‎Voyages‎

‎"RADDE, G. und E. KOENIG.‎

‎Das Ostufer des Pontus und seine kulturelle Entwickelung im Verlaufe der letzten dreißig Jahre. Vorläufiger Bericht über die Reisen im kolchischen Tieflande, Adsharien, am Ostufer des Schwarzen Meeres, am Unterlauf des Kuban und über die Durchquerung ...‎

‎Gotha, Julius Perthes, 1894. 4to. No wrappers. IV,120 pp. and 2 folded maps.‎

‎"RADDE, G. und E. KOENIG.‎

‎Der Nordfuss des Dagestan und das vorlagerne Tiefland bis zur Kuma. Vorläufiger Bericht über die im Sommer 1894 ausgeführten Reisen. Mit zwei Karten.‎

‎Gotha, Julius Perthes, 1895. 4to. No wrappers. IV,66 pp. and 2 folded maps.‎

‎"RADDE, GUSTAV.‎

‎Aus den Dagestanischen Hochalpen, vom Schah-dagh zum Dulty und Bogos. Reisen ausgeführt im Sommer 1885. Mit zwei Karten und einer Tafel mit Ansichten.‎

‎Gotha, Julius Perthes, 1899. 4to. No wrappers. IV,64 pp., 2 foled maps and 1 folded colourplate.‎

‎"RADDE, GUSTAV.‎

‎Karabagh. Bericht über die im Sommer 1890 im russischen Karabagh von Dr. Gustav Radde und Dr. Jean Valentin ausgeführte Reise. Mit karte.‎

‎Gotha, Julius Perthes, 1890. 4to. No wrappers. (2),56 pp. a. 1 folded map.‎

‎"RAUNKIÆR, BARCLAY.‎

‎Gennem Wahhabitternes Land paa Kamelryg. Beretning om den af Det Kongelige Danske geografiske Selskab planlagte og bekostede Forskningsrejse i Øst- og Centralarabien 1912.‎

‎København, Gyldendalske Boghandel, 1913. Originalt grønt helshirtbd. Forgyldt titel på ryg og forperm. Kamelillustration påforpermen. Frontispiece. 304 pp., 88 fotografiske tekstillustrationer, 1 stort farvetrykt foldekort i kortlomme. Aldeles frisk eksemplar.‎

‎Scarce first edition of this important expedition through East- and Central Arabia. The work was translated into English in 1916 as ""Through Wahabiland on Camel-Back"". The offered item is in near mint condition.‎

Référence libraire : 61045

‎"REGNARD, JEAN-FRANCOIS.‎

‎Voyage de Flandre et de Hollande commenceé le 26 Avril 1681. Amsterdam, Menno Hertzberger, 1935.‎

‎Uncut in orig. printed wrappers. One of 110 ""sur papier Banzay de Lux"", a total of 480 copies.‎

Référence libraire : 18384

‎"ROSENCOAT‎

‎Renseignements sur la partie de la cote occidentale d'Afrique comprise entre le Cap Négro et le Cap Lopez.‎

‎Paris, Paul Dupont, 1850. 8vo. Bound in later half cloth with the original wrapper pasted on to front board. Offprint from ""Annales Hydrographiques"". Three small stamps to title-page. Printed on good paper. 27 pp.‎

Référence libraire : 57455

‎"ROUCH, J.‎

‎L'Antarctide. Voyage du ""Pourquoi-Pas ?"" (1908-1910).‎

‎Paris, Challamel, 1926. 4to. Hcloth. gilt lettering to spine. 172,(4) pp., 16 plates.‎

Référence libraire : 54434

‎"SABINE, EDWARD. - MAGNETIC SURVEY OF THE ANTARCTIC.‎

‎Contributions to Terrestrial Magnetism.- No. VI.: Observations made on Board Her Majesty's Ships Erebus and Terror, from June 1841 to August 1842, in the Arctic Expedition under the Command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross.‎

‎(London, Richard and John E. Taylor, 1844). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" 1843 - Part II. Pp. 87-224 and 5 engraved plates, including the 3 importent large folded maps of the South Seas. Some lvs. of text with a small worntract, 2 lvs. a bit soiled. Repairs to verso of one map with a tear.‎

