cm, full leather, rebacked. xxviii, 372, xcii, (3) pages. Half title, portrait frontispiec... | € 1750.00 |
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Le Vaillant, Francois | Reize in de binnenlanden van Afrika, langs de Kaap de Goede Hoop, in de jaaren 1780-1785 (meer info) | Honkoop Allart, Leyden Amsterdam, 1791-1798. 5 Volumes | 8vo, 13x23 cm, half calf with marbled boards, 2 of the title labels renewed, rubbed. xxxiii, 352; 36... | € 1750.00 |
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Jukes, Joseph Beete | Narrative of the Surveying Voyage of H.M.S. Fly (meer info) | T. W. Boone, London 1847, first edition, 2 volumes | 8vo, 14x22 cm, modern paper covered binding with blindstamps (Bolton Public Libraries) inside on tex... | € 1700.00 |
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Shackleton, Sir Ernest H. | South, the story of the 1914-1917 expedition (meer info) | London, Heinemann december 1919, first edition new impression | 8vo, original pictorial cloth, some wear to edges and covers. xxi, 368 pages with 5 maps and many il... | € 1700.00 |
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Bougainville, L. A. de | Voyage autour du monde, par la frégate du roi "La Boudeuse" et la flûte "L'Etoile", en 1766, 1767, 1768 1769 (meer info) | Paris, Saillant Nyon, 1772 second enlarged edition, 2 volumes | 8vo, contemporary full calf, gilt to spine with some rubbing and bumping, marbled edges and end pape... | € 1650.00 |
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Olearius, A. | Persiaensche Reyse Uyt Holsteyn, door Lijflandt, Moscovien, Tartarien in Persien (meer info) | Amsterdam, by Joost Hartgers, 1651. | Bound with: Laet, J. De Voyagien naa en door het Groot en Magtige Koninkrijk van Persia Amsterdam... | € 1650.00 |
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Fermin, Philippe | Description generale, historique, geographique, et physique de la colonie de Surinam (meer info) | Amsterdam, Chez E. van Harrevelt, 1769 first edition 2 volumes | 8vo, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt in compartments, a couple of worm-tracks, extremities rub... | € 1600.00 |
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Le Vaillant, Francois | Voyage dans l'intérieur de l'Afrique, par le Cap de Bonne-Espérance. Dans les années 1780, 81, 82, 83, 84 85 (meer info) | Leroy, Paris 1790, first -4to- edition | 4to, 21x26 cm, 2 parts in 1 volume, 19th century quarter leather, all edges gilt and in almost impec... | € 1600.00 |
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Byron, John | A Voyage Round the World, in his Majesty's Ship The Dolphin + The Narrative of the Honourable John Byron (meer info) | London, Newberry 1767 second edition and London S. Baker etc 1768 second edition | 8vo, contemporary tree calf, rubbed, marbled end papers. (2), 186, (2); (6), 258, (2) pages. The fir... | € 1580.00 |
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Mawson, Sir Douglas | The home of the blizzard (meer info) | London, Heinemann 1915, first edition, 2 volumes | 8vo, 18x25cm, original blue publisher's cloth with only minimal wear. xxx, 349; xiii, 338 pages wit... | € 1500.00 |
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Tuckey, J.K. | Narrative of an Expedition to Explore the River Zaire, Usually Called the Congo, in South Africa, in 1816 (meer info) | London John Murray 1818, first edition | 4to, contemporary gilt decorated diced calf, marbled edges and end papers. (4), lvii, 498, (2) pages... | € 1450.00 |
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Salt, Henry | A Voyage to Abyssinia, and Travels into the Interior of that Country, Executed under the Orders of the British Government (meer info) | London, W. Bulmer Co for F.C. J. Rivington, 1814 first edition | Large heavy 4to (31x25 cm), half calf, chafed and rubbed. Complete with 2 engraved vignettes, 27 cop... | € 1450.00 |
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Maffei, Giovanno Pietro | Le historie delle Indie Orientali (meer info) | Venice, Damian Zenaro, 1589, Second or third edition in Italian | 4to, 18th century vellum. 30 leaves including title and contents, 416 leaves. Woodcut device on titl... | € 1450.00 |
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Cook, Captain James / Anderson, George William | A New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages around the World (meer info) | Alexander Hogg, London [1784-86] | This one being volume one only, complete in itself with 71 (of ?) full-page folio engravings and map... | € 1400.00 |
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Kotzebue, O. von | Voyage of Discovery in the South Sea, and to Behring's Straits, in Search of a North-east Passage; Undertaken in the Years 1815, 16, 17, and 18, in the Ship Rurick (meer info) | Richard Phillips, London 1821 | Complete - in two parts. Octavo. 110, second title, 111-220 pages. Very Good Condition in original p... | € 1400.00 |
