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Historical work on the Dutch trade and activities at sea, esp. whaling and herring fishery, with magnificent views of the harbours of the Netherlands, including Batavia View picture(s) 1 AA, Cornelis van der [& D.JONG, H. Kobell Jr. & M. SALLIETH]. Atlas van de zeehavens der Bataafsche Republiek & die van Batavia  en Onrust. Mitsgaders de afbeeldingen van de haringvisscherij en de walvischvangst. In Een-en-dertig Kunstplaaten naar het  Leven afgebeeld ... En met vermelding van veele bijzonderheden, betreffende den ouden en lateren toestand der Nederlandschen koophandels, visscherijen, traffieken en fabrieken. Amsterdam, L. Maaskamp, 1805. Large folio . Modern three-quarter calf. With fine engraved title in various scripts by Klockhoff, and 31 double-page engraved views (ca. 285 x 395 mm) of Dutch harbours with a great variety of sailing-ships, mostly in a stiff breeze, including the harbours of Batavia and Onrust (an island near Batavia) in the Dutch East-Indies and two views of herring-fishery and whaling, after the drawings by H. Kobell Jr. and D. de Jong, engraved D. de Jong & M. Sallieth, with captions in French and Dutch. (5), VI-XII, 135 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Colonial History  Fishing  Indonesia  Maritime History  Ships & Shipbuilding  VOC  Whaling  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A 'Papillon'- as well as a 'j'accuse' avant-la-lettre View picture(s) 2 AYMÉ, Jean-Jaques (Job). Déportation et naufrage de J.J. Aymé, ex-législateur; suivis du tableau de vie et de mort des déportés, a son départ de la Guyane, avec quelques observations sur cette colonie et sur les nègres. Paris, Maradan, (1800). 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine richly gilt decorated with red morocco title label, paper board sides. 269, (26) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Colonial History  France  French  History  Shipwrecks  Slavery  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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On the second Burmese war View picture(s) 3 BAKER, Thomas Turner. The recent operations of the British forces at Rangoon and Martaban. London, Harrison for Thomas Hatchard, 1852. 8vo. Original blindstamped cloth with gilt title on spine: "Rangoon", made by J. DEAN, at the Strand. Lithographed frontispiece in a beautiful colouring showing the Burmese deputation presenting the King of Ava's letter, one lithographed plate of a vessel which the Burmese gave th name "Yathunah-gee-mhou", meaning "Precious, Sleek, Excellent sailing ship" and two folding lithographed plates, one being a coastal view of the town of Rangoon and the other showing the attack of the Dunnoo Stockade, all platesd lithographed by Martin & Hood. VII, 78 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Burma  Colonial History  Colour Platebooks  England  India  Militaria  Travel & Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Portuguese governorship in Goa View picture(s) 4 BARROS, João de. Vervolg der tien-jaarige dcheeps-togten en manhafte krygs-bedryven door Nuno da Cunha, als Gouverneur Generaal gedaan in Oost-Indien, zederd het jaar 1536 tot aan zyn dood ... Uit d'eyge berigten en order des Konings van Portugaal in't Portugys beschreven (...) Nu eerst uit d'oorspronkelyke taal in 't Nederduyts vertaald. Leyden, Pieter van der Aa, 1706. 8vo. Contemporary calf, marbled edges. With 7 maps and 6 plates, all engraved. [4], 431, [15] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Colonial History  India  Malacca  Portugal  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Macao imprint View picture(s) 5 BASTOS JR, Antonio Joaquim. O futuro de Macau ou as vantagens que hao de resultar da admissao d'uma delegaçao da Alfandega Chineza em Macau. Macau, Typographia Mercantil, 1873. 