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Barbree Jay & Caidin Martin
A JOURNEY THROUGH TIME: EXPLORING THE UNIVERSE WITH THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE
New York: Penguin Books. Very Good with no dust jacket; One Small Tear on the Dj. 1995. Hardback. 0670860182 . 232 pages . Penguin Books hardcover
Referencia librero : 54575 ISBN : 0670860182 9780670860180
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Barclay Donald A. Et Al. Editors
Into the Wilderness Dream. Exploration Narratives of the American West 1500-1805
Salt Lake City UT: University of Utah Press. 1994 First printing in trade paperback. 397 pp. Bibliography index. Minor shelfwear. Near Fine. Book. University of Utah Press. paperback
Referencia librero : 18761 ISBN : 0874804434 9780874804430
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BARKER, Ralph
One man's jungle - A biography of F. Spencer Chapman DSO
LONDON, Chatto & Windus - 1975 - In-8 - Cartonnage éditeur sous jaquette illustrée - Planches de photographies NB HT - X & 373 pages - Bon exemplaire
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BARKER, Ralph
One man's jungle - A biography of F. Spencer Chapman DSO
LONDON, Chatto & Windus - 1975 - In-8 - Cartonnage éditeur sous jaquette illustrée - Planches de photographies NB HT - X & 373 pages - Bon exemplaire
Referencia librero : 11418
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Barr William 1950 editor
Searching for Franklin the Land Arctic Searching Expedition 1855
xv292 pages with frontispiece illustrations maps bibliography and index. Small quarto 10" x 7" bound in original publisher's dark blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and pictorial representation of the ship Victoria blind stamped in gilt on cover in original jacket. Edited by William Barr. Works issued by the Hakluyt Society Third Series Number 1. First edition.<br /><br />In the Autumn of 1854 Dr John Rae of the Hudson's Bay Company astonished the world with the first news of the fate of the Franklin expedition missing in the Arctic since 1845 on the basis of stories rather vague as to time and place which he had hear from Inuit in the vicinity of Pelly Bay. The response of the Admiralty was to ask the Hudson's Bay Company to mount an overland expedition to attempt to confirm the Inuit reports. For this task Sir George Simpson the Company's Governor in North America selected James Anderson and James Stewart veteran employees of the Company and directed them to descend the Back River by canoe to the area which the Inuit reports seemed to identify as the site of the demise of the Franklin expedition. Having assembled the necessary men supplies and equipment in an amazingly short time Anderson and Stewart left their base at Fort Resolution on Great Slave Lake on 24 June 1855. They reached the sea at the mount of the Back River on 30 July and there encountered a group of Inuit who possessed a variety of articles which could only have come from Franklin's ships. Solid sea ice halted their search of the coast at Point Ogle and they were forced to start back south on 9 August. They were back at Fort Resolution by 16 September having completed an impressive trip in staggeringly short time. History has tended to judge Anderson and Stewart rather harshly despite the speed and efficiency of their journey. In fact their real contribution was to pinpoint the site of the tragedy on King William Island which the Inuit stories had identified only very vaguely. Their efforts allowed Captain Leopold McClintock to proceed directly to the correct area in 1859 and solve most aspects of the puzzle of what happened to the Franklin expedition.<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br />A fine copy in like jacket. Hakluyt Society hardcover
Referencia librero : E0127 ISBN : 0904180611 9780904180619
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Barr William 1950 and Glyndwr Williams editors
Voyages in Search of the North-West Passage 1741-1747: Volumes I & II: The Voyage of Christopher Middleton 1741-1742; The Voyage of William Moor and Francis Smith 1746-1747.
2 Volumes: Volume 1 subtitled: The Voyage of Christopher Middleton 1741-1742 xii333 with 8 maps 3 illustrations including frontispiece bibliography and index; Volume 2 subtitled: The Voyage of William Moor and Francis Smith 1746 1747 xv393 pages with frontispiece 13 maps 6 illustrations bibliography and index. Octavo 8 3/4" x 5 1/2" issued in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and gilt sailing ship to front cover. Translated by Anthony Mango. Second Series volumes 177 and 181. First edition.<br /><br />The eighteenth century saw a resurgence of hope that a Northwest Passage - that elusive target of European seamen over the centuries - might yet be found. Prompted by the Irish MP Arthur Dobbs the Admiralty sent the Furnace and Discovery to Hudson Bay in 1741 in search of navigable passage to the Pacific. The expedition was commanded by Christopher Middleton until his resignation in March 1741 a sea-captain in the service of the Hudson Bay Company. With his actions closely scrutinized by his former employers and colleagues concerned about possible interference with the fur trade Middleton wintered at the Company fort at Churchill. From there in the summer of 1742 he sailed farther north along the west coast of Hudson Bay than any previous European explorer charting Wager Bay Repulse Bay and Frozen Strait; but he failed to find a passage. After his return to England he found himself accused of negligence and corruption. Dobbs attacked both him and the Hudson's Bay Company in a campaign which ruined Middleton's professional reputation and opened the way for further expedition to the Bay. The second volume deals with the privately-financed expedition sent four years later on the same quest commanded by William Moor and Francis Smith. Once more Arthur Dobbs was the prime mover this time with the help of an association of merchants the North West Committee and once more he was to be disappointed by the outcome. Quarrelsome captains tensions during the wintering at York Factory confused explorations and rival accounts made a mockery of the hopes of Dobbs and his associates. After the return of the expedition the attention of its sponsors turned to a direct attack on the monopoly of the Hudson's Bay Company. Although the Northwest Passage continued to be used as a weapon against the Company the question of its existence slipped from center-stage to the wings. Whatever else the expeditions of 1741-2 and 1746-7 accomplished the publicity given to their explorations brought a greatly increased interest in Hudson Bay and its hinterland. This interest was not always accompanied by accurate and dispassionate information. Even so a comparison of the knowledge available about the geography trade and native inhabitants of the Bay area at the time of the Parliamentary inquiry of 1749 with the situation before Middleton's voyage represents a breakthrough in British perceptions of the Canadian sub-Arctic.<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br />Fine copies in like jackets. Hakluyt Society hardcover
Referencia librero : BOOKS004811 ISBN : 0904180417 9780904180411
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Barratt Carrie
American Portrait Miniatures In the Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art 2010. Green boards. 328pilluscolorcp. Still in shrink wrap assume its a first edition. First Edition. Cloth. As New/As New. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Metropolitan Museum of Art Hardcover
Referencia librero : 2789
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Barratt Glynn
Russian Shadows on the British Northwest Coast of North America 1810-1890
Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press. 1983 First edition hardcover in dust jacket. 196 pp. Illustrations notes bibliography index. Fine/Fine. Book. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press. hardcover
Referencia librero : 42367 ISBN : 0774801654 9780774801652
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Barrow John
The Voyages of Captain Cook
1999 Wordsworth Classics of World Literature 1999. V.Fine. 1999 Wordsworth Classics of World Literature unknown
Referencia librero : ABE-107208668
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BARTH, Heinrich:
Travels and discoveries in north and central Africa. Being a journal of an expedition undertaken under the auspices of H. B. M'S Government in the years 1849-1855. Centenary Edition Vol 2 (only, of 3).