‎A pioneer work in antarctic science.‎

Référence libraire : 46392

‎"SAINT-NON (JEAN CLAUDE RICHARD DE).‎

‎Voyage pittoresque ou Description des Royaumes de Naples et de Sicile. 4 Vols in 5. - [""UNPARALLELED AMONG THE SUMPTUOUS VOYAGE PITTORESQUE PUBLICATIONS""]‎

‎Paris, (Clousier imprimeur), 1781-86. Folio. (51 x 33,5 cm.). Bound to style in 5 uniform full light brown sprinckled full calf (bound in the 1970 ties). Blindtooled lineborders and blindtooled dentelles with blindtooled cornerpieces on covers. 7 raised bands. bands with gilding. Compartments gilt with flowers. Inner hinges in leather. Marbled endpapers. No wear to bindings. 5 halftitles, 5 title-pages with engraved vignette. I: (4),XIII,(3),252 pp. Without an engraved dedication-leaf (called for by Brunet ""épitre dédicatoire gravée). II: (4),XXVIII,283 pp. III: (4),XL,201,22 pp. IV: (4),II,(6),XVIII,266 pp. V: (4),(2),267-429,(1) pp., 434 engravings on 317 sheets, including the 14 plates with medals and coins (doubles médailles) + 13 mostly double-page engraved maps, plans and charts. More than 100 larger and smaller vignettes, head-and tailpieces, ornaments etc., 25 in 2 colours. Wide-margined with very few brownspots (a small brownspot on the phallus-plate in volume II), a few leaves with small closed tears in margin, 1 leaf having a printed line repaired (a weakness in the paper) but no loss of letters. Foot of last leaves in volume II with very light foxing. Plates and text fine a clean, gently washed.‎

‎First edition of this renowned travelbook, one of the most successful travel books ever published - ""the completed work is one of the most beautiful that a private person has ever produced, and it is unparalleled among the sumptuous voyage pittoresque publications"". (Millard French,148).In 1759, Claude Richard Saint-Non (1727-1791) was relieved of his duties as a deacon and lawyer, and undertook a cavalier tour through Italy in the years 1759-1761 with the painters Jean-Honoré Fragonard and Hubert Robert. His publication project of a Voyage pittoresque initially envisaged five volumes on the whole of Italy and a volume on Switzerland, but then limited itself to only southern Italy. For the etchings Saint-Non on the one hand on some older pictures by Robert and Fragonard among others. On the other hand, the 61 employed engravers worked mainly on documents which had been supplied by a group of artists traveling on his behalf under the direction of Dominique Vivant Denon, secretary of the French Ambassador in Italy, in 1777/78. Volume I deals with the history, buildings, artists and customs of Naples and Vesuvius with its outbursts. Volume II is dedicated to Herculaneum and Pompeii" Volume III deals with Southern Italy (including Paestum and Capri). Sicily is treated in volumes IV and V. Brunet V,55-56. - Cohen-de Ricci, 928-29. - Ray, French Illustr. Books, 34.‎

Référence libraire : 54307

‎"SALT, HEINRICH.‎

‎Neue Reise nach Abyssinien in den Jahren 1809 und 1810. Aus dem Englischen übersetzt und mit einigen Anmerkungen begleitet, von Friedrich Rühs.‎

‎Weimar, Landes=Industrie=Comptoir, 1815. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt. Title-and tomelabel with gilt lettering. Corners a bit bumped, spine slightly rubbed. XVI,480 pp. and 1 folded engraved and handcoloured map, 34x42 cm. ""Charte von Abyssinien...einrich Salt 1809 u. 1810). Scattered brownspots.‎

‎First German edition.(Neue Bibliothek der wichtigsten Reisebeschreibungen...hrsg. von F.J. Bertuch, Vierter Band). Having also the general titlepage with a stamp.‎

