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Lot 1

Albertus Magnus, De Natura Locorum, Strasburg, second edition, 1515.

1Albertus Magnus, De Natura Locorum, Strasburg, second edition, 1515.
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ALBERTUS MAGNUS. De Natura locorum librum mira eruditione. L. & L. Alantse for Matthias Schurer, Strassburg, 1515.Born into a noble German family...

Lot 2

Anson.- Pascoe Thomas, Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas, first edition.

2Anson.- Pascoe Thomas, Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas, first edition.
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[ANSON'S VOYAGE]. THOMAS, Pascoe. A true and impartial Journal of a Voyage to the South-Seas, and round the Globe, in His Majesty's Ship the C...

Lot 3

Jacques Arago, Narrative of a Voyage, London, 1823, first English edition.

3Jacques Arago, Narrative of a Voyage, London, 1823, first English edition.
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ARAGO, Jacques. Narrative of a Voyage round the World, in the Uranie and Physicienne Corvettes commanded by Captain Freycinet, during the Years ...

Lot 4

J-F Arnould, The Death of Captain Cook, first edition, London 1789.

4J-F Arnould, The Death of Captain Cook, first edition, London 1789.
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[ARNOULD, Jean-François (after).] The Death of Captain Cook; A Grand Serious-Pantomimic-Ballet, in three parts. As now Exhibiting in Paris with u...

Lot 5

Joseph Banks & Jonas Dryander, Catalogus bibliothecae, first edition, 1796.

5Joseph Banks & Jonas Dryander, Catalogus bibliothecae, first edition, 1796.
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[BANKS, Joseph]; DRYANDER, Jonas. Catalogus bibliothecae historico-naturalis Josephi Banks & auctore Jona Dryander. William Bulmer for [Jose...

Lot 6

Joseph Banks & Daniel Solander, Captain Cook's Florilegium, 1 of 100, 1973.

6Joseph Banks & Daniel Solander, Captain Cook's Florilegium, 1 of 100, 1973.
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BANKS, Sir Joseph; SOLANDER, Daniel. Captain Cook's Florilegium. A selection of engravings from the drawings of plants collected by Joseph Banks a...

Lot 7

Joao de Barros, L'Asia.., second Italian edition, Venice 1562, 2 vols in 1.

7Joao de Barros, L'Asia.., second Italian edition, Venice 1562, 2 vols in 1.
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BARROS, João de; ULLOA, Alfonso(translator). L'Asia [– Dell'Asia, la seconda deca] [...] de' fatti de' Portoghese nello scoprimento & conquista de...

Lot 8

F.W. Beechey, Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific..., first edition, 1831.

8F.W. Beechey, Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific..., first edition, 1831.
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BEECHEY, Frederick William. Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait: to co-operate with the polar expeditions: performed in His ...

Lot 9

Carl F. Behrens, Histoire de l'expedition, first French edition, Hague 1739.

9Carl F. Behrens, Histoire de l'expedition, first French edition, Hague 1739.
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[BEHRENS, Carl Friedrich]. Histoire de l'expedition de trois vasseaux, envoyés par la Compagnie des Indes Occidentales des Provinces-Unies aux Te...

Lot 10

William Bligh, Voyage a la Mer du Sud, first French edition, Paris 1792.

10William Bligh, Voyage a la Mer du Sud, first French edition, Paris 1792.
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BLIGH, William. Voyage a la Mer du Sud, entrepris par ordre de S.M. Britainnique pour introduire, aux Indes Occidentales, l'arbre a pain, et d'a...

Lot 11

Louis de Bougainville, Voyage round the World, first English edition, 1772.

11Louis de Bougainville, Voyage round the World, first English edition, 1772.
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BOUGAINVILLE, Lewis [sic] de; FORSTER, J.R. (translator). A Voyage round the World. Performed by Order of His Most Christian Majesty, in the Ye...

Lot 12

John Bulkeley, Voyage to the South Seas, first edition, London 1743.

12John Bulkeley, Voyage to the South Seas, first edition, London 1743.
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BULKELEY, John. A Voyage to the South-Seas, in the Years 1740-1. Containing, a faithful Narrative of the Loss of His Majesty's Ship the Wager ... ...

Lot 13

Maekawa Bunzo & Sakai Junzo, A Strange Tale from Overseas, Seifuen Ju? 1854.