London, Frank Cass & Co, 1965, in-8vo, 709 p., ill. with maps , small legacy-stamp Dr. Guggisberg, orig. cloth, Title gilt on spine. A very fine copy.
Referencia librero : 101069aaf
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Barth, Henry (1821-1865).
TRAVELS AND DISCOVERIES IN NORTH AND CENTRAL AFRICA. From The Journal Of An Expedition Undertaken Under The Auspices Of H.B.M.'s Government, In The Years 1849-1855.
pp. xxiv, (25)-538, (6) [Publisher's catalogue] + Frontis. Color folding map of Africa. 14 full page wood-engraved illustrations and many in the text. Mildly age stain. Raised and embossed bookseller's label of Antiquarian Book Store A.S. Hollowell Prop. 108 Erie St. Cleveland, O. Remnants of a Masonic library bookplate on front paste down. 8vo. 195 mm. Original publisher's cloth binding. Corners worn with loss. Spine detached. Hardbound. Good. Title continues: 'With Notes And Extracts From Mr. Richardson's Account Of The Expedition, And A Sketch Of Denham And Clapperton's Expedition, by the American Editor'. Born in Hamburg Germany, Henry Barth was one of the greatest of the European explorers of Africa. His scholarly preparation, ability to speak and write Arabic, learning African languages, and character meant that he carefully documented the details of the cultures he visited. He was among the first to comprehend the uses of oral history of peoples, and collected many. He established friendships with African rulers and scholars during his five years of travel (1850-1855). After the deaths of two European companions, he completed his travels with the aid of Africans. Afterwards, he wrote and published a five-volume account of his travels in both English and German. PAIMP 23
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Bartheel, Carla
Abenteuer an der Eismeerstrasse.
Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung, 1939.
Referencia librero : 80655
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BARTHÉLÉMY (Auguste-Marseille), MÉRY (Joseph)
Napoléon en Egypte, Waterloo et le fils de l'homme. Précédés d'une notice littéraire par M. Tissot. Edition illustrée par Vernet et Bellangé
Paris, Bourdin, s.d. (1842) gr. in-8, XVI-331 pp., frontispice, texte dans un double encadrement de filet noir ; nbses vignettes in-t., 16 pl. sur Chine appliqué, demi-basane acajou, dos à nerfs orné de filets et de frises dorés, palmette à froid aux entre-nerfs, tête dorée, couv. ill. de rinceaux et un médaillon central, et dos cons., couv. des 17 livraisons cons. (Marcel Martin). Bon exemplaire.
Referencia librero : 144394
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Bartram William 1739 1823
Voyage dans les parties sud de l'Amérique septentrionale; : savoir: les Carolines septentrionale et méridionale la Georgie les Florides orientale et occidentale le pays de Cherokées le vaste territoire des Muscogulges ou de la confédération Creek et
2 volumes. 457 pages with frontispiece engraved portrait by Bovinet Mico Chlucco Grana King of the Seminoles and one folding plate; 436 pages without title with large folding map by J.B. Poirson engraved by Alexandre Blondeau and folding plate. Octavo 8 1/4" x 5 1/4" bound in half leather with six spine compartments with red and black labels in gilt over original marbled boards. Translated by Pierre Vincent Benoist. Sabin 3871; Palau 251346; Howes B223; Field 94 First French edition.<br /><br />William Bartram was an American naturalist. The son of the naturalist John Bartram. As a boy he accompanied his father on many of his travels to the Catskill Mountains the New Jersey Pine Barrens New England and Florida. In 1773 he embarked upon a four-year journey through eight southern colonies. Bartram made many drawings and took notes on the native flora and fauna and the native American Indians. In 1774 he explored the St. Johns River where he had memorable encounters with aggressive alligators and also visited a principal Seminole village at Cuscowilla where his arrival was celebrated with a great feast. He met Ahaya the Cowkeeper chief of the Alachua band of the Seminole tribe. When Bartram explained to the Cowkeeper that he was interested in studying the local plants and animals the chief was amused and began calling him Puc Puggy the flower hunter.2 Bartram continued his explorations of the Alachua Savannah or what is today Paynes Prairie. William Bartram wrote of his experiences exploring the Southeast in his book Travels through North & South Carolina East & West Florida the Cherokee Country the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges or Creek Confederacy and the Country of the Chactaws Containing an Account of the Soil and Natural Productions of Those Regions Together with Observations on the Manners of the Indians published in 1791 and which is today simply known as Bartram's Travels. It was considered at the time one of the foremost books on American natural history. Many of Bartram's accounts of historical sites were the earliest records including the Georgia mound site of Ocmulgee. In addition to its contributions to scientific knowledge Travels is noted for its original descriptions of the American countryside. Bartram's writing influenced many of the Romantic writers of the day. William Wordsworth Samuel Taylor Coleridge and François René de Chateaubriand are known to have read the book and its influence can be seen in many of their works. Ephraim George Squier and Edwin Hamilton Davis in their book Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley name Bartram as "the first naturalist who penetrated the dense tropical forests of Florida."<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br />Some rubbing to original boards page 143 of volume one has small burn mark affecting text half title bound upside down in back old water stain to plate of volume two. Fold-out map has repair to first fold internally pages are clean and free of toning and foxing else a very good copy. Chez Carteret et Brosson and Dogour Duran hardcover