Référence libraire : 40671

‎"SAN BARTOLOMEO, FRA PAOLINO da.‎

‎Reise nach Ostindien. Aus dem Französischen/Italienischen (on second titlepage). Mit Anmerkungen von Johann Reinhold Forster. Mit einem Kupfer.‎

‎Berlin, Vossischen Buchhandlung, 1798. Contemp. hcalf. Spine gilt, ttlelabel with gilt lettering. Spine slightly rubbed. (2),484 pp. and 1 engravd plate. Light browning and a few scattered brownspots.‎

‎First German edition of ""Viaggio alle Indie orientali, umiliato alla Santita di N.S. Papa Pio Sesto, Pontefice Massimo...Roma, 1796."" (Magazin von merkwürdigen neuen Reisebeschreibungen, aus dem fremden Sprachen übersetzt und mit erläuternden Anmerkungen begleitet. 15. Band). Also having the series-titlepage, this with a stamp.‎

Référence libraire : 40990

‎"SAUNDERS, ROBERT.‎

‎Mineralogische und botanische Reise nach Butan und Tibet.‎

‎Berlin, Vossischen Buchhandlung, 1790. Unbound, but stitched. In ""Magazin von merkwürdigen neuen Reisebeschreibungen, aus dem fremden Sprachen übersetzt und mit erläuternden Anmerkungen begleitet."", Bd. 1:Theil 4. Pp (359-)400. A few brownspots, otherwise clean.‎

‎First German edition. Originally published in English in ""Philosophical Transactions"".‎

Référence libraire : 41189

‎"SCHNEIDER, GUSTAV.‎

‎Ergebnisse zoologischer Forschungsreisen in Sumatra. Erster Theil: Säugetiere (Mammalia).‎

‎(1905) Contemp. hcalf, gilt spine. 172 pp., 2 folded maps and 3 fine chromolithographed plates (Ptilocereus lowii Gray - Tupaja ferruginea - Rhizomys sumatrensis). In Zoologischer Jahrbücher XXIII, Abt. f. Systematik. Fine and clean.‎

‎The first part pp. 1-38 is ""Einleitung und Reisebericht"".‎

Référence libraire : 44679

‎"SCHOTT, GERHARD.‎

‎Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise zur See, ausgeführt in den jahren 1891 und 1892. Mit 6 tafeln und neun Figuren im text.‎

‎Gotha, Perthes, 1893. 4to. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Gilt lettering. Wear to edges. Spine rubbed. Stamp on title-page.(8),132 pp., textillustrations, 6 plates (3 maps).‎

‎(Ergänzungsheft No 109 zu ""Petermanns Mitteilungen"".)‎

Référence libraire : 55510

‎"SCHUVER, JUAN MARIA.‎

‎Reisen im oberen Nilgebiet. Erlebnisse und Beobachtungen auf der Wasserscheide zwischen Blauem und Weissem Nil und in den ägytisch-abessinischen Grenzländern 1881 und 1882.‎

‎Gotha, Julius Perthes, 1883. 4to. No wrappers. (4),96 pp., 1 large folded map,‎

‎(Petermann's ""Geographischen Mittheilungen"", Ergänzungsheft No 72).‎

Référence libraire : 46787

‎"SNOUCK HURGRONJE, C.‎

‎Mekka. I Die Stadt und ihre Herren. II. Aus dem heutigen Leben. (+ Bilder-Atlas). 2 text-volumes + atlas. - [PIONEERING WORK ON MECCA]‎

