Pacifique

GLI ESPLORATORI DEL PACIFICO DA DRAKE A COOK E LA PÉROUSE

PERFETTO, MAI SFOGLIATO. LIEVISSIMI SEGNI DEL TEMPO. Informazioni bibliografiche Titolo: Gli esploratori del Pacifico: da Drake a Cook e La Pérouse Collana: Volume 2 di Grandi avventure di mare Autore: Angelo Solmi Editore: Novara: Istituto geografico De Agostini, 1985 Lunghezza: 224 pagine; [23] c. di tav. : ill. ; 24 cm Soggetti: Narrazioni di viaggi non limitati geograficamente, Oceano Pacifico, Storia, Esplorazioni, Scoperte geografiche, Nuovo Mondo, Magellano, Australia, Nuova Zelanda, Giava, Oriente, America, Abel Tasman, Olandesi, Spagnoli, Portoghesi, Inglesi, Hawaii, Tahiti, Illuminismo, Selvaggi, Indigeni, Cinquecento, Seicento, Settecento, Marion, Passaggio a Nord-Ovest, Cina, Giappone, Gilbert, Raleigh, Capo Horn, Cavendish, Davis, Frobisher, Baffin, Henry Hudson, Schouten, Roggeveen, Dampier, Bougainville, Du Fresne, Bligh, Pocahontas, Padri Pellegrini, Antartide, Stati Uniti, Geografia, Natura, Storia moderna

Proclama di fallimento. Il Consolato di S. M. in Torino sedente. La ragione di negozio eredi Pacifico Olivetti, corrente in questa citta', ha depositato presso la segreteria di questo Magistrato il suo bilancio...

Manifesto (cm 32 x 41 ca.). Stemma xilogr. in testa. Data manoscritta in calce. Manifesto che notifica il fallimento della ditta eredi Pacifico Olivetti a Torino. Anche se nel manifesto non e' specificato, si trattava di un negozio d'orafi.

A Chart of the Channel in the Philippine Islands through which the Manila Galeon Passes togheter with the adjacent Islands.

Dal “Voyage round the word, in the years MDCCXL” (in quattro tomi). London, John e Paul Knapton, 1749. Incisa da R. W. Seale, incisione in rame all'acquaforte, b/n, cm 56 x 73 (il foglio), piccolo cartiglio in alto a destra, margine graduato sul laterale sinistro. Fra le principali isole dell'arcipelago delle Filippine, che comprende nel suo insieme oltre settemila isole, sono segnalate la Terra di Luzon o Luconia, la Laguna de Bay, Manila, Myndoro, Panay, Masbate, la Ysl De Negros, Zebu, Leyte e Samal. L'insieme della Luconia, il Shoals Luconia, la cui giurisdizione ricade sotto la Malaysia, rappresenta uno dei complessi più grandi e meno conosciuti della barriera corallina del Mar Cinese Meridionale, situato a sud-ovest dalle Isole Spratly e a cento chilometri al largo della costa del Borneo; non c'è terra emergente al Shoals Luconia, e le scogliere sono completamente sommerse. Anson George (1697 – 1762). Esemplare rinforzato al verso con carta di Cina, margini stretti e poco regolari, una piega marcata accanto al cartiglio, nell'insieme discreto lo stato di conservazione. .

Cocotiers.

in-12, 177 pages, broche, couverture illustree plastifiee. Plastification de la couverture defraîchie sinon bel exemplaire. [GE-2]

L'Oceania che serve d'illustrazione al nuovo Dizionario Geografico Universale Sta. Stor. Comm.et

Mappa dell'Oceania.Carta geografica tratta dal "Dizionario Geografico Universale..." edito a Venezia nel 1835. In buono stato di conservazione. Map of Oceania taken from the "Dizionario Geografico Universale..." published in Venice in 1835.In good condition.

La fortezza nel riso

trad. di Carlo D'Agostino in 16°, bross. edit. ill., sbiadito, tracce d'uso in cop.

Passeggiata intorno al mondo negli anni 1817-18-19 e 20 sopra le corvette del re di Francia, l'Urania e la Fisica comandate dal sig. Freycinet opera del sig. Arago disegnatore della spedizione prima traduzione dall'originale francese di G.A. con rami colorati.

Milano, dalla tipografia de' fratelli Sonzogno, 1824, voll. 4, in-12, br. editoriali, pp. XXXV, [1], 262 - 237, [1] - 287, [1] - 278. Con 13 tavole incise in rame acquerellate a mano (1 + 6 + 3 + 3). Resoconto di viaggio nel Pacifico (Western Australia, Timor, Hawaii, New South Wales). Prima edizione in lingua italiana, edita nella “Raccolta de' viaggi più interessanti eseguiti nelle varie parti del mondo tanto per terra quanto per mare dopo quelli del celebre Cook e non pubblicati fin ora in lingua italiana”. Ottima copia (solo lievissimi difetti ai dorsi e una piccola gora a una copertina posteriore), nella sua brossura editoriale.

