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Item #68665 Observations on the Passage to India. James CAPPER

CAPPER, James.

Observations on the Passage to India. Through Egypt, and Across the Great Desert; With Occasional Remarks On The Adjacent Countries, And Also Sketches Of The Different Routes.

London: For W. Faden, J. Robson, and R. Sewell, 1783. First edition. Quarto (10 x 7 3/4 inches; 255 x 197 mm). xx, 110, [4, blank] pp. With two folding maps, including frontispiece. Newer half calf over original marble paper boards. Contemporary red morocco spine label. Label lettered in gilt.....

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Item #65706 Pilote des Iles Britanniques, DÉPOT GÉNÉRAL DE LA MARINE

DÉPOT GÉNÉRAL DE LA MARINE. DÉPOT GÉNÉRAL DE LA MARINE.

Pilote des Iles Britanniques, publié d'aprés les ordres du Contre-Amiral Decrés, Ministre de la Marine et des Colonies. Par le Dépot général de la Marine.

Paris: Dépot général de la Marine, 1757. . Le Pilote des Iles Britanniques, publié d'aprés les ordres du Contre-Amiral Decrés, Ministre de la Marine et des Colonies. Par le Dépot général de la Marine. [Paris, 1757-1804]. Large folio (25 1/2 x 20 inches; 640 x 505 mm). Atlas containing thirty-two.....

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Item #69428 Description of the Empire of China and Chinese-Tartary. Jean Baptiste DU HALDE

DU HALDE, Jean Baptiste.

Description of the Empire of China and Chinese-Tartary. Together with the Kingdoms of Korea, and Tibet: containing the geography and history (natural as well as civil) of those countries. Enrich'd with general and particular maps, and adorned with a great number of cuts. From the French of P.J.B. Du Halde, Jesuit: with Notes geographical, historical, and critical; and other improvements, particularly in the maps, by the translator. In two volumes.

London: Printed by T. Gardner in Bartholomew-Close, for Edward Cave, 1738. Full Description: DU HALDE, Jean Baptiste. A Description of the Empire of China and Chinese-Tartary. Together with the Kingdoms of Korea, and Tibet: containing the geography and history (natural as well as civil) of those countries. Enrich'd with general.....

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Item #69048 Marches of Hindustan. David FRASER

FRASER, David.

Marches of Hindustan. The Record of a Journey in Thibet, Trans-Himalayan India, Chinese Turkestan, Russian Turkestan and Persia. With 129 Illustrations, Maps and Sketches.

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1907. Full Description: FRASER, David. The Marches of Hindustan. The Record of a Journey in Thibet, Trans-Himalayan India, Chinese Turkestan, Russian Turkestan and Persia. With 129 Illustrations, Maps and Sketches Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1907. First edition. Octavo (8 3/4.....

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Item #68687 Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains. John Charles FREMONT

FREMONT, John Charles.

Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains. in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the Years 1843-44...Printed by order of the Senate of the United States.

Washington: Gales and Seaton, Printers, 1845. in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the Years 1843-44... Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Washington: Gales and Seaton, Printers, 1845. First edition, Senate issue with all the scientific data. Octavo (9 x 5 3/4.....

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Item #65407 Navigantium atque itinerantium bibliotheca. John HARRIS

HARRIS, John.

Navigantium atque itinerantium bibliotheca. Or, a complete collection of voyages and travels. Consisting of above six hundred of the most authentic writers ... And the voyages under the direction of the East-India Company in Holland, in Dutch. Together with such other histories, voyages, travels, or discoveries, as are in general esteem ... Containing whatever has been observed worthy of notice in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America; in respect to the extent and situation of empires, kingdoms, provinces, &c. The climate, soil, produce, whether animal, vegetable, or mineral, of each country: Likewise the religion, manners, and customs of the several inhabitants, their government, arts and sciences, public buildings, mountains, rivers, harbours, &c. Illustrated by proper charts, maps, and cuts. To which is prefixed, a copious introduction, comprehending the rise and proress [sic.] of the art of navigation, and its successive improvements; together with the invention and use of the loadstone, and its variation ... Now carefully revised, with large additions, and continued down to the present time; including particular accounts of the manufactures and commerce of each country. Vol. I [Vol II.].