Referencia librero : biblio160
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Bartram William 1739 1823
Voyage dans les parties sud de l'Amérique septentrionale; : savoir: les Carolines septentrionale et méridionale la Georgie les Florides orientale et occidentale le pays de Cherokées le vaste territoire des Muscogulges ou de la confédération Creek et
<b>First French edition of Bartram's</b><b> Travels which chronicled his explorations of the southern British colonies in North America from 1773–1777</b><br /><br />2 volumes. 457 pages with frontispiece engraved portrait by Bovinet Mico Chlucco Grana King of the Seminoles and one folding plate; 436 pages without title with large folding map by J.B. Poirson engraved by Alexandre Blondeau and folding plate. Octavo 8 1/4" x 5 1/4" bound in half leather with six spine compartments with red and black labels in gilt over original marbled boards. Translated by Pierre Vincent Benoist. Sabin 3871; Palau 251346; Howes B223; Field 94 First French edition.<br /><br />William Bartram was an American naturalist. The son of the naturalist John Bartram. As a boy he accompanied his father on many of his travels to the Catskill Mountains the New Jersey Pine Barrens New England and Florida. In 1773 he embarked upon a four-year journey through eight southern colonies. Bartram made many drawings and took notes on the native flora and fauna and the native American Indians. In 1774 he explored the St. Johns River where he had memorable encounters with aggressive alligators and also visited a principal Seminole village at Cuscowilla where his arrival was celebrated with a great feast. He met Ahaya the Cowkeeper chief of the Alachua band of the Seminole tribe. When Bartram explained to the Cowkeeper that he was interested in studying the local plants and animals the chief was amused and began calling him Puc Puggy the flower hunter.2 Bartram continued his explorations of the Alachua Savannah or what is today Paynes Prairie. William Bartram wrote of his experiences exploring the Southeast in his book Travels through North & South Carolina East & West Florida the Cherokee Country the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges or Creek Confederacy and the Country of the Chactaws Containing an Account of the Soil and Natural Productions of Those Regions Together with Observations on the Manners of the Indians published in 1791 and which is today simply known as Bartram's Travels. It was considered at the time one of the foremost books on American natural history. Many of Bartram's accounts of historical sites were the earliest records including the Georgia mound site of Ocmulgee. In addition to its contributions to scientific knowledge Travels is noted for its original descriptions of the American countryside. Bartram's writing influenced many of the Romantic writers of the day. William Wordsworth Samuel Taylor Coleridge and François René de Chateaubriand are known to have read the book and its influence can be seen in many of their works. Ephraim George Squier and Edwin Hamilton Davis in their book Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley name Bartram as "the first naturalist who penetrated the dense tropical forests of Florida."<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br />Some rubbing to original boards page 143 of volume one has small burn mark affecting text half title bound upside down in back old water stain to plate of volume two. Fold-out map has repair to first fold internally pages are clean and free of toning and foxing else a very good copy. Chez Carteret et Brosson and Dogour Duran hardcover books
Referencia librero : biblio160
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Bartroli Tomas
Genesis of Vancouver City Explorations of Its Site 1791 1792 & 1808
Vancouver BC: Electric Print. Good. 1997. Second Edition. Paperback. 0969525028 . Ex-library sticker damage front card cover front cover creased with small piece missing front edge library sticker with discard stamp on FFEP ; A tight solid book text unmarked; Trade PB; A study of the early European explorations of the delta upon which the city of Vancouver British Columbia now stands . Electric Print paperback
Referencia librero : 12727 ISBN : 0969525028 9780969525028
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Bary, Erwin von
Sahara-Tagebuch 1876 - 1877
Heusenstamm: Orion-Heimreiter-Verlag, 1977. 21,5 cm ; Leinen
Referencia librero : 111714
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Baudoin Alain
Sentiers et randonnées de Bretagne à pied à bicyclette
Fayard 1976 in8. 1976. Broché.
Referencia librero : 100050924
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Bauer, Walter
"Polflug. Bericht von Andree und dem ""Adler"""
Norderstedt, Books on Demand, 2020. "In der Buchreihe ""Stella Polaris"" hrsg. Von Klaus Isele, 8°, 67 S., mit Fotos von Klaus Isele, illustr. Papp-Einband gebunden"
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Baumann, Hans
Die Brücke der Götter.
Gütersloh : Bertelsmann, 1957. 294 S. : Kt. in d. Spiegeln. 8°. 16. - 25. Tsd. OLwd mit SU.
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BAUMANN, Oscar
Eine afrikanische Tropen-Insel. Fernando Póo und die Bube dargestellt auf Grund einer Reise im Auftrag der k. k. Geographischen Gesellschaft in Wien. [Und in Beibindung:] DERS. In Deutsch-Ostafrika während des Aufstandes. Reise der Hans Meyer? schen Expedition in USAMBARA.
