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Bungay: C Brightley and T Kinnersley, 1804 First edition in 2 volumes comprehensively illustrated with high quality plates and maps. The Reverend Blomfield drew on a variety of sources, eg Oliver Goldsmith, Bruce to produce a work which covers a wide range of topics including 'animated nature', astronomy, geology and 'mathematical geography' as well as a tour of the world as it was known then. Blomfield clearly wanted to produce a work that was so comprehensive that it was the only work that anyone would need to read on those subjects. The plate listing only refers to around half the plates and maps. Both volumes retain the original marbled boards which are rubbed, and have new pigskin leather spines and corners and new endpapers. The spines do not have labels. Volume I, 827 pp, contains frontispiece, vignette title page, preface, text covering geology, nature, europe, and much else, and 9 full page engravings, 10 full page maps, 1 folding map and 1 folding chart. Volume II, dated…
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The World: Or, the Present State of the Universe. Being a General and Complete Collection of Modern Voyages and Travels. Selected, Arranged, and Digested, From the Narratives of the Latest and Most Authentic Travellers and Navigators
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London : J Stratford, 1806 A rare complete set in 2 volumes with additional illustrations. In contemporary full calf bindings. Classed as 'fair' because the bindings are splitting at the spine joints (although boards currently attached) and because, in addition to the illustrations it should have, a previous owner has added plates and maps, some pasted to the reverse of plates. Vol I: 1806; with pasted plate of Amphitheatre of Vespasian to front pastedown; folding colour map of N Pacific Ocean; title page; preface; folding map of the world; 5 single page maps with pasted plates on reverse; folding sketch of R. Scheldt; folding map of Lower Egypt; folding chart of voyage; map of the Island of Walcheren; 93 plates in total; text on Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt by C S Sonnini; A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, for making discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore. In the Years 1776, 1777, 1778 and 1780. Pp145-344; Voyage of Discovery of the North Pacific Ocean and Round the World. 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794 and 1795, Captain George Vancouver; A Missionary Voyage to the South Pacfic Ocean. Captain James Wilson; Earl Macartney's Embassy to the Emperor of China; the Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay; and Mr Hodges' Travels to India; 764pp plus 4pp of Index. Vol. II: 1808; pasted plate to front pastedown and plates of Hindoo market to fep; title page; folding map of Spain and Portugal; folding map of Upper Egypt; 78 plates in total; Perouse's Voyage around the World; Voyage in Search of Perouse; Lessop's Travels in Kamptschatka; A Voyage around the World by Capt. Nathaniel Portlock; A Voyage to Madagascar and the E Indies - Abbe Rochon; Travels in Syria and Egypt by M c F Volney; Travels through Spain by Dillon; Travels in Portugal by Link; Travels in Germany, Switzerland etc by Stolberg; Travels in Upper and Lower Hungary by Dutens; Travels in Poland by Coxe; Travels in Denmark, Norway and Sweden by Nowel; View of the Russian Empire by Tooke; Embassy to the Kingdom of Ava by Symes; A Tour from Bengal to Persian by Franklin; A Journey from India towards England by Jackson; A general geographical description of the world with notes on voyages; index 4pp; plate on rear pastedown. Mispaginated - text goes from p 710 to 801 but there is no break in text or missing text. The bindings have ornate gilt tooling to spines and title and volume labels. Both are splitting at the joints and with wear and scuffing to edges and surface. Contents with general light toning to pages. Some sections, including plates browned and occasional marking. There are clearly plates from several other works included - some have been properly bound in and some pasted to reverse of other plates. A very rare work, priced to take account of condition.
