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Trying to find a new passage to the Pacific View picture(s) 41 SPILBERGEN, Joris van & Jacob Le MAIRE. Oost- en West-Indische voyagie, door de Strate Magellanes naer de Moluques, met ses schepen onder den commandeur Joris Spilbergen (1614-17). Als mede de wonderlijcke reyse ghedaen door Willem Cornelisz Schouten van Hoorn, en Iacob le Maire, in den jaere 1615, 1616, 1617. Amsterdam, for Joost Hartgers, 1648. 4to Nineteenth-century marbled wrappers. Woodcut vignette on title-page, depicting two vessels and one folding plate, illustrating in six sections the circumnavigation of Spilbergen en Schouten. 120 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Australia & New Zealand  Indonesia  Pacific  Travel & Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A new passage to the Pacific and state-sponsored piracy View picture(s) 42 SPILBERGEN, Joris van. Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae Navigationum; quarum una Georgii à Spilbergen classis cum potestate Praefecti, altera Iacobi le Maire auspiciis imperioque directa, annis 1614, 15, 16, 17, 18. Exhibens novi in mare Australe transitus, incognitarumque hactenus terrarum ac gentium inventionem: praelis aliquot terra marique commissa, expugnationesque urbium: una cum duabus novis utriusque Indiae historiis, catalogo munitionum Hollandicarum ... Leiden, Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619. Oblong 4to (18.3 x 24 cm). Contemporary blind stamped pigskin over boards, spine with raised bands, marbled edges. Large allegorical engraving on title, with 25 numbered engraved maps and views: 2 large folding maps (one of the world and the one of the East Indian archipelago), one folding, one double-page and 18 full-page plates with several insets, etc. 175 pp., lacking blank leaf (P4), which divides the two narratives but was mistakenly included as pp.119-20 in the continuous pagination. Full description >> Related Subjects: Australia & New Zealand  Brazil  Circumnavigation  Discovery & Exploration  East Indies  VOC  West Indies  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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First Dutch anthropological treatise with 41 hand-coloured plates of ethnic types View picture(s) 43 STUART, Martinus. De mensch, zoo als hij voorkomt op den bekenden aardbol. Amsterdam, Joh. Allart, 1802-1807. 6 vols. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spines ribbed and gilt, sides covered with marbled paper, marbled edges. With a hand-coloured etched/stipple-engraved frontispiece, 6 etched/stipple-engraved title-pages, each with a different handcoloured vignette, 41 hand-coloured etched/stipple-engraved plates by Lodewijk Portman after Jaques Kuyper and 2 uncoloured folding engraved plates. (4), 234, (2); VIII, 238, (2); IV, 257, (1); IV, 267, (1); IV, 277, (1); IV, 301, (1) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Africa  America [Central]  America [South]  America, North  Anthropology  Asia  Australia & New Zealand  Dutch  Ethnography  Pacific  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Earliest authentic account of the first Australian settlement View picture(s) 44 TENCH, Watkin. Relation d'une expédition a la Baye Botanique, située dans la Nouvelle Hollande, sur la côte Méridionale, nommée par le Capitaine Cook, Nouvelle Galles Méridionale. Avec des observations sur les habitants de cette contrée, & la liste de l'état civil & militaire, au Port Jackson. Paris, Knapen Fils, 1789. Modern half calf. (16), 136 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Australia & New Zealand  Cartography  Pacific  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Establishment of a colony at Port Phillips, the future site of Melbourne, and the foundation of Hobart View picture(s) 45 TUCKEY, James Hingston. Bericht von einer Reise nach Neu-Süd-Wallis um zu Port-Philipp in der Bass's Strasse eine Kolonie anzulegen. Gethan in dem Schiffe Kalkutta in den Jahren 1802, 1803 und 1804. Weimar, Im Verlage des F.G. priv. Landes-Industrie-Comptoirs 1805. 8vo. Original blue paper over boards, the name of the library to which the book belonged blind stamped on both sides: "Mercantile Library". VI, 136 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Australia & New Zealand  Colonial History  Travel & Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The first full-length autobiography written in Australia View picture(s) 46 VAUX, James Hardy. Memoirs of James Hardy Vaux, a swindler and thief, now transported to New South Wales for the second time, and for life. Written by himself. Second edition. London, William Clowes for Whitaker, Treacher, & Arnot, 1830. 