‎Voyages‎

‎"BORY DE SAINT-VINCENT, (JEAN).‎

‎Reise nach den Maskarenischen oder Französisch Afrikanischen Inseln Ile de France und Bourbon, in den Jahren 1801 und 1802. Nebst Beschreibung seiner Reisen nach dem Vulkan auf der Insel Bourbon. Aus dem Französischen Auszugsweise übersetzt. Mit zwei ...‎

‎Weimar, Landes=Industrie=Comptoirs, 1805. Contemp. hcalf. Spine gilt, title- and tomelabel with gilt lettering. A very smal nick to lower compartment. A small tear to top of spine. ""Anhang"" unbound but stitched. X,676 pp. and 2 folded engraved maps. Anhang: (4),IV,196 pp.‎

‎"BRASSEY, LADY (A.).‎

‎Voyage d'une Famille autour du Monde. A bord de son yacht ""le Sunbeam"" Raconté par la Mère. Traduit de J. Butler. Ouvrage illustré de 120 Gravures sur Bois.‎

‎Paris, Maurice Dreyfous et M. Dalsace, (around 1890). Royal8vo. Orig. pictorial full cloth, richly gilt. Top and bottom of spine very lightly rubbed. All edges gilt. (6),352 pp., 1 folded map, textillustr. and plates in woodcut.‎

‎"BRUCE von KINNAIRD, JAMES.‎

‎Reisen zur Entdeckung der Quellen des Nils in den Jahren 1768. 1769. 1770. 1771. 1772. und 1773. in fünf Bänden. Ins teutsche übersetzt von J.J. Volkmann und mit einer Vorrede und Anmerkungen versehen von Johann Friedrich Blumenbach. 5 Bde.‎

‎Leipzig, Weidmannschen Buchhandlung, 1790-91. Bound in 5 contemp. hcalf. Volume 1 not quite uniform. Spines gilt and titlelabels with gilt lettering. Wear to spines., especially volume 2 where upper compartment lacks some leather. Vol. 3 having a tear in leather at upper compartment. Some gilding weak and worn. Stamp on titlepages. 5 engraved titlevignettes. Vol.1: XXVIII,579 pp., 6 (of 8 ?) engraved plates (numb. 1-4 a. 7-8), 7 plates of inscriptions (on 4). One plate with 2 tears, repaired without loss and one large folded engraved map:""Charte zu der dreyjaehrigen Reise Flotte Salomons"". - Volume 2: VIII,710 pp. - Vol. 3: VI,757 pp., 3 engraved plates and one large folded map: ""Charte von den Quellen des Nils"" - Vol. 4: IV,734 pp., 3 engraved plans. - Vol. 5: (4),384 pp., 46 engraved plates (on 37) and one arge folded engraved map: ""Charte von den Arabischen Meerbusen"". The maps fine and clean, but internally with traces of use.‎

‎"BURCKHARDT, JOHAN LUDWIG.‎

‎Reiser i Nubien og Arabien. Udgivne ved Selskabet til Fremme for Opdagelser i det Indre Afrika. Oversatte efter det ethnographiske Archiv ved N.T. Bruun.‎

‎Kiøbenhavn, A. Soldin, 1820. Samtidigt hldrbd. Rygforgyldning, forgyldt titeletiket på ryg. (4),357 pp.‎

‎"CAPEL, RUDOLFF.‎

‎Norden, oder zu Wasser und Lande im Eise und Snee, mit Verlust Blutes und Gutes zu Wege gebrachte, und fleissig beschriebene Erfahrung und Vorstellung des Norden, auss denen, welche zu unterschiedenen Zeiten gelebet, viel im Norden versuchet, viel auc...‎

‎Hamburg, Johann Nan(u)mann, und Stockholm, Gottfried Liebezeit, 1678 u. 1676. 4to. Contemp. full calf. Raised bands. Richly gilt spine. Titlelabel with small tears, gilt lettering. Top of spine neatly repaired. Light wear to foot of spine. Slightly rubbed. Stamps on title-page. (8),236,(64) pp., 1 engraved map (Northpole). Some copies have a map of Nova Zembla in woodcut - it is not in this copy. Catalog der Commerz-Bibliothek in Hamburg mentions only 1 map, likewise Sabin, as here. A bit of lower right corner of title-page, gone. Title-page repaired for a few small holes on verso, loosing a few letters. Light browning, some scattered brownspots.‎

‎"CASTELLAN, A.L.‎

‎Briefe über Morea und die Inseln Cerigo, Hydra und Zante. Aus dem Französischen.‎

