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1176886746.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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ria9781020943584_inpHardcover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; This volume part of a series documenting the findings of the 1893-1896 Norwegian North Polar Expedition focuses on scientific results. Featuring contributions from expedition leader Fridtjof Nansen and other leading scientists the te hardcover
Articles: The Master's Measure - Remunerative Patterns for Hudson's Bay Company Captains, 1726-1736; Politics, Technology and Policy-Making, 1859-1865 - Palmerston, Gladstone and the Management of the Ironclad Naval Race; This Sad and Melancholy Catastrophe - Port Maitland, Ontario and the Wreck of the Troopship 'Commerce', 6 May 1850; A Dundee Ship in Canada's Arctic - SS Diana and William Wakeham's Expedition of 1897; The Historical Experience of Scaled-Down Nineteenth Century Drydock Technology; plus several book reviews. Clean and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
19902083002116406106KK Bestsellers 1990. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. KK Bestsellers paperback
96147502London 1922 Geographical Journal. New white stiff wrs.very good extracted article pp.218-219 3 b.w. photos 2nd art- icle by Dr. A.M. Heron: THE ROCKS OF MOUNT EVEREST pp. 219- 220 both bound in one. A vivid account of reconnaissance of Mt. Everest by Mallory Bullock & Wheeler in September 1921. A marvelous first ac- count of the climb and search for the easiest route to the top of Everest. With fabulous first photos of the Valley of the Kama Chu Mt. Everest from 19600 ft. N-53 & Makalu from 20500 ft. at the head of Kharta Valley view of the pe peak 20500 ft. at head of Kharta valley line approach by col left of AA North Peak & Northern branch of N.E. Arete. Several other fantastic early views of Everest.Great work! The appearance of articles in the Geographical Journal pre- ceede any published book. Thus these articles are likely the 'first' & earliest publication of photos & Everest notes done. unknown
96147501London 1921 Geographical Journal. New black clothvery good extracted article pages 371-377 map 7 b.w. photos. A vivid account of reconnaissance of Mt. Everest by Mallory Bullock & Wheeler in September 1921. A marvelous first ac- count of the climb and search for the easiest route to the top of Everest. With fabulous first photos of the Valley of the Kama Chu Mt. Everest from 19600 ft. N-53 & Makalu from 20500 ft. at the head of Kharta Valley view of the pe peak 20500 ft. at head of Kharta valley line approach by col left of AA North Peak & Northern branch of N.E. Arete. Several other fantastic early views of Everest.Great work! The appearance of articles in the Geographical Journal pre- ceede any published book. Thus these articles are likely the 'first' & earliest publication of photos & Everest notes done. unknown
First edition, 8vo, 76pp., disbound. A reply to 'The expedition against Rochefort fully stated and considered' by Thomas Potter, 1758.
1932E0047136 pages with 12 plates including frontispiece folding map and index. Royal octavo 10" x 6 3/4" in vellum Over brown boards with gilt titles. Deckle edges. This is the Account of the First Expedition of Don Diego De Vargas Into New Mexico in 1692. This is the first modern printing and contains a facsimile of the "Noticia de la Recuperacion." Translated by Irving A Leonard. Publications of the Quivira Society volume III. Number 628 of the limited edition of six hundred sixty-five copies.<br /><br />Sigüenza was born in Mexico City in 1645 the youngest of eight siblings. He was related to the famous baroque poet Luis de Góngora. He studied mathematics and astronomy under the direction of his father a Peninsular who had been a tutor for the royal family in Spain. Sigüenza entered the Society of Jesus as a novice August 17 1660 took simple vows August 15 1662 at Tepotzotlán and left the society or was expelled in 1667 or 1669. On July 20 1672 he was named to the chair of mathematics and exact sciences at the University of Mexico and was ordained a priest the following year. He was chaplain of the Hospital del Amor de Dios now Academia de San Carlos from 1682 until his death. He was well-known in the colony as a man of science. He was also a poet non-fiction writer historian philosopher cartographer and cosmographer. Such was his prestige that the French King Louis XIV tried to induce him to come to Paris. He published his first poem in 1662. In 1671 he published an almanac. In 1693 he published El Mercurio Volante the first newspaper in New Spain. At the hospital he became a close friend of Juan de Alva Ixtlilxochitl who put at his disposal a rich collection of documents of his ancestors who included the historian Fernando de Alva Cortés Ixtlilxochitl and the kings of Texcoco. In 1668 Sigüenza began the study of Aztec history and Toltec writing. On the death of Ixtlilxochitl he inherited the collection of documents and devoted the later years of his life to the continuous study of Mexican history.<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br />Some darkening to and slight staining to spine else a very good copy. Quivira Society hardcover