‎Haag, Nijhoff, 1888-1889. Text-volumes in lex-8vo, two volumes, identically bound in near contemporary burgundy half cloth with the original printed front wrappers preserved an pasted on to front boards. the original printed paper spine labels have also been preserved an pasted on to spines. Wear to capitals, corners, and hinges. Blindstamped library imprint to top of front boards (Colonial Office Library). Bound with both half-titles. The half-title of vol. 1 mounted, as is the title-page of vol. 2. Stamps to title-pages (Arab Boreau Cairo and Colonial office Library). Otherwise a clean and fine copy with no noteworthy flaws. XXIII, (1), 228, (2) pp. + 3 genealogical tables and 2 folded maps + XVIII, 397, (1) pp. The atlas volume consists of the printed table of contents and all 65 photographs and lithographs inserted into a 19th century full vellum photograph album with sturdy leaves. The album itself has some wear, but is sturdy, robust and crarming. It artistically shows the craftmanship of the stiching by displaying parts of the sewing cords on leather onlays on the spine. Leather ties. In all, there are 75 illustrations, consisting in four chromolithographic plates, 6 tones lithographic plates (one double-page and folded) and 65 original photographs of varying sizes. Some are full-page, some are mounted four to a page, and some that have originally been four (and in one case three) to a page have here been individually mounted on a leaf each. Although taken out and mounted in to the present album, all numberings (I to XL) have been preserved, as have the titles of the pictures. Generally in very good condition, although one lithograph has a closed tear.‎

‎Scarce first edition of the standard scientific work on Mecca, the first of its kind ever to be published. This magnificent work constitutes a pivotal historical source for our knowledge of the Holy City, for some the Forbidden City. It is arguably to date the most important Western account of Islam's holy city, not least due to the magnificent photographs taken by Snouck Hurgronje himself and his student Al-Sayyid Abd al-Ghaffar, a Meccan doctor, who became the first Arab photographer of Mecca. The work gives us the most unique insight into the people, the life and faith of Mecca at a most crucial time for both the city and the Arabian peninsula. ""The 21st century reader should realize that the present book is a classic, but in many ways also a modern book. It describes Meccan society in the 1880's, and as such it is an important historical source - in fact till today the only one on the subject."" (Intruduction by J.J. Witkam to the English translation, p. (XIII) ). ""Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje, (born Feb. 8, 1857, Oosterhout, Neth.-died June 26, 1936, Leiden), professor and Dutch colonial official, a pioneer in the scientific study of Islam.While serving as a lecturer at the University of Leiden (1880-89), Snouck Hurgronje visited Arabia (1884-85), stopping at Mecca. His classic work ""Mekka"", 2 vol. (1888-89), reconstructs the history of the holy city and sheds light on the origins of Islam, early traditions and practices, and the first Islamic communities. The second volume, translated into English as ""Mekka in the Latter Part of the 19th Century"" (1931), contains many details of daily life in Islamic culture and deals with the Indonesian Muslim colony at Mecca."" (Encycl. Britt.). ""Our standard scientific work on Mecca and the pilgrimage we owe to the next Christian pilgrim on our roll, Prof. C. Snouck Hurgronje... [H]e journeyed to Mecca, where for six months he lived as a student of the Koran, and gathered the material for his monumental work on that city. As Burckhardt had been mainly interested in the topography of the city, and the pilgrimage ceremony, Snouck Hurgronje interested himself particularly in a social study of the Meccan community, and so complete is his work that he has left nothing to later writers save to note the changes made by passing years."" (Arthus Jeffery, The Moslem World, Volume 19 (1929), pp. 232-3). Much speculation has been given to the circumstances under which Snouck Hurgronje succeeded in being able to enter Mecca the way he did. No other Western scholar had been given the opportunity of entering the Holy City this way. ""Ever since Snouck Hurgronje published his monograph on Mecca, the book has amazed its readers. Mecca was and is the Holy City for some, the Forbidden City for others. How had a young Western scholar succeeded, and in such a short time, to become accepted by the Meccans as one of them and to write such a detailed description of Mecca's society? Since Snouck Hurgronje has mostly kept silent about this remarkable feat, stories of legendary proportions were bound to come into circulation..."" (Witkam, p. (XIII) ).Through mediation with the Ottoman governor in Jeddah, Snouck Hurgronje, who was fluent in Arabic, was examined by a delegation of scholars from Mecca in 1884 and, upon successful completion of the examination, was allowed to commence a pilgrimage to the Holy Muslim city of Mecca in 1885. His chief object was to become intimately acquainted with the daily life of the Mekkans and of the thousands of Muhammadans from all parts of the world living in Mekka for material or spiritual purposes.A pioneering traveler, he was a rare Western presence in Mecca. He embraced the culture and religion of his hosts with passion, to such an extent that he successfully gave people the impression that he had converted to Islam. But what is just as astonishing as his entering so fully into life in Mecca and being able to report so intimately and lively on it, is his accompanying photographic documentation. Also in this respect, he is a pioneer. In his day, a camera probably weighed ab. 40 kilos, and one needed a number of chemicals in order to develop the pictures, which would have been done on site. Having been forced to leave Mecca due to a misunderstanding, after five months, Hurgronje gave the photographic equipment to a local physician he had been staying with, Al-Sayyid Abd al-Ghaffar, who began using the camera and sent images back to Hurgronje in the Netherlands. Thus, Abd al-Ghaffar became Mecca's first home-grown photographer. Many of the photographs were originally credited solely to Hurgronje, but they are now jointly credited, with experts unable to tell who shot what.‎

