Rare Travel Books

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Rare Travel Books

Rare Travel Books

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Rare Travel Books

[ABBOTT, Edwin Abbott, pseud.] "A SQUARE" Flatland

“O day and night, but this is wondrous strange”

£1,800

By [ABBOTT, Edwin Abbott, pseud.] "A SQUARE", 1884.

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LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huygen van John Huighen van Linschoten his Discours of Voyages unto ye Easte & West Indies. Devided into Foure Bookes.

“The navigator’s vade mecum for the Eastern seas” – one of the most influential English travel books of the sixteenth century

£150,000

By LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huygen van, 1598.

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THEVENOT Melchisédec Relations de divers voyages curieux,

The most up-to-date practical knowledge on navigation and information on foreign countries

£35,000

By THEVENOT Melchisédec, 1666-1672.

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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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BOUGAINVILLE, Louis-Antoine de A Voyage Round the World

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

£4,000

By BOUGAINVILLE, Louis-Antoine de, 1772.

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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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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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MONTALBODDO, Antonio Fracanzano da Paesi nouamente ritrovati per la Navigatione di Spagna in Calicut Et da Albertutio Vesputio Fiorentino Intitulato Mondo Nouo.

With an early bird’s-eye view of Venice

£80,000

By MONTALBODDO, Antonio Fracanzano da, 1521.

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DEVERSON, H.J. and LAMPITT, Ronald The Map That Came to Life.

Five Go Mapping

£500

By DEVERSON, H.J. and LAMPITT, Ronald, 1948.

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DUDLEY, Robert; and others Direttorio Marittimo

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

£500,000

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

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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.

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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.

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