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Alexander von Humboldt. 1769/1969.
Bonn/Bad Godesberg, Inter Nationes, 1969. 8°, 171 Seiten. mit vielen Abbildungen auf Tafeln. Orig.Karton.
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Alte und Neue Welt. Illustrierte Katholische Monatsschrift zur Unterhaltung und Belehrung. Herausgegeben unter Mitwirkung hervorragender Schriftsteller geistlichen und weltlichen Standes aus Amerika, Deutschland und der Schweiz. Siebenter Jahrgang
Einsiedeln, New York und Cinncinnati, 1873. 423 Seiten. Mit zahlreichen Schwarz-Weiß- Illustrationen. Originalhalbleinen
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Annuaire du Département de l'Ain. 1824.
Bourg, Bottier ; in-8, broché ; 168 pp. ; Thomas Riboud : Essai sur l'étude de l'histoire des Pays composant le département de l'Ain, par la recherche et l'observation des Monuments militaires, expédition, travaux et ouvrages de défense ou d'attaque, dont il reste les vestiges ou des notices, 60 pp. (Le Duc, 105) ; (4) pp., couverture rouge-brique décorée.
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Annual Report of the Board of Regent of the Smithsonian Institution Showing the Operations, Expenditures, and Condition of the Institution for the Year Ended June 30 1949 - Publication 3996
Washington Government Printing Office 1950 Fort In-8 Text in American language ,VII - 422 pp, 82 plates
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Archaeologia: or miscellaneous tracts relating to antiquity published by the Society of Antiquaries of London. Volume XXXVII.
London: J.B. Nichols and Sons 1857. Hardcover. See Description. Tall 4to. pp. viii 2 508. Volume XXVII. 12 plates including several in color and 2 folding maps one map is folded in six sections and backed with thin gauze or mull. B&W illustrations with the text. Pages are generally clean with a couple small marginal tears. Light brown cloth; re-backed preserving part of the original spine minus 25mm at the tail and 15mm at the top. Inner hinges neatly strengthened. Some rubbing and wear; corners bumped. Contents include: An accound of the discovery of Anglo-Saxon remains at Kemble in North Wilts; On choirs and chancels particularly as to their use in the South of Europe; Remarks on some early churches in France and Switzerland partly in the time of Charlemagne; The City of Cumae and the recent excavations there; An account of the investigation of some remarkable circular trenches and the discovery of an ancient British cemetery at Stanlake Oxon.; The Burning and burial of the dead.and many other articles. <br/> <br/> J.B. Nichols and Sons hardcover
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Cornelius Shields On Sailing
Nicholas Kaye London 1964 in8. 1964. Cartonné.
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CORRESPONDANCE intime de l'Armée d'Egypte, interceptée par la croisière anglaise. Introduction et notes par Lorédan Larchey
Paris, Pincebourde, 1866 in-12, XVI-146 pp., frontispice, bradel demi-percaline fantaisie, couverture conservée (reliure de l'époque).
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Das Bauschaffen der Neuzeit.
Hamburg, Expedition Bauschaffen der Neuzeot, 1912. 797 S. 4° Quart, Leinen
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Description de l'Égypte ou recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Egypte pendant l'expédition de l'Armée française publié sous les ordres de Napoléon Bonaparte. Préface Sydney H. Aufrère.
Paris, Bibliothèque de l'Image 1995. 4°. 24 S. u. 419 Tafeln mit über 1000 (teils farbigen) Abb., OKart., sehr guter Zustand.
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Die deutschen geodätischen Arbeiten im Rahmen der Internationalen Glaziologischen Grönland-Expedition (EGIG). 1959 - 1974.
München, Beck, 1986. 4°. 84 S. mit zahlr. Abb. u. Diagrammen im Text u. auf gefalt. Tafeln. OKart. mit Leinenrücken. (Deutsche Geodätische Kommission bei der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften : Reihe B, Angewandte Geodäsie, H. Nr.
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Die vergessene Expedition.
