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[ANON007618] Anon - SHIP AND SHORE: or leaves from the journal of a cruise to the Levant,. by an officer of the United States Navy. New York, Leavitt Lord & Co., 1835. original cloth. pp312 + publisher's catalogue (spine badly worn, with loss. front board detached).
a detailed account of a voyage from the east coast of America to the eastern Mediterranean on board an American warship. contains good descriptions of places visited, including a substantial section on Madeira, though written in a rather flowery prose. 009. 018 701
[ATKINSJO020277] Atkins, John - A VOYAGE TO GUINEA, BRASIL, AND THE WEST INDIES; IN HIS MAJESTY'S SHIPS THE 'SWALLOW' AND THE 'WEYMOUTH'. giving a genuine account of the several islands and settlements of Madeira, the Canaries, Cape de Verde, Sierraleon, Sesthos, Cape Apollonia, Cabo Corso, and others on the Guinea shore; likewise Barbadoes, Jamaica, etc. in the West Indies. describing the colour, diet, languages, habits, manners, customs, and religions of the respective natives and inhabitants. with remarks on the Gold, Ivory, and Slave trades; and on the winds, tides and currents of the several coasts. . London, printed for Ward and Chandler, 1735(or7). pp[ii] xxv 1-2, 19-266 plus 7 advert pages [the work is complete despite the missing page numbers]
a little marking, though generally a good clean copy, but with the title-page in facsimile. the title-page is from the second edition of 1737, but in fact there is no difference between the first and second editions, the latter being a straight re-issue. in an 18th-century full calf binding, a bit worn and rubbed; the joints weak, but holding. John Atkins, 'Gent. of Plaistow, in Essex' was a surgeon in the Royal Navy. 009 018 904
[BAKERSIM002595] Baker, Simon - THE SHIP, retracing Cook's "Endeavour" voyage. BBC, 2002. 224 pages. well nillustrated in colour. fine copy in the dust-jacket.
the accompanying book to the excellent BBC television series retracing part of Cook's voyage. 009 016
[BEAZLEYC019721] Beazley, C. Raymond [introduction by] - AN ENGLISH GARNER -. Voyages and Travels, mainly during the 16th and 17th centuries. . Constable, 1903. 2 volumes. ppxxviii 332. xxiv 444.
a good collection of 26 accounts of 16th and 17th century voyages and travels, selected from Hakluyt, other contemporary collections, original manuscripts, etc. good clean set. 009
[DECASTRO022228] De Castro - LE ROUTIER DE DOM JOAM DE CASTRO,. l'exploration de la Mer Rouge par les Portugais en 1541. . Paris, Librairie Orientaliste Paul Guenther, 1936. ppvi 202. illustrated with maps, facsimilies, etc. bound in red cloth which is a bit worn and marked, but sound.
translated into French from the original manuscript, with an introduction and other notes, by A. Kammerer. 009
[DODGEERN001910] Dodge, Ernest S. - BEYOND THE CAPES,. Pacific exploration from Captain Cook to the 'Challenger', 1776-1877. Gollancz, 1971. 444 pages. illustrated. ISBN 0575013222 .
a good concise history. very good copy in the dust-wrapper. 009. 507
[DRAKEFRA021273] Drake, Francis - SIR FRANCIS DRAKE'S NAUTICAL ALMANACK 1546. Nottingham Court Press in association with Magdalene College, Cambridge, 1980. small format [10.5x7.5cm].
an attractive little facsimile of Sir Francis Drake's Almanack from his 1546 circumnavigation. Taken from the rare copy in the Pepys Library and published on the occasion of the 400th Anniversary of the voyage, with a foreword by Sir Alex Rose. with a loosely inserted explanatory sheet by Commander Derek Howse. This is one of the leather-bound copies limited to 400 copies and signed by Alec Rose. fine copy in the original felt-lined slip-case. 009 098
[DYSONJOH022288] Dyson, John - COLUMBUS, for gold, god and glory. in search of the real Christopher Columbus. . Simon & Schuster, 1991. large format [32x23cm]. 228 pages. well illustrated in colour. ISBN 0671687913 . very good copy in the dust-jacket.