‎Weimar, Landes=Industrie=Comptoirs, 1809. Unbound, but stitched. VIII,228 pp. and 1 folded engraved plan ""Plan d'une Partie de L'Ille de Cérigo autrefois Cythere. Par Barbie du Bocage.""‎

‎"CERNIK, JOSEF.‎

‎Technische Studien-Expedition durch die Gebiete des Euphrat und Tigris nebst einem ein- und Ausgangs-Routen durch Nord-Syrien. Nach den Tagebüchern, topographischen ufnahmen und mündlichen Mittheilungen des Expeditions-Leiters bearbeitet und herausgeg...‎

‎Gotha, Julius Perthes, 1875-76. 4to. No wrappers. VIII,48,(2),47 pp. and 6 large folded lithographed maps in colour.(all called for).‎

‎"CHALLENGER EXPEDITION.‎

‎Report of the Circumnavigation Committee of the Royal Society on the Request of the British Admiralty for Suggestions Relative to the Scientific Work of the Proposed Expedition of Her Britannic Majesty's Ship ""Challenger"" Round the World.‎

‎Washington, Government Printing Office, 1872. 8vo. In later half cloth with the original front wrapper pasted on to front board. Extremities with wear. Stamp to front board and verso of front board. Internally fine. 15 pp.‎

‎"CHARDIN, JOHN.‎

‎Voyages du Chevalier Chardin, en Perse, et autres Lieux de L'Orient. Enrichie de Figures en Taille-douce, qui représentent les Antiquités & les Choses remarquable du Païs. Nouvelle Edition. Vol. 1-3 (of 4 = ""Supplement""). l. Paris á Ispahan - 2. ...‎

‎A Amsterdam, 1735. 4to. 3 cont.full mottled calf. Raised bands, richly gilt backs. Extremities with small traces of use, slight weakening to parts of hinge, top of spine on vol. II with loss of leather ca 1x2 cm. Internally fine on good paper. 2 engr.frontisp. (with portraits), 3 engr.titlevign., 3 large engr. textvignettes. (12),390,(4),359,(4),437 pp. and 78 mostly large folded engraved plates (maps,plans,views etc.). - To this second edition was published a 4th volume which contains the author's previously published work ""Couronnement de Soliman III"" and extracts from the author's manuscript, this supplementary volume is not present here, but the 3 volumes contain the whole travel and all the plates belonging to these 3 volumes.‎

‎Rare second edition of Chardin's travels, regarded as being one of the finest works of early Western scholarship on Persia and the Near East in general. ""Thought to have been read by writers such as Montesquieu and Rousseau, Chardin's account stands apart from those of other travellers to the region (Caucasus) at this time through its awareness of cultural difference and relativity and in its desire to place accuracy above romanticism."" (Speake, The Literature of Travel and Exploration, 1).Chardin set out from Paris for Persia and India. He reached Ispahan 1673, spent four years in Persia, visited India and returned by the Good Hope in 1677. The first volume contains the trip from Paris to Isfahan, the second contains a particular description of Isfahan and the relation of the author's two voyages, from Ispahan to Bander-Abassi, the third contains a general description of the Persian empire and the particular descriptions of the sciences and arts which are in use therein, of political, military, and civil government.Born in Paris in a Hugenot (Protestant) family, Jean Chardin (1643-1713) undertook his travels to Persia because of his father's position as a jeweler and shareholder in the French East India Company. The younger Chardin set out in 1664, traveling through Turkey, the Black Sea, Georgia and Armenia. Soon after his arrival in Persia, he received a commission to create jewelry for Shah Abbas II, who died in 1666 and was succeeded by Shah Safi. After witnessing the latter's coronation, Chardin went on India and finally returned to Paris in 1670. In 1671, he published an account of the coronation and in the same year set off for Persia again, arriving in Isfahan in 1673 and remaining there for several years, before once more visiting India and returning home in 1677. With the persecution of the Hugenots in France, he moved to England in 1680""Travel restarted with 17th-century missionaries, whose medical and pedagogical expertise helped counterbalance Orthodox (or pagan) reservations. Dominican Prefects Dortelli D'Ascoli and Giovanni da Lucca (1630s) extended Giorgio Interiano's description of Circassia (and Abkhazia). Theatine proselytisers targeted Mingrelia/western Georgia (Capuchins the eastern provinces) - the Vatican's Fide Press further contributed by printing the first Georgian books (Chikobava/Vateishvili). Many, including mission-head Don Pietro Avitabile (1626-1638), recounted their experiences. Prefect to Mingrelia, Joseph Marie Zampi, a 23-year denizen from approximately 1645, contributed a third significant source in his description of Mingrelian religious practice. This he handed to Jean Chardin (1643-1713) in 1672. A French traveller who became English(!) ambassador in Holland, Chardin translated and incorporated it as a substantial part of his own description of a sometimes perilous journey through Transcaucasia (1672-3), which reflects Ottoman and Persian influence in western and eastern parts, respectively - a Turkish organized slave-trade flourished from various Mingrelian ports. Linguistically, Zampi revealingly observed that the ecclesiastical language, Georgian, was as difficult for even the Mingrelian priesthood to understand as Latin was for Italian peasants!"" (Speake, The Literature of Travel and Exploration, 1, 199-202).Brunet 1802Graesse II, P. 121‎