13Maekawa Bunzo & Sakai Junzo, A Strange Tale from Overseas, Seifuen Ju? 1854.
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BUNZO, Maekawa & JUNZO, Sakai (compilers). [In Japanese] Kaigai ibun [A Strange Tale from Overseas]. Ichimei Amerika Shinwa [A new account of Am...

Lot 14

George Byron, Voyage of HMS Blonde, Sandwich Islands, first edition, 1826.

14George Byron, Voyage of HMS Blonde, Sandwich Islands, first edition, 1826.
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BYRON, Capt. George Anson. Voyage of H.M.S. Blonde to the Sandwich Islands, in the Years 1824-1825. Murray, London, 1826. A cousin, and heir, t...

Lot 15

J. Byron & C.Clerke, A Voyage Round the World, first edition, London 1767.

15J. Byron & C.Clerke, A Voyage Round the World, first edition, London 1767.
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BYRON, John; CLERKE, Charles (attributed to). A voyage round the world. In His Majesty's Ship the Dolphin, commanded by the honourable Commodore...

Lot 16

Narrative of the honourable John Byron, first edition, London 1768.

16Narrative of the honourable John Byron, first edition, London 1768.
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BYRON, John. The Narrative of the Honourable John Byron (Commodore in a late Expedition round the World), containing an Account of the great Di...

Lot 17

Captain Cook's three Voyages..., first American edition, Boston 1797.

17Captain Cook's three Voyages..., first American edition, Boston 1797.
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COOK, Captain James. Captain Cook's three Voyages to the Pacific Ocean ... faithfully Abridged from the quarto Editions, containing a particular...

Lot 18

Captain Cook, Viagem do Capitano Cook, first edition, Lisbon 1819.

18Captain Cook, Viagem do Capitano Cook, first edition, Lisbon 1819.
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[COOK, Captain James.] Viagem do Capitano Cook, à roda do mundo no navio de sua magestade, a Diligencia. Na typografia Rollandiana, Lisbon, 1819. ...

Lot 19

Captain Cook, unveiling of the Cook statue, first edition, Sydney 1879.

19Captain Cook, unveiling of the Cook statue, first edition, Sydney 1879.
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[COOK, Captain James]. Unveiling of the Cook Statue. Procession and ceremony, Tuesday 25th February, 1879. Order of procession and programme of pr...

Lot 20

Captain Cook, Nathaniel Dance, silk bookmark 'stevengraph' portrait, c.1870.

20Captain Cook, Nathaniel Dance, silk bookmark 'stevengraph' portrait, c.1870.
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[COOK]. STEVENS, Thomas; Nathaniel DANCE (after). Silk bookmark with portrait of Captain Cook. T. Stevens, Coventry, c.1870.A rare 'Stevengraph' i...

Lot 21

Edward Cooke, Voyage fo the South Sea, second edition, London 1712.

21Edward Cooke, Voyage fo the South Sea, second edition, London 1712.
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COOKE, Edward. A Voyage to the South Sea, and Round the World, perform'd in the Years 1708, 1709, 1710, and 1711, by the Ships Duke and Dutchess o...

Lot 22

George Cooke, Scenery of the East India Islands, London 1811-1813.

22George Cooke, Scenery of the East India Islands, London 1811-1813.
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COOKE, George. Scenery of the East India Islands, Etc. A series of views of the most remarkable localities, celebrated for picturesque beauty or h...

Lot 23

J.M. Crozet, Nouveau vouage a la Mer du Sud, first edition, Paris 1783.

23J.M. Crozet, Nouveau vouage a la Mer du Sud, first edition, Paris 1783.
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CROZET, Julien Marie. Nouveau voyage a la Mer du Sud, commencé sous les orders de M. Marion ... On a joint a ce voyage un extrait de celui de M. ...

Lot 24

Alex.Dalrymple, Historical Collection, South Pacific, first edition 1770-71.

24Alex.Dalrymple, Historical Collection, South Pacific, first edition 1770-71.
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DALRYMPLE, Alexander. An historical Collection of the several Voyages and Discoveries in the South Pacific Ocean. printed for the Author, and...

Lot 25

Captain Cook.- Sir William Llewelyn Davies, Life of David Samwell, 1926-27.