Conquista de las Islas Malucas. Prólogo de Glòria Cano.

Madrid-Zaragoza, 2009. 4to.; XLIX pp., 393 pp. Cubiertas originales.

From the Wheelhouse: Tugboaters Tell Their Own Stories

182 pages. Index. "Author interviewed 17 old-time tugboat captains, engineers and deckhands to assemble this intimate and often hair-raising account of life aboard BC tugs. Generously illustrated with archival photos and images of the skippers who appear within... An engaging portrait of the coastal characters and vessels that shaped this region's maritime history." - from dust jacket. Glossary. Usual library markings. Average wear. A sound reference copy. Book

10,000 Miles to Boston

192p., illus. Account of five-month voyage from New Zealand to New England. Hardcover Very good condition good

A PATTERN OF ISLANDS

Vg. no dj. green boards show some wear to edges, but no significant loss. ffeps have prior owner's details. account of the author's life as Administrator in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands in the Pacific. With 12pp b/w images

The Last Wooden Spar

176 pages. Index. Reproductions of archival black and white photos in text. Signed by author upon title page. Oblong 8.5" x 11". An engaging account of the history of coastal British Columbia logging and the part the author played in it over his long career. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. A handsome copy. Book

Original Prospectus Piece, With a Sample Colour Map of New Zealand and an Order Form, for the Second Edition of 'The World-Wide Atlas of Modern Geography'.

Original Prospectus Piece for the Second Edition of 'The World-Wide Atlas of Modern Geography', published by W. & A.K. Johnston in Edinburgh, 1894. With a sample colour map of New Zealand from the Atlas, list of maps and plans, and an order form. Single leaf, double sided, measuring approximately 9.5 x 12 inches (24 x 30cm). Near Fine Condition. The Atlas contained 112 coloured plates, maps, and plans of cities, and an introduction, giving an account of geographical discovery and political territorial changes in the nineteenth century, by J. Scott Keltie, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society, London.

Der russisch-japanische Krieg, 1904-1905. Ein kurzer Überblick über seinen Verlaus. Heft I: Vom Ausbruch des Krieges bis zum Ausgange der Schlacht von Liao Nan.

Very Good German Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 16 cm). In German. [xiii], 131 p., 14 numerous plans, 1 folding huge map. Der russisch-japanische Krieg, 1904-1905. Ein kurzer Überblick über seinen Verlaus. Heft I: Vom Ausbruch des Krieges bis zum Ausgange der Schlacht von Liao Nan.

The Australian Bushland

8vo [22.5 x 15 cm]; 711, [i, errata] pp, frontis (portrait), 8 color plates from paintings (one of Cassowary, others of flowers), many other plates and illustrations from photos, maps, glossary, index. original green cloth, spine and cover title lettering, dj (chipped at spine ends, not price clipped), interior is clean and fine, overall very good. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The botanist author, describes the flora, trees, grasses, etc in each region of Australia as well as botanical excursions in Victoria, appendices on wildflowers, grasses, Australian aborigines, birds, mammals of Australia, termites, erosion, Australian exploration, etc. Very well-illustrated.

The Tedi River District of Papua - 11

Title: The Tedi River District of Papua. Author: Leo Austen Publisher: London: Edward Stanford, Royal Geographical Society, 1923. Item is in Original Condition, with Blue Wrappers - As Issued, Complete with All the Ads! Notes & Condition: As early as six years prior to Charles Karius and Ivan Champion launching their famous 1926 expedition to cross New Guinea from the Fly to the Sepik, Australian army officer Leo Austen who would soon after become an anthropologist, led several pioneering patrols into the area. In 1922 he was placed in charge of an expedition to explore the country surrounding the Alice River [now known as the Ok Tedi River]. His party included one other officer, a Malay interpreter, twelve armed Papuan natives, and thirty-five Papuan carriers. As he notes the river's navigability and other important geographical features, he also observes various people groups settled along the banks and slightly inland. The Yonggom people and their customs are described at length. Piercing and tattooing, specific superstitions, confessions of cannibalism, fire making practices, cooking on hot stones, plaited fibre and sago leaf skirts for loin cloths, raised dwellings made of dirt and sago leafs with woven rattan doorways and constructed on posts or stilts, principal food staples, the use of long bamboo sticks for preserving water, and European influenced tobacco smoking, are some of the topics discussed in an unbiased manner. Both informative and engaging, Austen's firsthand account of a survey of the Ok Tedi District, formerly known as Alice River, describes a natural paradise, as it was in its virgin, undamaged state, three decades before Kennecott discovered the fabulous copper and gold deposit at Mount Fubilan near the headwaters of the Ok Tedi. He also visited several villages at the foot of the Star Mountains. 8vo. 15 pages, plus a full page sketch map for illustration. Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. Leo Austen (1894-1956) was born Leopold Novak Augstein in Brisbane. He was working as a clerk when World War I began and immediately enlisted. He landed with the first troops at Gallipoli and served in France where he was wounded. He returned to Australia in 1918 as a lieutenant and, with his brothers, changed his Austrian surname to Austen to avoid the anti-German sentiment after the war. On 3 April 1919 he joined Hubert Murray’s Papuan Service as a temporary Patrol Officer based at Daru in the lonely Western Division. He went on to lead many great patrols, there and elsewhere. In 1926 a Chair of Anthropology had been set up at the University of Sydney, partly to train Cadet Patrol Officers of the then separate New Guinea Department of District Services. Hubert Murray allowed some of his officers, including Leo, to attend the lectures. Leo eventually obtained qualifications as an anthropologist and began a parallel career producing many learned monographs and a book on Papua. The 1930s saw a massive upheaval of traditional societies in Papua due to increased European influence. Leo sought to restore and maintain the traditional cohesion of those societies, and was particularly successful in encouraging the revival of the paramount luluais in his favourite haunts in the Trobriand Islands. Leo became part of the Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit (ANGAU) during World War II and attended the major ANGAU conference in February 1944. Towards the end of the war he was the presiding magistrate at the trial of a number of local people accused of collaborating with the Japanese. Later he Leo obtained a position with Aboriginal Welfare in Casino New South Wales, and continued to advocate for aboriginal rights, in various ways, until his final days.