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‎"CHARLEVOIX, (PIERRE-FRANCOIS-XAVIER DE).‎

‎Journal d'un voyage fait par ordre du Roi dans l'Amerique septentrionale. Tome sixieme. - [“ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WORKS THERE IS RELATING TO CANADA”]‎

‎Paris, Rollin, 1744. 8vo. In contemporary full sprinkled calf with four raised bands and richly gilt spine. A few scratches to boards. Ex-libris (Juel of Valdemar's Castle) to pasted down front end-paper. A nice and clean copy. (2), 434, (4) pp. + 6 large folded maps. Maps (by Bellin) with dampstains.Provenance: From the library of Valdemar's Castle, Denmark.‎

‎Volume sixth only of the first edition (editions in 4to and 12mo appeared in the same year, but exact precedence has not been established) of “one of the most important works there is relating to Canada” (Howes 307). The work contains much important information about the First Nations settlements and tribes, particularly in the Mississippi Country including ""one of the most valuable, if not the most valuable, early accounts of Louisiana."" (Clark) ""The arrangement varies in some copies, according to the whim of the binder. (...) In the Nuggets, No. 518, another edition is described, “A Paris: Chez Rolin Fils, Libraire. Quai des Augustins MDCCXLIV.” (...) In Mr. Brown’s catalogue a copy is described, the collation of which seems to differ from this. Dr. Shea has a copy in which Rolin’s name is spelt Rollin, in Vol. iii. It is evident that the arrangement of the preliminary and supplemental matter is often changed by the binder"" (Sabin) Pierre-François-Xavier de Charlevoix (1682-1761) was a French Jesuit priest, explorer, and historian. He is best known for his extensive travels and writings about North America, particularly New France (Canada) and the Mississippi River region, during the 18th century. In addition to his contributions to geography and history, Charlevoix was a respected member of the Jesuit order and made significant contributions to the study of theology and philosophy. His work continues to be studied by historians, geographers, and scholars interested in the history of North America and the early European exploration of the continent. Sabin 12135‎

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‎"CHARPENTIER=COSSIGNY.‎

‎Reise nach China und Bengalen. Aus dem Französischen übersetzt. Nebst Bemerkungen über die Sitten und Gebräuche der Einwohner der Süd= See= Inseln. Als Anhang. Mit einer Landkarte.‎

‎Berlin, Vossischen Buchhandlung, 1801. Contemp. hcalf. Spine gilt, titlelabel with gilt lettering. Spine slightly rubbed. Light wear to top of spine. (2),X,424 pp., 1 folded engraved map. Map with a faint dampstain in lower right corner. Internally clean and fine.‎

‎"CHRISTIAN 6. - NORSKE REISE.‎

‎Norske Reise Anno 1733. Beskrivelse af Kong Christian 6. og Dronning Sophie Magdalenes Rejse til Norge 12. Maj - 23. Septemer. Faksimileudgave af Håndskrift i Hendes Majestæt Dronningens Håndbibliotek København.‎

‎Kbhvn., Poul Kristensen, 1991. Folio. Orig. helshirtbd. med rygforgyldning og dronningens kronede monogram i guld på ryg og forperm. I original kassette. 331 pp. faksimile, heraf 68 dobbeltsidede reproduktioner i farver af rejsens norske motiver samt ""Efterskrift og Billedfortegnelse"" ved Klaus Kjølsen.‎

‎"COOK, JAMES (+) GEORG FORSTER (+) TOBIAS FURNEAUX.‎

‎Sammandrag af Capitain Jacob Cooks åren 1772, 73, 74 och 1775 omkring Södra Polen förrättade resa : hwarwid Herrar Forsters och Furneaux journaler blifwit jämnförde och nyttjade : Innehållande det hufwudsakeligaste af de på denna resa gjorda nya uptäc... - [FIRST SWEDISH TRANSLATION OF COOK'S SECOND VOYAGE]‎