Wien u. Olmütz, Eduard Hölzel 1888 und 1890. 8°. IX(1), 150 S. mit 1 kl. Titelvign., 16 Illustr. im Text, auf Tafelseiten sowie auf 1 doppelblattgr. Tafel v. Hans Fischer u. Franz Zimerman, nach Skizzen des Verfassers sowie 1 mehrf. gef., farb. Karte und VIII, 224 S. mit 18 Illustr. v. Ludwig Hans Fischer u. Franz Zimerman nach Skizzen des Verfassers, sowie nach Photographien, und einer (mehrf. gefalteten) farbigen Originalkarte. Leinenbd. d. Zt. m. goldgepr. Rückentit. u. blindgepr. Deckelrahmen. Unteres Kapital u. Ecken bestoßen u. berieben, Text papierbedingt gebräunt u. z. Tl. fingerfleckig, im hint. Falz aufgeplatzt. Henze I, 200 ff. Die überaus seltene Promotionsarbeit des bedeutenden österreichischen Afrika-Forschers Oscar Baumann (1864-1899). Seine gründlichen Aufnahmen über die Besteigung des Durmitors, während einer Reise durch Montenegro im Jahr 1883, bewegten Oskar Lenz, der 1885 die österreichisch-ungarische Kongo-Expedition vorbereitete, ihn einzuladen, die Expedition als Topograph zu begleiten. B. erkrankte jedoch nahe Stanley Falls, und wurde in einem Lager zurückgelassen, wo er während seines Aufenthaltes die Swahili-Sprache erlernte. Seine Rekonvaleszenz verbrachte er auf der Insel Fernando Póo, von deren Hauptstadt aus er eine zweimonatige Rundreise antrat und mit seinen Beobachtungen wertvolle Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Insel und ihrer Bewohner, der Bube, von deren Sprache er zwei Vokabularien zusammenstellte, lieferte. - 1887 promovierte B. in Leipzig mit dem 'Versuch einer Monographie von Fernando Póo', einer Vorarbeit zu vorliegendem Werk. In dem angebundenen Werk beschreibt B. eine Reise, die ihn als Begleiter des deutschen Forschungsreisenden Hans Meyer 1888 nach Ostafrika führte, um den Kilimandscharo zu bezwingen. Die Expedition durchquerte - von der Ostküste ausgehend - die damals noch völlig unbekannte Gebirgslandschaft zwischen den Flüssen Pangani und Umba. Wegen an der Küste ausgebrochener Araber-Unruhen sahen sie sich am südlichen Pare-Gebirge zur Umkehr gezwungen. Das Ergebnis dieser Expedition war die erste topographische Aufnahme von Usambra. Seine kartografischen und ethnologischen Aufzeichnungen waren für die schnell folgende wirtschaftliche Erschließung des Landes von unschätzbarem Wert. (vgl. dazu: Ausstellungskat. ?Abenteuer Ostafrika?. S.147).
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Bawlf Samuel
Sir Francis Drake's Secret Voyage to the Northwest Coast of America AD 1579
Saltspring Island BC : Sir Francis Drake Publications 2001 . First Edition . Fine/Fine . 4TO . In which Bawlf advances his theory that Drake salled much farther north than has been generally recognized and in fact spent some time on the coasts of British Columbia. Meticulously researched and beautifully produced. Illustrated with black and white and colour maps including a full colour fold-out. A fine copy. Sir Francis Drake Publications unknown
Referencia librero : 31105 ISBN : 0968852807 9780968852804
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Bayfield Captain Henry Wolsey McKenzie Ruth Editor 2 Volumes
The St Lawrence Survey Journals of Captain Henry Wolsey Bayfield
Toronto: The Champlain Society 1984. Fine unread uncut copy. As new. First Thus. Hard Cover. Fine. The Champlain Society Hardcover
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Baylis H. A. Harry Arnold British Museum Natural History British Antarctic ""Terra Nova"" Expedition
Nemertinea 1915 Leather Bound
2019. Leather Bound. New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine. Reprinted in 2019 with the help of original edition published long back 1915. This book is printed in black & white sewing binding for longer life Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Lang: - eng Pages 46. EXTRA 10 DAYS APART FROM THE NORMAL SHIPPING PERIOD WILL BE REQUIRED FOR LEATHER BOUND BOOKS. FOLIO EDITION IS ALSO AVAILABLE. hardcover
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Baylis H. A. Harry Arnold British Museum Natural History British Antarctic ""Terra Nova"" Expedition
Nemertinea 1915
2020. Paperback. New. Lang: - eng Pages 46. Reprinted in 2020 with the help of original edition published long back 1915. This book is Printed in black & white sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Soft Cover HARDCOVER EDITION IS ALSO AVAILABLE Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Any type of Customisation is possible with extra charges. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. paperback
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Baylis H. A. Harry Arnold British Museum Natural History British Antarctic ""Terra Nova"" Expedition
Nemertinea 1915 Hardcover
2020. Hardcover. New. Lang: - eng Pages 46. Reprinted in 2020 with the help of original edition published long back 1915. This book is Printed in black & white Hardcover sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Dust Cover Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Any type of Customisation is possible with extra charges. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. hardcover