12mo. Green cloth with title and author's name lettered in gold on spine. (2), XXIV, 288 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Australia & New Zealand  Criminology  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Valuable account of the hardships and wonders experienced during the journey to and first settlement in Australia View picture(s) 47 WHITE, John. Voyage à la Nouvelle Galles du Sud, a Botany-bay, au Port Jackson, en 1787, 1788, 1789. Ouvrage où l'on trouve de nouveaux détails sur le caractère et les usages des habitans du cap de Bonne-Espérance, de l'île de Ténériffe, de Rio-Janeiro et de la Nouvelle Hollande, ainsi qu'une description exacte de plusieurs animaux inconnus jusqu'à présent. Paris, Guillaume, 1798. 2 parts in one vol. 8vo. Original red wrappers. With 2 full-page stiple-engraved plates by Clément after the drawings by Monnet. XII, 206, (2); 256, (4) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Australia & New Zealand  Cartography  Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Guide for the perfect emigrant View picture(s) 48 WIDOWSON, Henry. Present state of Van Diemen's Land; comprising an account of its agricultural capabilities, with observations on the present state of farming, &c. &c. pursued in that colony: and other important matters connected with emigration. London, Merriman for S. Robinson, W. Joy, J. Cross, J. Birdsall, 1829. 8vo. Later half calf, spine gilt with black title-label. Folding map of Van Diemen's land. XV, (3), 200 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Australia & New Zealand  Cartography  Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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On all aspects of Australia and the surrounding Pacific View picture(s) 49 WIMMER, Gottlieb August. Neuestes Gemälde von Australien, oder Beschreibung der Lage, des Klimas, der Naturprodukte, Landeskultur, merkwürdigsten Städte, Gegenden, Kunstwerke, Ruinen und Denkmäler; dann der Einwohner, deren Lebensart, Kleidung, Handel, Künste, Wissenschaften, Religion und Staatsverfassung. Vienna, Rudolph Sammer, 1834. 8vo. Contemporary dark green half morocco, gilt spine, marbled endpapers, yellow edges. With engraved frontispiece, 5 full-page engraved plates. [2], 409, [3] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Australia & New Zealand  Cultural History  German  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A curious imaginary voyage to Australia as the heaven on earth View picture(s) 50 [AGUIAR, Vasco José de]. Viagem ao interior da Nova Hollanda, obra moral, critica e recreativa. Lisbon, Vicente Jorge de Castro & Irmão, 1841. 3 vols. in one. 12mo. Contemporary half black roan with gilt decorated and lettering on spine, marbled boards. (4), VI, (2) blank, 219; 247, (1); 201 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Australia & New Zealand  Imaginary Voyages & Utopias  Portugal  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Important early 19th-century account on the culture of the Aborigines in Australia View picture(s) 51 [AUSTRALIA - ABORIGINES]. Neuholland nach den besten Quellen geschildert. Krefeld, Abraham ter Meer, 1810. 8vo. Contemporary marbled boards, yellow edges. With contemporarily handcoloured engraved frontispiece with an Aboriginal family by L. Portman after F. Kuyper. 158, 22, (1) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Australia & New Zealand  Travel & Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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In praise of imaginary happy Australians View picture(s) 52 [AUSTRALIA - IMAGINARY VOYAGE]. Voyage de robertson, aux Terres Australes, traduit sur le manuscript Anglois. Amst. (=Paris), 1767. Sm. 8vo. Contemp. half calf, spine gilt with red title-label. 280 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Australia & New Zealand  Imaginary Voyages & Utopias  Philosophy  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Giving a lively picture of why you should emigrate to Australia View picture(s) 53 [AUSTRALIA]. New South Wales. The mother state of Australia. A guide for immigrants and settlers. [Australia], The intelligence department by authority of the gouvernment of the state of New South Wales, [1906]. 