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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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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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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

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GREENWOOD, Jonathan The Sailing and Fighting Instructions or Signals as they are Observed in the Royal Navy of Great Britain.

The first printed English signals book

£8,000

By GREENWOOD, Jonathan, 1714-1715].

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THE ADMIRALTY Persian Gulf Pilot

Rare pilot of the Arabian Gulf with early views of Dubai and Abu Dhabi

£20,000

By THE ADMIRALTY, 1932 [additions to 1936].

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[COMMIN, Vincent, probable translator]. Le Premier Volume de la mer des Histoires

A sea of stories

£24,000

By [COMMIN, Vincent, probable translator]., before 1552.

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LE GOBIEN, Charles; Jean-Baptiste du HALDE; Father Patouillet; and Father Ambrose MARECHAL [eds.,] Lettres édificantes et curieuses

Rare complete set of “the most valuable 18th-century source on Jesuit activities in frontier regions throughout the world” (Hill, ‘Collection Of Pacific Voyages’)

£15,000

By LE GOBIEN, Charles; Jean-Baptiste du HALDE; Father Patouillet; and Father Ambrose MARECHAL [eds.,], 1702-1776.

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HAKLUYT, Richard, and WRIGHT, Edward The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation, Made by Sea or Over-land,

“the great prose epic of the Elizabethan period” – the first English map on Mercator’s projection; the first map to name Lake Ontario; and one of the first maps to use the name “Virginia”

£800,000

By HAKLUYT, Richard, and WRIGHT, Edward, 1599–1600.

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HERRERA [Y TORDESILLAS], A de; [Jacob Le MAIRE; Willem CORNELIS SCHOUTEN; Giovanni Battista BOAZIO]; et al. Description des Indes Occidentales, qu'on appelle aujourdhuy le Nouveau Monde:

“The first town plan of anywhere in the present- day United States”

£255,000

By HERRERA [Y TORDESILLAS], A de; [Jacob Le MAIRE; Willem CORNELIS SCHOUTEN; Giovanni Battista BOAZIO]; et al., 1622.

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