25Captain Cook.- Sir William Llewelyn Davies, Life of David Samwell, 1926-27.
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DAVIES, Sir William Llewelyn. David Samwell, 1751-1798, Surgeon of the Discovery London-Welshman and Poet. Society of Cymmrodorion, [N.p., 192...

Lot 26

Amasa Delano, Narrative of Voyages and Travels, Boston 1817.

26Amasa Delano, Narrative of Voyages and Travels, Boston 1817.
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DELANO, Amasa. A Narrative of Voyages and Travels in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres: Comprising Three Voyages around the World; together wi...

Lot 27

J.P.J.Du Bois, Vies des Gouverneurs Generaux, first edition, the Hague 1763.

27J.P.J.Du Bois, Vies des Gouverneurs Generaux, first edition, the Hague 1763.
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DU BOIS, J.P.J. Vies des gouverneurs generaux, avec l'abrege de l'histoire des etablissemens hollandois aux Indes Orientales. Pierre de Hondt, The...

Lot 28

William Ellis, Authentic Narrative...Captain Cook, first edition, 1782.

28William Ellis, Authentic Narrative...Captain Cook, first edition, 1782.
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ELLIS, William. An authentic Narrative of a Voyage performed by Captain Cook ... in Search of a North-West Passage between the Continents of Asia ...

Lot 29

Lorenzo Ferrer Maldonado, Viaggio dal mare Atlantico al Pacifico, 1811.

29Lorenzo Ferrer Maldonado, Viaggio dal mare Atlantico al Pacifico, 1811.
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FERRER MALDONADO, Lorenzo. Viaggio dal mare Atlantico al Pacifico per la via del nord-ouest fatto ... l'anno MDLXXXVIII. Giovanni Silvestri, Mila...

Lot 30

William Fitzgerald, An Ode to...Captain Cook, first edition, London 1780.

30William Fitzgerald, An Ode to...Captain Cook, first edition, London 1780.
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FITZGERALD, W[illiam]. An ode to the memory of the late Captain James Cook. By W. Fitzgerald, Of Gray's Inn. printed for G. Robinson, Pater-Noste...

Lot 31

Thomas Forrest, Voyage to New Guinea, first edition, London 1779.

31Thomas Forrest, Voyage to New Guinea, first edition, London 1779.
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FORREST, Thomas. A Voyage to New Guinea, and the Moluccas, from Balambangan: including an Account of Magindano, Sooloo, and other Islands; and i...

Lot 32

Cook.- Forster & Forster, Voyage round the World, first edition, 1777-1778.

32Cook.- Forster & Forster, Voyage round the World, first edition, 1777-1778.
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FORSTER, Georg; Johann Reinhold FORSTER. A Voyage round the World, in His Britannic Majesty's sloop, Resolution. [with] Observations made during a...

Lot 33

Surville.- Georg Forster, Journal to the Southern Sea, first Russian, 1797.

33Surville.- Georg Forster, Journal to the Southern Sea, first Russian, 1797.
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FORSTER, Georg; KOZLOV, Nikolai (translator). [The Journey to the Southern Sea of the Captain of the French Fleet Jean François Surville taken by ...

Lot 34

Cook.- George Forster, Von Brodbaum, first edition, Kassel 1784.

34Cook.- George Forster, Von Brodbaum, first edition, Kassel 1784.
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FORSTER, Georg. Von Brodbaum. privately printed, Kassel, 1784.The first edition of Forster's exceedingly rare treatise on the breadfruit tree, usi...

Lot 35

Cook.- Georg Forster, Kleine Schriften, 6 vols, Leipzig 1789.

35Cook.- Georg Forster, Kleine Schriften, 6 vols, Leipzig 1789.
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FORSTER, Georg. Kleine Schriften: Ein Beytrag zur Völker- und Länderkunde, Naturgeschichte, und Philosophie des Lebens. Paul Gotthelf Kummer, Leip...

Lot 36

Johann Forster, Characteres generum plantarum, first edition, London 1776.

36Johann Forster, Characteres generum plantarum, first edition, London 1776.
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FORSTER, Johann Reinhold. Characteres generum plantarum, quas in itinere ad insulas maris Australis, collegerunt, descripserunt, delinearunt, anni...

Lot 37

Cook.- J.R. Forster, Enchiridion, first edition, Halle 1788.