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Shaw, T. | Reizen door verscheiden gewesten van Barbarye en de Levant (meer info) | Amsterdam J. Loveringh, 1771-1774, first Dutch edition, 2 volumes | Rare and apparently first edition by Loveringh, not to be confused with de more common Schoonhoven e... | € 1400.00 |
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Denham, Major Dixon / Clapperton, Hugh / Oudney | Narrative of travels and discoveries in Northern and Central Africa, in the years 1822, 1823, and 1824. (meer info) | London, Murray, 1826 first edition | Large 4to, calf with original spine neatly rebacked. 2 parts in 1 volume: xlviii, 335; (2), 269 (1) ... | € 1350.00 |
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Ives, Edward | Reize naar Oost-Indië en Persië, en de daar omliggende landen. Ondernomen langs een' ongewoonen weg (meer info) | Amsterdam, de Compagnie 1779 first edition 2 volumes | 4to, printer’s boards backed with modern handmade marbled paper. (16), 324; (4), 379, (1) pages, u... | € 1350.00 |
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Stanley, Henry M. | The Congo and the founding of its free state (meer info) | New York, Harper Brothers 1885 first US edition 2 volumes | 8vo, publisher’s decorated cloth with minor shelf wear. xxvii, 528; x, 483 (12 ad) pages with many... | € 1350.00 |
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Wilson, William | A Missionary Voyage to the Southern Pacific Ocean, Performed in the Years 1796, 1797, 1798, in the Ship Duff (meer info) | London, T. Gosnell for T.Chapman 1799 first edition | 4to 28,5x22,5cm contemporary half polished calf. (12), c, 420 pages on large paper with 6 engraved p... | € 1350.00 |
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Graaf, Nikolas de (de Graaff) | Voyages de Nicolas de Graaf aux Indes orientales (meer info) | Chez Jean Frederic Bernard, Amsterdam 1719 | 12mo, 358 pages (final page misnumbered 308), large folding map as frontispiece, 4 folding plates, f... | € 1350.00 |
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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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Park, Mungo | The Journal of a mission to the interior of Africa in the year 1805 (meer info) | London, Murray, 1815, first edition | 4to, contemporary half calf, rubbed, spine expertly restored, marbled edges. (10), cxxx, (2), 219 pa... | € 1300.00 |
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Spon, Jacob / Wheler, George | Voyagie door Italien Dalmatien, Grieckenland, en de Levant, Gedaan in de Jaren 1675 en 1676 (meer info) | Jan ten Hoorn, Amsterdam 1689, first Dutch edition | 4to, 17x20 cm, contemporary vellum. (8), 320, (8) pages with an additional engraved title, 6 folding... | € 1300.00 |
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Burckhardt, J. L. | Travels in Nubia (meer info) | John Murray, London 1822, second edition | 4to, rebound in half calf with marbled boards. (4), xcviii, 498 pages with engraved frontispiece por... | € 1280.00 |
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Parry, William Edward | Journal of a Second Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific (meer info) | London, John Murray, 1824 first edition | 4to, uncut in original publisher’s half cloth with original paper spine label, joints repaired. (8... | € 1280.00 |
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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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Burton, Sir Richard Francis | Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El Medinah and Meccah (meer info) | London Longman 1857, second edition 2 volumes | 8vo, 2 chromo-lithographed frontispiece, 11 tinted or choromolithographed plates. 3 folding maps. ha... | € 1250.00 |
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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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Portlock, Nathaniel | Reis naar de noord-west kust van Amerika. Gedaan in de jaren 1785, 1786, 1787 en 1788 door de kapteins Nathaniel Portlock en George Dixon (meer info) | Amsterdam, Matthijs Schalekamp 1795 first Dutch edition | 4to, modern artificial leather with marbled endpapers. xii, (4), 265, (1) pages with a large folding... | € 1250.00 |
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Bruce, James | Reis naar Abyssinie, en te rug door de groote woestijn van Nubie, verkort (meer info) | Amsteldam, M. de Bruyn 1801 first Dutch edition 3 volumes | 8vo, contemporary half calf with wear. (2), xl, xlviii, 525,(1); (2), vi, 528; vi, 439,(1) pages, co... | € 1200.00 |
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Tench, Watkin | Geschichte von Port Jackson in Neuholland, von 1788 bis 1792 (meer info) | Hamburg, Benjamin Gottlob Hoffmann 1794, first German edition | 8vo, original boards and title, worn. Vi, 244 pages with a folding map “Charte von Port Jackson”... | € 1200.00 |