Leipzig, Museum für Völkerkunde+, 1999. 182 S. 4° Quart, Softcover/Paperback
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Du Tage à La Mer De Chine, Une Épopée Portugaise
Paris RMN ( Réunion Des Musées nationaux) 1992 in-4° 214 pp
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Everest. Ein Bildbericht der Schweizerischen Stiftung für Alpine Forschungen.
Zürich, Büchergilde Gutenberg 1953, 280x220mm, XV - 144Seiten, Farb- und S/W Photographien, Verlegereinband mit Umschlag. In gutem Zustand.
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Expéditions polaires françaises missions Paul-Emile VictorTerre adélie groenland 1947 1955
Arthaud 1956 In 4 broché (27cmX21cm) 149 pages - nombreuses photographies dans le texte
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Globus. Illustrirte Zeitschrift für Länder- und Völkerkundemit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Anthropologie und Ethnologie. Hrsg. von Karl Andree. BAND XV.
Braunschweig, Vieweg, 1869. VIII, 384 S. Mit zahlr., xylograph. Illustr. 3to (30 x 23). HLwd d. Zeit m. Rückenverg.
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Hamburger illustrirter Almanach auf das Jahr 1885 / [Hamburger Illustrierter Almanach]. JG. 19. Berechnet von Carl Koldewey. Nebst Anhang.
Hamburg, Aug. Meyer & Dieckmann, ( 1884). 61, [3] S. Mit Kalendarium u. 2 Abb. auf Tafeln. 18 cm. OBrosch.
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James Cook und die Entdeckung der Südsee. Ausstellungskatalog.
Bonn, Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle 2009. 4°, 276 S., mit über 600 teils farbige Abb., ill. OPpbd., ill. Vorsätze, ausgezeichnetes Exemplar.
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Kapitän Scott. Letzte Fahrt. Dritte Auflage
Leipzig F. A. Brockhaus, 1922. XXXII + 744 S. Gr. 8° Groß-Oktav Ln. 2 Bände
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Konvolut: Erdmann Verlag (Lizenzausgaben)- Klassische Reiseberichte. 10 Bände.
Bertelsmann, Gütersloh 0. Sehr gut Hardcover Sehr gut
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Le souvenir de Pierre Louÿs.
Lille, Mercure de Flandre 1928, 280x225mm, 107pages, broché. Couverture supérieure détachée. Dos fendu. Intérieur propre. Exemplaire numéroté n.° 181 / 200.
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LES GRANDES EXPEDITIONS du NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
2000 / 311 pages. Relié avec jaquette. Editions National Geographic.
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Les grands dossiers de l'l'Illustration. La conquête des Pôles. Histoire d’un siècle 1843 - 1944. Le livre de Paris.
Paris, SEFAG et l’Illustration 1989, 370x265mm, 191pages, reliure demi-basane avec titre doré au dos et plat supérieur illustré. Exemplaire à l'état de neuf.
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Les grands dossiers de l'l'Illustration. Les croisières automobiles. Histoire d’un siècle 1843 - 1944. Le livre de Paris.
Paris, SEFAG et l’Illustration 1988, 370x265mm, 191pages, reliure demi-basane avec titre doré au dos et plat supérieur illustré. Exemplaire à l'état de neuf.
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Nach der Trennung von Mr. Mackenzie. Aus dem Engl. von Anna Leube. 1. Aufl.
München: Rogner und Bernhard, 2003. 213 S. Originalhardcover mit Schutzumschlag.
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Patrol Leader's Handbook.
o. O., o. V., 1970. 216 S. 8° Oktav, Softcover/Paperback
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Schweizer im Himalaja. Herausgegeben von der Schweizerischen Stiftung für ausseralpine Forschungen mit einem geleitwort von Ständerat Dr. R. Schöpfer.
Amstutz & Herdeg, Zürich, 1940. 2. Auflage, 152 Seiten, einige Abbildungen; Gr.-8°, ca. 23 xy 16 cm, Leinen
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"PETERMANN, A. (HRSG.). - A WORLD OF EXPLORATORY EXPEDITIONS.
Mittheilugen aus Justus Perthe's Geographischer Anstalt über wichtige neue Erforschungen auf dem Gebiete der Geographie. (1.-) 20. Bd. (Lacking vol. 14 (1868) & 1870).
