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Philadelphia, PA: Childs and Peterson, 1856. 464pp/illus/maps, 467pp/illus/maps. Letterpress title-page in each volume. Large folding lithographed map (some spotting at edges), two full-page maps, engraved frontispiece portrait in each volume, additional engraved title-page in each volume, 18 engraved plates with tissue guards and numerous wood-engravings in the text throughout (light spotting on edges of some). As ship's surgeon Kane had accompanied the first American expedition to search for missing British explorer Sir John Franklin in 1850. "Kane quickly impressed British explorers with his intelligence and traveling experience. In August 1850 the fleet located Franklin's first winter base on Beechey Island, along with the graves of three of Franklin's men. Further searches by the Advance failed to locate Franklin's expedition. The Advance returned to the United States in September 1851. Kane's belief that Franklin might have gone further north persuaded Grinnell and the…
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Arctic Explorations: The Second Grinnell Expedition In Search of Sir John Franklin 1853 '54 '55 (Two Volume Set)
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Arctic whalers, icy seas: Narratives of the Davis Strait whale fishery
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Toronto, ON, Canada: Irwin Pub, 1985. 263pp/illus/end-paper maps. History and narratives of the Davis Strait Whale Fishery. Many first hand accounts and vivid stories. Illustrated with maps, figures, photographs, posters etc. Clean. 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall (oblong).
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The Arcturus Adventure
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New York: G P Putnam's Sons, 1926. 458p., 1 coloured frontisp., 7 coloured plates, 67 photographs. Cloth with nice coloured flyleaves. *All the bright coloured plates are watercolours of fishes. An account of the New York Zoological Society's first oceanographic Expedition. Primarily the Galapagos Islands region. Clean. 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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BULA MATARI:Stanley Conqueror of a Continent
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New York: Liverright Inc, 1933. 351pp/illus. End-paper maps. An early biography of Lord Stanley, including of course the famous meeting with Livingstone . Clean. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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The Bolivian Andes: A Record of Climbing and Exploration in the Cordillera Real in the Years 1898 and 1900
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1901. 403pp/illus. Famous mountain traveller of his times led first significant expedition into this region of the Andes, and wrote this engaging record of their explorations. Decorative Boards. Scarce, Cover lightly worn/bumped. Text clean. 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket - Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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CARL AKELEY'S AFRICA. The Account of the Akeley-Eastman-Pomeroy African Hall Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History
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New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1930. 321pp/illus. Map Endpapers ~ Profusely illustrated w/ Photos ~ Big-game hunting and collecting in Equatorial Africa, including a great deal on the gorilla. Expedition leader Carl Akeley died on this trip. Mrs Akeley assumed command of the expedition ~ Tight, Clean, Illustrated cover and spine. . 4th Printing. Illustrated Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Captain James Cook & His Times
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Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 1979. 278pp/illus. end-paper maps. the two editors of this book have selected 11 papers that re-evaluate Cooks career and his achievements in seamanship and maritime discovery. The 11 essays are entitled as follows: (1) New Geographical Perspectives and the Emergence of the Romantic Imagination. (2) A Presiding Genius of Exploration: Banks, Cook, and Empire, 1767-1805. (3) Alexander Dalrymple and Captain Cook: The Creative Interplay of Two Careers. (4) Myth and Reality: James Cook and the Theoretical Geography of Northwest America. (5) Cook and the Nootka. (6) The Spanish Reaction to Cooks Third Voyage. (7) Cooks Reputation in Russia. (8) Medical Aspects and Consequences of Cooks Voyages. (9) Cooks Posthumous Reputation. (10) The Artistic Bequest of Captain Cooks Voyages. (11) Two Centuries Perceptions of James Cook: George Forster to Beaglehole. To these narratives by Canadian, British, Australian, New Zealand and…
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The Country of the Turkomans: An anthology of exploration from the Royal Geographical Society
by D Cumming
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London: Oguz Press [for] the Society, 1977. 261pp/maps/illus. ncl one large folding in rear. An anthology of exploration from the Royal Geographical Society of travelers tales and essays centered mainly on Central Asia. Incl some overview chapters as well. Covers Vambery, Meazza, Stebnitzky, Napier, Ahmad, Rawlinson, Stewart, Delmar Morgan, Lt Kalitin, O'Donovan, Lessar and more. Crease along middle of spine. Clean no marks.. 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Drake's Drum and Other Songs of the Sea
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London, UK: Hodder & Stoughton. 144pp with 12 colour plates tipped in, with tissue guards, on light blue paper with gilt decorations . (undated ca 1914) Fine contemporary binding, gilt lettering, raised bands, decorated in gilt, gilt motifs in compartments, gilt line at edges of leather, light green cloth boards, top edge gilt. Nice clean book.. 1st Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Edward Wilson of the Antarctic, Naturalist and Friend
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New York: E P Dutton, 1937. 301pp on thick paper, 16 pp ills, 3 Maps (one fold-out) and Facsimiles of some pages from his Diary. With 16 Half-tones and a Four-color Frontispiece.. Red hardboard, title in black. Life of the South Polar explorer & naturalist who died on the trip back from the Pole with Scott and Oates. Previous owner name on ffep otherwise clean.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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The Field Notes of Captain William Clark 1803 - 1805
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New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1964. 335pp., with index. Black and green cloth with gilt lettering, in dust wrapper. Number 5 in the Yale Western Americana Series. Among the most important works in the history of the westward expansion of the United States. With 67 original documents reproduced here in facsimile. DJ has light edgewear. Text has a numbrer of small pencil check marks in margins.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good+. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.