Référence libraire : 59963

‎"SPANISH GUAYANA - (ANONYMOUS).‎

‎Journal of a Trip from St. Thomas de Angustura, in Spanish Guayana, to the Capuchin Missions of the Caroni. (The following Journal is printed from the original Manuscript, for which the Editor is obliged to a near relation of the Author). October 29th...‎

‎(London, John Murray, 1820). Wirhout wrappers as ectracted from ""The Quarterly Journal of Science and the Arts. (The Royal Institution of Great Britain)"", vol. VIII a. IX. Pp. 260-287 a. pp. 1-32 a. 1 folded engraved map (20x25 cm.) ""Map of the Missions of the Caroni"".‎

‎"SPARRMAN, ANDERS.‎

‎Resa till Goda Hopps - Udden, Södra Pol-kretsen och omkring Jordklotet, samt till Hottentott- och Caffer-landen, Åren 1772-76. Första Delen.‎

‎Stockholm, Anders J. Nordström, 1783. 8vo. Contemp. hcalf. A very small nick at top of spine. Spine blindtooled and with titlelabel. Spine slightly rubbed. XV,766 pp., 9 folded engraved plates and 1 map (the map in facsimile). The first 8 leaves with a faint dampstain. A few scattered marginal brownspots.‎

‎The scarce first edition (the first part only, but alone-standing) of Sparrman's famous travelling account which has been called the '""most trustworthy account of the Cape Colony and the various races of people then residing in it"" that had been published in the 18th century. The work is one of the most importent investigations of the South African fauna in the second half of the 18th century. He sailed for the Cape of Good Hope in January 1772 to take up a post as a tutor. When James Cook arrived there later in the year at the start of his second voyage, Sparrman was taken on as assistant naturalist to Johann and Georg Forster. After the voyage he returned to Cape Town in July 1775 and practiced medicine, earning enough to finance a journey into the interior.‎

Référence libraire : 50784

‎"SPARRMAN, ANDERS.‎

‎Resa till Goda Hopps - Udden, Södra Pol-kretsen och omkring Jordklotet, samt till Hottentott- och Caffer-landen, Åren 1772-76. Första Delen.‎

‎Stockholm, Anders J. Nordström, 1783. 8vo. Contemp. hcalf. Raised bands, gilt spine, titlelabel with gilt lettering. A very small nick to foot of spine. XV,766 pp., 9 folded engraved plates, 1 large folded engraved map. A fine clean copy.‎

‎"STAHL, A.F.‎

‎Reisen in Nord- und Zentral-Persien. Mit drei Karten.‎

‎Gotha, Julius Perthes, 1895. 4to. No wrappers. IV,40 pp. and 3 large folded maps.‎

‎"STANLEY, HENRY MORTON.‎

‎Through the Dark Continent or the sources of the Nile around the great lakes of equatorial Africa and down the Livingstone River to the Atlantic Ocean. - [""ONE OF THE GREATEST JOURNEYS OF ALL TIME""]‎

