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# 50046
[GOULD, John]
History of the Otaheitean Islands, from their first discovery to the present time.
Including an account of the institutions, government, manners, customs, religion, & ceremonies of the people inhabiting the Society, the Friendly Islands, and the Marquesas. With an historical sketch of the Sandwich Islands. To which is added, an account of a mission to the Pacific Ocean, in the years 1796, 97, 98. Edinburgh : Printed by T. …
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# 44046
LISIANSKY, Urey (1773-1837)
A voyage round the world, in the years 1803, 4, 5, & 6; performed, by order of His Imperial Majesty Alexander the First, emperor of Russia, in the ship Neva.
London : John Booth … and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1814. First edition in English. Quarto (285 x 220 mm), modern half calf, spine in compartments with raised bands and gilt rule, contrasting morocco title label lettered in gilt, marbled boards; speckled edges; preliminaries (2 blanks, frontispiece portrait of Lisianskii); xxi; [blank]; [ii], …
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# 50047
CAMPBELL, Archibald
A voyage round the world, from 1806 to 1812;
in which Japan, Kamschatka, the Aleutian Islands, and the Sandwich Islands, were visited. Including a narrative of the author’s shipwreck on the Island of Sannack, and his subsequent wreck in the ship’s long-boat; with an account of the present state of the Sandwich Islands, and a vocabulary of their language. Edinburgh : printed for Archibald …
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# 49530
von KOTZEBUE, Otto
Voyage of discovery to the South Sea, and to Behring’s Straits, in search of a north-east passage; undertaken in the years 1815, 16, 17, and 18, in the ship Rurick
London : Sir Richard Phillips and Co., 1821. Octavo, finely bound in period style in half calf over marbled papered boards, spine in compartments with raised bands, contrasting morocco title label lettered in gilt, small repaired tear to first title leaf, pp. 220 (with a title leaf to the second part between pp. 110 – …
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# 48643
DUNCAN, William Augustine.
Account of a Memorial presented to His Majesty by Captain Pedro Fernandez de Quir, concerning the population and discovery of the fourth part of the world, Australia the Unknown, its great riches and fertility, discovered by the same Captain.
With licence of the Royal council of Pampeluna printed by Charles de Labayen anno 1610. From the Spanish. With an introductory notice. Sydney : Thomas Richards, 1874. Octavo, contemporary half crushed morocco over marbled papered boards (edges rubbed), lettered in gilt on spine, marbled endpapers, book label of David G. L. Worland, pp. 30; [blank]; …
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# 48976
[HADDON, Alfred Cort]; RIVERS, W. H. R.; SELIGMAN, C. G.; MYERS, Charles; McDOUGALL, W.
Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits. Volume II. Physiology and Psychology. Parts I & II. (In the original wrappers)
Cambridge, UK : at the University Press, 1901-03. Two volumes, large quarto (280 x 210 mm), in uniform cloth-backed printed green wrappers as originally issued (Part I in superb condition, the upper wrapper of Part II detached, both Parts slightly sunned at edges and with the original printed price labels); Part I. pp. vi, [2], …
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# 17465
CARON, François (1600-1673)
Beschrijvinghe van het Machtigh Koninghrijcke Japan … …
Amsterdam : Joost Hartgers, 1652. Small quarto, later quarter vellum over marbled papered boards, spine with manuscript title in black ink; title with woodcut vignette of two ships, pp 78; headpiece, historiated initials, side notes; a fine copy. Caron’s rare and highly important contemporary description of Japan was first published in 1648 as part of …
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# 42444
HEINE, Wilhelm
Die Expedition in die Seen von China, Japan und Ochotsk unter Commando von Commodore Colin Ringgold und Commodore John Rodgers, im Auftrage der Regierung der Vereinigten Staaten, unternommen in den Jahren 1853 bis 1856,
unter Zuziehung der officiellen Autoritäten und Quellen. Deutsche Original-Ausgabe von Wilhelm Heine. Leipzig : Hermann Costenoble (Band 1) / Otto Purfürst (Bände 2-3), 1858-59. Three volumes, large octavo (245 x 175 mm), uniform publisher’s bindings of blind-blocked pebbled cloth with gilt-decorated and -lettered spines (rubbed and lightly marked, spines sunned); Band 1. XX, 330 pp., …
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# 47519
[PONCELIN DE LA ROCHE-TILHAC, Jean-Charles]