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Park, M. / Houghton, (D.) / Rennell, J. | Reize en ontdekkingen in de binnen-landen van Africa (meer info) | Haarlem, F. Bohn, 1800 first Dutch edition | 8vo, contemporary half calf gilt, rubbed. x, half title, 242 pages, 3 folding maps. Very good. | € 1150.00 |
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Elphinstone, Mountstuart | Tableau du royaume de Caboul et de ses dependances dans la Perse, la Tartarie et l'Inde; (meer info) | Nepveu, Paris 1817 | 13x9 cm, recent marbled wrappers in original style, 3 parts in 1 volume: XLIV, 189 (3) S., (4), 222,... | € 1150.00 |
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Busbecq, Ogier Ghislain de | Den kaizarlijkken gezant Aug. Gisleen Busbeeq, aan den grooten Soliman (meer info) | Tot Dordregt, voor Abraham Andriessz 1652 first Dutch edition | 12mo, full vellum. 471, (33) pages with frontispiece and 5 other engravings. Title page with small c... | € 1100.00 |
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Pieter van der Aa (editor) | Naaukeurige versameling der gedenk-waardigste zee en land-reysen na Oost en West-Indiën (meer info) | Leyden, Pieter van der Aa 1706/1707 | Octavo edition, Volume 8 complete, parts 31/32, 1518/1519 | € 1100.00 |
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Bolingbroke, H. | A Voyage to the Demerary (meer info) | London, Richard Phillips [1807] first edition | 4to, contemporary half calf with restaurations, new label. (12), 400 pages with a folding map (brown... | € 1100.00 |
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Junker, Dr Wilhelm | Travels in Africa during the years 1875-1878 [and] 1879-1883 [and] 1882-1886 (meer info) | Chapman and Hall, London 1890 1891 1892, first English edition. 3 volumes | 8vo, original pictorial cloth, discolourings, rubbed, minor wear to spine ends. viii, 582; viii, 477... | € 1100.00 |
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M'Dougall, George Frederick | The Eventful Voyage of H.M. Discovery Ship "Resolute" to the Arctic Regions in Search of Sir John Franklin (meer info) | Longman, Brown etc, London 1857, first edition | 8vo, publisher's cloth, rubbed. xl, [1], 530 pages with a folding map, 8 beautifull tinted lithograp... | € 1100.00 |
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Caillié, René-Auguste | Dagverhaal eener reize naar Temboektoe (meer info) | Haarlem, wed. A. Loosjes 1831 first Dutch edition 2 volumes | 8vo, modern rexine with old title labels, new endpapers. xvi, 496; 622 pages with a folding map, fro... | € 1100.00 |
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Filippi, Filippo de | An Account of the Expedition of H.R.H. Prince Luigi Amedeo of Savoy (meer info) | Archibald Constable and Co. Ltd, 1908 | Prince Amadeo’s compliment slip with signature tipped-in. Loosely inserted is an interesting lette... | € 990.00 |
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Anonymus | De aarde en haar volken (meer info) | 1865-1897 33 volumes | Complete run of this important Dutch geographical journal, bound in artificial leather. Many article... | € 990.00 |
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Nicholas, John Liddiard | Narrative of a Voyage to New Zealand Performed in the Years 1814 and 1815 in Company with the Rev. Samuel Marsden (meer info) | London, James Black and son 1817 first edition 2 volumes | 8vo, contemporary half calf. xix, (1), 431, (1); xii, 397, (1) pages with 2 maps and 4 engravings. B... | € 980.00 |
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Arrowsmith, Aaron | A new general atlas (meer info) | A. Constable Co, Edinburgh and Longman Co, London 1823 | 24x30cm, nice recent binding with original label. 53 maps with all tissue guards present. | € 980.00 |
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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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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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Rogers, Captain Woodes | A cruising voyage round the world: First to the south sea, thence to the East-Indies and Homewards by the Cape the good hope. (meer info) | London, Bernard Lintot, 1726 second (sic) edition | 8vo, recent half leather. xvi, 428, 57, xvii-xix ( misbound), (7) pages with 5 engraved folding maps... | € 980.00 |
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Shackleton, Sir Ernest H. | The Heart of the Antarctic (meer info) | London, William Heinemann, 1909 first edition, 2 volumes | 8vo, original cloth, spine sunned and with little wear, slight staining to covers. Research Institut... | € 970.00 |
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Ellis, Henry | Voyage en Chine, ou journal de la derniere ambassade anglais a la cour du Pekin (meer info) | Delaunay, Paris 1818, first French edition, 2 volumes | 13x21 cm. viii, 340 and 398 pages. With engraved portrait and 7 engraved plates (views) + 3 folded m... | € 950.00 |
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