‎London, Sampson Low, 1878. 8vo. 2 volumes, both in publisher’s original dark brown pictorially decorated cloth, with an elaborate pattern depicting the continent of Africa in black with the Nile crossing it in gilt. Below, also in black, a scene depicting natives roving on a river. Title and author in gilt lettering to front boards and spines. Light wear to extremities, mainly to upper and lower part of capitals. 3 cm tear to lower part of front hindge on vol. 2, otherwise fine and clean. XIV, (2), 522" " IX, 566, 32 (publisher's booklist, dated April 1878) pp. + 2 frontispiece portraits, 10 maps including 2 large folding maps in pockets at rear, 33 wood-engraved plates and many illustrations in the text.‎

‎"SYMES, MICHAEL.‎

‎Reise des brittischen Gesandten Herrn Michael Symes nach dem Königreiche Ava im Jahr 1795. Aus dem Englischen auszugsweise übersetzt und mit Anmerkungen versehen von M.C. Sprengel. Nebst einer Charte.‎

‎Weimar, Landes=Industrie=Comptoirs, 1801. Unbound, but stitched. (1),XXX,239 pp., 1 foldet engraved map. Light browning to leaves.‎

‎First German edition of ""An Account of an Embassy to the Kingdom of Ava in the Year 1795. London, 1800"". (Bibliothek der neuesten und wichtigsten Reisebeschreibungen...hrsg. von M.C. Sprengel. 4. Bd.: 1. Theil). Also having the series titlepage, this with a stamp.‎

Référence libraire : 40950

‎"THIEBAUT von BERNEAUD, ARSENNE.‎

‎Schilderung der Insel Elba. Nebst Notizen von den übrigen kleinen Inseln des Tyrrhenischen Meeres. Meist nach eigener Ansicht entworfen. Aus dem Französischen. Mit einerEinleitung, Anmerkungen und einer Zugabe versehen von T.F. Ehrmann.‎

‎Weimar, Landes=Industrie=Comptoirs, 1809. Unbound, but stitched. (4),XVI,148 pp. The map lacks. Light browning to leaves and a few brownspots.‎

‎"THOMSON, JOHN (+) WILLIAM FLOYD (+) FELICE BEATO (+) HIPPOLYTE ARNOUX.‎

‎The Tordenskjold-expedition. 71 albumen prints from the 1860'ies to 1873. - [FINE COLLECTION OF EARLY PHOTOGRAPHS FROM EAST-ASIA DOCUMENTING THE LAYDOWN OF THE FIRST TELEGRAPH CABLES IN EAST-ASIA]‎

