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About Cuban customs - printed in Havana View picture(s) 141 MARTINEZ VILLERGAS, Juan. La vida en el Chaleco. Novela original de costumbres no menos originales, escrita y dedicada a los habitantes de la Isla de Cuba. Habana, Libreria é Imprenta El Iris, de Maijn Pujola y cp., 1859. 4to. Contemporary half hard-grained brown morocco, spine gilt in compartments, title lettered in gold. VII, 587, 42 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: America, North  Cartography  Cuba  Literature  Poetry  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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How to draw a map and how to make a globe? View picture(s) 142 MAYER, Johann Tobias [& M. LEMANS]. Volledige en grondige handleiding tot het teekenen van land-, zee- en hemelkaarten, en van netten tot coniglobiën en globen, geschikt voor allen die zich  van deze onderwerpen met oordeel en nut willen bedienen. Naar den derden vermeerderden en verbeterden Hoogduitschen druk van Johann Tobias Mayer, ... vrij gevolgd, en met aanteekeningen verrijkt door M. Lemans, ... met eene voorrede van Jacob de Gelder. Amsterdam, G. Portielje, 1826. 8vo. Contemporary red morocco, gilt geometrical border along the edges of both sides, spine  gilt, g.e., marbled endpapers. With 2 folding engraved plates, depicting cartographical  tools and geometrical figures, and several printed tables within woodcut frames in the text. (2), XIV, 206 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Cartography  Dutch  Globes  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Second and best edition View picture(s) 143 MCLEOD, John. Voyage of His Majesty's ship Alceste, along the coast of Corea, to the Island of Lewchew; with an account of her subsequent shipwreck. Second edition. London, John Murray, 1818. 8vo. Contemporary half calf. With engraved portrait and 5 fine engraved coloured aquatints depicting views and costumes of Corea. (6), 323, (1) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Asia  Cartography  China  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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On the geography of Australia View picture(s) 144 MEINICKE, Carl Eduard. Das Festland Australien, eine geographische Monographie. Prenzlau, F. B. Kalbersberg, 1837. 2 parts in one vol. 8vo. Original green cloth, spine gilt and blind-tooled, with paper label, blind-tooled sides. VIII, 354, (4), 316 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Australia & New Zealand  Cartography  Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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First edition of Christ. Vurstisius's edition of two classical Latin geographers View picture(s) 145 MELA, Pomponius & Gaius Julius SOLINUS. Pomponii Melae de orbis situ, libri III. et C. Iulii Solini, Polyhistor. Quorum ille descriptionem singularum Orbis terreni partium atque regionum: Hic vero praeter eadem, quae ubique memorabilia sint loca, animantia, plantae, gemmae, & similia, compendiose enarrat. Basel, Henric Petri, 1576. 2 works in 1 vol. 8vo. Contemporary vellum over boards with title in contemporary hand writing on spine. With woodcut printer's device on title and larger variant on verso last leaf, 20  numbered double-page woodcut  maps in the first part (nrs. 1 and 13 lacking), and 13 (of 14) full-page woodcut  maps in the second part, numbered 21-25 (26 lacking), 27, 28/29 on folding leaf, 30-32, 33 folding leaf with two full-page maps two folding, in second part, and numerous charming woodcut  initials. (30), 363 (=365), (3) pp.; collation: a8-1 (blank lacking), *8, A-Z8, including the blank I8. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Cartography  Classical Antiquity  Geography  Travel & Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A famous work on Switzerland grangerized with 67 engravings View picture(s) 146 MERIAN, Matthäus. Topographia Helvetiae Rhaetiae et Valesiae. Das ist, Beschreibung und eigentliche Abbildung der vornembsten Stätte und Plätz, in der hochlöblichen Eydgnoßschafft, Grawbündten, Walliß, und etlicher zugewanten Orten. Frankfurt am Main, Matthäus Merian, 1642. Folio. Contemporary calf, spine ribbed and gilt, with red title label, lettered in gold, red painted edges. Richly engraved allegorical title, depicting with the coats of arms of the different Swiss cantons, the stork as the printer's device of Merian, an the inscription 'Concordiae et pacis autor ichoua', two general maps (of Germany and Switzerland), and 74 copper-engraved views on 55 plates by Merian and others. 72, (8) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Atlases [General]  Cartography  Switzerland  Topography  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Fictional travel account View picture(s) 147 MERRUAU, Paul. Les convicts en Australie. Paris, Le Hachette et Cie., 1853. 