Gotha, Julius Perthes, 1855-1874. 4to. Bound in 18 contemp. hcalf, some wear to the first 10 vols., some a bit rubbed. Some scattered brownspots to the first volumes. Gilt spines. Wear to top of spines. With a huge amount of original maps, plates, profiles etc., lithographed and engraved, large and folded and mainly in colour. This set does not include the ""Ergänzungsbände"".
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"Pola - Expedition" in das ˆstliche Mittelmeer und Rote Meer :
I. Berichte der Kommission zur Erforschung des ˆstlichen Mittelmeers. Forschungen S.M. Schiffes "Pola" im ˆstliche Mittelmeer 1890-1894. II. Berichte der Kommission f¸r ozeanographische Forschungen.Forschungen S.M. Schiffes "Pola" in das Rote Meer Nˆrdliche H‰lfte und S¸dliche H‰lfte 1895-1898. Gesamt 14 Reihen in 14 B‰nden.
Wien Tempsky/ Gerold/ Hˆlder 1892-1931. Reihe 1-5: ÷stliches Mittelmeer; ab Reihe 6: Rotes Meer und weiterf¸hrend ˆstliches Mittelmeer endet mit Reihe 11; in Reihe 9 gab es nur Berichte ¸ber das Rote Meer. Alle Reihen in den Jahresb‰nden der Denkschriften der k.k. Akademie der Wissenschaften. Meist in Original-Leinenb‰nden bzw. in Original-Broschur sehr guter Zustand. Genaue Auflistung der Forschungsergebnisse und Publikation in Kainbacher S.358-362. - Eine der groflen Tiefsee-Expeditionen gegen Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts waren die ÷sterreichischen Expeditionen des S.M. Schiffes "Pola" in das ˆstliche Mittelmeer bis 1894 und nachfolgend in 2 Reisen in das nˆrdliche und s¸dliche Rote Meer 1895/98. Die Publikation der wissenschaftlichen Ergebnisse dieser Expeditionen liegen hier vollst‰ndig vor. Der Schwerpunkt lag auf der zoologischen Erforschung daneben gab es aber auch umfangreiche meteorologische geod‰tische geologische botanische chemische und physikalische Untersuchungen Wasserproben etc. Neben der Tiefsee wurden auch die K¸sten von S¸darabien Jemen Sokotra Sudan ƒgypten Arabien Levante Kleinasien und Libyen besucht und erforscht. Die Publikation ist mit groflem wissenschaftlichem und verlegerischem Aufwand hervorragendes Karten- und Abbildungsmaterial ¸ber einen Zeitraum von fast 40 Jahren in kleiner Auflage f¸r wissenschaftliche Kreise und Bibliotheken herausgegeben worden. unknown
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"SABINE, EDWARD. - THE ARCTIC EXPEDITIONS.
An account of experiments to determine the acceleration of the Pendulum in different Latitudes. Read March 8, 1821.
(London, W.Bulmer and W. Nicol, 1821). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" 1821 - Part I. Pp. 164-190 a. 5 folded tables.