Referencia librero : 1111006224461
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Beale David
The Mayflower Pilgrims Roots of Puritan Presbyterian Congregationalist and Baptist Heritage
Greenville SC: Ambassador-Emerald Int'l. New with no dust jacket. 2002. Unknown. Hardcover. This is the fascinating account of one of the greatest adventures of all time. It is recounted here in its entire breadth from Reformation backgrounds to the nineteenth century. Engagingly written this complete and up-to-date account includes research never before published. Dispelling numerouw popular myths concerning the English Separatist Movement this book establishes the movement's true role in the English American and Christian heritage. Includes 14 pages of color photographs and an index. ; 4to 9" - 12" tall; 272 pages . Ambassador-Emerald Int'l. hardcover
Referencia librero : 004386 ISBN : 188989351x 9781889893518
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Beale Edgar
KENNEDY OF CAPE YORK
Adelaide: Rigby. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1970. First Edition. Hard Cover. 281pp; illustrations. Previous owner's name to half title page. ; 240 x 160mm . Rigby hardcover
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Beals Herbert K. ; Campbell R. J. ; Savours Ann et al
Four Travel Journals: The Americas Antarctica and Africa / 1775-1874 Hakluyt Society Third Series
Hakluyt Society 2008. Bookplate on front pastedown otherwise a crisp clean copy NF/VG. Full cloth binding. x 404pp. Dust jacket is slightly rubbed spine sunned; offered in a new mylar cover. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9" - 12" Tall. Hakluyt Society Hardcover
Referencia librero : 057128 ISBN : 0904180905 9780904180909
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BEARD PHILIP
Dear Zoe
Viking New York: 2005. Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition. On September 11 2001 far from either New York or Washington Tess loses her three-year-old sister to a hit-and-run driver. With the eyes of the world elsewhere Tess's small tragedy sends her family reeling into an impenetrable silence. Dear Zoe is her attempt to break that silence. ISBN: 0670034010. Viking, New York: 2005 hardcover
Referencia librero : 89305X1 ISBN : 0670034010 9780670034017
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Beattie, Owen und John Geiger
Der eisige Schlaf : das Schicksal der Franklin-Expedition. von Owen Beattie u. John Geiger. Aus d. Engl. von Uta Haas Erstausg., 2. Aufl. - 9783492121132
Köln : Vgs 1989. 175 S. : 42 farb. Abb., Zeichn., Ktn. ; 24 cm, mit Schutzumschlag Pp., gebundene Ausgabe, Hardcover/Pappeinband, Exemplar in gutem Erhaltungszustand
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Beattie, Owen und John Geiger
Der eisige Schlaf :- Das Schicksal der Franklin-Expedition. Aus dem Englischen von Uta Haas
Köln : Vgs, 1990. 3. Aufl. zahlr. farb. Abb. auf Taflen, zahlr. Abb. im Text, 175 S. Gr.-8°, OPp. m. SchU.
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BEAUCHAMP, Alphonse de.
Histoire de la conquête et des révolutions du Pérou. Avec portraits.
Paris, Lenormant, Lerouge, 1808. 2 Tomes, COMPLET. In-8 - 13,5x20,5cm. Reliure d'époque en pleine basane mouchetée, dos lisse orné de riches caissons, dentelle et fleurons dorés, filet et dentelle dorés en encadrement des plats, filet doré sur les coupes, tranches marbrées. [6]-280 et [4]-271 pp. Exemplaire bien complet de ses 2 portraits gravés en frontispices : "François Pizarre conquérant du Pérou" et "Manco Inca, couronné par Pizarre en 1533". Edition originale. Sabin 4155. Palau, 25974. Edition originale de cette œuvre de vulgarisation, qui sera rééditée en 1813 et 1835. Son auteur, Alphonse de Beauchamp (1767-1832), signe là sa troisième publication, mais c’est pour lui un travail alimentaire, nécessaire pour subvenir à ses besoins. En effet, employé du Ministère de la Police, il s’est attiré les foudres du redoutable Fouché pour son Histoire de la Guerre de Vendée, parue en 1806. Le turbulent ministre de Napoléon fait saisir la troisième édition de l’ouvrage cette même année 1808, avant de révoquer son subalterne et de l’assigner à résidence (surveillée) aux Fossés. Arrêté de nouveau en 1809, Beauchamp est contraint de signer à la Préfecture de Police l’engagement de cesser ses écrits sur les Guerres de l’Ouest afin de recouvrer sa liberté. Prolifique essayiste et historien, il rédige une trentaine d’ouvrages durant le reste de sa carrière, et meurt du choléra en 1832.
Referencia librero : 1419
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Beaumont Herve
Guatemala. Avec Excursions Au Belize Et Au Honduras
Editions Marcus 1999 11 4x0 8x18 8cm. 1999. mass_market.
