Voyages & Exploration

  • Myths and legends of Maoriland

    # 44731

    REED, A.W.

    Myths and legends of Maoriland

    : illustrated by George Woods and W. Dittner. Wellington : A.H. and A.W. Reed, 1954. Fourth impression. Octavo, cloth in dustjacket, 230 pp, illustrated, a fine copy.

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  • Passeggiata intorno al mondo negli anni 1817 - 18 - 19 - 20 sopra le corvette del Re di Francia l'Urania e la Fisica, comandante dal Sig. Freycinet

    # 42898

    ARAGO, Jacques (1790-1855)

    Passeggiata intorno al mondo negli anni 1817 – 18 – 19 – 20 sopra le corvette del Re di Francia l’Urania e la Fisica, comandante dal Sig. Freycinet

    Opera del Sig. Arago, disegnatore della spedizione. Milano : dalla dalla tipografia e’fratelli Sonzogno, 1824. Four volumes, duodecimo, publisher’s original printed grey wrappers with decorative borders, some light edge wear, manuscript Roman numerals to spine, various pagination, all edges uncut, occasional light foxing, small stain to lower wrapper of second volume, thirteen finely coloured engraved plates, …

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  • A true and exact history of the Island of Barbadoes.

    # 43061

    LIGON, Richard (1585? - 1682)

    A true and exact history of the Island of Barbadoes.

    Illustrated with a map of the island, as also the principal trees and plants there, set forth in their due proportions and shapes, drawn out by their several and respective scales, together with the ingenio that makes the sugar, with the plots of the several houses, rooms, and other places, that are used in the …

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  • British New Guinea. (Association copy, inscribed for conchologist Charles Hedley of the Australian Museum)

    # 44324

    THOMSON, J. P. (James Park) (1854-1941)

    British New Guinea. (Association copy, inscribed for conchologist Charles Hedley of the Australian Museum)

    London : George Philip & Son ; Brisbane : Alexr. Muir & Morcom, 1892. First edition. Large octavo (230 x 165 mm), publisher’s gilt-decorated maroon cloth over boards (lightly rubbed), spine lettered in gilt (sunned); a significant association copy, with a presentation inscription on the verso of the front free-endpaper by the author for conchologist Charles …

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  • The voyage of the "Discovery"

    # 44220

    SCOTT, Captain Robert Falcon (1868-1912)

    The voyage of the “Discovery”

    London : Smith, Elder & Co., 1905. Second impression. Two volumes, octavo, gilt lettered cloth with gilt medallions on upper boards (corners bumped, edges slightly worn, hinges rubbed), top edges gilt, fore edge foxed, pp xx, 556; xii, 508; photogravure frontispieces, numerous plates, folding maps in endpockets. A very good set of one of the …

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  • [MAORI LANGUAGE] Ko te tuarua o nga pukapuka waki; hei wakakite atu i nga henga a te Hahi o Roma.

    # 42355

    TE AROHA PONO [COLENSO, William 1811-1899]

    [MAORI LANGUAGE] Ko te tuarua o nga pukapuka waki; hei wakakite atu i nga henga a te Hahi o Roma.

    Hopataone [Hobart Town] : He mea ta i te Perehi o te Watahaoha ratou ko nga teina [printed by R. S. Waterhouse and Brothers], 1840. Small octavo (180 x 110 mm), recent stitched marbled wrappers; pp. 24; text in Māori; first leaf with small perforation to top margin, a lightly creased top corner and some mild …

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  • History of Europe

    # 43965

    ALISON, Sir Archibald

    History of Europe

    from the Commencement of the French Revolution in M.DCC.LXXXIX. to the Restoration of the Bourbons in MDCCC.XV. Edinburgh and London : William Blackwood and Sons, 1853 – 1855. Ninth edition. Twelve volumes octavo (lacking the oblong quarto atlas), bound in uniform half calf, spine in compartments with raised bands and gilt ornamentation, contrasting morocco title …

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  • Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits. (6 volumes)

    # 44338

    HADDON, Alfred Cort (1855-1940)

    Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits. (6 volumes)

    New York : Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1971. Six volumes large octavo (255 x 180 mm), uniform bindings of silver-lettered brown cloth, spines with black leather title-pieces lettered in silver; illustrated with 103 plates reproducing a large number of photographs, 604 text figures, and 23 maps; a complete set of the scarce reprint of the original …

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  • Micronésie et Para-Micronésie.

    # 44402

    CARLIER, Jean-Edouard

    Micronésie et Para-Micronésie.