8vo. Contemporary half green calf, gilt title on spine. [4], 236, [4] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Australia & New Zealand  Cartography  Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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On King Sebastiao of Portugal (1554-1578) View picture(s) 148 MESA, Sebastian de. Iornada de Africa por el rey Don Sebastian y union del reyno de Portugal a la corona de castilla. Barcelona, por Pedro Lacavalleria, 1630. 4to. Contemporary gilt calf, gilt spine in six compartments, double gilt fillet border and small gilt coat of arms of the Mazarin family in centre of both sides, red mottled edges. (2), 169, 1 leaves. Full description >> Related Subjects: Armorial Bindings  Bindings  Cartography  History  Portugal  Spain  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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First edition of a very rare and little-known journal of an important voyage to the Pacific View picture(s) 149 MICHELENA Y ROJAS, Francisco. Viajes científicos en todo el mundo, desde 1822 hasta 1842; durante los cuales fueron visitadas ... Dedicados a la nacion Venezolana. Madrid, I. Boix, 1843. 4to. Half calf, gold-tooled spine. With full-page author's portrait by Leopoldo Lopez, woodcut coat of arms on dedication, 12 full-page lithographed illustrations by J. Abrial, and 2 large lithographed folding maps (depicting Sydney and the tracks of the voyage). All lithographs executed by J. Aragon. 408, [4] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Australia & New Zealand  Cartography  Hawaii  Pacific  Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Very usefull for 18th century travellers to Italy; beautifully illustrated View picture(s) 150 MISSON, François Maximilian. Nieuwe Reize na en door Italien, met een berecht voor de gene die voornemens zyn dezelve reize te doen. Vermeerdert  en opgeheldert met de aanmerkingen van Addison, door hem gemaakt gedurende zyne reize door Italien. Uit het Frans na den vyfden  druk vertaelt. Utrecht, Willem van de Water & Jacob van Poolsum, 1724. 2 vols. 4to. Contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt in compartments with red morocco title label, red painted edges. Titles printed in red and black, with 2 engraved allegorical frontispieces by J. Goeree, 47 fine engraved views and plates of which 19 folding, in Misson's voyage, and 2 full-page engraved plates and several engraved illustrations of antique coins in Addison's "Remarks". (34), 422; (2), 426, (33) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Cartography  Europe  Germany  Italy  Travel & Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Account of a scientific expedition through Central America View picture(s) 151 MORELET, Arthur. Voyage dans l'Amérique centrale, l'île de Cuba et le Yucatan. Paris, Gide & J. Baudry, 1857. 2 vols. 8vo. Printed wrappers, uncut, preserved in modern boards in a case. With 2 lvs. of music, one large folding map depicting Yucatan, Guatemala and Cuba, and 22 very fine wood-engraved half-page plates after drawings by the author heading each chapter. (4), 337, (3); (4), 323, (3) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: America, North  Cartography  Cuba  Natural History  Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The account of a voyage of a Swedish privateer together with a vivid travelaccount on Germany View picture(s) 152 MORTIMER, George. Engelsmannen Joh. Hindric Cox Resa Genom Söderhafvet Till On Amsterdam, Marien-Oarna, O-Taheiti, Sandvichs-och Räf-Oarna, Tinian, Unalaska och Canton i China. Nyköping, Peter Winge, 1798. 2 parts in 1 vol. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt. 77, (3 blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Cartography  Cook  Europe  German  Hawaii  Literature  Pacific  Piracy  Russia  Sweden  Trade  Travel & Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Eyewitness account of Captain Bering's famous Polar expedition View picture(s) 153 MULLER, Gerhard Friedrich. Voyages et découvertes faites par les Russes le long  des côtes de la Mer Glaciale & sur l'Océan Oriental,  tant vers le Japon que vers l'Amérique. On y a joint l'Histoire du Fleuve Amur et les Pays adjacens. Amsterdam, Marc-Michel Rey, 1766. 2 parts in 1 volume. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, gold-tooled spine with red title label. With large folding map of the northern part of Asia and North America (size ca. 44 x 63 cm). XII, 388; IV, 207, [25] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: America, North  Cartography  Japan  Russia  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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With the residences and plantations indicated View picture(s) 154 MÜLLER, Johannes. Beschreibung der Insel Java nach den Berichten R.J.L. Kussendragers und andern neuen Quellen. 2. Auflage. Berlin, E. Gross, 1865. 