London: Printed for T. Osborne [and seventeen others], 1764. Third and best edition, much enlarged. Two folio volumes (16 1/8 x 10 1/4 inches; 410 x 260 mm.). [10], xvi, 984; [12]. 1056, [19, index], [1, plate list] pp. (þ2 a2É‘2 b-e2 2É‘2 B - 11R2; a2 b-c2 (-C2) B......

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Item #69427 Three Years Travels from Moscow Over-Land to China:. Evert Ysbrants IDES

IDES, Evert Ysbrants.

Three Years Travels from Moscow Over-Land to China:. thro' Great Ustiga, Siriania, Permia, Sibiria, Daour, Great Tartary, &c. to Peking. Containing, An exact and particular Description of the Extent and Limits of those Countries, and the Customs of the Barbarous Inhabitants; with reference to their Religion, Government, Marriages, daily Imployments, Habits, Habitations, Diet, Death, Funerals, &c. Written by his Excellency E. Ysbrants Ides, Ambassador from the Czar of Muscovy to the Emperor of China. Illustrated with a large Map of the Countries, drawn by the Ambassador upon his Journey, and many curious Cuts. To which is annex'd an accurate description of China, done originally by a Chinese Author: With several Remarks, by way of Commentary, alluding to what our European Authors have writ of that Country. Printed in Dutch by the Direction of Burgomaster Witzen, formerly Ambassador in England; and now faithfully done into English.

London: Printed for W. Freeman, J. Walthoe, T. Newborough, J. Nicholson, and R. Parker, 1706. Full Description: IDES, Evert Ysbrants. Three Years Travels from Moscow Over-Land to China... London: Printed for W. Freeman, J. Walthoe, T. Newborough, J. Nicholson, and R. Parker, 1706. First English edition. Small quarto (9 9/16.....

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Item #69535 History of Japan:. Engelbertus KÆMPFER

KÆMPFER, Engelbertus. SCHEUCHZER, J.G.

History of Japan:. Giving an Account of The antient and present State and Government of that Empire; Of Its Temples, Palaces, Castles, and other Buildings; Of Its Metals, Minerals, Trees, Plants, Animals, Birds and Fishes; Of The Chronology and Succession of the Emperors, Ecclesiastical and Secular; Of The Original Descent, Religions, Customs, and Manufactures of the Natives, and of their Trade and Commerce with the Dutch and Chinese. Together with a Description of the Kingdom of Siam. Written in Hugh Dutch...And translated from his Original Manuscript, never before printed, by J.G. Scheuchzer...With the Life of the Author and an Introduction. To which is added, Part of a Journal of a Voyage to Japan, made by the English in the Year 1673. Illustrated with many Copper Plates.

London: Printed for the Publisher, and sold by Thomas Woodward...and Charles Davis, 1728. . The History of Japan:. Giving an Account of The antient and present State and Government of that Empire; Of Its Temples, Palaces, Castles, and other Buildings; Of Its Metals, Minerals, Trees, Plants, Animals, Birds and Fishes;.....

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Item #67338 Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Meriwether LEWIS

LEWIS, Meriwether.

Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. 1804-1806. Printed from the original manuscripts...Together with manuscript material of Lewis and Clark from other sources... Edited, with Introduction, Notes, and Index, by Reuben Gold Thwaites.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1904. CLARK, William. Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. 1804-1806. Printed from the original manuscripts...Together with manuscript material of Lewis and Clark from other sources... Edited, with Introduction, Notes, and Index, by Reuben Gold Thwaites. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1904.....

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Item #66655 Alaska. Bruce MINER

MINER, Bruce.

Alaska. Its History and Resources Gold Fields Routes and Scenary.

Washington: Lowman & Hanford Stationary and Printing Co., 1895. First edition. Large octavo. With 45 black and white illustrations throughout. Original full brown cloth, pictorially stamped in black and gilt on front cover. Large folding map in rear pocket. Minor wear to extremities. Overall, a fine copy. HBS 66655. $250.....

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Item #68555 Orbis Maritimi. Claude Barthelemy MORISOT

MORISOT, Claude Barthelemy.

Orbis Maritimi. sive rerum in mari et littoribus gestarum generalis historia.

