Gonzalo Pizarro (1510-1548) was a Spanish conquistador and brother of Francisco Pizarro, who led the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire.In 1539 G...

A landmark of eighteenth-century English circumnavigation. Anson's voyage recounts the expedition made to cut off Spanish supplies of wealth from S...

A crisp copy of this wide-ranging topographical dictionary of the New World, in the preferred Italian version. Published in English a year earlier...

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 Indoc...

With the rare Atlas Hydrographique. One of the most important and complete records of the Mexican period in California. 'This voyage, ostensibly to...

A book of primary importance in the history of dutch navigation. The first Latin edition of the first circumnavigation to have the official support...

Rare playing card map. Designed to play the Florentine version of the tarot game, the 'Minchiate'.The card features a miniature map to its upper p...

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

Earliest account of Anson's Voyage. Pascoe Thomas kept a full and faithful daily journal of the incidents of this important four-year voyage. Inclu...

First edition of this account of the deeds of Garcia Hurtado de Mendoza (1535-1609), Captain General of Peru and from 1590-1596 Viceroy of Peru. ...

The first to include the important Derrotas, the instructions for navigation within the Americas. 'The original edition of the voyage for the disc...

Illustrious provenance of Straits of Magellan classic. A fine copy of this rare book from the library of Charles de Fleurieu, author of Discoveries...

One of the finest accounts of natural history travels. Henry Bates (1825 1892) was an English naturalist and explorer who gave the first scientific...

A frank account of conditions in the region. In addition to the customary account of the peoples, customs, and natural history of the area, the au...

Rare slavery chart. Scarce colour-coded map concerning the sugar trade and its link to slavery.The section shaded yellow is the appropriate climate...

A wonderful cartographic playing card in fine original colour.By the early 18th century the cartographic range of playing cards was almost complet...

A wonderful cartographic playing card in fine original colour.By the early 18th century the cartographic range of playing cards was almost complet...

A wonderful cartographic playing card in fine original colour.By the early 18th century the cartographic range of playing cards was almost complet...

A wonderful cartographic playing card in fine original colour.By the early 18th century the cartographic range of playing cards was almost complet...

A wonderful cartographic playing card in fine original colour.By the early 18th century the cartographic range of playing cards was almost complet...