4to. Contemporary half calf. 17 lithographed plates of which 8 are handcoloured, depicting costumes, views and an Indonesian goddess and 1 partly handcoloured lithographed map. (4), 286 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Cartography  Colour Platebooks  Indonesia  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The latest and by far best edition of the Cosmographia with 68 new maps View picture(s) 155 MÜNSTER, Sebastian. Cosmographia, das ist: Beschreibung der gantzen Welt,... Basel, [Sebastian Henricpetri], 1628. Folio (38 x 27.5 cm). Contemporary nicely blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, brass clasps and catches intact. With an additional engraved allegorical title with a portrait of Sebastian Munster in a cartouche at the bottom by Mathäus Merian, title printed in red and black with woodcut portrait of Münster on verso, 98 maps (26 double-page engraved maps with printed title and woodcut headpiece on versos, 72 double-page woodcut maps, plans and views in the text), and approx. 1500 smaller woodcut illustrations of maps, plans, views, plants, animals, monsters, etc. in the text (including repeats). [2, engraved title], [24] pp.; 26 double-page woodcut maps; 1752 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Africa  Americana  Asia  Cartography  Ceylon  Indonesia  Libraries & Collections  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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One of the best sources for the history of the indians of the Rio de la Plata View picture(s) 156 MURATORI. Relation des missions du Paraguai, traduite de l'Italien. Paris, Bordelet, 1754. 12mo. Contemporary calf, spine gilt in compartments. With one engraved map of the missions in Paraguay, by D'Anville, dated 1733. XXIV, 402, (4, 2 blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: America [South]  Cartography  Jesuits  Religion  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Japan and Europe View picture(s) 157 MURDOCH, James & ISOH YAMAGATA. A history of Japan during the century of early foreign intercourse (1542 - 1651). Kobe, Published at the office of the Chronicle, 1903. Large 8vo. Original green cloth with gilt title on spine. With one map 'of Japan in Provinces in time of Iyeyasu' (365 x 245 mm), two feudal maps of Japan (260 x 195 mm) of which one of Japan 'between 1564 - 73' and the other 'between 1573 - 83', a map of Korea (250 x 355 mm), a feudal map of Japan before Sekigahara (365 x 245 mm), a plan of the Battle of Sekigahara (265 x 165 mm), a plan of the Osaka First or Wintercampain 1614 (360 x 410 mm), a plan of the Osaka Second or Summer Campaign (245 x 255 mm), a feudal map of Japan in 1615 (365 x 245 mm) all coloured in outline. VIII, 743, (2) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Cartography  History  Japan  Mission  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The science of the great basins View picture(s) 158 MURRAY, John. Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1872-76 under the command of Captain Sir George S. Nares, and the late Captain Frank Tourle Thomson. Prepared under the superintendence of the late C. Wyville Thomson. A summary of the scientific results. London, 1895. 2 vols. Large 4to. Cloth. With 9 coloured maps, several double-page, 43 charts, several double-page or folding, 22 diagrams, several double-page or folding, and wood-engraved vignettes in the main work, 6 lithogr. plates and fig. in text to the first appendix on zoology, and 16 double-page coloured maps in the second general appendix. LIII, (1 blank), 1608; (8), 32; VIII, 38 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Cartography  Circumnavigation  Science  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Rare first Swedish edition of a very interesting description and history of the West Indian Virgin Islands View picture(s) 159 OLDENDORP, Christian Georg Andreas. Historiska Beskrifning Öswer Ewangeliske Brödernas Missions-Arbete, På Caraibiske Öarne St. Thomas St. Croix och St. Jan. Första Delen, Som innehåller åatskilliga esterråttelser, hörande til Öarnes Geographie, Natural-Historia och Politica Försattningar. Hwarjåmmte år bisogad en Charta öswer bemåldte och widgråntsande Wåstindiska Öar. Andra Delen, Som innehåller Missions-Historien ifrån år 1732 til 1768. Öfwersåttning. Stockholm, P.A. Brodin, J.Chr. Holmberg, 1786-1788. 2 vols. Contemporary half calf. With large folding table, large folding map of the Caribbean, 2 folding maps of the Islands St. Thomas and St. Croix, and 4 folding engraved views of the buildings and lands of the Moravian Brethren on the Islands St. Thomas, St. Croix and St. Jean. (8), 412, (4); 634, (2) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: America, North  Cartography  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Two journeys to China described by two pupils of Linnaeus View picture(s) 160 OSBECK, Peter, Olof TOREEN & Charles Gustavus ECKEBERG. A voyage to China and the East Indies. Together with a voyage to Suratte by Olof Toreen, and an account of the Chinese husbandry by Captain Charles Gustavus Eckeberg. Translated from the German, by John Reinhold Forster. To which are added, a Faunula and Flora Senensis. London, Benjamin White, 1771. 2 volumes. 8vo. Contemporary full calf, sides and spine gilt. With 14 full-page engraved plates. XX, 396; [2], 367, [32] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Cartography  China  East Indies  Natural History  Sweden  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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