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(Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-1916)
Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-1918 . Volume III: Insects
Ottawa: F. A. Acland 1922. 5 of 12 parts comprised of the Introduction Preface and errata and parts A B and G. With a duplicate of the Preface part. 5 vols. 8vo. Three in original wrappers. 5 of 12 parts comprised of the Introduction Preface and errata and parts A B and G. With a duplicate of the Preface part. 5 vols. 8vo. Five individual parts from Volume III of the official reports of the Expedition organized and led by Vilhjalmur Stefansson. <br/><br/> F. A. Acland unknown
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(Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-1916)
Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-1918 . Volume XII: The Copper Eskimos . Southern Party Parts B and C
Ottawa: F. A. Acland 1923. Vol XII Part B: Physical Characteristics 12 photographic plates. Vol. XII Part C: Osteology: 9 plates. 2 vols. 8vo. Publisher's lettered wrappers. Vol XII Part B: Physical Characteristics 12 photographic plates. Vol. XII Part C: Osteology: 9 plates. 2 vols. 8vo. Two individual wrappered parts from the official reports of the Expedition organized and led by Vilhjalmur Stefansson. Vol. XII part B on the physical characteristics of the Copper River Eskimos by D. Jenness is particularly noteworthy due to its portraits of the aboriginal peoples encountered. <br/><br/> F. A. Acland unknown
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(Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-1916)
Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-1918 . Volume XII: The Copper Eskimos . Southern Party Parts B and C . WITH Volume XV: Eskimo Language and Technology. Part A.: Comparative Vocabulary
Ottawa: F. A. Acland 1928. Vol XII Part B: Physical Characteristics 12 photographic plates. Vol. XII Part C: Osteology: 9 plates. 3 vols. 8vo. Publisher's lettered wrappers. One part lacking upper wrapper. Vol XII Part B: Physical Characteristics 12 photographic plates. Vol. XII Part C: Osteology: 9 plates. 3 vols. 8vo. Three individual wrappered parts from the official reports of the Expedition organized and led by Vilhjalmur Stefansson. Vol. XII part B on the physical characteristics of the Copper River Eskimos by D. Jenness is particularly noteworthy due to its portraits of the aboriginal peoples encountered. <br/><br/> F. A. Acland unknown
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(Darien Exploring Expedition) Mayo, George U
Autograph Letter Signed to his father Peter Poythress Mayo detailing his rescue and suffering on the disastrous U.S. Darien Exploring Expedition across Panama
Palmas Panama 1854. 2pp. single 4to sheet. With: Carte-de-visite photograph of Mayo signed and inscribed to his sister on verso. Folds minor separations. 2pp. single 4to sheet. With: Carte-de-visite photograph of Mayo signed and inscribed to his sister on verso. Seeking a low-level train or canal route to bridge the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans in late 1853 President Franklin Pierce ordered a U.S. Naval exploring expedition to participate in an international attempt affiliated with a venture by the Atlantic and Pacific Junction Company. Although ships from Great Britain New Grenada and the United States were involved the principle overland portion of the expedition through 40 miles of dense jungle would be led by Lieutenant Isaac G. Strain who had previously led exploring expeditions in Brazil Baja California and Chile. With a party of 27 officers and men and including the author of the present letter they entered the jungle on January 20 1854.<br /> <br /> Problems began almost immediately. While puting ashore a boat was swamped and a portion of the party's provisions lost. Next the route Strain had been tasked with following contained no gap in the cordillera as had been previously believed. Led through the jungle by several groups of indigenous people the promise of a few days hike turned into months of wandering in the jungle before being abandoned by the guides. Subsisting on plantains and bananas and drinking river water Stain divided his men with an advance party striking out to seek rescue. On March 9 forty-nine days after starting from Caledonia Bay Strain and his advance party reached Yavisa; it would be another nearly three weeks before the main body was rescued but not before at least five had died of starvation or disease. Sometimes compared with the trials of the crew of the Essex or the members of the Donner Party the men on the Darien expedition endured extreme harship and resorted to unspeakable things. <br /> <br /> This remarkable letter was written by one of the expedition's survivors shortly after his rescue and return to civilization. George Upshur Mayo 1834-1896 was born into a prominent family in Norfolk VA. He attended the Virginia Military Institute served as an assistant engineer on the Strain Expedition was involved in the United States Geodetic Survey and was later a major in the Confederate Army. Here he writes:<br /> <br /> "My dear father From this filthy native village where our party are brought by the officers of the war steamer Virago English whose officers rescued us from a most deplorable condition starvation misery & want for about 70 days without bread or meat living on roots & nuts from the trees. May the rescue be never forgotten & I thank & give praises to God for his goodness. We abandoned & buried 4 or 5 in the woods as unable to keep up. I suffered from the cusano a worm that gets in the flesh also from a very bad knee. Almost unable to travel 3 miles a day. Unfavorable reports reached the U.S. concerning us. We are safe & go to Panama when we get well. My mind is out of sorts by medicine & sickness & my hand too weak to write more legibly. Will write from Panama or Aspinwall a respectable letter there. We are 100 miles from Panama. Had the party 8 days provisions only in the woods yet nothing to shield us from wind & storm & no change of garments. The suffering was intense & the rescue came at the most dreadful & important for our safety. I with 3 others on the river bank washing at sundown when the canoes came in sight. Captain Strain had no pants or underdraws to protect him from the briars & vermin. God be praised for rescue. Love to Annie. . . . In all probability will meet the Cyane at Aspinwall."<br /> <br /> A remarkable first-hand account of a desperate struggle for survival. unknown
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(de) Olivier Kersauson
Tous les oceans du monde
Le cherche midi 1997 192 pages in8. 1997. Broché. 192 pages. En 71 jours 14 heures 22 minutes et 8 secondes Olivier de Kersauson remporte le Trophée Jules Verne en pulvérisant de 3 jours et plus de 7 heures le record du Tour du monde à la voile en équipage et sans escale détenu jusque-là par Peter Blake.Ce livre nous restitue toutes les émotions et tous les dangers de cette immense aventure de mer.On y découvre le récit au quotidien d'une navigation superbe l'affrontement du trimaran avec la mer sur la plus belle route maritime qui existe : le Tour du monde sans escale par les trois caps.L'histoire de cet exploit se lit comme un palpitant roman d'aventures : la vie du bord et des hommes la fatigue le manque de sommeil la tension permanente sur ce parcours impitoyable humide toujours humide souvent glacé dangereux et fascinant mais éblouissant de beauté et de force comme tous les océans du monde
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CAMBRIDGE ANTHROPOLOGICAL EXPEDITION TO THE TORRES STRAITS VOLUME 1: GENERAL ETHNOGRAPHY
Cambridge 1935.Volume 1 General Ethnography. Hardcover. 4to. 421pp. 11 full page photo plates on glossy stock brown buckram cloth. FINE. clean bright; no owner marks no DJ. no ownership marks. Volume 1 only. . hardcover
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(Hayden Expedition) Elliott, Henry W
Profiles Sections and other Illustrations Designed to Accompany the Final Report of the Chief Geologist of the Survey and Sketched under his Directions
New York: Jules Bien 1872. First edition. Limited to 100 copies. 65 lithographed plates many folding preceded by 4pp. text. 4to. Original green cloth boards upper cover lettered in gilt rebacked endpapers renewed. Dampstaining. First edition. Limited to 100 copies. 65 lithographed plates many folding preceded by 4pp. text. 4to. This book was prepared to illustrate the work of the Hayden survey. It contains numerous panoramic illustrations many on folding sheets depicting sites in Wyoming Utah Colorado and Montana. This report contains the bulk of Henry Wood Elliott's art work for the Hayden Survey see preceding entry most of which was published nowhere else. These images are important because of their scientific contribution to several fields historical significance documentation of the Hayden expedition and their beauty and attention to detail. Elliott's illustrations were among the early images of many locations in the new territories of the West.<br /> <br /> From an edition of 100 copies issued in advance of the text. The Prefatory Note states p. 3: "A small edition of one hundred copies of the Profiles and Sections are issued in advance of the text for the purpose of placing them in the hands of the principal geologists in this country and in Europe. The first issue of two thousand copies in colors will be published with descriptions in about one year." We find no evidence that a subsequent edition in color was ever printed and it is stated of the present work in the Checklist of United States Public Documents 1789-1909 Washington: Government Printing Office 1909: "Originally intended to illustrate v. 4 of quarto series of reports but never thus used." <br /> <br /> The Hayden Survey was the most important of the four major government surveys of the American West undertaken after the Civil War the others being Powell King and Wheeler. Collectively these surveys filled in the map of the United States using accurate scientific methods to chart the land and investigate not only its geology but natural resources wildlife and plants as well. Schmeckebier Catalogue and Index of the Publications of the Hayden King Powell and Wheeler Surveys p. 32 #3 Jules Bien unknown
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(JEANETTE EXPEDITION) HARBER, Giles B
Letter from the Secretary of the Navy transmitting report of Lieut. G.B. Harber U.S.N. concerning the search for the missing persons of the Jeannette Expedition and the transportation of the remains of Lieutenant-Commander De Long and companions to the United States.