8vo. Original yellow wrappers. IX, (5) - 68 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: China  Colonial History  Portugal  Trade  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Illustrated with photographed portraits and colourful lithographs View picture(s) 6 BONAPARTE, Prince Roland. Les habitants de Suriname. Notes recueillies a l'exposition coloniale d'Amsterdam en 1883. Paris, A. Quantin, 1884. Large folio (44 x 31 cm). Original green cloth, title and eagle gold-stamped on front cover, 3 black-stamped fillets along edges, title and author's name gold-stamped on spine, marbled endleaves. With title-page printed in red, black and brown with lithographed vignette, full-page lithographed frontispiece, 61 monochrome photographs, 13 chromo-lithographed plates, 1 double-page and 1 folding lithographed, coloured map, most plates interleaved with tissue paper, 4 monochrome photographs in text, 9 lithographed initials in text, 1 additional plate with 3 monochrome photographs. [4], VIII, 226, [2] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Colonial History  Discovery & Exploration  Exhibitions  Lithographs  Napoleon  Photography  Surinam  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Early American voyages for children in rare German edition View picture(s) 7 CAMPE, Joachim Heinrich. Die Entdeckung von Amerika. Ein Unterhaltungsbuch für Kinder und junge Leute. Neue verbesserte Auflage. Vienna, B. Ph. Bauer, 1813. 3 parts in 1 volume. 12mo. Contemporary boards. With 3 engraved frontispieces and 3 engraved maps of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean, Mexico and South America. 321, [1 blank]; 298; 267, [1 blank] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: America [Central]  America [South]  Colonial History  Discovery & Exploration  Mexico  Peru  Schoolbooks  Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Dutch edition of accounts of two travels to 'Virginia' View picture(s) 8 CANNER, Thomas. Scheeps-togt van Martin Pringe, gedaan in 't jaar 1603. Van Bristol na 't noorder-gedeelte van Virginien. Including: Een tweede reys in 't selfde jaar 1603. Na Virginien, gedaan van Kap. Bartholomeus Gilbert. Leyden, Pieter van der Aa, 1706. 8vo. Modern marbled boards. With engraved publisher's device and 2 folding engraved plates. [2], 16, [4] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  America, North  Americana  Colonial History  Discovery & Exploration  Native Americans  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The battle of the Dutch ship the 'Medusa' against the Japanese fleet View picture(s) 9 CASEMBROOT, François de. De Medusa in de wateren van Japan, in 1863 en 1864. Tweede druk The Hague, Gebroeders Van Cleef, 1865. 8vo. Original lithographed wrappers. Plate of the steamer 'Medusa'  in the Strait Simonoseki and 2 large folding maps depicting the battle situations near Japan, all 3 lithographed by S. Lankhout. VIII, 136 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Asia  Cartography  Colonial History  Japan  VOC  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A pleasure to read View picture(s) 10 CHALMERS, George. Political Annals of the Present United Colonies, from their Settlement to the Peace of 1763: Compiled chiefly from Records, and authorised often by the Insertion of State-Papers. Book I. London, Printed for the Author, sold by J. Bowen, 1780. 4to. Contemporary calf, with the gilt supralibros of the Signet Library on both sides. (10), 695 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  America, North  Americana  Colonial History  Economy  History  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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An interesting travel account on Java View picture(s) 11 CHIJS, Jacobus Anne van der. Mijne reis naar Java in 1869 en terugkeer over Engelsch Indië, Palestina enz. in 1870. Utrecht, C. van der Post Jr., 1874. 8vo. Original lithographed wrappers. With 3 full-page lithographed plates. VIII, 125, [3 blank] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Colonial History  Dutch  East Indies  Java  Travel & Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Critical work on the Dutch Indies colonial government View picture(s) 12 DOORNIK, Jacob Elisa. Vrijmoedige gedachten over Neerlands Indië en over de regering van den Goeverneur-Generaal van der Capellen. Amsterdam, C.G. Sulpke, 1826. 