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New York: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1997. 248 p. Over 150 color and black and white illustrations. A companion volume to Ken Burns' documentary film on the Lewis and Clark expedition, with contributions by Stephen Ambrose, Erica Funkhouser, and William Least Heat-Moon. Clean. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Stanford, CA: Stanford Univ Pr, 1974. 760pp; colour portrait frontispiece, 4 b/w sketch maps, 1 b/w fold out sketch map, 1 colour plate, 43 b/w plates, bibliography, index, Biography of Captain Cook. DJ has light wear. Text clean. 1st Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Rome, Italy: Istituto poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, 1992. 2 volumes complete. 289pp text volume + map vol with 18 color fold-out maps. Fine in publisher's decorated boards as issued. In publisher's decorated cloth and board slipcase. Clean. 1st Edition. Illustrated Boards. As New/Slipcase. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Washington, D. C: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1985. 302pp/illus/maps. The story of the U.S. Exploring Expedition, led by Lieutenant Charles Wilkes. Published to coincide with an exhibition of the same name. Clean. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket - Wraps. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London, England: Routledge and Kegan Paul: 1966, 1966. 372pp including index, b&w illustrations, map, clean copy in like, illustrated, DJ has light wear. Not price-clipped. A re-issue of Burton's 'Mission to Gelele' (2 volumes) published 1864. Clean. Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Oslo, Norway: Johan Grundt Tanum, 1938. 18pp/illus. This copy signed by Christensen beneath the frontis portrait. Original patterned paper-covered boards, printed patch label to the upper board. A little rubbed on the boards, but overall a very good copy. Portrait frontispiece and 10 other plates, maps to the endpapers. Clean. Inscribed by the Author. 1st Printing. Boards. Very Good+/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1890. 496pp/frontis. Red pictorial cloth with gilt boat and titles. Text is toned but clean. First edition, published simultaneously in Hartford by the American Publishing Company, of Warner's account of his travels down the Nile and around Egypt. This work includes detailed stories about his exploration of mosques, visits to the Pharaoh tombs, and interactions with local Egyptians and their culture. Through interpreters, Warner spoke with everyone he could to soak up as much of the Egyptian life as possible while he traveled around what was, at the time, considered an unknown part of the world to many Americans. Warner (1829-1900) was an American novelist, a friend of Mark Twain with whom he co-authored The gilded age. Overall clean.. 12th Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket - Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: American Geographical Society, 1967. 457pp with 42 figures, plus 44 b/w plates. Art and science of navigation, by Norman J. W. Thrower. Map compilation, by R. A. Skelton. Geographical exploration by the: Chinese, Japanese, Spaniards, Portuguese, Dutch, Russians, French, English, United States. DJ has edgewear. Clean.. Inscribed by the Author. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Annapolis, Maryland, U.S.A.: Naval Institute Press, 1985. 318pp/illus/maps. This biography looks at la Perouse the man, his family background and early career, his years in the Indian Ocean, his part in the American War of Independence, and the sad romantic story of his marriage. It then follows him and his companions on his great voyage. Clean. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1964. 256 with 20 plates (4 in colour). Wilfird Noyce and Robin Smith, two leading British climbers, were killed on this expedition. Clean. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Washington, D. C: Superintendent of Documents, 1861. 5 parts in one volume.. 2 large folding lithographic maps (clean/no tears), 8 fine folding lithographic views, 8 chromolithographic (beautiful color) plates showing dress of various Indian tribes along river and 16 lithographic plates of views (and fossils) from sketches by Baldwin Mollhausen (all clean and in excellent condition). Original decorated black cloth gilt with spine cloth missing. Overall tight and clean. Minimal foxing. Frst edition, This is the Senate and preferred issue. Probably best known as the engineer and architect of the Washington Monument (1859-1860), in 1857 Ives was "promoted to first lieutenant and was named to lead an expedition up the Colorado River in order to develop potential routes of supply in the event of a war between the national government and the Mormon settlements in Deseret (Utah). Ives's expedition included John Strong Newberry as naturalist, the Prussian Heinrich Balduin Möllhausen as… Leer más