37Cook.- J.R. Forster, Enchiridion, first edition, Halle 1788.
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FORSTER, Johann Reinold. Enchiridion historiae naturali inserviens. Hemmerde und Schwetschke, Halle, 1788. Scarce. Essential information for the c...

Lot 38

M. Gianetti, Elogy of Captain James Cook, first edition, Florence 1785.

38M. Gianetti, Elogy of Captain James Cook, first edition, Florence 1785.
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GIANETTI, Michelangiolo. Elogy of Captain James Cook. Comprised and publickly recited before the Royal Academy of Florence. Translated into Engl...

Lot 39

Joseph Hall, Mundus Alter et idem, third edition, Utrecht 1643.

39Joseph Hall, Mundus Alter et idem, third edition, Utrecht 1643.
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HALL, Joseph. Mundus Alter et Idem ... Authore Mercurio Britannico ... [Bound with] CAMPANELAE, Thomas. Civitas Solis [with] BACON, Francis Bacon....

Lot 40

Hamilton, Voyage round the World in HM Pandora, first edition, Berwick 1793.

40Hamilton, Voyage round the World in HM Pandora, first edition, Berwick 1793.
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HAMILTON, George. A Voyage round the World in His Majesty's Frigate Pandora. Performed under the Direction of Captain Edwards In the Years 1790, 1...

Lot 41

John Harris, Hermann Moll, Navigantium, first edition, London 1705.

41John Harris, Hermann Moll, Navigantium, first edition, London 1705.
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HARRIS, John. Navigantium atque itinerantium bibliotheca: or, a compleat Collection of Voyages and Travels: consisting of above four hundred of ...

Lot 42

Gaishi Karitsu, Chronicle of Foreign Relations, Edo, c1854.

42Gaishi Karitsu, Chronicle of Foreign Relations, Edo, c1854.
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KARITSU, Gaishi. [In Japanese] Bankoku Tokai Nendaiki [A Chronicle of Foreign Relations]. Goshudo, Edo, n.d. circa 1854. A rare and very att...

Lot 43

Andrew Kippis, Vie du Capitaine Cook, first French edition, Paris 1789.

43Andrew Kippis, Vie du Capitaine Cook, first French edition, Paris 1789.
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[KIPPIS, Andrew;] J.H. CASTERA (translator). Vie du Capitaine Cook ... Hotel de Thou, Paris, 1789. Both volumes with a different collation to that...

Lot 44

Andrew Kippis, Life of Captain James Cook, first edition, London 1788.

44Andrew Kippis, Life of Captain James Cook, first edition, London 1788.
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KIPPIS, Andrew. The Life of Captain James Cook. Nicol, London, 1788. The first English biography of Cook. It provides a complete life of the navig...

Lot 45

Kippis & Nava Palacio, Vida y Viages del Capitan Jaime Cook, Madrid 1795.

45Kippis & Nava Palacio, Vida y Viages del Capitan Jaime Cook, Madrid 1795.
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[KIPPIS, Andrew]; NAVA PALACIO, Don Cesareo de (translator). Historia de la Vida y Viages del Capitan Jaime Cook. en la Imprenta Real, Madrid, ...

Lot 46

Otto von Kotzebue, Entdeckungs Reise, first edition, Weimar 1821.

46Otto von Kotzebue, Entdeckungs Reise, first edition, Weimar 1821.
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KOTZEBUE, Otto von. Entdeckungs-Reise in die Süd-See und nach der Berings-Strasse zur Erforschung einer nordöstlichen Durchfahrt unternommen in d...

Lot 47

Georg von Langsdorff, Reise um die Welt, first edition, Frankfurt 1812 .

47Georg von Langsdorff, Reise um die Welt, first edition, Frankfurt 1812 .
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LANGSDORFF, Georg Heinrich von. Bemerkungen auf einer Reise um die Welt in den Jahren 1803 bis 1807. Friedrich Wilmans, Frankfurt, 1812. Han...

Lot 48

P.E. Lemontey, Eloge de Jacques Cook, first edition, Paris 1792.

48P.E. Lemontey, Eloge de Jacques Cook, first edition, Paris 1792.
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LÉMONTEY, Pierre Edouard. Eloge de Jacques Cook avec des notes: discourse qui a remporté le prix d'éloquence au jugement de l'Academie de Marseill...