Washington: Government Printing Office 1884. First edition. Octavo. 75 1 pp. plus folding map of the Lena Delta in Russia and four full page heliotypes. Original blue printed wrappers. Small piece missing from outer edge of front wrapper three small and excellent paper repairs to wrappers. A very good and very clean copy in the original wrappers.The heliotypes in this publication are particularly interesting as they show Russian soldiers guarding the graves of the Jeannette crew. The final photograph shows all the coffins loaded into a Russian train."In February 1882 Secretary Thompson had despatched naval lieutenants Giles Harber and William Schuetze to the delta to search for any traces of the lost explorers particularly of Chipp's party. They were unsuccessful but in November received orders from the secretary to supervise the return of the bodies of De Long and his comrades to the United States. Weather and bureaucracy delayed them for a year; finally in November 1883 the bodies were taken from Yakutsk by train to Moscow Berlin and finally Hamburg. Here they were placed on board the U.S. steamer Frisia which arrived in New York in February 1884. The funeral cortège was escorted by naval and military detachments to the Church of the Holy Trinity on Madison Avenue for a memorial service. Afterwards the bodies of Ambler Collins and Boyd were claimed for private burial; those of De Long and six others were taken to Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx and buried together there. In October 1890 a large monument to the expedition's dead was unveiled at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis. Its design is based on the original cairn and cross raised at the burial site on the Lena Delta." Wiki [Government Printing Office] unknown
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(Lawson, John)
Allerneuste Beschreibung der Provintz Carolina in West-Indien. Samt einem Reise-Journal von mehr als Tausend Meilen unter allerhand Indianischen Nationen. Aus dem Englischen übersetzet durch M. Vischer.
Gütersloh, Prisma (Sonderausgabe), 1980. 8 Bll., 365 SS., 1 Bl., 1 gefaltete Karte (beiliegend in Einstecklasche). 8°, Original-Leinen mit Schutzumschlag.
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(LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION) ARROWSMITH, Aaron
A Map Exhibiting all the New Discoveries in the Interior Parts of North America.
London: A. Arrowsmith 1802. A fine and high quality facsimile of this seminal map commissioned in 2001 by renown Lewis & Clark collector Roger Wendlick. Backed on canvas and measuring 150 x 58 inches in color Wendlick commissioned the firm of Ford Graphics of Portland to make this map. Only 21 copies were made and this is the last one with a letter from Wendlick attesting to this fact. Fine. "The 1802 revision of the map of North America on display delineates the complete length of the Missouri River as well as Mackenzie's journey to the Pacific in 1793. The depiction of the Missouri headwaters which Arrowsmith studied from Peter Fidler's drawing of a map by the Blackfoot Indian Ac Ko Mo Ki shows several streams joining into two branches of the Missouri which flow almost due east. The southern branch of the Missouri appears to be the main branch of the river and connects to the Knife River; the northern branch is a good representation of the actual course of the Missouri.Although the revised map still shows a single ridge of mountains in the west a note near the southern sources of the Missouri states: "Hereabout the Mountains divide into several low Ridges." This note which was based on the reports of Fidler Mackenzie and Thompson was more encouraging to Jefferson and Lewis than the note about the Stony Mountains on the 1795 map which unfortunately turned out to be more accurate. Arrowsmith's map situates the Great Lake River on the western slopes of the mountain range and connects this river to the Columbia River with a dotted line. Since another note claims that this river can be descended to the sea in eight days the Arrowsmith map supported the erroneous belief in a convenient route to the Pacific Ocean.Both the 1795 and 1802 versions of Arrowsmith's map served as resources that Nicholas King consulted as he prepared his map for the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Lewis and Clark in fact carried the 1802 Arrowsmith map along on the expedition. Thomas Jefferson owned the 1802 map as well as an 1802 edition of Arrowsmith's map of the United States. Arrowsmith's 1802 map of North America was the most comprehensive map of the West available to Jefferson and Lewis and it was probably the most important map