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280 pages. Index. Bibliography. Archival black and white photos abound, plus several in colour. Includes maps, timetables and scale drawings. "This is the dramatic story of the CPR's British Columbia sternwheelers and steam tugs through the races, boiling rapids, moonlit cruises, and gold rushes to their passing." - from dust jacket. Light wear to clean and unmarked book. Average wear and closed tears to back panel of dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Sound copy of this wonderful piece of B.C. history. Book
251 pages. Index. Bibliography. Appendices. Over 280 black and white illustrations, photographs, maps, timetables, reproductions and scale drawings. "The steamships played a formative role in the development of the north Pacific coast of North America and the CPR's Princesses will have a long place in its history. This is their story, told candidly but with affection." - from dust jacket. Average wear. Usual library markings. A sound copy. Book
8vo [19.5 x 13.5 cm]; xvi, [ii], 395, 32 [publisher's ads dated November 1884] pp, frontis, plates, 3 maps (Samoa, Tokelau, Ellice and Gilbert Islands, New Hebrides), tables, index. original red cloth, black-ruled border, gilt spine title lettering, spine darkened, front hinge cracking but firm, a clean, solid and very good unopened copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A pioneering work on Polynesia and origin and relationship of Polynesians, with description of religions, customs, cooking, amusements, mortality, rituals, housing, canoes, manufactures, government, laws, warfare, their astronomy, folklore, politics, ethnology. The appendix contains tables of 132 words in 59 Polynesian dialects.
8vo [23.5 x 16.5 cm]; xii, 548, 16 [publisher's ads] pp, plates and illus, color frontis of Samoan Orator in color photocopy, map, extra illustrations not in list of illus, folding table at end (often lacking). new cloth preserving the original cloth of covers and gilt lettering of spine, stains on title page, few marginal pencil notes on few leaves, spine label removed, solid and tight copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Hill p. 295. Mostly on Samoa and New Hebrides, the author describes the peoples, their customs, society, wars, mythology, language, canoes, clothing, food, amusements, as well as his activities there. The very large folding table compares the dialects for 24 islands for about 120 words. An appendix gives the meteorological data averaged over seven years for each month of the year.
Milano, Mondadori, 1968, 16mo cartonato editoriale con sovraccopertina illustrata a colori, pp. 193.
8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece, 11 plates on 6, 6 maps in the text and endpaper maps, neat signature on half-title; blue cloth, gilt back, red top, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Classic early account with valuable chronology of the battle. Published simultaneously with the US edition. Enser, p.274.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 294 pages.
292 pages. Reproductions of archival black and white photos. "The story of hardy people who dared to follow a dream. While trapping in the Rocky Mountains southwest of Beaverlodge, Alberta, Alex Monkman came upon a low pass the Indians had been using for hundreds of years. He recognized it as a potential shortcut fo the Pacific coast for the people of the Peace River Country in northeastern British Columbia... The Monkman Pass Highway Association was formed in 1936... The ingenuity, courage and endurance of the people who worked on the Pass is a story that begged to be told and this book is dedicated to them." - from back cover. Prior owner's details and blind stamp upon first page, otherwise clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
22 pages plus a large fold-out color map measuring 13 x 23 inches (33 x 58.5 cm). 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 This nineteenth century account includes a large colour map of New Guinea, with detailed coastline but a vastly uncharted interior, featuring at its center only two small villages. The author provides a succinct summary of discovery, followed by speculations of the origin of the inhabitants and uncharted territory inland. Topics range from Polynesian ancestry, head-hunting and cannibalism, religion and superstition, trade of commodities and slaves, Papuan law and custom, Dutch claims and English annexation. Also features contemporary news drawing from letters by J. Chalmers, foremost missionary and explorer in New Guinea.
Barcelona, Editorial Labor, s.a. (hacia 1950). 4to. mayor; 548 pp., con 50 mapas y figuras entre el texto y 32 láminas con fotografías Encuadernación original en media tela.
Very light foxing to first and last few pages ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 269 pages
Light wear to extremities. Gilt cover lettering faded. Chipping to top and bottom of spine. Binding not tight. ; Another voyage to the peoples of the South Seas, but with a twist--the three gentleman explorers take native brides! ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 146 pages
Wear with chipping and open tears to DJ. Binding not tight. Front free endpaper missing; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 146 pages
Madrid, Imprenta de Don Miguel de Burgos, 1828. Folio; 202 pp. Ejemplar carente de mapas. Cubiertas originales en papel impreso.
