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  • First edition of W. Golden Mortimer's classic work, Peru. History of Coca, the most comprehensive book on the plant and its cultivation and use published up to that time.
    First edition of W. Golden Mortimer's classic work, Peru. History of Coca, the most comprehensive book on the plant and its cultivation and use published up to that time.

    MORTIMER, W.G.
    Peru. History of Coca. 1901.
    $479.00

  • Second edition but the first to include the Derrotas, the instructions for navigation within the Americas. One of the rarest books of its class.
    Second edition but the first to include the Derrotas, the instructions for navigation within the Americas. One of the rarest books of its class.

    NODAL, Bartolome Garcia de & NODAL, Goncalo.
    Relacion del viage que por orden de su Magestad, y acuerdo de el real Consejo de Indias... [1766] & [1753].
    $12,301.00

  • First French edition of Roggeveen's voyage by Carl Friedrich Behrens, the commander of marines, and the first European to step foot on Rapa Nui
    First French edition of Roggeveen's voyage by Carl Friedrich Behrens, the commander of marines, and the first European to step foot on Rapa Nui

    [BEHRENS, Carl Friedrich].
    Histoire de l'expedition de trois vasseaux, 1739.
    $9,909.00

  • First edition of this account of the deeds of Garcia Hurtado de Mendoza, Captain General of Peru and from 1590-1596 Viceroy of Peru.
    First edition of this account of the deeds of Garcia Hurtado de Mendoza, Captain General of Peru and from 1590-1596 Viceroy of Peru.

    SUAREZ DE FIGUEROA, Cristobal.
    Hechos de Don Garcia Hurtado de Mendoza, quarto margues de cañete. 1613.
    $21,867.00

  • One of the first great accounts of European overseas exploration and colonisation. Part one refers to Columbus, the discovery of the Americas and Brazils.
    One of the first great accounts of European overseas exploration and colonisation. Part one refers to Columbus, the discovery of the Americas and Brazils.

    BARROS, João de; ULLOA, Alfonso(translator).
    L'Asia [– Dell'Asia, la seconda deca] 1562.
    $3,896.00

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

    SPILBERGEN, Joris Van.
    Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae Navigationum; 1619.
    $27,334.00

  • Du Petit-Thouars voage was one of the most important of all the Grands Voyages, with some of the finest lithographs of the 19th century.
    Du Petit-Thouars voage was one of the most important of all the Grands Voyages, with some of the finest lithographs of the 19th century.

    DU PETIT-THOUARS, Abel.
    Voyage autour du monde sur la Frégate La Vénus 1840-1855.
    $88,835.00

  • This accont preceded the publication of the offical account of Lord Anson's voyage by three years.
    This accont preceded the publication of the offical account of Lord Anson's voyage by three years.

    [ANSON'S VOYAGE]. THOMAS, Pascoe.
    A true and impartial Journal of a Voyage to the South-Seas, 1745.
    $2,392.00

  • The second Spanish edition of a highly important collectin of Spanish narratives of exploration and conquest, drawing on some sources no longer extant.
    The second Spanish edition of a highly important collectin of Spanish narratives of exploration and conquest, drawing on some sources no longer extant.

    HERRERA TORDESILLAS, Antonio de.
    Historia general de los hechos de los Castellanos 1730, 1729, 1726, 1725, 1728, 1730.
    $34,167.00

  • First edition of the official record of Hyacinthe de Bougainville's voyage round the world, with superb illustrations.
    First edition of the official record of Hyacinthe de Bougainville's voyage round the world, with superb illustrations.

    BOUGAINVILLE, Hyacinthe Yves Philippe Potentien (Baron de).
    Journal de la navigation autour du globe 1837.
    $20,501.00

  • Beatifully printed Argonaut Press edition of Ralegh's Last Voyage, a collection of translations and reprinted tracts piecing together Sir Walter Raleigh's last voyage to Venezuela.
    Beatifully printed Argonaut Press edition of Ralegh's Last Voyage, a collection of translations and reprinted tracts piecing together Sir Walter Raleigh's last voyage to Venezuela.

    RALEIGH, Sir Walter; HARLOW, V. T. (editor).
    Ralegh's Last Voyage. 1932.
    $274.00

  • A beautifully printed edition of Walter Raleigh's account of his 1595 journey to Guiana, Argonaut Press.
    A beautifully printed edition of Walter Raleigh's account of his 1595 journey to Guiana, Argonaut Press.