‎Upsala, Johan Edman, 1783. 8vo. In contemporary half calf with four raised bands. Previous owner's name to front free end-paper and half-title. Wear to extremities, internally fine and clean. (24), 366, (10) pp.‎

‎"COOK, JAMES (+) GEORG FORSTER (+) TOBIAS FURNEAUX.‎

‎Sammandrag af Capitain Jacob Cooks åren 1772, 73, 74 och 1775 omkring Södra Polen förrättade resa : hwarwid Herrar Forsters och Furneaux journaler blifwit jämnförde och nyttjade : Innehållande det hufwudsakeligaste af de på denna resa gjorda nya uptäc... - [FIRST SWEDISH TRANSLATION OF COOK'S SECOND VOYAGE]‎

‎Upsala, Johan Edman, 1783. 8vo. In contemporary half calf with four raised bands. Previous owner's name to front free end-paper and half-title. Wear to extremities, internally fine and clean. (24), 366, (10) pp.‎

‎First Swedish translation of the official account of Cook's second voyage and Georg Forster's unofficial Voyage round the World.""Cook earned his place in history by opening up the Pacific to western civilization and by the foundation of British Australia. The world was given for the first time an essentially complete knowledge of the Pacific Ocean and Australia, and Cook proved once and for all that there was no great southern continent, as had always been believed. He also suggested the existence of antarctic land in the southern ice ring, a fact which was not proved until the explorations of the nineteenth century"" (Printing and the Mind of Man p.135). ""The success of Cook's first voyage led the Admiralty to send him on a second expedition, described in the present work, which was to circumnavigate the globe as far south as possible in search of any southern continents. The men of this expedition became the first to cross the Antarctic Circle. Further visits were made to New Zealand, and on two great sweeps Cook made an astonishing series of discoveries and rediscoveries including Easter Island, the Marquesas, Tahiti and the Society Islands, Niue, the Tonga Islands, the New Hebrides, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, […] Cook discovered and charted South Georgia, after which he called at Cape Town, St. Helena and Ascension, and the Azores. This voyage produced a vast amount of information concerning the Pacific peoples and islands, proved the value of the chronometer as an aid to finding longitude, and improved techniques for preventing scurvy"" (Hill p.123)‎

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‎"COOK, JAMES.‎

‎The method taken for preserving the health of the crew of His Majesty's Ship the Resolution during her late voyage round the world (+) On the Tides in the South Sea (+) Observations made, by appointment of the Royal Society, at King George's Island... - [COOK'S VICTORY OVER SCURVY ]‎

‎London, Lockyer Davis, 1777. 4to. In recent marbled paper wrappers. Extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"". Including title-page of volume 61 and 66. Leaves reinforced/mounted in margin. Light offsetting from folded plates as usual. Pp. (2), 401-406, 447-450, (4), 397-436 pp. + 3 folded plates.‎

‎"CORVETTE ""FRUNDSBERG"".‎

‎Die Reise S.M. Corvette ""Frundsberg"" im Rothen Meere und an der Ostküste Afrikas in den Jahren 1884-85. Mit Benutzung der Berichte des Commandos der Corvette bearbeitet von der Redaction der ""Mittheilungen aus dem Gebiete des Seewesens. Beilage zu Hef...‎

‎Pola, Carl Gerold, 1885. Contemp. clothbacked boards. Orig. printed frontwrapper pasted on frontboard. 80 pp. and 3 folded maps.‎

‎"DALRYMPLE, ALEXANDER.‎

‎Oriental Repertory. 2 vols.‎

‎London, printed by George Bigg: sold by P. Elmsly, and Mr. Chapman, 1791-1793 & London, Ballentine and Law, 1808. Folio (313 x 233 mm). 2 volumes uniformly bound in recent half calf with five raised bands and gilt lettering and ornamentation to spines.Vol. 1: With repair to upper inner corner of general title-page. Title-page to “A Plan for a Publication of a Repertory” with vague illegible blind-stamp. 1 plate (Map of the Ava River) mounted in lower inner part. Plates with light brownspotting, otherwise internally fine and clean.(2) pp., pp. (1)-4, (i)-iv [Introduction to the first number, 9th April 1791], (1)-4 [Introduction, January 1791], (2)pp. [Dedication], pp. (i)-iv [Introduction to the second number], (i)-iv [Introduction to the third number], (i)-iv [Introduction to first number, 31st December 1792], (4)pp., pp. 2-576, 577-578, 577-578, (16) [Register] pp. + 16 plates as called for. Vol. 2: Title-page with vague blind stamp. First leaf of introduction to first number with repairs to inner and lower margin, slightly affecting text. ‘Map of part of the Nothern Cicars’ with two large tears almost splitting the map. Plates with browning. Text fine and clean throughout.(4) pp., pp. (i)-iv [Introduction to first number], (i)-iv [Introduction to second number], (1)-4 [Introduction to the third number], (1)-4 [Introduction to the fourth number], (4) pp., pp.(1)-600, (16) [register] pp. + 17 plates as called for.‎