1938MAIN028134INY: American Museum of Natural. VG EX LIB with library label down end paper pocket rear e. p. 1938. 1st EX LIB. hardcover. 4to . 1350p in 2 vol . Ex Smith College Library properly stamped withdrawn. The Roy Chapman Andrews expedition. Part 2 is 1940. Nice tho EX LIB. Scans on request. NO INTERNATIONAL OR PRIORITY. . American Museum of Natural hardcover
258 p. Hardcover Fine condition
12mo [18 x 12 cm]; 418 pages, engraved plates including frontis and views which are new to this edition, where the illustrations list reflects the earlier edition. original blind-stamped blue cloth, gilt spine title lettering and vignette, lightly rubbed, small erasure on endpaper, clean with the original tissue guards for the plates, very good copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. "Scientist, explorer and diplomat, Humboldt was the last truly Universal Man. He left his name on the maps of five continents, over a thousand places in the world are named after him and even a crater on the moon bears his name." (Douglas Botting). Humboldt explored little known South America, climbing Chimborazo, the highest known mountain, which made him world famous. He collected a mass of data, which laid the foundation of modern physical geography and established the concept of plant geography. On his return he visited the United States where he became friend and advisor to President Jefferson. Later in his life, in his sixties, he traveled to Siberia, the Ural mountains, Caspian Sea, etc. Macgillivray's book was first published in 1832 but this edition was brought up-to-date with Humboldt's later explorations to the period of his death, and extra material added.
200028338Mansfield Centre:: Lone Wolf Press 2000. Facsimile Reprint Edition. A Fine tight copy of this Facsimile Edition of Jacob's 1859 volume in green cloth binding without dust jacket as issued. Gass is best remembered for his participation in the Lewis and Clark expedition. He was the expedition's last surviving member when he died at the age of 99 in 1870. He was important to the expedition because of his service as a carpenter and he published the first journal of the expedition in 1807 seven years before the first publication based on Lewis and Clark's journals. Lone Wolf Press, hardcover
1903EXNW00003New York: New Amsterdam Book Company 1903 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Ribbed maroon cloth gilt titles on front board & spine top edge gilt maroon endpapers frontis. 368 2 pp footnotes index. A bit of rubbing to extremities and faint spotting to rear board else fine. Scholarly biography of Amerigo Vespucci which collects in English translalion many of the documents relating to his life & voyages. This is a rather attractive little reprint in a size convenient to carry around. Shipping weight 2 lbs. Reprint. . VG/No dj. 18 X 11½ cm. New Amsterdam Book Company Hardcover
200328518<p>Lincoln:: University of Nebraska Press 2003. First Printing of the First Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Fine bright unclipped dust jacket. Moulton has edited the expedition journals into a riveting account that blends the narrative highlights if this definitive Nebraska edition. "For the first time the voices of the enlisted men and of the Native Americans are heard alongside the word of the captains." Contains new maps and illustrations. 413 pages with an index.</p> University of Nebraska Press, hardcover
201828379<p>Lewias & Clark Expedition Moulton Gary E. The Lewis and Clark Expedition Day by Day. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press 2018. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine unread copy in a Fine dust jacket. In May 1804 Meriwether Lewis William Clark and their Corps of Discovery set out on a journey of a lifetime to explore and interpret the American West. The Lewis and Clark Expedition Day by Day follows this exploration with a daily narrative of their journey from its starting point in Illinois in 1804 to its successful return to St. Louis in September 1806. This accessible chronicle presented by Lewis and Clark historian Gary E. Moulton depicts each riveting day of the Corps of Discovery's journey. Drawn from the journals of the two captains and four enlisted men this volume recounts personal stories scientific pursuits and geographic challenges along with vivid descriptions of encounters with Native peoples and unknown lands and discoveries of new species of flora and fauna.</p> University of Nebraska Press, hardcover