[TAHITI] Histoire des révolutions de Taïti,
avec le Tableau du Gouvernement, des Moeurs, des Arts, & de la Religion des Habitans de cette île, par Messire Poutavery, Grand-Earée de Taïti; ouvrage traduit du Taïtien en Français par Mademoiselle B.D.B.D.B. Paris : chez Lamy, Libraire, Quai des Augustins, 1782. Two parts in one volume, duodecimo (150 x 90 mm), contemporary full calf, boards …
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# 49581
LEUPE, Pieter Arend (editor); SIEBOLD, Philipp Franz von
[TASMAN] Reize van Maarten Gerritsz. Vries in 1643 naar het Noorden en Oosten van Japan,
volgens het journaal gehouden door C.J. Coen, op het schip Castricum … Met de daarbij behoorende kaart en eenige fac-similés, en geographische en ethnographische aanteekeningen, tevens dienende tot een zeemansgids naar Jezo, Krafto en de Kurilen, en stukken over de taal en voortbrengselen der Aino-landen, van Jonkheer P.F. von Siebold. Amsterdam : Frederik Muller, 1858. …
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# 14844
Suárez de Figueroa, Cristóbal (1571-after 1644)
[QUIROS] Hechos de Don Garcia Hurtado de Mendoça, marques de Cañete :
A don Ivan Andres Hurtado de Mendoça su hijo, marques de Cañete, Señor de las Villas de Argete y su partido, Montero mayor del Rey nuestro señor, Guarda mayor de la ciudad de Cuenca, etta / por el doctor Christoval Suarez de Figueroa. En Madrid : en la Imprenta Real, Año 1616. Second issue of …
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# 42374
SPILBERGEN, Joris van (1568-1620) and Jacob LE MAIRE (c.1585-1616)
Speculum orientalis occidentalisque Indiae navigationum.
Lugduni Batavorum [i.e. Leiden] : Jodocus Hondius for Nicolaus van Geelkercken, 1619. Small oblong quarto (190 x 250 mm), contemporary limp vellum with early manuscript title and collection number to spine; title with large engraved vignette (early ownership signature to upper margin); pp. [4 blank], 175, [5 blank]; with a folding engraved world map and …
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# 41536
COOK, James, 1728-1779; FORSTER, Georg, 1754-1794; FURNEAUX, Tobias, 1735-1781
[COOK] Sammandrag af Capitain Jacob Cooks åren 1772, 73, 74 och 1775 omkring Södra Polen förrättade resa :
hwarwid Herrar Forsters och Furneaux journaler blifwit jämnförde och nyttjade : Innehållande det hufwudsakeligaste af de på denna resa gjorda nya uptäckter i söderhafwet, Rörande Södra Polens Ishaf nya uptäckte Öars naturalier och Inwånarnes Tänkesätt, Seder, Klädedrägt, m.m. Upsala [Sweden] : Johan Edman, 1783. Octavo, nineteenth century papered boards with title label to spine (edges …
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# 40477
[COOK, James, 1728-1779].
An abridgement of Captain Cook’s first and second voyages.
The first performed in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771 ; the second in 1772, 1773, 1774 and 1775. For making discoveries in the northern hemisphere, by order of his majesty. Extracted from the quarto edition, in five volumes. Containing a relation of all the interesting transactions; including an abridgement of Captain Furneaux’s narrative of …
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# 42451
DIXON, George
A Voyage Round the World; but more particularly to the north-west coast of America: performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon.
Dedicated, by permission, to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart., by Captain George Dixon. London : Published by Geo. Goulding, 1789. Second edition. Quarto, full diced russia, ruled in gilt, masterfully rebacked, spine in compartments with raised bands, elaborate gilt ornamentation and contrasting morocco title label lettered in gilt, gilt dentelles; marbled edges and endpapers; presentation inscription …
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# 42955
BLIGH, William (1754-1817)
[ELIZABETH BLIGH’S COPY]. A voyage to the South Sea, undertaken by command of His Majesty, for the purpose of conveying the bread-fruit tree to the West Indies, in His Majesty’s ship the Bounty, commanded by Lieutenant William Bligh.
Including an account of the mutiny on board the said ship, and the subsequent voyage of part of the crew, in the ship’s boat, from Tofoa, one of the Friendly Islands, to Timor, a Dutch settlement in the East Indies. The whole illustrated with charts, &c. Published by permission of the Lords Commissioners of the …












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![[COOK] Sammandrag af Capitain Jacob Cooks åren 1772, 73, 74 och 1775 omkring Södra Polen förrättade resa :](https://douglasstewart.com.au/app/uploads/2023/10/2023_DSFB_6343-300x300.jpg)


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