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BROSSES, Charles de Histoire des navigations aux Terres Australes.

Encouraging French colonisation

£10,000

By BROSSES, Charles de, 1756.

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

Thevenot’s Voyages

£35,000

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

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.

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].

WENTWORTH, William Charles, and Sir Ralph DARLING Parliamentary Papers related to the dispute between Wentworth and Darling.

First inklings of self-government and nationhood for Australia

£2,000

By WENTWORTH, William Charles, and Sir Ralph DARLING, 1830 - 1835

SHIRLEY, Rodney Early Printed Maps of the British Isles, A Bibliography, 1477-1650

Shirley’s cartobibliography of the British Isles

£200

By SHIRLEY, Rodney, 1973.

BEAVAU, Henri, baron de Relation journaliere du voyage du Levant...

Out of stock

Beavau’s voyages

£5,500

By BEAVAU, Henri, baron de, 1615

WALTER, Lutz. Japan, A Cartographic Vision: European Printed Maps from the Early 16th to the 19th Century

Out of stock

Cartobibliography of Japan

£60

By WALTER, Lutz., 1994

NURMINEN, Marjo T. The Mapmakers' World:

Out of stock

The Mapmakers’ World

£50

By NURMINEN, Marjo T., 2015.

CHIFFLET, Jules Les Marques d'Honneur de la Maison de Tassis

Postmasters of the Empire…

£2,700

By CHIFFLET, Jules, 1645

LIGON, Richard A True & Exact History of the Island of Barbados.

Out of stock

The first separate map of Barbados

£6,100

By LIGON, Richard, 1657.

FALCONER, William An Universal Dictionary of the Marine:

Out of stock

“a work of extraordinary care and scientific thoroughness [which] became the standard nautical dictionary until the end of sail”

£1,500

By FALCONER, William, 1769