Annapolis, MD, U.S.A.: Naval Institute Press, 2005. 312pp/illus/maps. Inscribed by author to an Admiral on ffep and autographed by author on title page. The Lynch Expedition was the first and last U.S. Navy expedition into the storied waters of the Dead Sea. The explorers were all volunteers who had taken an oath of abstinence from alcohol and they traveled in boats made of copper and zinc to make them durable enough for the rapids of the Jordan River and be able to withstand the corrosive effects of the Dead Sea. This is an account with interesting aspects involving science vs. religion, the turmoil in revolutionary Europe, the transition from sail to steam, the legends and truths about Sodom and Gomorrah, and a cholera epidemic. Clean. Inscribed by the Author. 1st Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Wennawoods Pub, 1998. 474pp/illus/maps (some folding). #599 of 1,000 copies. . Reprint. Decorative Boards. As New/No Jacket - Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Numbered Copy.

Cumberland, Rhode Island, U.S.A.: Yale Univ Pr, 2003. 528pp/illus, some color./maps. The story of Captain Cook's great voyages in the South Seas, focusing on the encounters between the explorers and the island peoples they "discovered. DJ slightly rubbed. Text clean.. 1st Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Dutton, 1950. Special Edition, Hardcover. original green cloth with gilt spine label (bookplate to recto frontispiece, 558pp, with 97 illustrations + 5 maps (3 folding). A very fine - clean copy. One of the most sought after works of South American travel and ethnography, a fascinating account of life in Tierra Del Fuego during the late 19th Century. Clean. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Preager, 1970. Hardcover. Reprint of the 1831 original. Two volumes in one, in the Praeger Scholarly Reprints series. Volume I: X*, XI, 12-358 pp. Volume II: IV, 5-360 pp. Cloth cover, gilt title on black vignette on spine. The first American naval circumnavigation. Volume I: On the "Guerrière" to Brazil, round Cape Horn & Peru, then on the "Vincennes" to the Marquesas (Washington Islands). Volume II: Tahiti/Society Islands, Sandwich Islands, Canton & Manilla, Cape of Good Hope & St. Helena. Clean. Reprint. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket - Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Preager, 1970. Hardcover. Reprint of the 1831 original. Two volumes in one, in the Praeger Scholarly Reprints series. Volume I: X*, XI, 12-358 pp. Volume II: IV, 5-360 pp. Cloth cover, gilt title on black vignette on spine. The first American naval circumnavigation. Volume I: On the "Guerrière" to Brazil, round Cape Horn & Peru, then on the "Vincennes" to the Marquesas (Washington Islands). Volume II: Tahiti/Society Islands, Sandwich Islands, Canton & Manilla, Cape of Good Hope & St. Helena. Clean. Reprint. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket - Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1897. 911pp w/ 2 steel portraits, 1 tinted lithograph, numerous illus & maps, and 1 fold-out map in rear. This is the one volume edition. Author was lieutenant-commander U.S.N., and commander of the polar expedition of 1879-1881. Details the ill-fated voyage of the USS Jeannetee, an early expedition up the coast of Alaska and Siberia into the Artic Sea. Ultimately, the ice flows of the Artic Sea caused the ship to sink and the survivors to make their way to Siberia. De Long was killed in in the course of the expedition. Tight wth some light foxing. Marked only on title page and remnants of card holder inside front cover. Overall clean.. Quarter Leather/Boards. Very Good+/No Jacket - Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

London: John Murray, 1820. 5 hand- colored aquatint copper etched plates, 339p., appendix, engraved frontis of the captain. Third and best edition. RARE A fascinating primary source, with commentary on China and the Ryukyu Islands. With 8 very nice colored engraved plates. Covering the voyage from England to the Brazils, the Cape of Good Hope, Java, and the Gulf of Pe-tche-lee. The ships visit Chinese Tartary, the provinces of Pe-tche-lee and Shantung, and examine the coast of Corea. Arrival to the island of Grand Lewchew, kind reception by the natives, account of history, general character & manners of this singular people. This is the famous account of the voyage of the Alceste which brought Lord Amherst to China to serve as ambassador, and specifically to negotiate the China trade, at the time a matter of dispute between China and Great Britain. It was also on this voyage that the people of Luchu [Ryukyu] were first visited by Europeans. The island was later renamed Okinawa. Five beautiful… Leer más