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A General View of the World, Geographical, Historical, and Philosophical; on a Plan Entirely New. Complete in Two Volumes
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An Account of the Pelew Islands, situated in the Western Part of the Pacific Ocean. Composed from the Journals and Communications of Captain Henry Wilson, and some of his officers, who, in August 1783, were there shipwrecked in The Antelope, a packet belonging to the Honourable East India Company
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LONDON: Printed for Captain Wilson and sold by G Nicol, 1789 A good copy of this famous account, first published a year earlier in 1788. With 17 plates, 12 of which are folding. In a good half leather binding - the spine has a red leather title label and gilt compartments and is newer than the marbled boards. The newer leather is in very good condition; the boards have wear, particularly to edges. All page edges are gilt. There is an ink signature on the front pastedown - ? Mr Dickinson, Thorncroft Workington and then Cornsickle, Whitehaven 1882. With frontispiece portrait of Captain Wilson, title page (with small pencil note), dedication, folding chart of the Pelew Islands, Introduction, contents list and text including 7 plates of objects, 3 additional portraits, 3 views, 1 large folding view and 1 plan. The frontispiece and title page have some spotting and there is a little worming to the bottom in the gutter. P 215 has a small area of loss to the outer edge. Otherwise, the text pages are…
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A voyage to the South-Sea, and along the coasts of Chili and Peru, in the Years 1712, 1713, and 1714. Particularly describing The Genius and Constitution of the Inhabitants, as well Indians as Spaniards: Their customs and Manners, their Natural History, Mines, Commodities, Traffick with Europe, &c. With a postscript by Edmund Halley and an account of the settlement, commerce, and riches of the Jesuites in Paraguay
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London: Jonah Bowyer, 1717 A good copy of the first English edition (published one year after the French 1st publication) with 37 fine engraved plates, maps and charts as called for. Frezier was a French royal military engineer, and was asked to undertake a voyage to Spanish possessions in South America to study fortifications and to chart the western coast. The first section covers his voyage from France round Cape Horn and the second gives detail of his voyage along the coast of Chile and Peru. His observations were valuable and he gives interesting accounts of local people and customs. Of interest now (particularly for those with golfing and strawberry eating interests) are his depictions of a sport that looks like golf and his discovery of strawberries which he introduced to France. Frezier made some geographical errors which Halley (of comet fame) corrects in this edition.In contemporary panelled calf which has been expertly rebacked to provide a newer spine with raised bands and title label.… Read More
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An Account of a Voyage to Spitzbergen; containing a full description of that country, of the zoology of the North, and of the Shetland Isles; with an account of the Whale Fishery.With an Appendix containing some important observations...
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London and Edinburgh: J Mawman and David Brown, 1815 A fair copy of this important work in newer quarter leather binding. John Laing was ship's surgeon on The Resolution, which sailed from Whitby via Lerwick in the Shetland Isles to the North Sea whale fisheries at Spitzbergen in 1806/7. The book is based on his notes at the time and general observations of his journey, and includes fascinating descriptions of the wildlife he saw. This copy is classed as 'fair' because the print is quite heavy and, in some sections, has offset to the preceding text page. The text is still readable. The binding is in near fine condition with gilt titles and blind tooled lines to spine, and marbled boards. There is slight fading to the spine and light wear. New endpapers and blanks. Contents: title; dedication; advert; journal pp 1-159; appendix pp 161-173 finis. There is some light spotting to the title and the occasional spot elsewhere. Paper is lightly toned, and, as stated above, there are sections of…
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A Voyage to St. Kilda, The remotest of all the Hebrides, or Western Isles of Scotland: giving An Account of the very remarkable Inhabitants of that Place, their Beauty and singular Chastity ....
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London: Printed for Dan. Browne, and Lockyer Davis, 1753 A good copy of the 4th edition of Martin Martin's account of his visit to St Kilda in 1697 (first published in 1698). Martin Martin lived on Skye and was a gaelic speaker. He decided to visit and study the western isles of Scotland to record both the land and its culture and natural history. Although Martin's account was mocked by some, particularly because he was considered too believing of local tales, it was much read and reprinted. This copy is in a probably later 1800's half leather binding with marbled boards. The spine has blind stamped decoration and gilt compartments with leather title label to spine. It sound and clean with some rubbing at joints, edges and corners and a little scuffing. There is the armorial bookplate of Edward Herbert, Earl of Powis to the front pastedown, and some marking to the endpapers suggesting that a cover was stuck down over the book at some point. Contents: initial blank; folding plate of 2 birds…