Original Australian Parliamentary Paper: Gold Regulations. Laid upon the Council table by the Colonial Secretary, by Command of His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor, and ordered by the Council to be printed, 26th September, 1854.

Original Australian parliamentary paper, printed on a single folio blue sheet, double sided, measuring approximately 13.5 inches x 8.5 inches (34cm x 22cm). In very good and original condition. This is an original document printed by the government of Victoria, Australia, during the Victorian gold rush, providing rules and regulations respecting the issue of licenses for mining, under the authority of the Local Act, entitled "An Act for the better management of the gold fields of Victoria".

This is the Story of Williams Lake, British Columbia - The Hub of the Historic Cariboo

32 pages. Black and white reproductions of photos. "This is the story of Williams Lake, a young town in an old setting, and of the historic Central Cariboo it serves. [This book] explains why Williams Lake with its friendly people and tremendous future is a good place to live." - Foreword. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Hale & Barman 910. Book

AUSTRALIA E NUOVA GUINEA. I popoli della terra - vol. 1.

(Codice VI/0247) In 4° (29,5x23,5 cm) 144 pp. Numerose foto a colori anche grande formato, disegni, cartine. Con indice e glossario. Cartone editoriale, ottimo stato: COME NUOVO. ~~~ SPEDIZIONE IN ITALIA SEMPRE TRACCIATA

L'ASIA - L'ASIA E L'OCEANIA. Collana IL PIANETA, vol. 10 - 11 - 12.

(Codice VO/0808) In 4° (31 cm) 3 volumi, 1,606 pp. complessive. Prima edizione. Volumi I e II: l'Asia. Volume III: L'Asia di sud-est e l'Oceania. Migliaia di illustrazioni in nero e a colori, foto e carte. Con glossario e indici. Legature cartone editoriale, completi di sovraccoperte. Ottimo stato. ~~~ SPEDIZIONE IN ITALIA SEMPRE TRACCIATA

Touring in New Zealand

Railway & Marine News, A Semi-Monthly Publication Devoted to Pacific Coast Transportation Interests, March 1, 1912, Vol. X, No. 4 - What a Big Terminal Plant Means to a Port

Features: Puget Sound Branch a Good Investment for the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul's; Rumors of Graft in Puget Sound Extension; New Station at Kelso Opened; Robert Dollar's Views; What a Big Terminal Plant Means to a Port - by R.F. Ayers, President Pacific Terminals Company (with photo of Mr. Ayers); Ten Reasons Why There Should Be Free Tolls (through the Panama Canal); The Panama Canal and the West Indies; Coaling Light Vessels at Sea Hazardous Work - article with photo of light vessel stationed on Swiftsure Bank; Anti-Rolling Tanks Death to Seasickness - article with two diagrams illustrating tank arrangements; Jury Decides for Underwriters; Water Grades a Large Factor in Commerce; Repairs, Drydocking and Other Work; Photo of steel stern frame made by the Scullin-Gallagher Iron & Steel Company; and more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine

Die Karolinen-Frage 1885

134pp., 21cm., softcover, text in German, Doctoral Dissertation (Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung des Doktorgrades der Philosophischen Fakultät der Universität zu Köln), stamp at verso of title page, text is clean and bright, G110619

POLYNESIAN VENTURE

Light wear to boards. Front hinge weakening. Endpapers a bit yellowed; Profusely illustrated with beautiful b&w photographs ; 8vo; 233 pages