Referencia librero : 100119559
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Beauvoir Francois Jean de Marquis de Chastellux 1734a1788
Travels in North-America In the Years 1780 1782 and 1782
Two volumes: xv462 pages with two folding maps; xv430 pages with three folding plates. Octavo 8 1/4" x 5 1/4" bound in original full leather with black and red labels to spine lettered in gilt. translated from the French by an English gentleman who resided in America at that period ; with notes by the translator. Translated by G. Grieve Watt and Sabin ascribe the translation to J. Kent. Sabin 12229 First Irish edition.<br /><br />Chastellux was a military officer who served during the War of American Independence as a major general in the French expeditionary forces led by general Comte de Rochambeau. Being on general Rochambeau's staff for the duration of the war Chastellux acted as the principal liaison officer between the French commander in chief and George Washington. However the Chevalier de Chastellux was also widely recognized at the time of his campaigns in America as a highly talented man of letters and a member of the French Academy. After arriving in America in July 1780 Chastellux participated to the American Revolutionary War as Major General in the French expeditionary force led by general Rochambeau. During the following year he was third in command of the French forces engaged at the decisive Siege of Yorktown in 1781 where the British were ultimately defeated. Major General de Chastellux was fluent in English and with his strong ideological support of the American cause he served the alliance well. During the latter part of the campaign he was the principal liaison officer between George Washington and French general Rochambeau. Thereafter Chastellux remained a personal friend of George Washington for life. Furthermore the College of William and Mary and the University of Pennsylvania also awarded Chastellux with honorary degrees. After his return to France Chastellux also remained in contact with Thomas Jefferson now the American representative in Paris whom he had previously visited on his Virginia estate at Monticello.<br /><br /><b>Condition:</b><br /><br />Title page clipped at top corner first fold out map repaired map edges repaired hinges repaired previous owner's names on front paste downs and content pages else a good set. Printed for Messrs. Colles, Moncrieffe, White, H. Whitestone, Byrne, Cash, Marchbank, Heery, and Moore hardcover
Referencia librero : E0052
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Beck Rollo Howard American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology. Whitney South Sea Expeditions Collection Am
List of specimens Vitu Levu Whitney Expedition to Fiji April 22 1925 to January 14 1926 1925 FULL LEATHER BOUND
2019. SUPER DELUXE EDITION. New. Antique look with Golden Leaf Printing and embossing with round Spine completely handmade bindingextra customization on request like Color Leather Colored book special gold leaf printing etc. Reprinted in 2019 with the help of original edition published long back 1925. This book is printed in black & white sewing binding for longer life Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure in old look so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Lang: - eng Pages 36. EXTRA 10 DAYS APART FROM THE NORMAL SHIPPING PERIOD WILL BE REQUIRED. Normal Hardbound Edition is also available on request. unknown
Referencia librero : SD1111008457001
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Beck Rollo Howard American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology. Whitney South Sea Expeditions Collection Am
List of specimens Vitu Levu Whitney Expedition to Fiji April 22 1925 to January 14 1926 1925 Leather Bound
2019. Leather Bound. New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine. Reprinted in 2019 with the help of original edition published long back 1925. This book is printed in black & white sewing binding for longer life Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Lang: - eng Pages 36. EXTRA 10 DAYS APART FROM THE NORMAL SHIPPING PERIOD WILL BE REQUIRED FOR LEATHER BOUND BOOKS. FOLIO EDITION IS ALSO AVAILABLE. hardcover
Referencia librero : LB1111008457001
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Becker Jérôme
La troisième expédition belge au pays noir
J. Lebègue et Cie 313 pages in8. Sans date. Relié. 313 pages.
Referencia librero : 100110169
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Becker, Alexander, C.v. Perbandt G. Richelmann u. a
Hermann von Wissmann : Deutschlands größter Afrikaner ; Sein Leben und Wirken unter Benutzung des Nachlasses. Zweite, vermehrte und VERBESSERTE Auflage.
Berlin : A. Schall, 1907. VIII,480 Seiten. Originalleinen. 25 cm
Referencia librero : 283101
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Becker, Alexander, C.v. Perbandt G. Richelmann u. a
Hermann von Wissmann : Deutschlands größter Afrikaner ; Sein Leben und Wirken unter Benutzung des Nachlasses. FÜNFTE (5.), vermehrte und VERBESSERTE Auflage.
Berlin : A. Schall, 1913. XII,598 Seiten. Mit zahlreichen Abbildungen, Facsimiles und Karten. Originalleinen. 25 cm
Referencia librero : 289105
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Becker, Alexander, C.v. Perbandt G. Richelmann u. a
Hermann von Wissmann : Deutschlands größter Afrikaner ; Sein Leben und Wirken unter Benutzung des Nachlasses. Unter Mitwirkung von Oberstabsarzt a.D. D. Dr. Becker und Oberstabsarzt Dr. Steuber. ERSTAUSGABE.
Berlin : Alfred Schall, 1906. VI ,578 Seiten. Mit zahlreichen Abbildungen, Facsimiles und Karten.
Referencia librero : 287094
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Becker, Gottfried Wilhelm
Die Fahrten und Abenteuer des Kapitain John Roß auf seinen Entdeckungsreisen nach den Gegenden des Nordpols.
Leipzig, Weber Verlag, 1836. Klein-8°. 15 x 10,5 cm. XII, 320 Seiten. Leinenband der Zeit. [4 Warenabbildungen]
Referencia librero : 3642FB
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BEDJAOUI (M.) et Alain SEBE
Lumières de la SAOURA
Edit. Delroisse / Vilo 1980 in4. 1980. Cartonné. illustrations en couleurs
Referencia librero : 100074980
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Beebe, William
Das Arcturus-Abenteuer. Die erste Tiefsee-Expedition der Neuyorker Zoologischen Gesellschaft.
Leipzig, Brockhaus, 1928. 331 Seiten, "mit 68 bunten und einfarbigen Abbildungen und 2 Karten", Gr.-8°, illustriertes, geprägtes OLeinen. - Name auf Titel; Rücken an Kopf und Fuss plus einer Ecke etwas bestoßen, ansonsten ordentlicher Erhalt. fest gebunden/ hardcover
Referencia librero : SEE1071
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BEEBE, William, G. Inness Hartley, Paul G. Howes, introduction by Colonel Theodore Roosevelt
Tropical Wild Life in British Guiana; Zoological Contributions From the Tropical Research Station of the New York Zoological Society
8vo [24 x 17 cm]; xx, [ii], [23]-504 pp, frontis, 143 illustrations, including 4 color plates, maps, index. original pictorial gilt cloth, light cloth rippling, light shelf wear, very good clean copy, internally fine. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Ferra V. This is marked volume I but there were never other volumes produced. Beebe became world famous for his record breaking descent into the depths of the sea in the bathysphere in the 1930's. He was an accomplished naturalist but was also an ornithologist, entomologist, ichthyologist, ecologist and taxonomist as this volume clearly illustrates. There is also a chapter on Indian Charms by James Rodway. Included wtih this book is Beebe's article, 'The High World of the Rain Forest; In the Trinidad Jungle, Naturalist and Artist Work Together to Portray a Teeming Animal Kingdom Men Seldom See'. in the National Geographic magazine, June 1958, an 18 page article with two photos of Beebe and many full-page paintings by Guy Neale of butterflies and other insects, and the author's 12 rules for observing wild birds and animals in the forest (very good condition).