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[ELDREDGE019607] Eldredge, Zoeth S. - THE MARCH OF PORTOLA AND THE DISCOVERY OF THE BAY OF SAN FRANCISCO. with. The Log of the San Carlos, and original documents translated and annotated by E.J. Molera. with illustrations by Walter Francis. San Francisco, The California Promotion Committee, 1909. 71 pages. 4 illustrations plus a facsimile and map.
an attractive little volume on 18th century Spanish discoveries in California. a little foxing and marking, but generally a good clean copy. 009
[FERNANDE017930] Fernandez-Armesto, Felipe [editor] - COLUMBUS, on himself. Foliio Society, 1992. 279 pages. maps and illustrations.
an attractive produced selection of the writings of Columbus. good bright copy. 009
[FLEMINGF011332] Fleming, Fergus - BARROW'S BOYS. Granta Books, 1998. 507 pages. a few illustrations. ISBN 186207173X.
the fascinating, tragic, and comic story of the ambitious programme of exploration launched by John Barrow, Second Secretary of the Admiralty, between 1816 and 1845. fine copy in the dust-wrapper 009 702
[GOLDSMIT009329] Goldsmith, John - VOYAGE IN THE BEAGLE. Chatto & Windus, 1978. 216 pages. illustrated. ISBN 070112394X . very good copy in the dust-jacket, neatly protected with a clear adhesive covering.
on board the replica of Darwin's "Beagle" used to film the BBC series 'The Voyages of Charles Darwin'. 009
[GWYTHERJ023323] Gwyther, John - FIRST VOYAGE. being the full & authentic story of the great discoveries made by Lt. James Cook, commanding H.M.Bark 'Endeavour' in the great south seas in the years 1768-1771. . Andrew Melrose, 1954. 208 pages. illustrated. foxing on page edges and preliminary pages, otherwise a good copy in a torn dust-jacket, now under a protective sleeve.
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[HAKLUYTR019610] Hakluyt, Richard - A SELECTION OF THE PRINCIPAL VOYAGES, TRAFFIQUES AND DISCOVERIES OF THE ENGLISH NATION...1552-1616. set out with many embellishments and a preface, by Laurence Irving. Heinemann, 1927. ppxxiv 293. an attractrive edition, though the binding of this copy is a little shabby, and there is some scattered internal foxing.
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[HAKLUYTR004256] Hakluyt, Richard - THE PRINCIPAL NAVIGATIONS, Voyages, Traffiques & Discoveries of the English Nation,. by Richard Hakluyt. imprinted at London, 1589. a photo-lithographic facsimile, with an introduction David Beers Quinn and Raleigh Ashlin Skelton, and with a new introduction by Alison Quinn. Cambridge University Press, for the Hakluyt Society, 1965. 2 volumes. large format [30x20cm].
good clean set without the dust-jackets. 009 098
[HASTINGS003323] Hastings, A.C.G. - THE VOYAGE OF THE 'DAYSPRING'. being the journal of the late Sir John Hawley Glover, RN, together with some account of the expedition up the Niger river in 1857. John Lane, 1926. ppxiii 230. 22 illustrations.
some light foxing, otherwise a good bright copy. 009 709
[HILDEBRA022751] Hildebrand, Arthur Sturges - MAGELLAN:. a general account of the life and times and remarkable adventures, by land and sea, of the most eminent and renowned navigator, Ferdinand Magellan. . New York, Harcourt Brace & Co., 1924. 261 pages. a few illustrations. binding a bit dull, otherwise a good clean copy.
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[KINGSTON016070] Kingston, W.H.G. - MY FIRST VOYAGE TO SOUTHERN SEAS, a book for boys. T. Nelson & Sons, 1905. 448 pages. colour frontispiece and title page, plus engravings through the text.
fictional account of a voyage to the Indian Ocean in the sailing ship 'Orion'. slight pulling of the upper hinge, otherwise a lovely bright copy 009
[LINKLATE003072] Linklater, Eric - THE VOYAGE OF THE CHALLENGER. Sphere Books, 1974. large format paperback. pp288. covers neatly protected with a clear adhesive covering. a little foxing.
a well illustrated record of the three and a half year scientific voyage of HMS 'Challenger'. 009
[LINKLATE005278] Linklater, Eric - THE VOYAGE OF THE CHALLENGER. John Murray, 1972 (1st edition). pp288
a well illustrated record of the three and a half year scientific voyage of HMS 'Challenger'. good copy in a very slightly ragged dust-wrapper. 009 016 702
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