Commissioned by the Royal Society following Cook's death, this is the rare silver issue: one of only 322. News of Cook's death in Hawai'i in 1779...

Inscribed association copy. A wonderful association copy of this monograph on the Australian artist Sidney Nolan's acclaimed Ned Kelly series, pres...

With important Australian provenance. Darwin's first published, and his most widely read book: the account of the most important 19th-century voyag...

Roggeveen's voyage - Europeans discover Rapa Nui (Easter Island). The first French account of Roggeveen's voyage and the European discovery of Rapa...

The official record of Bougainville's voyage around the world. The main intention of the voyage was political: to extend French influence in Indo...

Dutch mercantile enterprise - the definitive edition. The definitive edition of the great early Dutch voyages of exploration. This collection of v...

With the rare Atlas Hydrographique. One of the most important and complete records of the Mexican period in California. 'This voyage, ostensibly t...

Engelmann's superbly illustrated world geography is undoubtedly one of the most elegant of the early nineteenth century.. The text contained in the...

The first scientific voyage to California, with royal provenance. The first edition of one of the most important scientific explorations ever under...

Signed by author. A picture of Australia at the time of its foundation. It depicts the conflict between early British settlers and native Aborigina...

Extremely rare and desirable set of the first edition of d'Urville's voyage in the Astrolabe.The zoology section was produced by Jean René Constan...

A rare complete set of the official account of Freycinet's voyage of scientific exploration. During the nineteenth century, a large part of ornith...

Four proof plates before letters from Cook's third voyage. Four proof plates before letters being early states of images from Cook's last voyage, s...

The first Latin edition of the first circumnavigation to have the official support of the Dutch government. A book of primary importance in the h...

Extremely rare botanical drawings of australia with fine provenance. One of six scientists chosen by Sir Joseph Banks to accompany Matthew Flinders...

This expedition formed part of the Amherst Embassy and explored the relatively little known East China Sea and the Yellow Sea. Visits were made to...

Sir Joseph Banks as a young man. A beautiful example of this classic image of Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820) as a young man, at the height of his cel...

Cook the surveyor. Reproduced in facsimile from the copy in the library of the University of California at Los Angeles.2 parts, one of 365 copies, ...

Routledge was the pioneering archaeologist of Easter Island and her book remains the classic work on the subject.First edition; 8vo, xxi, 404 pp.,...