used in the planning of the expedition." University of VirginiaAaron Arrowsmith's 1802 map was the most current and accurate cartographic representation of the American West available to Lewis on the eve of the journey. Lewis studied this edition closely during the summer of 1803 and even carried a copy on the first leg of the expedition. Among Arrowsmith's sources were Indian maps reports and manuscript maps from the British fur trade and British Navy exploration reports and charts of the Pacific Coast. But various elements in the map reinforced Jefferson's misconceptions of western geography among these were depictions of the Rocky Mountains as a single long chain and the headwaters of the upper Missouri River at the eastern edge of the Rockies suggesting those mountains were readily portaged. A. Arrowsmith unknown
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(LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION). GASS, PATRICK
VOYAGE DES CAPITAINES LEWIS ET CLARKE DEPUIS L'EMBOUCHURE DU MISSOURI JUSQU'À L'ENTRÉE DE LA COLOMBIA DANS L'OCÉAN PACIFIQUE; FAIT DANS LES ANNÉES 1804 1805 ET 1806
Paris: Chez Arthus-Bertrand 1810. First Edition in French. 205 x 128 mm. 8 x 5". xviii 443 1 pp.Translated into French by A. J. N. Lallemant. <br/> Contemporary flamed sheep covers with thick and thin gilt rule border smooth spine divided into panels by metope and pentaglyph roll panels either with rows of interlocking gilt circles or a gilt compass ornament two black morocco labels marbled endpapers. Folding engraved map by J. B. Tardieu. Wagner-Camp-Becker 6:3; Howes G-77; Sabin 26742; Graff Collection 1519; Wheat Trans-Mississippi 300. Very small loss to head of rear joint boards faintly abraded but the binding entirely solid and pleasing; a handful of leaves with small marginal tears or paper flaws one slightly larger but not affecting text approximately one-third of volume very mildly browned other trivial imperfections but still an excellent copy extremely clean and fresh internally.<br/> <br/> Issued three years after the original English text this is the initial printing in French—and the first in any foreign language—of an important firsthand account of the Lewis and Clark voyage of discovery written by a key figure both during and after the company’s undertaking; it is also and crucially the first edition to include a map of the expedition. Tardieu's map the first to mention the names Lewis and Clark noted important landmarks on the journey including the formidable Rocky Mountains the Columbia River and Fort Clatsop on the Pacific Coast where the expedition spent the winter of 1805-06. Our French edition also adds two letters of Clark not appearing in other editions of Gass—one to William Henry Harrison 2 April 1805 from Fort Mandan and one to Clark’s brother 23 September 1806 on the day the six-month return journey came to an end. Wheat observes that this work held special interest for the French as it provided much information about lands that had until the Louisiana Purchase been part of their domain. A carpenter by training Patrick Gass 1771-1870 was in charge of constructing winter accommodations for the party and his knowledge of building informs his observations here about forts and native architecture. This account was based on journals he kept during the explorations and it was an immediate success upon its first publication in Pittsburgh in 1807. The American public was hungry for information about the Western frontier and their curiosity was shared by Europeans particularly those considering emigration to the New World. Wagner-Camp observes that Gass "became one of the best-known members of the expedition for several reasons: his key role as sergeant brought his name up frequently in the journals of Lewis and Clark; his account was the first to be published; he was the first to have a biography written about him; and finally he outlived the other members of the Corps of Discovery by decades" dying at the age of 98. . Chez Arthus-Bertrand unknown
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(MARTENS, EDUARD von). - THE EULENBURG EXPEDITION.
Die Preussischen Expedition nach Ost-Asien. Nach Amtlichen Quellen. 1.-3. Bd. (von 4). (1-2: Japan, 3: China).
Berlin, Decker, 1864-73. Lex8vo. 3 contemp. hcalf. Gilt spines and with gilt lettering. Spines slightly rubbed. XXII,(4),352VI,(4),375"XI,(4),426 pp., 24 engraved plates and 3 folded maps. Faint brownspots to margins in volume 1.
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(MARTENS, EDUARD von). - THE EULENBURG EXPEDITION
Die Preussischen Expedition nach Ost-Asien. Nach Amtlichen Quellen. 1.-3. Bd. von 4. 1-2: Japan 3: China.
