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FRIES, Laurent; and Martin WALDSEEMÜLLER Uslegung der Mercarthen oder Cartha Marina.

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The instructions to the famous “Carta Marina”, incorporating a rare map by Martin Waldseemüller showing the voyage of Alvise Cadamosto

£250,000

By FRIES, Laurent; and Martin WALDSEEMÜLLER, 1527

HUDDART, Captain Joseph The Oriental Navigator; or, New Directions for Sailing to and from the East Indies, China, New Holland, &c.&c.&c...

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Rare set of sailing directions from England to China

£6,000

By HUDDART, Captain Joseph, 1801

GOLOVNIN, Vasili Mikhailovich [Title in cyrillic: Voyage around the world by order of His Majesty, the Emperor, on naval sloop Kamchatka in 1817, 1818, and 1819, by Fleet Captain Golovnin].

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Presentation copy of Golovnin’s rare account of his circumnavigation on the sloop Kamchatka, incorporating one of the earliest plans of Honolulu.

£95,000

By GOLOVNIN, Vasili Mikhailovich, 1822-23.

DUDLEY, Robert; and others Direttorio Marittimo

Dudley’s original manuscript manual for the use and instruction of the officers of the Tuscan fleet

£300,000

By DUDLEY, Robert; and others, c.1637-1647].

ACKERMANN, Rudolph A History of The University of Oxford, its colleges, halls, and public buildings. In two volumes.

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The Pendarves copy of the first edition of Ackermann’s Oxford

£3,600

By ACKERMANN, Rudolph, 1814

GONZALEZ dE MENDOZA, Juan; and Giuseppe ROSACCIO Il gran regno della China, novamente dalli Reverendi Padri di S. Agostino, S. Francesco, & Gesù, discoperto

The first map to show Korea as a peninsula, the only known example of this issue

£27,500

By GONZALEZ dE MENDOZA, Juan; and Giuseppe ROSACCIO, 1589.

CHATELAIN, Jean Baptiste Claude; [engraved by] James ROBERTS [Fifty Views of Villages &c. Drawn by the Celebrated M. Chatelaine, From the most agreeable Prospects near London].

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Rare set of views of villages surrounding Georgian London

£5,000

By CHATELAIN, Jean Baptiste Claude; [engraved by] James ROBERTS, c1775].

THEVENOT, Melchisedec Relations de Divers Voyages Curieux

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Thevenot’s Voyages

£10,000

By THEVENOT, Melchisedec, 1663.

BUCK, Nathaniel & Samuel Antiquities; or Venerable Remains of above Four Hundred Castles, Monasteries, Palaces, &c. In England and Wales. With near One Hundred Views of Cities and Chief Towns.

A Prospect of Britain

£75,000

By BUCK, Nathaniel & Samuel, 1774.

HUMBOLDT, Alexander von [and] Aime J.A. BONPLAND Essai Politique sur le Royaume de la Nouvelle-Espagne.

The first scientific analysis of the American Southwest

£45,000

By HUMBOLDT, Alexander von [and] Aime J.A. BONPLAND, 1811.

ROWLANDS [alias VERSTEGAN], Richard The post for diuers partes of the world

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The first English Guide Book to the Continent

£10,000

By ROWLANDS [alias VERSTEGAN], Richard, 1576

LABILLARDIERE, Jacques Julien Houten de Relation Du Voyage a La Recherche De La Perouse,

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The search for La Perouse

£6,000

By LABILLARDIERE, Jacques Julien Houten de, 1800.