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A General View of the World, Geographical, Historical, and Philosophical; on a Plan Entirely New. Complete in Two Volumes
by Rev E Blomfield
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Bungay: C Brightley and T Kinnersley, 1804 First edition in 2 volumes comprehensively illustrated with high quality plates and maps. The Reverend Blomfield drew on a variety of sources, eg Oliver Goldsmith, Bruce to produce a work which covers a wide range of topics including 'animated nature', astronomy, geology and 'mathematical geography' as well as a tour of the world as it was known then. Blomfield clearly wanted to produce a work that was so comprehensive that it was the only work that anyone would need to read on those subjects. The plate listing only refers to around half the plates and maps. Both volumes retain the original marbled boards which are rubbed, and have new pigskin leather spines and corners and new endpapers. The spines do not have labels. Volume I, 827 pp, contains frontispiece, vignette title page, preface, text covering geology, nature, europe, and much else, and 9 full page engravings, 10 full page maps, 1 folding map and 1 folding chart. Volume II, dated…
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An Account of the Pelew Islands, situated in the Western Part of the Pacific Ocean. Composed from the Journals and Communications of Captain Henry Wilson, and some of his officers, who, in August 1783, were there shipwrecked in The Antelope, a packet belonging to the Honourable East India Company
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LONDON: Printed for Captain Wilson and sold by G Nicol, 1789 A good copy of this famous account, first published a year earlier in 1788. With 17 plates, 12 of which are folding. In a good half leather binding - the spine has a red leather title label and gilt compartments and is newer than the marbled boards. The newer leather is in very good condition; the boards have wear, particularly to edges. All page edges are gilt. There is an ink signature on the front pastedown - ? Mr Dickinson, Thorncroft Workington and then Cornsickle, Whitehaven 1882. With frontispiece portrait of Captain Wilson, title page (with small pencil note), dedication, folding chart of the Pelew Islands, Introduction, contents list and text including 7 plates of objects, 3 additional portraits, 3 views, 1 large folding view and 1 plan. The frontispiece and title page have some spotting and there is a little worming to the bottom in the gutter. P 215 has a small area of loss to the outer edge. Otherwise, the text pages are…
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A voyage to the South-Sea, and along the coasts of Chili and Peru, in the Years 1712, 1713, and 1714. Particularly describing The Genius and Constitution of the Inhabitants, as well Indians as Spaniards: Their customs and Manners, their Natural History, Mines, Commodities, Traffick with Europe, &c. With a postscript by Edmund Halley and an account of the settlement, commerce, and riches of the Jesuites in Paraguay
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London: Jonah Bowyer, 1717 A good copy of the first English edition (published one year after the French 1st publication) with 37 fine engraved plates, maps and charts as called for. Frezier was a French royal military engineer, and was asked to undertake a voyage to Spanish possessions in South America to study fortifications and to chart the western coast. The first section covers his voyage from France round Cape Horn and the second gives detail of his voyage along the coast of Chile and Peru. His observations were valuable and he gives interesting accounts of local people and customs. Of interest now (particularly for those with golfing and strawberry eating interests) are his depictions of a sport that looks like golf and his discovery of strawberries which he introduced to France. Frezier made some geographical errors which Halley (of comet fame) corrects in this edition.In contemporary panelled calf which has been expertly rebacked to provide a newer spine with raised bands and title label.… Read More
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An Account of a Voyage to Spitzbergen; containing a full description of that country, of the zoology of the North, and of the Shetland Isles; with an account of the Whale Fishery.With an Appendix containing some important observations...
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London and Edinburgh: J Mawman and David Brown, 1815 A fair copy of this important work in newer quarter leather binding. John Laing was ship's surgeon on The Resolution, which sailed from Whitby via Lerwick in the Shetland Isles to the North Sea whale fisheries at Spitzbergen in 1806/7. The book is based on his notes at the time and general observations of his journey, and includes fascinating descriptions of the wildlife he saw. This copy is classed as 'fair' because the print is quite heavy and, in some sections, has offset to the preceding text page. The text is still readable. The binding is in near fine condition with gilt titles and blind tooled lines to spine, and marbled boards. There is slight fading to the spine and light wear. New endpapers and blanks. Contents: title; dedication; advert; journal pp 1-159; appendix pp 161-173 finis. There is some light spotting to the title and the occasional spot elsewhere. Paper is lightly toned, and, as stated above, there are sections of…
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A Voyage to St. Kilda, The remotest of all the Hebrides, or Western Isles of Scotland: giving An Account of the very remarkable Inhabitants of that Place, their Beauty and singular Chastity ....