‎"DARWIN, CHARLES.‎

‎Rejse om Jorden. Populære Skildringer. Paa Dansk ved Emil Chr. Hansen og Alfred Jørgensen. Med Illustrationer i Tontryk, et Kort i Farvetryk samt Forfatterens Portræt og Biografi.‎

‎Kbhvn., Salmonsen, 1876. Samt. hldrbd. Rygforgyldning. Ryg med brugsspor og slidt ved øvre kapitæl. Startende revnedannelse øverst ved false. XXIII,570,(1) pp. Portræt, 1 foldekort, 7 tonede litografier.‎

‎"DARWIN, CHARLES.‎

‎Rejse om Jorden. Populære Skildringer. Paa Dansk ved Emil Chr. Hansen og Alfred Jørgensen. Med Illustrationer i Tontryk, et Kort i Farvetryk samt Forfatterens Portræt og Biografi.‎

‎Kbhvn., Salmonsen, 1876. Samt. hldrbd. Rygforgyldning. Ryg med brugsspor og slidt ved øvre kapitæl. Startende revnedannelse øverst ved false. XXIII,570,(1) pp. Portræt, 1 foldekort, 7 tonede litografier.‎

‎First Danish edition of ""Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visitted during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle round the world, under the Command of Capt. Fitz Roy"". 1839. - Freeman No 174.‎

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‎"DARWIN, CHARLES. [Translated by:] OLGA GRAHOR.‎

‎Potovanje na ladji Beagle. (Slovenian, i.e. ""Journal of researches""). - [FIRST SLOVENIAN TRANSLATION OF DARWIN'S 'JOURNAL OF RESEARCHES'.]‎

‎Ljubljana, 1950. 8vo. In publisher's original full cloth binding with printed board. Soiling to extremities and hindges weak. Internally with some offsetting, otherwise clean. 459, (1) pp.‎

‎"DEGRANDEPRÉ, L.‎

‎Reise nach der westlichen Küste von Africa in den Jahren 1786 und 1787. Aus dem Französischen Übersetzt und mit Anmerkungen versehen, von M.C. Sprengel.‎

‎Weimar, Landes=Industrie=Comptoirs, 1801. Unbound, but stitched. (2),XXI,120 pp. Occassional light browning to leaves, a few scattered brownspots.‎

‎"DELLA VALLE, PIETRO.‎

‎Alle de voortreffelijke reizen van de deurluchtige Pietro della Valle, Edelman van Romen, In veel voorname gewesten des werrelts, sedert het jaer 1615, tot in 't jaar 1626 gedaan: Uit zijn schriften, aan Mario Schipiano geschreven, 6 parts. - [""ONE OF THE FINEST WORKS OF TRAVEL LITERATURE""]‎

‎Amsterdam, Hendrik en de Weduwe van Dirk Boom, 1681, 1664 & 1665. 4to. In contemporary full calf with four raised bands and richly gilt spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. A bit of wear to extremities. Back-boards with a few worm-tracts. Internally with a few worm-tracts in last part, overall a nice and clean copy. (4), 37, (3), 188, (4), 188, (4), 195, (5), 187, (5), 186, (6), 185, (11) pp. + portrait and 21 plates (out of 25).‎

