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December25

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December25

MÜNSTER, Sebastian Cosmographei,

The Book that “sealed the fate of ‘America’ as the name of the New World”

£50,000

By MÜNSTER, Sebastian, 1550.

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COVENS, Johannes and MORTIER, Cornelius Carte des Costes de L'Asie Sur L'Ocean Contenant les Bancs Isle et Costes &c.

Covens and Mortier’s Southeast Asia

£6,000

By COVENS, Johannes and MORTIER, Cornelius, [c1720].

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HALLEY, Edmond; John SENEX Zodiacus Stellatus

Halley’s Zodiacus Stellatus

£10,000

By HALLEY, Edmond; John SENEX, [c1768]

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SANSON D'ABBEVILLE, Nicolas (I) and HALMA, Francois Les Isles dv Iapon

Second state of Halma’s pirated edition of Sanson’s map of Japan

£150

By SANSON D'ABBEVILLE, Nicolas (I) and HALMA, Francois, 1699].

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BOUGAINVILLE, Louis-Antoine de Voyage autour du monde,

France’s first official circumnavigation of the world – and the naming of a flower

£8,000

By BOUGAINVILLE, Louis-Antoine de, 1771.

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VANDERMAELEN, Philippe Atlas Universel de Geographie: Sixieme partie: Oceanique.

An 8m globe, and the first world atlas on a uniform scale

£5,000

By VANDERMAELEN, Philippe, 1827.

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CALLANDER, John; and Didier ROBERT DE VAUGONDY Terra Australis Cognita: or voyages to the southern hemisphere, during the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries.

A serious proposal…

£8,000

By CALLANDER, John; and Didier ROBERT DE VAUGONDY, 1766-1768.

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BROSSES, Charles de Histoire des navigations aux Terres Australes.

Encouraging French colonisation

£10,000

By BROSSES, Charles de, 1756.

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THEVENOT, Melchisedec; and Abel Janszoon TASMAN Relations de Divers Voyages Curieux

Thevenot’s Voyages

£35,000

By THEVENOT, Melchisedec; and Abel Janszoon TASMAN, 1663.

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PARKINSON, Sydney A Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas in his Majesty's Ship, The Endeavour.

“Kangaroo” in print for the first time

£18,000

By PARKINSON, Sydney, 1773.

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COOK, Captain James R.N., F.R.S. HAWKSWORTH, John; and James KING [Complete Set of the Official Accounts of His Three Voyages Round the World].

Set of Cook’s three voyages, with the plates and maps bound separately in three atlas volumes

£50,000

By COOK, Captain James R.N., F.R.S. HAWKSWORTH, John; and James KING, [1773 -1785].

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EVERETT, Arthur; Alexander John SKENE; and William SLIGHT Continental Australia:

“one of the most beautiful geological maps ever produced in Australia” (La Trobe)

£5,000

By EVERETT, Arthur; Alexander John SKENE; and William SLIGHT, 1887.

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