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London: Printed for Dan. Browne, and Lockyer Davis, 1753 A good copy of the 4th edition of Martin Martin's account of his visit to St Kilda in 1697 (first published in 1698). Martin Martin lived on Skye and was a gaelic speaker. He decided to visit and study the western isles of Scotland to record both the land and its culture and natural history. Although Martin's account was mocked by some, particularly because he was considered too believing of local tales, it was much read and reprinted. This copy is in a probably later 1800's half leather binding with marbled boards. The spine has blind stamped decoration and gilt compartments with leather title label to spine. It sound and clean with some rubbing at joints, edges and corners and a little scuffing. There is the armorial bookplate of Edward Herbert, Earl of Powis to the front pastedown, and some marking to the endpapers suggesting that a cover was stuck down over the book at some point. Contents: initial blank; folding plate of 2 birds…
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Antique Fragments." Steel engraving from Engravings of the World: Or, The Present State of the Universe. Being A General and Complete Collection of Modern Voyages and Travels
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Figures in the Temple of Dendera." Steel engraving from Engravings of the World: Or, The Present State of the Universe. Being A General and Complete Collection of Modern Voyages and Travels
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Column of Antinopolis / Figure Found at Echmimm"." Steel engraving from Engravings of the World: Or, The Present State of the Universe. Being A General and Complete Collection of Modern Voyages and Travels
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Figures in the Temple of Dendera." Steel engraving from Engravings of the World: Or, The Present State of the Universe. Being A General and Complete Collection of Modern Voyages and Travels
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Quantecong a Divinity of the Chinese." Steel engraving from Engravings of the World: Or, The Present State of the Universe. Being A General and Complete Collection of Modern Voyages and Travels
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Antique Fragments." Steel engraving from Engravings of the World: Or, The Present State of the Universe. Being A General and Complete Collection of Modern Voyages and Travels
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London: J. Stratford, 1808. Unbound. Near Fine. Steel engraving, approximately 8" x 5.5" in mounted on a a plain sheet (9.5" x 13"). Near fine condition.
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Figures in the Temple of Dendera." Steel engraving from Engravings of the World: Or, The Present State of the Universe. Being A General and Complete Collection of Modern Voyages and Travels
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Antique Fragments." Steel engraving from Engravings of the World: Or, The Present State of the Universe. Being A General and Complete Collection of Modern Voyages and Travels
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Fish of the Nile". Steel engraving from Engravings of the World: Or, The Present State of the Universe. Being A General and Complete Collection of Modern Voyages and Travels
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Figures in the Temple of Dendera." Steel engraving from Engravings of the World: Or, The Present State of the Universe. Being A General and Complete Collection of Modern Voyages and Travels
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South American Journals 1858-1859
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Salem, Massachusetts: Peabody Museum, 1937. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 209pp. Marbled boards, black spine, gilt spine lettering, top edge gilt, slipcase. Corners lightly rubbed, spine lettering mildly sunned, contents are clean and some pages still unopened. Slipcase is lightly edge-chipped. One of 481 copies printed on Hazelbourn paper by The Southworth-Anthoensen Press.
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A Holiday in Italy
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Walter Scott, London, 1889 revised edition, Very Good Hardcover / no dustjacket, 79 pages, 5" x 7.5", waterstain on front board, otherwise clean and tight, inscribed by author on ffep.
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The Journal and Letters of Captain Charles Bishop on the North-west Coast of America, in the Pacific and in New South Wal
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lvi+342 pages with frontispiece, 6 maps including two folding maps, bibliography and index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 6") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and pictorial representation of the ship Victoria embossed on front cover with cover and blind stamped ruled edges with original jacket. Edited by Michael Roe. Works issued by the Hakluyt Society, second series, volume 131. First edition.In 1794, Charles Bishop sailed from Bristol as master of the Ruby, a trading ship bound for north-west America. He had instructions to procure otter furs fro the Indians and then to proceed to Canton via japan and sell the cargo. During the years 1794-1802, he rounded South America to reach the Pacific coast, then visited the Pacific islands and the coasts of Asia and Australia. In the Moluccas, he sold the Ruby and purchased the Nautilus; correspondingly, the test is divided into two sections. This narrative is Bishop's journal of his voyages and relates a minor epic of adventure,…
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The Silence Of The North
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By Olive A. Frederickson with Ben East. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. RARE. 1972 Crown Publishers Inc., NY. The Silence Of The North, The Incredible story of a woman's fight for survival in a merciless winter of the Canadian Wilderness during the 1940's. Adapted as a film in 1981 and directed by Allan King. VG/GOOD $5.95 unclipped dust jacket. USED. 5 ¾ X 8 ½. 209 pages. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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Volunteers in the African Bush: Memoirs from Sierra Leone
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Indianapolis: Dog Ear Publishing, January 2013. Trade Paperback. Fine. Slight reading wear to corners, otherwise pristine. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. Not damaged. Suitable for gifting. 163 pages. The 25 authors of this book were volunteers in the first Peace Corps rural community development project in Africa: Sierra Leone, 1965-67. They are also the first group to tell a collective story of Peace Corps volunteers, anywhere. The Peace Corps was in its infancy then, and memories of John Kennedy were strong among the young volunteers. Sierra Leone was also in its infancy in the first few years after independence, before military coups and tribal warfare became common. The authors forthrightly recount their feelings of loneliness and isolation, and their frightening experiences with secret societies and witchcraft, but their uniquely optimistic "can-do" American attitude brought most through a great life experience.