‎1870-1872. Folio-oblong (395 x 320 mm). Original brown half calf, recased - the original cloth (with gilt lettering to the front) has been expertly mounted on to the new boards, and most of the original gilt leather spine has been preserved over a perfectly matching new lovely brown half calf. ""Tordenskjold / 1870 - 1873"" in gilt lettering, partly worn of, to front board. End-papers renewed. 71 albumen print in various sizes and by various photographers (see below) mounted on 59 contemporary white cardboard leaves (measuring 370 x 310 mm), all re-hinged. The album was water-damaged at some point, but has been expertly and neatly restored and appears in overall very good condition with good tones. 1, Oval photo of Tordenskjold (205 x 60mm) 2, Photo of Tordenskjold (190 x 143 mm) 3, Crew aboard Tordenskjold (200 x 14 mm) 4, Crew aboard Tordenskjold (157 x 128 mm) 5, Crew and equipment aboard Tordenskjold (228 x 176 mm) 6, Naval officers about Tordenskjold (167 x 130 mm). 7, 8 small photos of various places on one plate (274 x 190 mm) 8, The harbor of Port Said. By Hippolyte Arnoux (247 x 190mm) 9, Muddigging machines in the channel of Port Said. By Hippolyte Arnoux. (245 x 190mm) 10, Port Said. By Hippolyte Arnoux. 11, Malta (262 x 207 mm) 12, Two photos of Malta (each measuring 134 x 120 mm) 13, Two photos of Gibraltar (Each measuring 148 x 114) 14, Deep Water Bay, Hong Kong (194 x 130 mm). 15, Two photos depicting telegraph-house and ships in Deep Water Bay (each measuring 150 x 112) 16, Boat with people. By Felice Beato, coloured (294 x 235 mm) 17, House next to river. By John Thomson, December 1870 (278 x 225 mm) 17, Seamen’s hospital in Hong Kong. (261 x 190 mm) 18, Hong Kong. (270 x 195 mm) 19, Hong Kong, by Floyd (270 x 192 mm) 20, Hong Kong, by Floyd (240 x 190 mm) 21, Two photos of sites in Hong Kong (each measuring 165 x 127 mm) 22, Five Sikhs in Hong Kong (215 x 244 mm) 23, Group of women in Hong Kong, (326 x 215 mm) 24, Two photos of Hong Kong harbour, one photo depicting “Cella” (182 x 105" 130 x 98 mm) 25, Villa at Canton. (264 x 190 mm) 26, Pagode in Xuexiu Park, Guangdong. By William Pryor Floyd. (195 x 246 mm) 27, Boats in Canton. William Pryor Floyd,(270 x 223 mm) 28, Pou-Ting-Qua’s Garden, Canton. By John Thomson. (289 x 230 mm) 29, Fields in Canton. (205 x 155 mm) 30, Houses in Canton. (267 x 210 mm) 31, Canton harbor. By John Thomson. (245 x 202 mm) 32, Boat on the Canton river. (274 x 204 mm) 33, Wall around Canton. (260 x 200 mm). 34, Boats in Canton (293 x 225) 35, Telegraphstation in Woosung. (150 x 110 mm) 36, Boats in Foochow. (287 x 232 mm) 37, Temple in Foochow. By John Thomson (190 x 237 mm) 38, Pagode in Foochow. Presumably by John Thomson. (287 x 220 mm). 39, Tomb of Fou Tcheou. By John Thomson. (290 x 225 mm). 40, Temple in Shanghai. (237 x 188 mm). 41, Shanghai. (232 x 176 mm) 42, Chaochow bridge, Kwangtung. By John Thomson. (266 x 204 mm). 43. Panorama of Nagasaki consisting of two photos. (371 x142 mm) 44, Two photos of Nagasaki. Felice Beato. (Each measuring 169 x 119 mm). 45, Two photos from Nagasaki. Presumably by Felice Beato. (Each measuring 165 x 118 mm) 46, Two photos from Nagasaki. Presumably by Felice Beato. (Each measuring 165 x 118 mm) 47, Temple in Nagasaki. Presumably by Felice Beato. (169 x 118 mm). 48, Photo of Japanese woman in kimono. By Felice Beato. (205 x 255 mm). 49, Two photos of officers in house in Yokohama. (162 x 125 mm). 50, The Abbot and Monks of Kushan Monastery. By John Thomson. (287 x 204 mm). 51, Wooden structure, presumably Nagasaki. Presumably by Felice Beato. (270 x 208 mm) 52, Pagode, presumably Nagasaki. Presumably by Felice Beato. (234 x 185 mm) 53, Cityscape with lake, presumably Nagasaki. Presumably by Felice Beato.. (280 x 228 mm). 54, Two photos, cemetery and stairs to temple. By Felice Beato. (Each measuring 168 x 118 mm). 55, People standing outside house, presumably Hong Kong. By John Thomson. (185 x 155 mm) 56, Guangzhou Great Norh Gate, Canton. By John Thomson (245 x 156 mm). 57, Two photos, one of the building of a telegraph station (presumably in Wladivostok) and a view of Wladivostok from the sea (154 x 123 130 x 99 mm). 58, Seascape of two ships. (130 x 140 mm). 59, Ship laying for anchor. (170 x 123 mm)‎