4to. Contemporary cloth with gilt title on spine and large decorated gilt title on front cover including a map of Australia flanked by banderoles with texts as: "Hints to immigrants and settlers" and "Industrial possibilities". With a full-colour frontispiece, 3 folding maps, and a "Mean annual rain and isohyets map" of the area, many advertisements printed in black and red and numerous black and white illustrations (photographs) throughout. XVI, [14], 418, XVII-XXXII pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Australia & New Zealand  Cartography  Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Letter by Bougainville to wife of Paris naval minister, French Ambassador to the United States View picture(s) 54 [AUTOGRAPH]. BOUGAINVILLE, Hyacinthe-Yves-Philippe Potentien, Baron de. [Letter to Baroness Hyde de Neuville (Anne Marguerite Henriette de Marigny Hyde de Neuville]. [Brest?, 1820-1822]. (20.6 x 16.5 cm). Signed. [3, 1 blank] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Australia & New Zealand  Autographs, Letters & Documents  Circumnavigation  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Manuscript notes on Abel Tasman View picture(s) 55 [AUTOGRAPH]. DOZY, Charles Marius. [Notes, annotations and references, written while preparing an important article on Abel Tasman, which was published in 1887]. [Amsterdam, Batavia, etc., shortly before 1887]. Various sizes, mainly folio . 15 ll. with notes and annotations; 2 letters; 3 postcards. Full description >> Related Subjects: Australia & New Zealand  Discovery & Exploration  East Indies  Indonesia  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Imperial mail steamers to Australia View picture(s) 56 [BROADSHEET]. [KELLER, WALLIS & COMPANY]. North German Lloyd Imperial mail steamers to Australia. Via Suez Canal. These fine steamers, of the highest class and speed, will leave regularly every four weeks for Adelaide, Melbourne & Sydney, under mail contract with the German Government, and take the shortest route... to Australia. London, Howard and Jones, [18]89. 1mo (52 x 29 cm). With large image of steamer at head of sheet, detachable "form of application for ticket" at bottom. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Australia & New Zealand  Ships & Shipbuilding  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Extremely rare German children's book on the various peoples of the world View picture(s) 57 [COSTUMES - WORLD]. Kleine Völker Gallerie für Kinder in unterhaltenden Erzählungen von den Sitten, Meinungen, Gebräuchen und Kleidungen fremder Nationen. Cologne, Vom Verfasser der unterhaltenden Erzählungen für das erste Kindesalter, 1811. Small 12mo. Later half red morocco, gilt spine. With 24 engraved illustrations, all coloured in a contemporary hand. Each engraving (ca. 70 x 30 mm) is mounted on a leaf of laid paper. 170 (4) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Africa  America [Caribbean Islands]  America, North  Asia  Australia & New Zealand  Cartography  Children's Books  China  Colour Platebooks  Costumes  Europe  Geography  Indonesia  Siberia  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Basic knowledge of the world and its inhabitants View picture(s) 58 [GEOGRAPHY]. Geographie vivante, ou tableaux raisonnés et comparatifs des principaux habitans du globe, avec leur costume; des animaux divers qui s' y trouvent, et une exacte description de leurs moeurs, de leurs usages et habitudes. Paris, Alexis Eymery, 1823. Oblong 8vo. Contemporary boards covered with green paper with printed title with imprint (Paris A. Eymery, 1821), decorative border and title printed on spine. With an engraved frontispiece, engraved illustration on half-title and printer's device on title,  30 engraved plates with 2 charming illustrations each. (2), II, 194, (2) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Africa  America [Caribbean Islands]  America, North  Asia  Australia & New Zealand  Cartography  Children's Books  China  Costumes  Europe  Geography  Indonesia  Siberia  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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19th-century English travel journal visiting Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii and North America View picture(s) 59 [MANUSCRIPT - TRAVEL JOURNAL]. LINGARD-MONK, James Boughey. The world 1894-5. Journal, 8 November 1894 - 11 May 1895. 4to (ca. 24 x 18 cm). Contemporary calf, with two clasps. With illustrated title-page and 2 certified copies (1982) of the registration of the author's marriages, with Diana Caroline Walpole (1876) and Ellen Heburn (1894). [2], 277, [4 blank] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  America [North]  Australia & New Zealand  Hawaii  Manuscripts  New Zealand  Travel & Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The natural resources of New South Wales View picture(s) 60 [MAP - AUSTRALIA - NEW SOUTH WALES]. TAYLOR, J. Mineral map and general statistics of New South Wales, Australia. Sydney, Thomas Richards, Government Printer, 1876. 8vo. Original printed lavender wrappers, back wrapper with wood-engraved view of the Sydney University. With a folding chromo-lithographed map by G.W. Sharp after J. Taylor (37.5 x 44.4 cm). Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Australia & New Zealand  Earth Sciences [General]  Gold  Maps  Maps - 19th Century  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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