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Ghosts of Everest: The Search for Mallory and Irvine
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Seattle, WA: The Mountaineers Books, 1999. 208pp/illus/maps. Ghosts of Everest is a first-rate detective story, not just about George Mallory and Andrew Irvine's last climb but also about the team of researchers who found the body of the great British mountaineer and, through forensic analysis, at last told the true story. Clean. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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The Heart of the Great Alone: Scott, Shackleton, and Antarctic Photography
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA, 2009. 256pp/illus/maps. A treasure trove of photographssome never before reproduced in book formfrom the two greatest Antarctic expeditions. Among the greatest achievements in the history of photography, those of the early polar explorers surely stand out, for the beauty of their images and the almost impossible conditions they encountered. And none of these are more remarkable than the photographs recorded by the official chroniclers of two epic Antarctic expeditionsthat of Robert Falcon Scott, departed in 1910, which tragically resulted in his death; and, four years later, that of Ernest Shackleton, whose heroic sea journey from Elephant Island to South Georgia has become the stuff of legend. Clean. 1st Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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In Darkest Africa Or The Quest Rescue And Retreat Of Emin Governor Of Equatoria (2 Vols) (1st Ed)
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. xiv, (ii), 547+(1) ; xvi, 540 pages. all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, 3 map pockets. with Two Steel Engravings, One Hundred and Fifty Illustrations and Maps. In Two Volumes. First edition. In 1886, Stanley led the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition to rescue Emin Pasha, the governor of Equatoria in the southern Sudan. King Leopold II of Belgium demanded that Stanley take the longer route, via the Congo river, hoping to acquire more territory and perhaps even Equatoria. After immense hardships and great loss of life, Stanley met Emin in 1888, discovered the Ruwenzori Range and Lake Edward, and emerged from the interior with Emin and his surviving followers at the end of 1890. Clean tight set. Light shelfwear.. First American Edition. Three-Quarter Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket - Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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JUNGLE ISLANDS. The Illyria in the South Seas. The Record of the Crane Pacific Expedition,
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New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1930. 298pp/illus/map. Record of Crane Pacific Expedition 1928-1929. Several color bird/wildlife illus. Clean. 1st Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Joseph Banks in Newfoundland and Labrador, 1766: His Diary, Manuscripts and Collections
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Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1971. 512 pp w/ 6 text figures, plus 12 colour plates, 91 monochrome plates and maps with 105 illustrations and 12 facsimiles of charts and sketches (Moravian facsimiles). 512 pp. monograph on the British naturalist and his trip to the Canadian Maritimes to collect and document flora and fauna, notes, lists, bibl., docs., incl. diary entries, letters, etc., catalogue of specimens, appendices, lists, portrait frontispiece. DJ is lightly soiled. Previous owner bookplate inside front cover. Text clean.. 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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The Journals of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark (2 Volume Set)
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Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1993. 545pp/illus/maps. Fine, Leather Bound, Accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Clean. 1st Edition. Leather. As New/No Jacket - Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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La Imagen del Mundo: 500Anos de Cartografia
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Madrid, Spain: Instituto Geografico Nacional , 1992. 352pp/illus. 500 year history of maps with color illustrations of rare maps. Spanish text. .DJ has edgewear. Text clean.. 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good+. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.
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La carta de Colon. Anuncando el descubrimiento del Nuovo Mundo 15 febrero - 14 marzo 1493
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Madrid, Spain, 1956. 54pp/illus. Spanish text with separate English translation booklet of Columbus' letter announcing the discovery of America. Clean. 1st Edition. Card Covers. Fine/No Jacket. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.
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Land of the Midnight Sun : Summer and Winter Journeys Through Sweden, Norway, Lapland and Northern Finland (in 2 Volumes)
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1882. 2 volume set - 441, 474 pages. In original blue cloth w/ pictorial sun & birds in gilt & red on cover. Gilt spines. 235 total illustrations + large fold out map in rear pocket. . Contains summer and winter journeys through Sweden, Norway, Lapland and Northern Finland with descriptions of the inner life of the people, their manners and customs, the primitive antiquities etc. A VERY NICE FIRST EDITION COPY OF THIS CORNERSTONE WORK BY ONE OF THE PREMIER EXPLORERS OF THE 19TH CENTURY. Bound in publishers original sea-blue cloth elaborately decorated with pictorial overall designs in gilt and red on the upper covers and spines of the sun and of birds in flight. Light signature on front endpaper dated 1881. The large colored, folding map of Norway and Sweden in the pocket at the rear of vol one is clean. Minor shelf-wear, corners bumped and hinges beginning to show signs of cracking. Otherwise nice clean copy.. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good+/No…
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