‎Rare dutch translation of Dalle Valle’s famous travel-account to Turkey, Egypt, the Holy Land, Syria, Iraq, Persia and India, being one of the earliest printed sources for the early history of the United Arab Emirates. Della Valle's writings and collections have made significant contributions to the understanding of the cultures and societies he encountered during his journeys and his account of his travels is today regarded as being of seminal importance not only for the history of the Middle East but of travel-literature in general.“His perceptive and detailed letters, enriched by the romance and poignancy of his devotion to his wife, together create one of the finest works of travel literature” (Howgego).The present copy being the second Dutch edition of part 1 (1681) and last 5 parts (1664 & 1665) all being first Dutch translations. Pietro della Valle embarked on his travels in 1614, departing from Venice, Italy. Over the course of his journey he visited numerous countries and regions, including the Middle East, India, and Persia. Della Valle's initial travels took him to the Middle East, where he visited places such as Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul), Aleppo, Baghdad, and Jerusalem. He explored various cultural and historical sites documenting his experiences in letters and journals. After returning to Italy, Della Valle set out on a second journey in 1623, this time traveling to India. He visited cities such as Goa, Surat, and Agra, where he met with local rulers and learned about the culture and customs of the region. Della Valle also visited the court of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan and witnessed the construction of the Taj Mahal. Following his time in India, Della Valle traveled to Persia (modern-day Iran). He visited cities such as Isfahan, Shiraz, and Persepolis, where he studied Persian language and culture. Della Valle's travels in Persia provided him with insights into the Safavid Empire and its society. Della Valle returned to Italy in 1628, bringing back with him a vast collection of artifacts, manuscripts, and cultural items. He spent the remaining years of his life in Italy, where he continued to write about his travels and share his experiences with scholars and intellectuals. Throughout his travels, Pietro della Valle documented his experiences through letters, journals, and other writings, which have provided valuable insights into the regions he visited during the 17th century. His accounts have since become important historical sources for scholars studying the cultures, societies, and geopolitics of the Middle East, India and Persia during that time period.‎

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‎"DENTRECASTEAUX - ROSSEL (edt.).‎

‎Voyage... envoye a la Recherce de la Perouse. 2 tomes + atlas. - [GIFT-COPY, BY ORDER OF NAPOLEON]‎

‎Paris, 1807 (atlas) - 1808 (text). 2 large 4to + 1 folio. All three volumes bound in contemporary half calf with gilding to spines - text volumes uniform. TEXT: Volume 1 with a split front hinge, but block still tight. A patch of paper missing from back board. Both volumes with some edge wear and bumped corners. Old paper labels to inside of front boards, and a stamp to half-titles and title-pages. A bit of brownspotting, but mostly marginal. Overall, most text-leaves are clean and bright. The plates in vol. 1 have some, mostly marginal, brownspotting. Both volumes with wide margins. Some of the text is printed on blue-ish paper. (4), LVI, 704 pp. & 32 folded engraved plates + (4), VIII, 691 pp. & 1 folded plate. Many tables with astronomical observations. In all 33 folded plates. ATLAS: Wear to extremities and bumped corners. Inner front hinge re-enforced. Top right blank corner of title-page repaired, far from affecting text. A stamp to title-page. A bit of brownspotting, mostly marginal. The last ab. 10 maps with a damp stain in the middle. The reast are very nice and bright. 4 (title-page + contents-leaf) pp. & 39 maps and charts, 29 of which are double-page. Fully complete with all 33 folded plates in the text-volumes and all 39 maps and charts in the atlas-volume. A contemporary handwritten note to the title-page of the atlas stating that THE COPY WAS GIVEN TO ADMIRAL VAN DOCKUM AT THE ORDER OF NAPOLEON I. (""à Mr. le Conte-Admiral Joost Van Dockum,/ par ordre de Sm l'Empereur Napoléon 1e."")‎