‎Exceedingly rare photo-album documenting the Danish vessel Tordenskjold’s mission in laying the very first telegraph cables in East Asia thereby connecting China and Japan to the global telegraph system. The album consists of photos taken aboard the vessel Tordenskjold, of Tordenskjold itself along with its crew, by an unknown photographer, and of photographs of the visited cities and surrounding areas by some of the finest photographers operating in East Asia at the time, such as John Thomson, William Floyd, Felice Beato and, in Egypt, Hippolyte Arnoux - all photographs presumably brought home by William Lund, Captain on board Tordenskjold. Through some of the earliest photos taken in China, Japan, and of the excavation of the Suez Canal, the present album depicts a pivotal moment in international relations and communications. Submarine telegraph cables were first brought to China by Danish magnate Carl Fredrick Tietgen (1829-1901), who in 1870 set up the Great Northern China and Japan Extension Company. The company was created to build and operate a telegraph cable connecting Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Japan, continuing on to Vladivostok on Russia's East coast. From Vladivostok, a cable ran along the Trans-Siberian Railway, linking Hong Kong to telegraph networks in Britain, Europe, and America. Tietgen fought off strong competition - primarily English-, and eventually won the concession to lay and operate new telegraph cables connecting Russia, China and Japan. Tietgen and his partners had embarked upon a grand and risky project. Undersea cables would need to be laid in waters that had not been sounded, cables were to be brought ashore on coasts where the prevailing conditions were not known, and it was uncertain whether the respective governments would grant permission. Everything – cables, stations, wire, and apparatus – was to be brought from Europe and had to function as a coherent system. Two chartered English steamships ‘Cella’ and ‘Great Northern’ were to transport and lay the cables, and the propeller-driven Danish frigate ‘Tordenskjold’ was to sound the waters near Nagasaki and Vladivostok, it had to also carry a relatively small amount of cables, and it was to keep away uninvited guests (of which there were plenty in the South China Sea). “As a small nation with negligible military resources, Denmark could provide a useful – politically neutral – centre for telegraph links to major European powers such as Britain, Russia and the emerging new power of Prussia. The Danes were able to utilize the technical know-how which had been accumulated with great difficulty, and occasionally heavy economic losses, in the preceding decades by British and American entrepreneurs. The competition between the Danish and British groups of telegraph entrepreneurs for first access to the Chinese market was preliminarily resolved when the directors of the two companies negotiated a secret agreement in May 1870. The Danish group had acquired an advantage in terms of timing by winning the Russian concession in 1869, and had to cover shorter distances by sea cables from Vladivostok to Nagasaki and Shanghai. But the British group had the advantage of better access to capital and a more extensive technical experience with submarine cable manufacture and operation. The essence of the agreement was that the line between Hong Kong and Shanghai should be established and operated by the Great Northern the companies would share the income for telegrams which passed this section of the line and they would run offices in Hong Kong and Shanghai jointly. The agreement provided the Danes with assured landing rights in Hong Kong and with British diplomatic support for attempts to secure landing rights in China. Permission to bring submarine telegraph cables into Chinese treaty ports was obtained in 1870 from the Chinese Government (i.e., the office of foreign affairs, known as the Zongli Yamen) by the British Minister in Peking, Thomas Wade. At the same time, the Danish government had dispatched a diplomatic envoy, Chamberlain Julius Sick, at the Great Northern’s expense to China and Japan to obtain the necessary concessions. The cable between Hong Kong and Shanghai was laid in 1870–1871 with the assistance of the frigate Tordenskjold, which the Danish government had generously allocated to the task. The Great Northern had a great deal of technical problems with the cables they had bought from the British manufacturer since the quality of the insulation was not as good as expected. Therefore, the official opening of the line between Shanghai and Hong Kong was delayed until April 1871. During the remainder of that year the company struggled to finish cable sections from Shanghai to Nagasaki, and from Nagasaki to Vladivostok. Communication between Shanghai and Europe via these cables and the Russian Siberian lines was officially inaugurated on 1 January 1872.” (Erik Baark: Wires, Codes and People The Great Northern Telegraph Company in China 1870–90) The album covers and illustrates one on the most fascinating periods in the process of internationalization in the late modern period: The Suez Canal had just opened and ‘Tordenskjold’ was the first Danish ship to sail through it. The submarine cables linked the major hubs in East Asia to the Western world and helped facilitate an unprecedented growth in the region. Overall, the laying of the submarine cable in 1870-71 was a transformative event for East Asia in general. It played a critical role in the area's economic and social development, helping to make it the global commercial center it is today.‎

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