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Beechey Frederick William 1796 1856
Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait to co-operate with the Polar Expeditions: preformed in his Majesty's Ship Blossom . in the Years 1825 26 27 28
2 volumes. xxi472 pages with three maps two folding and one double page figures and 13 plates; iv452 pages with 10 plates some folding tables and appendices. Octavo 9 1/2" x 5 1/2" Bound in contemporary half leather with marbled boards and gilt lettering to spine. Ferguson 1418; Hill I p. 19; Howes B309; Lada-Mocarski 95; Sabin 4347. Second edition published after quarto edition of the same year.<br /><br />Frederick William Beechey 17 February 1796 – 29 November 1856 was an English naval officer and geographer. He was the son of Sir William Beechey RA and was born in London. 1806 he entered the Royal Navy and saw active service during the wars with France and America. In 1818 he served under Lieutenant afterwards Sir John Franklin in David Buchan's Arctic expedition of which at a later period he published a narrative. In the following year he accompanied Lieutenant W. E. Parry in HMS Hecla. In 1821 he took part in the survey of the Mediterranean coast of Africa under the direction of Captain afterwards Admiral William Henry Smyth. He and his brother Henry William Beechey made an overland survey of this coast and published a full account of their work in 1828 under the title of Proceedings of the Expedition to Explore the Northern Coast of Africa from Tripoly Eastward in 1821-1822. In 1825 Beechey was appointed to command the HMS Blossom. His task was to explore the Bering Strait in concert with Franklin and Parry operating from the east. In the summer of 1826 he passed the strait and a barge from his ship reached 71°23'31" N. and 156°21'30" W. near Point Barrow which he named a point only 146 miles west of that reached by Franklin's expedition from the Mackenzie river. The whole voyage lasted more than three years and in the course of it Beechey discovered several islands in the Pacific and an excellent harbor near Cape Prince of Wales. In July 1826 he named the three islands in the Bering Strait. Two were the Diomede Islands that Vitus Bering had named in 1728: "Ratmanoff Island" Big Diomede and "Krusenstern Island" Little Diomede. Beechey called the uninhabited third islet "Fairway Rock" which is still its contemporary name. One of his crew Petty Officer John Bechervaise gave a detailed account of the voyage in his Thirty Six Years if a Seafaring Life by an Old Quartermaster published privately in 1839. In 1831 there appeared his Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait to Co-operate with the Polar Expeditions 1825-1828. In 1835 and the following year Captain Beechey was employed on the coast survey of South America and from 1837 to 1847 carried on the same work along the Irish coasts. He was appointed in 1850 to preside over the Marine Department of the Board of Trade. In 1854 he was made rear-admiral and in the following year was elected president of the Royal Geographical Society. Beechey Island where Sir John Franklin wintered is named after him.<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br />Name neatly excised from head corner of titles small inconspicuous stamp to last pages. Inner hinges beginning marble to boards rubbed some stains to map. some toning to some plates some plates not bound in order to the printer but are all accounted for corners gently bumped else about a very good set. Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley hardcover
Referencia librero : E0132
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Beechey Frederick William 1796 1856
Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait to co-operate with the Polar Expeditions: preformed in his Majesty's Ship Blossom . in the Years 1825 26 27 28
2 volumes. xxi472 pages with three maps two folding and one double page figures and 13 plates; iv452 pages with 10 plates some folding tables and appendices. Octavo 9 1/2" x 5 1/2" Bound in contemporary half leather with marbled boards and gilt lettering to spine. Ferguson 1418; Hill I p. 19; Howes B309; Lada-Mocarski 95; Sabin 4347. Second edition published after quarto edition of the same year.<br /><br />Frederick William Beechey 17 February 1796 – 29 November 1856 was an English naval officer and geographer. He was the son of Sir William Beechey RA and was born in London. 1806 he entered the Royal Navy and saw active service during the wars with France and America. In 1818 he served under Lieutenant afterwards Sir John Franklin in David Buchan's Arctic expedition of which at a later period he published a narrative. In the following year he accompanied Lieutenant W. E. Parry in HMS Hecla. In 1821 he took part in the survey of the Mediterranean coast of Africa under the direction of Captain afterwards Admiral William Henry Smyth. He and his brother Henry William Beechey made an overland survey of this coast and published a full account of their work in 1828 under the title of Proceedings of the Expedition to Explore the Northern Coast of Africa from Tripoly Eastward in 1821-1822. In 1825 Beechey was appointed to command the HMS Blossom. His task was to explore the Bering Strait in concert with Franklin and Parry operating from the east. In the summer of 1826 he passed the strait and a barge from his ship reached 71°23'31" N. and 156°21'30" W. near Point Barrow which he named a point only 146 miles west of that reached by Franklin's expedition from the Mackenzie river. The whole voyage lasted more than three years and in the course of it Beechey discovered several islands in the Pacific and an excellent harbor near Cape Prince of Wales. In July 1826 he named the three islands in the Bering Strait. Two were the Diomede Islands that Vitus Bering had named in 1728: "Ratmanoff Island" Big Diomede and "Krusenstern Island" Little Diomede. Beechey called the uninhabited third islet "Fairway Rock" which is still its contemporary name. One of his crew Petty Officer John Bechervaise gave a detailed account of the voyage in his Thirty Six Years if a Seafaring Life by an Old Quartermaster published privately in 1839. In 1831 there appeared his Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait to Co-operate with the Polar Expeditions 1825-1828. In 1835 and the following year Captain Beechey was employed on the coast survey of South America and from 1837 to 1847 carried on the same work along the Irish coasts. He was appointed in 1850 to preside over the Marine Department of the Board of Trade. In 1854 he was made rear-admiral and in the following year was elected president of the Royal Geographical Society. Beechey Island where Sir John Franklin wintered is named after him.<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br />Name neatly excised from head corner of titles small inconspicuous stamp to last pages. Inner hinges beginning marble to boards rubbed some stains to map. some toning to some plates some plates not bound in order to the printer but are all accounted for corners gently bumped else about a very good set. Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley hardcover books