Dijon: Pierre Palliot, 1643. Dijon: Pierre Palliot 1643 First edition, first issue with the dedication to King Louis XIII dated January 1643. Folio (13 5/8 x 9 1/2 inches; 347 x 240 mm). [24], 725, [1, errata], [18] pp. With engraved title-page, additional printed title in red and black, one.....

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Item #69511 Africa:. John OGILBY

OGILBY, John.

Africa:. being an accurate description of the regions of Aegypt, Barbary, Lybia, and Billedulgerid, the land of Negroes, Guinee, Aethiopia, and the Abyssines, with all the adjacent islands, either in the Mediterranean, Atlantick, Southern, or Oriental Sea, belonging thereunto. With the several denominations of their coasts, harbors, creeks, rivers, lakes, cities, towns, castles, and villages. Their customs, modes, and manners, languages, religions, and inexhaustible treasure; with their governments and policy, variety of trade and barter, and also of their vvonderful plants, beasts, birds, and serpents. Collected and translated from the most authentick authors, and augmented with later observations; illustrated with notes, and adorn'd with peculiar maps, and proper sculptures, by John Ogilby Esq; Master of His Majesties Revels in the Kingdom of Ireland.

London: Printed by Tho. Johnson for the author, 1670. Full Description: OGILBY, John. Africa: being an accurate description of the regions of Aegypt, Barbary, Lybia, and Billedulgerid, the land of Negroes, Guinee, Aethiopia, and the Abyssines, with all the adjacent islands, either in the Mediterranean, Atlantick, Southern, or Oriental Sea.....

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Item #68974 Account of Expeditions to the Sources of the Mississippi, Zebulon Montgomery PIKE

PIKE, Zebulon Montgomery.

Account of Expeditions to the Sources of the Mississippi, and through the Western Parts of Louisiana, to the Sources of the Arkansaw, Kans, La Platte, and Pierre Juan, Rivers; Performed by the Order of the Government of the United States during the Years 1805, 1806, and 1807. And a Tour through the Interior Parts of New Spain, When Conducted through these Provinces, by Order of the Captain-General, in the Year 1807. Illustrated by Maps and Charts.

Philadelphia: Published by C. & A. Conrad, & Co.... 1810. Full Description: PIKE, Z[ebulon] M[ontgomery]. An Account of Expeditions to the Sources of the Mississippi,. and through the Western Parts of Louisiana, to the Sources of the Arkansaw, Kans, La Platte, and Pierre Juan, Rivers; Performed by the Order of.....

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Item #69454 Iconography of Manhattan Island. I. N. Phelps STOKES

STOKES, I. N. Phelps.

Iconography of Manhattan Island. 1498-1909 Compiled from Original Sources and Illustrated by Photo-intaglio Reproductions of Important Maps, Plans, Views, and Documents in Public and Private Collections.

New York: Robert H. Dodd, 1915. Full Description: STOKES, I. N. Phelps. The Iconography of Manhattan Island 1498-1909 Compiled from Original Sources and Illustrated by Photo-intaglio Reproductions of Important Maps, Plans, Views, and Documents in Public and Private Collections. New York: Robert H. Dodd, 1915. First edition, limited to 360.....

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Item #68567 De la démocratie en Amerique. Alexis de TOCQUEVILLE

TOCQUEVILLE, Alexis de.

De la démocratie en Amerique.

Paris: Librairie de Charles Gosselin, 1835. De la démocratie en Amérique, par Alexis de Tocqueville, avocat à la cour royale de Paris, l’un des auteurs du livre intitulé: Du système penitentiaire aux États-Unis. Orné d'une carte d’Amérique. Paris: Librairie de Charles Gosselin, 1835-1840. [Together with] Correspondance et Oeuvres Posthumes de.....

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Item #67019 Travels During The Years 1787, 1788, and 1789. Arthur YOUNG

YOUNG, Arthur.

Travels During The Years 1787, 1788, and 1789. Undertaken more particularly with a View of afcertaining the Cultivation, Wealth, Resources, and National Prosperity, of the Kingdom of France.

London (and Dublin): Bury St. Edmunds, 1792. London: Bury St. Edmunds, 1792 and Dublin: Printed for Messrs R. Cross, P. Wogan, L.White, P. Bryne, A. Grueber, J. Moore, J. Jones, W. Jones, W. McKensie, & F. Rice, 1793. Vol. 1 is a first edition Quarto. Bound in contempoary brown diced.....

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