    Paris : Galerie Voyageurs et Curieux, 2 rue Visconti, 2007. Quarto (290 x 200 mm), publisher’s pictorial papered boards; pp. 136, with 95 colour photographic illustrations by Hughes Dubois illustrating 120 objects (plus 7 b/w illustrations); text in French by Jean-Edouard Carlier; map; bibliography; a pristine copy. The Oceanic Art catalogues of Voyageurs et Curieux …

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  • Art de Papouasie Nouvelle-Guinée.

    # 44403

    CARLIER, Jean-Edouard

    Art de Papouasie Nouvelle-Guinée.

    Paris : Galerie Voyageurs et Curieux, 2 rue Visconti, 2010. Quarto (290 x 200 mm), publisher’s pictorial papered boards; pp. 160, with 130 colour photographic illustrations by Hughes Dubois illustrating 124 objects (plus 6 b/w illustrations); text in French by Jean-Edouard Carlier; bibliography; a pristine copy. The Oceanic Art catalogues of Voyageurs et Curieux are …

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  • Arts of the South Seas : island Southeast Asia, Melanesia, Polynesia, Micronesia : the collections of the Musée Barbier-Mueller

    # 44366

    NEWTON, Douglas (ed.)

    Arts of the South Seas : island Southeast Asia, Melanesia, Polynesia, Micronesia : the collections of the Musée Barbier-Mueller

    Munich : Prestel, 1999. Large quarto (315 x 250 mm), publisher’s cloth-covered boards in pictorial dust jacket (slightly rubbed), pp. 368, profusely illustrated in colour and b/w; a fine copy of one of the best surveys of Oceanic Art available.

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  • Pioneers of the Pacific : voyages of exploration 1787 - 1810

    # 44130

    RIGBY, Nigel et al.

    Pioneers of the Pacific : voyages of exploration 1787 – 1810

    Perth : University of Western Australia Press, 2005. Quarto, boards in illustrated dustjacket, pp. 144, illustrated, a fine copy. ‘Due to the dominance of Captain Cook’s Pacific exploration, many voyages of science and exploration following him to the Pacific have not received the attention they deserved. This title aims to correct this imbalance through the …

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  • Historiarum Indicarum Libri XVI. : Selectarum item ex India epistolarum, eodem interprete, libri IV. Accessit Ignatii Loiolae vita.

    # 13321

    Maffei, Giovanni Pietro, 1533-1603

    Historiarum Indicarum Libri XVI. : Selectarum item ex India epistolarum, eodem interprete, libri IV. Accessit Ignatii Loiolae vita.

    Coloniæ Agippinæ : in Officina Birckmannica, sumptibus Arnoldi Mylii, MDXCIII. [Cologne : Arnold Mylius, 1593]. Second Cologne edition. Small folio, contemporary calf with embossed armorial device to boards, ruled in blind, rebacked, spine with raised bands; edges stained blue, later endpapers, title with woodcut printer’s device, manuscript inscription lower margin; woodcut initials and tail-pieces; pp 541, …

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  • A collection of voyages. In four volumes.

    # 42701

    DAMPIER, William (1651-1715)

    A collection of voyages. In four volumes.

    I.  Captain William Dampier’s voyages round the world : describing particularly, the coasts and Islands in the East and West-Indies. The South-Sea coasts of Chili, Peru, and Mexico. The countries of Tonquin, Achin and Malacca. The Cape of Good Hope, New-Holland, &c. II. The voyages of Lionel Wafer; giving an account of his being left …

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  • Terra Australis Cognita : or, voyages to the Terra Australis, or Southern Hemisphere, during the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth Centuries.

    # 38367

    CALLANDER, John (1722–1789)

    Terra Australis Cognita : or, voyages to the Terra Australis, or Southern Hemisphere, during the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth Centuries.

    Containing an account of the manners of the people, and the productions of the countries, hitherto found in the Southern latitudes; the advantages that may result from further discoveries on this great continent, and the methods of establishing colonies there, to the advantage of Great Britain. With a preface by the Editor, in which some …

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  • Midshipman William Harvey, sailor on all three voyages of Captain Cook : his watercolour portrait and snuff box.

    # 42458

    [HARVEY, William, 1752-1807]

    Midshipman William Harvey, sailor on all three voyages of Captain Cook : his watercolour portrait and snuff box.

    Watercolour on paper, 247 x 227 mm, in an early gilded wood and gesso frame, inscribed verso Midshipman Hardy [sic] of Ct. Cook’s Ship Discovery 1779. Exhibited: Endeavour voyage: the untold stories of Cook and the First Australians. National Museum of Australia, Canberra, 2 June 2020 – 26 April 2021. Reference: Coates, Ian (editor). Endeavour voyage, the …

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