1958 offprint of article which first appeared in the British Columbia Historical Quarterly, January-April, 1955. 56 page booklet. "Will enable the reader to form a clearer idea, not only of the way in which the various voyages gradually introduce some measure of clarity into the prevailing views on the geography of these regions, but also of how the explorations of the nationals of various countries interlocked with one another and brought the several governments into conflict for possession of these regions." - from page 7. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this informative work. Book
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates, maps in the text and coloured endpaper maps; red boards, black cloth back lettered in gilt, , uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.173.
2 vols., 8vo., with numerous photographs and maps throughout, and coloured endpaper maps; original two tone red-brown cloth, upper boards and backstrips blocked and lettered in gilt, uncut, a very good, bright, fresh, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the wrappers mildly frayed and creased at extremities.
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text and endpaper maps; sand cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
21 pages, including a full-page sketch map. Plus black and white plates. 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. This is a most amazing and compelling account of a fearless, treacherous, and seemingly unreasonably optimistic Pacific Ocean voyage of 101 days on a most precarious raft. Guided by the early Spanish records, supplemented by native Ecuadorian advice, the expedition members with Herman Watzinger as their architect, built a 40-foot replica of the old balsa raft, intended for the crossing of the magnificent Pacific Ocean, using balsa logs from the Ecuadorian jungle lashed together side by side with hemp rode, absolutely no metal fixings nor a single nail, and complete with a small thatched bamboo hut and two mangroves sails! The seaworthiness of the seemingly clumsy raft, which held Heyerdahl and five companions for a 4,300-mile voyage to the Polynesian islands, surpassed the boldest expectations. Upon their inconcievable return, Heyerdahl proudly reports that the buoyant logs rode the crest of breaking seas like rock. The use of rope instead of nails or pegs permitted independent movement between the separate pieces of wood and bamboo, and gave the craft an amazing toughness and resiliency at sea and on the reef. Whether the South Pacific water-span was ever bridged by preshistoric craft is a question by no means new to anthropology. The Polynesian race, its origin and its migrations have been the subject of more attention among scientists than any other living branch of the human family. Heyerdahl’s theory was that the original Polynesians had come by sea from South America, on rafts such as the one he and his companions built. The first voyage ended in failure after 47 days. The second voyage of 4300 miles and 101 days facing dangerous storms and all the elements of the sea, did in fact establish the feasability of his claim. They set out from Callao in Peru and ended with the wreck of the Kon-Tiki on a coral reef off Raroia in the Tuamoto Archipelago, part of French Polynesia. From the actual building of the raft to their crash landing on the island, the Kon-Tiki expedition has been hailed as one of the great scientific as well as maritime feats of all time! Kon-Tiki was the raft used by Norwegian explorer and writer Thor Heyerdahl in his 1947 expedition. It was named after the Inca sun god, Viracocha, for whom "Kon-Tiki" was said to be an old name. Kon-Tiki is also the name of the popular book that Heyerdahl wrote about his adventures. The book was a best-seller, and a documentary motion picture of the expedition won an Academy Award in 1951.