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Emin Pasha in Central Africa, being a collection of his letters and journals. Edited and annotated by Professor G. Schweinfurth, Professor F. Ratzel, Dr. R.W. Felkin, and Dr. G. Hartlaub.
by EMIN. PASHA
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547 pages. Black cloth boards; gilt lettering on spine. Spine detatched on one side. JWSC LLC is listing this property on behalf of a private collector's estate. Documentation on file indicates this book was purchased by the estate in the 1970s from (a UK dealer). Additional photos available.
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TRAVELS IN EGYPT AND THE HOLY LAND
by WILSON, WILLIAM RAE
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London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1823. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. pp: [viii]ix-xii [1]2-544. FIRST EDITION. Bound in brown half-leather over marbled boards, title in gilt within a red title piece. The first edition of the author's first book. William Wilson (1772-1849) inherited a substantial sum from an uncle, and decided to indulge his passion for travel. He travelled throughout Europe and The Middle East and wrote a series of books. This was his first, and it was the most popular, going through several editions. This is a good copy as all plates, including the frontispiece, have been excised. The boards show moderate wear, heavier at the spine ends. The front hinge is cracked. The text block is mainly clean with a few marks of unknown origin.
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BRNSTN BRS GO TO CAMP (First Time Books)
by Berenstain, Stan and Jan
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Berenstain, Stan and Jan: The Berenstain Bears Go To Camp ( A First Time Book) Random House 1982 First Edition. Number line starts with 1. Ex-lib hardcover library-bound edition Brown cloth boards. Good Condition/ No dust jacket included. A nice find for Berenstain Bears fans.
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Russian Embassies to the Georgian Kings (1589-1605)
by William Edward David "W E D" Allen (1901-1973) editor
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2 Volumes: xxxii+368 pages with frontispiece, five folding maps and ten plates; ix+[369]-640 pages with frontispiece, two folding maps, six plates, bibliography and index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 1/2") issued in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and gilt sailing ship to front cover. Translated by Anthony Mango. Second Series, volumes 138 and 139. First edition.By the early sixteenth century the loosely knit kingdom of Georgia had disintegrated from the strong monarch of the middle ages to a number of small states and principalities. This internal disunity made the Georgians easy victims of the power politics of the neighboring Ottoman and Safavid empires, and by the end of the century the southward drive of the Russians intensified the struggle for military and diplomatic control over the whole of the Caucasian isthmus. As a result of this struggle seventeen embassies were exchanged between the Russian tsars and the Georgian kins ruling in Kakheti during the years 1564-1605. W E D Allen and Anthony…
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Voyages in Search of the North-West Passage, 1741-1747: Volumes I & II: The Voyage of Christopher Middleton, 1741-1742; The Voyage of William Moor and Francis Smith, 1746-1747.
by Barr, William (1950- ) and Glyndwr Williams (editors)
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2 Volumes: Volume 1 subtitled: The Voyage of Christopher Middleton 1741-1742 xii+333 with 8 maps, 3 illustrations including frontispiece, bibliography and index; Volume 2 subtitled: The Voyage of William Moor and Francis Smith 1746 1747 xv+393 pages with frontispiece, 13 maps, 6 illustrations, bibliography and index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 1/2") issued in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and gilt sailing ship to front cover. Translated by Anthony Mango. Second Series, volumes 177 and 181. First edition.The eighteenth century saw a resurgence of hope that a Northwest Passage - that elusive target of European seamen over the centuries - might yet be found. Prompted by the Irish MP Arthur Dobbs, the Admiralty sent the Furnace and Discovery to Hudson Bay in 1741 in search of navigable passage to the Pacific. The expedition was commanded by Christopher Middleton, until his resignation in March 1741 a sea-captain in the service of the Hudson Bay Company. With his actions closely scrutinized by his former…
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