Lot 49

Jean Baptiste Lesseps, Journal Historique, 2 vol, first edition, Paris 1790.

49Jean Baptiste Lesseps, Journal Historique, 2 vol, first edition, Paris 1790.
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LESSEPS, Jean Baptiste Barthélemy de. Journal historique du voyage de M. de Lesseps. Imprimerie Royale, Paris, 1790. Lesseps served as Russian...

Lot 50

Cook.- Magra, Journal of a Voyage round the World, Dublin 1772.

50Cook.- Magra, Journal of a Voyage round the World, Dublin 1772.
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[MAGRA, James.] A Journal of a Voyage round the World, in His Majesty's Ship Endeavour, in the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, and 1771; undertaken in Pur...

Lot 51

Cook.- James Magra, Journal d'un voyage, first French edition, Paris 1772.

51Cook.- James Magra, Journal d'un voyage, first French edition, Paris 1772.
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[MAGRA, James]. Journal d'un voyage autour du monde, en 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771 ... traduit de 'Anglois, par M. de Fréville. Saillant & Nyon, P...

Lot 52

Alejandro Malaspina, Viaje politico-scientifico, first edition, Madrid 1885.

52Alejandro Malaspina, Viaje politico-scientifico, first edition, Madrid 1885.
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MALASPINA, Alejandro; NOVO y COLSON, Pedro (editor). Viaje politico-scientifico alrededor del mundo por las corbetas descubierta y atrevida al m...

Lot 53

Marchand & Fleurieu, Voyage autour du Monde, first edition, Paris 1798-1800.

53Marchand & Fleurieu, Voyage autour du Monde, first edition, Paris 1798-1800.
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MARCHAND, Etienne; FLEURIEU, Charles Pierre Claret de. Voyage autour du monde, pendant les années 1790, 1791, et 1792. l'Imprimerie de la Republi...

Lot 54

Marra, Journal du second voyage du capitaine Cook, Amsterdam & Paris, 1777.

54Marra, Journal du second voyage du capitaine Cook, Amsterdam & Paris, 1777.
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MARRA, John. Journal du second voyage du capitaine Cook, sur les vaisseaux La Resolution & L'Aventure. Pissot, Amsterdam & Paris, 1777. Scar...

Lot 55

Frans Meyen, Reise um die Erde, first edition, Berlin 1834-35, best issue.

55Frans Meyen, Reise um die Erde, first edition, Berlin 1834-35, best issue.
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MEYEN, Frans Johann Friedrich. Reise um die Erde ausgeführt auf dem königlich preussischen Seehandlungs-Schiffe Prinzess Louise, commandirt von ...

Lot 56

Moerenhout, Voyages aux iles du Grand Ocean, first edition, Paris 1837.

56Moerenhout, Voyages aux iles du Grand Ocean, first edition, Paris 1837.
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MOERENHOUT, Jacques Antoine. Voyages aux iles du Grand Ocean. Arthus Bertrand, Paris, 1837.First edition of this 'scarce and important work on Ta...

Lot 57

John Narborough, Account of several late voyages, first edition, 1694.

57John Narborough, Account of several late voyages, first edition, 1694.
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[NARBOROUGH, John; ROBINSON, Sir Tancred (editor)]. An account of several late voyages & discoveries to the south and north. Towards the Streights...

Lot 58

Pacific Voyages, New Discoveries, first edition, London 1778.

58Pacific Voyages, New Discoveries, first edition, London 1778.
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[PACIFIC VOYAGES]. New Discoveries concerning the World and its Inhabitants. In two parts. Part I. Containing a circumstantial account of all t...

Lot 59

Vicomte de Pages, Voyages autour du monde, first edition, Paris, 1782.

59Vicomte de Pages, Voyages autour du monde, first edition, Paris, 1782.
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PAGÈS, Pierre Marie François (Vicomte de). Voyages autour du monde, et vers les deux pôles, par terre et par mer, pendant les années 1767, 1768...

Lot 60

Sydney Parkinson, Journal of Voyage to the South Seas, first edition 1773.

60Sydney Parkinson, Journal of Voyage to the South Seas, first edition 1773.
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PARKINSON, Sydney. A Journal of the Voyage to the South Seas, in His Majesty's ship, the Endeavour. Faithfully transcribed from the Papers of the ...

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