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291 pages including index and 11 pages of colour photographic plates. Abundantly illustrated in black and white. In an easy and conversational style describes the origin, physical characteristics, and nature of the forces that act within and upon the eastern Pacific Ocean. Describes the origin, shape, and structure of the ocean floor as well as the development of coastlines and beaches. Carefully explains the complex movements of water masses, first in general terms and then specifically with regard to the various coastal regions of British Columbia. Describes the seasonal variations in salinity and temperature and, in a remarkably lucid manner, the complex interaction of planetary body forces which result in the variability of tides. Many of his own experiences as well as those of his colleagues are used to illustrate some of the more spectacular effects of water mass motions, such as the tidal rips in the northern Strait of Georgia, internal gravity waves in Knight Inlet, and the unique tidal whirlpools in Gilford Passage. These and many other aspects of coastal oceanography are presented in such a way that the excitement of the author for the nature of his work is transferred to the reader.... This book should have wide appeal. Not only is it suitable for scientists and their students, but should become a standard reference to be found in the libraries of commercial vessels as well as in the collections of yachtsmen. Although the author has no pretensions as to its evangelical significance, he has, with this book, made an outstanding contribution to the enjoyment of the coastal waters of British Columbia." - from Foreward by C.J. Yorath, Geological Survey of Canada. Chapters include: Historical Setting; The Coast Today; Tides and Tidal Streams; Secondary Currents; Upwelling - Bringing Cold Water to the Surface; Nature of Ocean Waves; Generation of Wind Waves; Shallow-Water Waves; Tsunamis (Tidal Waves); Strait of Georgia; Juan de Fuca Strait; Johnstone Strait Region; Deep-Sea Region; Northern Shelf Region. Clean and unmarked but for gift greetings inside front cover. Light wear externally. Nice tight and square copy. Book
24 pages, including illustration. Plus a fold-out sketch map measuring approximately 8 x 26 inches (20 x 66 cm) and a large fold-out colour map measuring approximately 7.5 x 15 inches (19 x 38 cm). 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. This narrative traces the history of renowned navigations to elucidate a continuous chain of events, whereby the accident of one voyage created the objective of the next. He also speculates on how political history on world discovery was impacted by even the slightest circumstance. Includes plates, a large fold out chart of the Spanish Galleon in the Pacific taken by Anson, as well as a large fold out colour map.
17 pages. Plus a large fold-out colour map measuring approximately 8.25 x 13.25 (21 x 34cm). 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. This is a most captivating expedition account of the author's adventurous explorations of the islands of the Louisiade and D'Entrecasteaux Archipelagoes, inhabited by head-hunters and cannibals, included in the possession of British New Guinea. Accompanied by a charming fold-out colour map, showing Thomson's travel routes. Sir Basil Home Thomson was British colonial administrator in Fiji, Tonga and New Guinea between the years 1883 and 1893. Thomson begins his expedition from Port Moresby, traversing seventy miles on horseback to reach the coastal villages of Motu, Saroa, and Loyalupu tribes. Here he makes interesting remarks on the tribal trades, native canoes, polygamy, intertribal feuds, head-hunting practices, superstitions and witchcrafts, and common diseases. Then he proceeds towards Sudest Island, the largest of the Louisiades, here he finds some 400 miners prospecting for gold. The island was very sparsely inhabited, and the native have for years been the prey of the head-hunting parties from Brooker Island. From Sudest Island, accompanied by twenty miner, he sails towards the mysterious and dangerous Rossel Island, where its unsurveyed barrier reefs have caused so many shipwrecks. After landing on the island the expedition party proceeds towards Dixon Bay, then passes through the treacherous forest where they visit several villages, some deserted and some inhabited by cannibals and headhunters, which contained human skulls and bones , with huts filled with hunting spears, arrows, and much more. Afterwards he visits the island of Joannet, and the unexplored and densely populated island of St. Aignan (Misima), with about thirty villages, inhabited by industrious and skilful cultivators as well as head-hunters. Anchors on the north-east Point of Normanby Island, the most easterly of the D'Entrecasteaux Group, also densely populated, with remarkably clean villages. Here he sees a species of the Birds of Paradise and collects some species of Orchids. He also explores Ferguson Island, the largest of the D'Entrecasteaux - where he visited Kilkerran and Maybole mountain rangers - Goulvain and Welle Islands, and Goodenough Island.
185 pages. Abundantly illustrated in black and white. Recounts the voyage in 1944 of the St. Roch from Halifax to Vancouver via the Northwest Passage. While this was not the first time the passage had been traversed, the first passage by Amundsen took several years. The voyage of the St. Roch lasted only 86 days and took a more northerly route than that blazed by Amundsen. It was the first time that this shorter route - first attempted by William Parry in 1819; tried by other explorers in the nineteenth century (and later taken by the supertanker, Manhattan in 1969) - was successfully navigated. The St. Roch was a small wooden vessel only 104 feet long, constructed in 1928 by the Burrard Dry Dock Company in North Vancouver. In 1942 this vessel had become the first vessel to travel from the Pacific to the Atlantic through the Arctic Ocean. With the completion of its 1944 mission, the St. Roch became the first vessel to conquer the Northwest Passage in both directions. Light wear. Small bump to top of spine. Book