Berlin Decker 1864-73. Lex8vo. 3 contemp. hcalf. Gilt spines and with gilt lettering. Spines slightly rubbed. XXII4352;VI4375;XI4426 pp. 24 engraved plates and 3 folded maps. Faint brownspots to margins in volume 1. <br/><br/><em>First edition. The offered volumes contains the general description of the expedition which relates to Japan and China. They do not comprise the scientific parts zoology botany of the expedition and not the landscape plates published as "Ansichten aus Japan China und Siam". </em> unknown
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(Perry Expedition) Redfield, WC W C
On the Cyclones or Typhoons of the North Pacific Ocean; with a Chart Showing their Courses of Progression
New Haven 1857. Separately-issued offprint from the American Journal of Science and Arts 2nd series Vol. xxiv July 1857. 21-38 pp. plus folding map. 8vo. Period plain green wrappers stitched. Separately-issued offprint from the American Journal of Science and Arts 2nd series Vol. xxiv July 1857. 21-38 pp. plus folding map. 8vo. "Redfield's last contribution to meteorological science was a memoir upon the cyclones or typhoons of the north Pacific Ocean prepared at the request of Commodore Perry to accompany his Narrative of the United States Expedition to Japan; and was printed in the second volume of that work . He showed that the hurricanes of the Pacific followed the same general laws as those of the Atlantic and traced the paths of several remarkable storms among which was one of great force encountered by the steamer 'Mississippi' one of the vessels of Commodore Perry's squadron on route from Simoda to the Sandwich Islands in October 1854" Recollections of John Howard Redfield p. 302. Page 37 includes a description of the Kona or southerly winds of Hawaii as well as the effects of cyclones on the Hawaiian islands.<br /> <br /> Following its publication within Perry's Narrative in 1856 the work was issued in a slightly more condensed form within the July 1857 issue of the American Journal of Science and Arts. The present separately-issued offprint from the AJSA is the only separately-issued edition of the work. Scarce. Sabin 68512. Not in Forbes unknown
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(VOYAGES - EXPEDITIONS) GOLBERY (P de).
Histoire et Description de la Suisse et du Tyrol.
Paris Didot 1846. 4 feuillets. 460 pages. 1 carte dépliante. 91 planches hors-texte. 215x18 Cm. Cartonnage vert de lépoque. Dos lisse. Titre doré. Coins émoussés. Plats un peu frottés. Ouvrage illustré de nombreuses vues costumes portraits etc. Histoire de la Suisse des temps anciens jusqu'au début du 19e siècle suivie de la statistique et la description de chacun des cantons suisses. Il suit une 2e partie beaucoup plus brève sur le Tyrol. Rousseurs. Paris, Didot, 1846. unknown
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(Wegener, Alfred) - Reinke-Kunze, Christine
Alfred Wegener. Polarforscher und Entdecker der Kontinentaldrift.
Basel, Boston, Berlin, Birkhäuser, 1994. Gr. 8°. 188 Seiten. Mit 8 Abbildungen sowie einem Titelbild. Original-Pappband mit Original-Umschlag. (Gutes Exemplar). * Lebensgeschichten aus der Wissenschaft.
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(Wegener, Alfred) - Rohrbach, Klaus
Abenteuer in Schnee und Eis. Alfred Wegener. Polarforscher und Entdecker der wandernden Kontinente.
Stuttgart, Verlag Freies Geistesleben, 2008. 8°. 274 Seiten. Mit Abbildungen und einer Kartenskizze. Original-Pappband mit Original-Umschlag. (Gutes Exemplar).
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1872-1876 Challenger Expedition
Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-76 Under the Command of Captain George S. Nares and the Late Captain Frank Tourle Thomson: 1 Pt. 1
Hardback. New. hardcover
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1872-1876 Challenger Expedition
Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-76 Under the Command of Captain George S. Nares and the Late Captain Frank Tourle Thomson: 1 Pt. 1
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Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 45460901 ISBN : 1016132301 9781016132305
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1872-1876 Challenger Expedition
Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-76 Under the Command of Captain George S. Nares and the Late Captain Frank Tourle Thomson: 1 Pt. 1
Hardcover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; N/A hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : ria9781016132305_inp ISBN : 1016132301 9781016132305
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1872-1876 Challenger Expedition
Report on the Reef-corals Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-76
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