    [RALEIGH, Walter] RALEGH, Sir Walter.
    The discoverie of the large and beautiful empire of Guiana. 1928.
    $274.00

  • Smart copy of this important Handatlas by Adolf Stieler, the leading German atlas of its day.
    Smart copy of this important Handatlas by Adolf Stieler, the leading German atlas of its day.

    STIELER, Adolf.
    Hand-Atlas über alle Theile der Erde nach dem neuesten Zustande und über das Weltgebäude. 1875.
    $1,709.00

  • First edition of Vivian Webber's Journal of a Voyage Round Cape Horn, a scarce account of a journey around Cape Horn to Coquimbo, Chile, and back.
    First edition of Vivian Webber's Journal of a Voyage Round Cape Horn, a scarce account of a journey around Cape Horn to Coquimbo, Chile, and back.

    WEBBER, Vivian A.
    Journal of a Voyage Round Cape Horn. 1859.
    $2,392.00

  • First edition of Shelvocke's A Voyage round the World, one of the great accounts of buccaneering and privateering in the eighteenth century and an important description of California.
    First edition of Shelvocke's A Voyage round the World, one of the great accounts of buccaneering and privateering in the eighteenth century and an important description of California.

    SHELVOCKE, George.
    A Voyage round the World by Way of the Great South Sea, 1726.
    $4,784.00

  • Second edition of John Narbrough's An Account of Several Late Voyages and Discoveries, the preferred edition with additional map and text on Greenland.
    Second edition of John Narbrough's An Account of Several Late Voyages and Discoveries, the preferred edition with additional map and text on Greenland.

    [NARBROUGH, Sir John]; ROBINSON, Sir Tancred (editor).
    An Account of Several Late Voyages and Discoveries: 1711.
    $8,201.00

  • First edition of William Hafield's Brazil, the River Plate, and the Falkland Islands, containing 3 maps, one of which is coloured.
    First edition of William Hafield's Brazil, the River Plate, and the Falkland Islands, containing 3 maps, one of which is coloured.

    HADFIELD, William.
    Brazil, the River Plate, and the Falkland Islands; 1854.
    $889.00

  • First US edition of The Condor and the Cows by Christopher Isherwood.
    First US edition of The Condor and the Cows by Christopher Isherwood.

    ISHERWOOD, Christopher.
    The Condor and the Cows. 1949.
    $103.00

  • First edition of Joseph Skinner's The Present State of Peru, an English abridgement of Mercurio Peruano, a highly influential biweekly neswpaper published in Lima between 1791 and 1795.
    First edition of Joseph Skinner's The Present State of Peru, an English abridgement of Mercurio Peruano, a highly influential biweekly neswpaper published in Lima between 1791 and 1795.

    [SKINNER, Joseph].
    The Present State of Peru: 1805.
    $3,417.00

  • Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512) was an Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Florence for whom "America" is named. Vespucci claimed to have understood in 1501 that Brazil was part of a fourth continent unknown to Europeans, which he called the "New World".
    Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512) was an Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Florence for whom "America" is named. Vespucci claimed to have understood in 1501 that Brazil was part of a fourth continent unknown to Europeans, which he called the "New World".

    VESPUCCI, Americo.
    The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci 1894.
    $274.00

  • Scarce Dublin edition of Bulkeley, one of the principal accounts of the Wager, which was wrecked off the southern coast of Chile
    Scarce Dublin edition of Bulkeley, one of the principal accounts of the Wager, which was wrecked off the southern coast of Chile

    BULKELEY, John.
    A Voyage to the South-Seas, in the years 1740-1. 1743.
    $4,784.00

  • Anson's voyage recounts the expedition made to cut off Spanish supplies of wealth from South America after the outbreak of war between Britain and Spain in 1739.
    Anson's voyage recounts the expedition made to cut off Spanish supplies of wealth from South America after the outbreak of war between Britain and Spain in 1739.

    ANSON, George.
    A Voyage round the World, 1767.
    $3,759.00

  • Found 2021<br />Top drawer of white planchest behind LB

    [RABATTA, Augusto da & BAILLOU, Jean-Baptist de].
    [Brazil] VII. Il Braasile appartiene al Portogallo. 1779].
    $342.00

  • Scarce colour-coded map concerning the sugar trade and its link to slavery.

    [SLAVERY]. [CROPPER, James].
    Chart of the world, on Mercator's projection, illustrative of the impolicy of slavery. n.d. [but c. 1825].
    $1,367.00

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