196222763London: John Murray. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Boards show light shelf wear DJ shows slightly heavier wear with light chipping price-clipped. Previous owner's name on FFEP.; A bright solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. B&W photos throughout. 2 foldout maps in pristine condition at back of book. Wraparound artwork on DJ.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 367 pages; "John Hornby 1880–1927 was an English explorer best known for his expeditions in the Arctic region of northern Canada notably in the "Barren Lands" in the Northwest Territories of Canada." He would refuse to take provisions and live off the land became famous for his daring exploits. "In 1926 Hornby tried to spend a year in a spot by the Thelon River with his 18-year-old cousin Edgar Christian and another young man Harold Adlard. Unfortunately the trio missed the caribou migration southward and therefore lacked sufficient food to survive the winter. Hornby died of starvation along with his companions in 1927. The graves of the three men can be found by the Thelon River near Hornby Point.Hornby recommended in a report following his expedition with Critchell Bullock that the areas near the Thelon and Hanbury Rivers be created as a wildlife sanctuary. The Thelon Game Sanctuary was established in 1927 and renamed Thelon Wildlife Sanctuary in 1956." Wikipedia . John Murray hardcover
1855E0558xx383 pages with hand colored frontispiece 3 maps in pockets plates many colored; vii41923 ad pages with color frontispiece and plates some colored. Small quarto 10 1/2" x 6 3/4" bound in original publisher's pictorial brown cloth with blind-stamped cover with gilt pictorial in gilt. Notes on the Natural History by John Richardson. Abbey Travel 645; Arctic Bibliography 1241; Books on Ice 5.8a; Hill 106; Sabin 4389; TPL 3409 First edition.<br /><br />Belcher's five-ship 1852-54 expedition in search of Franklin would be the last official British attempt. On the HMS Assistance Belcher successfully navigated through the Wellington Channel but beset by ice was unable to return to Lancaster Sound and was forced to abandon the ship. This account of the expedition also includes several essays on the natural history of the region by Richardson Owen Bell Salter and Reeve.<br /><br /><b>Condition:</b><br /><br />Minor wear re-backed with parts of original back-strips laid down; minor foxing short separations at folds to the largest map; inked stamps on title pages Edinger bookplates else a good set internally very good. Lovell Reeve hardcover books
1855E0558<p>2 volumes. xx383 pages with hand colored frontispiece 3 maps in pockets plates many colored; vii41923 ad pages with color frontispiece and plates some colored. Small quarto 10 1/2" x 6 3/4" bound in original publisher's pictorial brown cloth with blind-stamped cover with gilt pictorial in gilt. Notes on the Natural History by John Richardson. Abbey Travel 645; Arctic Bibliography 1241; Books on Ice 5.8a; Hill 106; Sabin 4389; TPL 3409 First edition.<br /><br />Belcher's five-ship 1852-54 expedition in search of Franklin would be the last official British attempt. On the HMS Assistance Belcher successfully navigated through the Wellington Channel but beset by ice was unable to return to Lancaster Sound and was forced to abandon the ship. This account of the expedition also includes several essays on the natural history of the region by Richardson Owen Bell Salter and Reeve.<br /><br /><strong>Condition:</strong><br /><br />Minor wear re-backed with parts of original back-strips laid down; minor foxing short separations at folds to the largest map; inked stamps on title pages Edinger bookplates else a good set internally very good.</p> Lovell Reeve hardcover
331p., illus. The Carnegie, the world's only sea-going non-magnetic observatory, was destroyed in a 1929 explosion in Samoa. Hardcover Good condition
201218050120Atlantic Books London 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover. 548 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Atlantic Books London 2012. First Edition. This is the first UK edition. CONDITION: The book itself is in fine condition and comes in fine dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear rubbing or soiling. Dust jacket is in excellent condtion. Dust jacket is unclipped. Dust jacket is protected in clear plastic sleeve. Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. ABOUT THIS BOOK: In 1498 a young captain sailed from Portugal circumnavigated Africa crossed the Indian Ocean and discovered the sea route to the Indies opening up access to the fabled wealth of the East. It was the longest voyage known to history; the ships were pushed to their limits their crews were racked by storms and devastated by disease. However the greatest enemy was neither nature nor the fear of venturing into unknown worlds. With blood-red Crusader crosses emblazoned on their sails the explorers arrived in the heart of the Muslim East at a time when the old hostilities between Christianity and Islam had intensified. In two voyages that spanned six years Vasco da Gama would fight a running sea battle that would ultimately change the fate of three continents. The Last Crusade is an epic tale of spies intrigue and treachery; of bravado brinkmanship and confused - often comical collisions - between cultures encountering one another for the first time. With the world once again tipping back East The Last Crusade offers a key to understanding age-old religious and cultural rivalries resurgent today. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Exploration; History. ISBN/EAN: 9781848870178. Inventory No: 18050120. 9781848870178 Atlantic Books hardcover
1955E01069 volumes including the three atlas volumes and portfolio volume. Volume I: <i>The Voyage of the Endeavour</i> cclxxxiv696 pages with 20 maps 25 illustrations including color frontispiece appendix and index. Reprinted with addenda and corrigenda. Volume II: <i>The Voyage of the Resolution and Adventure 1772-1775 </i>clxx1028 pages with 19 maps 63 illustrations appendixes and index. Half-title gives II as number within the set. Reprinted with addenda and corrigenda. Volume III parts 1 and 2: <i>The Voyage of the Resolution and Discovery 1776-1780</i> Part One ccxxiv718 pages with 17 maps and 64 illustrations. Half-title gives III as number within set. Admiralty instructions and the journal of the Third Voyage with supplementary extracts from journals or logs by James King Charles Clerke James Burney Richard Gilbert Thomas Edgar. Part 2: viii723-1647 with 2 maps 10 illustrations appendixes and index. Volume IV: <i>The Life of Captain James Cook</i> xi760 pages with 11 maps 38 illustrations bibliography and index. Written by J. C. Beaglehole. First separately published by A. and C. Black 1974 then for the Hakluyt Society. These volumes in royal octavo 9 1/2 x 6 1/2" bound in original publisher's deep blue cloth with blind stamped silhouette of Cook in gilt on front boards and gilt lettering to spines. Portfolio <i>Charts & Views</i> Drawn by Cook and his Officers and reproduced from the Original Manuscripts edited by R. A. Skelton. Pages viii with 58 loose maps charts plans profiles views and other illustrations some folding folio 15 3/4" x 10 1/2" in original blue cloth portfolio with gilt pictorial of cook on front in original jackets except for portfolio volume. <i>The Charts & Coastal Views</i>. Volume One: <i>The Voyage of the </i>Endeavour<i> 1768-1771</i> With a Descriptive Catalog of all the known original surveys and coastal views and the original engravings associated with them. Together with original drawings of the <i>Endeavour</i> and her boats lxiv328 pages with color frontispiece 480 half-tone plates and index. Volume Two: <i>The Voyage of the </i>Resolution<i> and </i>Adventure<i> 1772-1775</i> c332 pages with color frontispiece 23 color plates 320 half-tone plates and appendixes. Volume three: <i>The Voyage of the</i> Resolution<i> and </i>Discovery<i> 1776-1780</i> . together with the running journal of James King 1779-80 cxxxvi319 pages with color frontispiece 22 color plates 298 half-tone plates and appendixes. Volumes chief editor Andrew David. Assistant Editors for the Views Rudiger Joppien and Bernard Smith. Folios 17 1/4" x 11" bound in original publisher's deep blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and pictorial representation of the ship <i>Victoria</i> embossed in gilt on front covers. Hakluyt Society Extra Series 34a 34b 35 36a 36b 37 43 44 and 46. First printings. Condition: Lacks jacket for portfolio volume and the spine head is bumped. Jackets: Volume one volume three part two price clipped some jackets spines toned Charts & Coastal Views with some edge wear and closed tears else a near fine set in like jackets. Hakluyt Society hardcover books
199728674<p>Missoula:: Mountain Press Publishing Company 1997. Second Printing. A Near Fine copy with remainder mark to top edge in a Fine dust jacket. Sergeant Patrick Gass was one of the few members of the Lewis and Clark expedition to keep a continuous log of the entire epic journey. His simple and direct writing style along with his emphasis on the daily activities of the trip made Gass's journal more accessible to the general reader than other firsthand accounts and revealed the optimistic spirit of the expedition. In this new edition Carol MacGregor's thorough annotation of the journal and the inclusion of Gass's recently discovered personal account ledger lend new insight into the life and work of PatrIck Gass. The Journals of Patrick Gass represents a significant contribution to the study of the Lewis and Clark expedition essential for everyone interested in the history of Western expansion.</p> Mountain Press Publishing Company, hardcover