Referencia librero : E0132
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behrman daniel
Cap sur l'inconnu - récit de l'Expédition internationale de l'Océan Indien
Unesco 1984 19x25x2cm. 1984. Relié. iconographie en couleurs
Referencia librero : 100100962
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Belcher Edward 1799 1877
Narrative of a Voyage Round the World Performed in her Majesty's Ship Sulphur During the Years 1836-1842 Including Details of the Naval Operations in China from Dec 1840 to Nov 1841
2 volumes. xxxvii23878 ad pages with frontispiece woodcuts in text and 7 steel-engraved plates; vi2474 pages with frontispiece woodcuts in texts and 10 steel-engraved plates. Royal octavo 9¼x5½" in publisher's original green cloth spine lettered in gilt covers decorative blind stamped. First Edition.<br /><br />In 1825 Edward Belcher accompanied Frederick William Beechey's expedition to the Pacific and Bering Strait as a surveyor. In 1836. he commanded a surveying ship on the north and west coasts of Africa and in the British seas. Belcher took up the work which Beechey had left unfinished on the Pacific coast of South America. He was on board the bomb vessel HMS Sulphur which was ordered to return to England in 1839 by the Trans-Pacific route. Belcher made various observations at a number of islands which he visited having been delayed by being dispatched to take part in the war in China in 1840. On 26 January 1841 the then Commander Belcher landed on Possession Point at the north shore Hong Kong Island and made the first British survey of Hong Kong harbor. After the war's end in 1842 he reached home and for his services was made a Knight Bachelor in the following year. He was then engaged in HMS Samarang in surveying work in the East Indies the Philippines Geomun-do Port Hamilton and other places until 1847. In 1852 Belcher led the last and largest Admiralty expedition to rescue Sir John Franklin. He was also to look for his former surveying officer in Hong Kong Richard Collinson and Robert McClure whose ships had not been seen after entering the Bering Strait. He did a great deal of sledge exploration rescued McClure and abandoned four of his five ships in the ice. He had five ships: Assistance Belcher Resolute Henry Kellett second mate George Nares the steam tenders PioneerSherard Osborn and Intrepid Leopold McClintock and the depot ship North Star William Pullen. Belcher and one tender were to enter Wellington Channel where Franklin was thought to be while Kellett was to go west to Melville Island and look for Collinson and McClure. North Star was to stay at Beechey Island as a supply base. He left the Nore in April 1850. By early winter Assistanceand Pioneer were frozen in at Northumberland Sound to the north of Wellington Channel while Resolute and Intrepid were frozen in off Melville Island Arctic—the first ships this far west since William Edward Parry in 1819. A great deal of exploration was done by man-hauled sledges. In April 1853 Leopold McClintock and others left the Resolute on sledges and returned 105 days later having covered 1400 miles and discovered Prince Patrick Island. Another party went west and discovered Robert McClure whose ship was frozen in at Mercy Bay. Belcher went north by sledge and found a channel at the northern tip of Devon Island hinting that Franklin might have used it to escape to Baffin Bay. When the ice broke up that summer he pushed his ships up Wellington Channel and became trapped again. By February 1854 Belcher was becoming increasingly worried about the safety of his ships and men. In April he ordered Kellett to abandon his ships and return by sledge to North Star. Belcher abandoned his two ships in late July. Aided by two ships that showed up at Beechey Island Phoenix and Breadalbane the whole party returned to England. Belcher went through a court martial which was automatic for any captain who had lost a ship. He was exonerated but his sword was returned to him 'without observation'. He never again received an active command. Curiously Resolute broke free of the ice and drifted all the way to Davis Strait where it was picked up by an American whaler.<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br />Some staining and wear to covers spines a bit faded ends chipped and worn rear joint of Vol. I with chipping and loss; hinges repaired at endpapers some light foxing and occasional mostly marginal damp staining within the three folding maps which should be loose in a pocket not present; overall good uncommon in the original cloth. Henry Colburn hardcover
Referencia librero : E0148
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Belcher Edward 1799 1877
The Last of the Arctic Voyages being a Narrative of the Expedition in H.M.S. Assistance Under the Command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher DB in Search of Sir John Franklin During the Years 1852-53-35 with Notes on the Natural History
xx383 pages with hand colored frontispiece 3 maps in pockets plates many colored; vii41923 ad pages with color frontispiece and plates some colored. Small quarto 10 1/2" x 6 3/4" bound in original publisher's pictorial brown cloth with blind-stamped cover with gilt pictorial in gilt. Notes on the Natural History by John Richardson. Abbey Travel 645; Arctic Bibliography 1241; Books on Ice 5.8a; Hill 106; Sabin 4389; TPL 3409 First edition.<br /><br />Belcher's five-ship 1852-54 expedition in search of Franklin would be the last official British attempt. On the HMS Assistance Belcher successfully navigated through the Wellington Channel but beset by ice was unable to return to Lancaster Sound and was forced to abandon the ship. This account of the expedition also includes several essays on the natural history of the region by Richardson Owen Bell Salter and Reeve.<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br /> . Condition: minor wear re-backed with parts of original back-strips laid down; minor foxing short separations at folds to the largest map; inked stamps on title pages Edinger bookplates else a good set internally very good. Lovell Reeve hardcover
Referencia librero : E0558
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