‎A gift-copy, ordered by Napoleon I - for the Danish admiral that had earned himself great personal admiration from Napoleon - of the first edition of this magnificent travel account, which is famous for its exploration of the Australian coast while searching for the lost Pérouse expedition that had vanished in Oceania.The excellent maps and charts of this foundational publication are made by the expedition's first hydrographical engineer, C.F Beautemps-Beaupré, who is now regarded as the father of modern French hydrography, due to his work on the present expedition. The charts published here, in the atlas volume under the title ""Atlas du Voyage de Bruny-Dentrecasteaux"", in 1807 were very detailed and remained the source of the English charts of the area for many years. Those of Van Diemen's Land were the exceptionally detailed and have contributed greatly to our knowledge of the area. In September 1791, the French Assembly decided to send an expedition in search of Jean-François de La Pérouse, who had not been heard of since leaving Botany Bay in March 1788. Bruni d'Entrecasteaux was selected to command this expedition and was given a frigate, Recherche with Lieutenant Jean-Louis d'Hesmity-d'Auribeau as his second-in-command, Rossel among the other officers, and Beautemps-Beaupré as hydrographer of the expedition.On September 28, the expedition left Brest. The plan of the voyage was to proceed to New Holland in Australia, to sight Cape Leeuwin, then to hug the shore closely all the way to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania), inspecting every possible harbour in a rowing boat, and then to sail for the Friendly Islands (Tonga) via the northern cape of New Zealand (allowing gardener Félix Delahaye to collect live breadfruit plants for transport to the French West Indies). After that, D'Entrecasteaux was to follow Pérouse's intended route in the Pacific. However, when Bruni d'Entrecasteaux reached Table Bay, Cape Town on 17 January 1792, he heard a report that Captain John Hunter (later to be Governor of New South Wales) had recently seen - off the Admiralty Islands - canoes manned by natives wearing French uniforms and belts. Although Hunter denied this report, and although the Frenchmen heard of the denial, Bruni d'Entrecasteaux determined to make directly to the Admiralty Islands, nowadays part of Papua New Guinea, taking water and refreshing his crew at Van Diemen's Land. On 20 April 1792, that land was in sight, and three days later the ships anchored in a harbour, which he named Recherche Bay. For the next five weeks, until 28 May 1792, the Frenchmen carried out careful boat explorations which revealed in detail the beautiful waterways and estuaries in the area.Beautemps-Beaupré, while surveying the coasts with Lieutenant Crétin, discovered that Adventure Bay was on an island, separated from the mainland by a fine navigable channel. On May 16, d'Entrecasteaux commenced to sail the ships through the channel and succeeded in 12 days. Port Esperance, the Huon River, and other features were discovered, named, and charted, the admiral's names being given to the channel (D'Entrecasteaux Channel) and the large island (Bruny Island) separated by it from the mainland.On May 28, 1792 the ships sailed into the Pacific to search for La Pérouse. On June 17, they arrived off the Isle of Pines, south of New Caledonia. From there, d'Entrecasteaux sailed northward along the western coast of New Caledonia. (The Bruni d'Entrecasteaux reefs at the northwestern end of the New Caledonia Barrier Reef are named for him.) He then passed the Solomon Islands along their southern or western coasts, sailed through Saint George's Channel between New Ireland and New Britain, and on July 28 sighted the south-east coast of the Admiralty Islands. After that he set sail for Ambon (in modern-day Indonesia), where his ships replenished their stores.Leaving Amboina on October 14, Bruni d'Entrecasteaux made for Cape Leeuwin, the south-western extremity of Australia, to carry out his original instructions of searching southern New Holland for La Pérouse. On December 6, land was sighted near Cape Leeuwin, and named ""D'Entrecasteaux Point"". They ended up sailing further east and penetrated numerous islands and dangerous shoals, to which they gave the name ""D'Entrecasteaux Islands"" (later changed to the Recherche Archipelago).After a violent storm in December, the ships continued eastward to the head of the Great Australian Bight, and on January 4, 1793, Bruni d'Entrecasteaux was forced to leave the coast at a position near Bruni d'Entrecasteaux Reef and sail direct to Van Diemen's Land (this decision was unfortunate, for if he had continued his examination of the southern coast of New Holland, he would have made all the geographical discoveries that fell to the lot of Bass and Flinders a few years later. If that had been the case, a French ""Terre Napoléon"" might well have been a fact).The ships anchored in Recherche Bay on 22 January, and the expedition spent five weeks in that area, watering the ships, refreshing the crews, and carrying out explorations into both natural history and geography. Beautemps-Beaupré, in company with other officers, surveyed the northern extensions to Storm Bay - the western extension was found to be a mouth of a river which received the name Rivière du Nord (it was renamed the Derwent River a few months later by the next visitor to this area).On February 28, d'Entrecasteaux sailed from Van Diemen's Land towards the Friendly Islands, sighting New Zealand and the Kermadec Islands en route. At the Friendly Islands, he found that the natives remembered Cook and Bligh well enough, but knew nothing of La Pérouse. He then sailed back to New Caledonia, where he anchored at Balade. The vain search for La Pérouse then resumed with Santa Cruz, then along the southern coasts of the Solomon Islands, the northern parts of the Louisiade Archipelago, through the Dampier Strait, along the northern coast of New Britain and the southern coast of the Admiralty Islands, and thence north of New Guinea to the Moluccas.By this time, the affairs of the expedition had become almost desperate, largely because the officers were ardent royalists and the crews equally ardent revolutionaries. Kermadec had died of phthisis in Balade harbour, and on 21 July 1793, d'Entrecasteaux himself died of scurvy, off the Hermits.Commands were re-arranged, with Auribeau taking charge of the expedition, with Rossel in Kermadec's place. The new chief took the ships to Surabaya. Here it was learned that a republic had been proclaimed in France, and on February 18, 1794, Auribeau handed his vessels to the Dutch authorities so that the new French Government could not profit by them. Auribeau died a month later, and Rossel sailed from Java in January 1795 on board a Dutch ship, arriving at Table Bay in April 1795. There his ship sailed unexpectedly with the expedition's papers, leaving him behind, but this vessel was captured by the British. Rossel then took passage on a brig-of-war, but this too was captured by the British. After the Peace of Amiens in 1802, all the papers of the expedition were returned to Rossel, who was thus able to publish the present narrative of the whole enterprise. JOST VAN DOCKUM (1753 -1834) was a famous Danish naval officer. He started out as a naval cadet and midshipman in 1765, advanced to second lieutenant 1773, premier lieutenant in 1781, captain lieutenant in 1784 and captain in 1796. In 1798 Dockum became chief of a frigate used as a watch ship in Helsinore and here got caught up in a conflict with an English chief of a convoy, about the extradition of another Danish ship. Due to his steadfast and tactful handling of the situation, the case was resolved and battle was avoided, earning him great respect and a flattering letter from Crown Prince Frederik. In 1799, Dockum was sent out as chief commander of the frigate ""The Mermaid"" to join the Commander Captain Steen Bille's force in the Mediterranean, whose task it was to ensure the uninterrupted travel of Danish merchant ships. Even though Denmark was neutral and thus sought after for shipping goods, these Danish ships still faced problems from both privateers, who didn't necessarily respect the neutral flag, and from English war ships, which demanded the right to search Danish ships - something that the Danish chiefs had explicit orders to prevent. Van Dockum turned out to be exactly the right man at the right place, at the right time. In December 1799, in Gibraltar, he was forced to order firing against English vessels that attempted to search his convoy. For a short while, it even looked as if a heavy battle was forced to follow, but with his calm and assured conduct, Van Dockum made the English reconsider, and the case was handled with diplomacy in stead. Later the same year, a similar situation occurred, which Van Docum handled in the same admirable manner. His impressive conduct was clearly noticed high up in the hierarchy. Denmark, however, could not remain neutral, and in the beginning of 1801, the Danish forces were called back from the Mediterranean. When the English navy arrived in Øresund in 1807 and afterwards bombarded Copenhagen, Van Docken was given command of the battery of ships, Preøvesten. In 1809, he was sent to Schelden to serve in the French navy" upon his arrival, he took command over the line ship Pultusk, under Vice Admiral Édouard Jacques Burgues de Missiessy.Napoleon's plan was to form a naval port of the first rank, a goal that he pursued zealously. The English, of course, tried to conquer the station. It was here that Van Docken gained international fame. At the failed attacks by the English and with his obviously skilled maneuvers and his amazing abilities as an organizer, he gained the special attention of Emperor Napoleon I and earned special recognition for the Danish marine as such. He stayed at his post for more than three years, was appointed French Admiral, Knight of Dannebrog and an officer of the Legion of Honour. He was invited to Napoleon's feasts was showered with attention, when he visited Napoleon in Paris. He stayed in French service until 1812, and Napoleon has presumably given him the present work, when it appeared.‎

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‎Historisch=geographisch=statistische Nachrichten von der General=Hauptmannschaft Caracas, oder dem östlichen Thiel der spansichen Landschaft Terrafirma in Süd-Amerika. Gesammelt auf einer Reise und während des Aufenhalts in dieselben Lande in den Jahr...‎

‎Weimar, Landes=Industrie=Comptoirs, 1807. Unbound, but stitched. XXXII,488 pp., 1 large folded engraved map. Some brownspots to map and with two tears, no loss. A few scattered brownspots.‎

‎First German edition of ""Voyage de la Yerre-Ferme, dans l'Amerique mériodinale, fait pendent les Annnées 1801, 1802, 1803 et 1804. Paris, 1806."". (Bibliothek der neuesten und wichtigsten Reisebeschreibungen...hrsg. von M.C. Sprengel, fortgesetzt von T.F. Ehrmann, 34. Bd.: 1. Theil). Also having the sereis titlepage, this with a stamp.- Sabin: 16646.‎

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‎Von Tilsit Nach Angora Forschungsreise Zweir preussischen Stabsoffiziere in Frühjahr 1896. Mit einem Anhang von E. Oberhummer. Mit drei Karten und zwei Skizzen im Text.‎

‎Gotha, Julius Perthes, 1898. 4to. No wrappers. IV,98 pp. and 3 large folded maps.‎

‎(Petermann's ""Geographischen Mittheilungen"", Ergänzungsheft No 125).‎

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