8vo. Contemp. limp speckled boards. (4), XVI, 314 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Colonial History  Dutch  Politics  Travel & Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The Dutch sick and tired of England View picture(s) 13 DOWNING, George., C. BURGH and Jacob ROCK & P. DE GRAEF. Den Toestant der Swevende Verschillen, tusschen de Oost, ende West-Indische Compagnien, van Engelant, ende van de Vereenighde Nederlanden. (Amsterdam), "naer de copye," 1664. 4to. Untrimmed, in later plain wrappers. 22, (2 blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Colonial History  England  Low Countries  Pamphlets  Trade  VOC  WIC  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The history of the Dutch East Indies until 1750. From the library of the 20th-century expert on the history of European colonisation, Prof. Charles R. Boxer View picture(s) 14 DU BOIS, J.P.I. Vies des gouverneurs généraux, avec l'abrégé de l'histoire des établissemens Hollandois aux Indes Orientales; ouvrage où l'on trouve l'origine de la Compagnie des Provinces Unies, ses premiers traités de commerce, la fondation de Batavia ...  les conquêtes des Hollandois aux Moluques, à Amboine,  Banda, Macassar, Ceylan, Malabar &c. ... suivi des considérations de l'état présent de la Compagnie,  par Monsieur le Baron d'Imhoff. The Hague, Pierre de Hondt, 1763 4to. Contemporary half roan with green morocco title-label lettered in gold. Title printed in red and black, 5 full-page and 20 folding engraved maps and plans, including plans of Nagasaki (incl. Decima), Batavia, Amboina, and maps of Java, Australia, Ceylon, Cape of Good Hope, Bali, etc; 8 folding engraved views of Ternate, Neira, Amboina, Point de Galle, Malaka, Samboupo, Batavia and the slaughter of the Chinese at Batavia; one engraved full-page plate with the text of the "Oratio Dominica in lingua Cingalaca" in Singalese letter-type; one allegorical head piece and 28 numbered head pieces with the portraits of the Gouvernor-Generals of the Dutch East Indies. All plates are engraved by J. van Schley. IV, (2), 351, (1), 48 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Colonial History  Dutch  Indonesia  Netherlands  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Eyewitness account: San Sebastian (Mozambique) besieged by the Dutch View picture(s) 15 DURAN (DURAO), Antonio. Cercos de Mocambique, defendidos por Don Estevan de Atayde, capitan general, y governador de aquella plaça. Madrid, the widow of Alonso Martin [= Francisca de Medina], 1633. 8vo. Richly gilt and decorated 19th-century vellum with diapered floral rolls and knot work ornaments, with red morocco title label lettered in gold, red spinkled edges. With woodcut coat of arms of the dedicatee Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimentel on the title-page, woodcut head- and tailpieces and initials. [8], 82 ll. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Colonial History  Dutch  Militaria  Portugal  Spain  Travel & Voyages  VOC  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A British planter in India View picture(s) 16 ELLIOT, Robert Henry. The experiences of a planter in the jungles of Mysore. London, Chapman and Hall, 1871. 2 vols. 8vo. Contemporary half red calf, gilt title on spines. With two tinted lithographed  frontispieces, a lithographed map of the region of Mysore and Coorg in India, 4 tinted lithographs, 1 lithograph with a.o. a cardamom plant, all lithographed by Vincent Brooks,  Day & Son, with leaf bound in with quotation in manuscript on cardamom, signed R.S. citing the Weekly Ceylon Observer, 21 June, 1881, p. 567. The lithographs are after photographs taken at the spot. X,(1), 327; XI, (2), 355 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Agriculture & Husbandry  Botany  Coffee & Tea  Colonial History  India  Trade  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Macao imprint View picture(s) 17 FERREIRA, Leoncio A. Um brado pela verdade ou a questao dos Professores Jesuitas em Macao e a instruccao dos Macaenses. Macao, Typographia Mercantil, 1872. 8vo. Original green wrappers. IX, 100 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  China  Colonial History  Education  Portugal  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A geographical description of Java View picture(s) 18 KUSSENDRAGER, Reinder Jan L. Natuur- en aardrijkskundige beschrijving van het eiland Java. Groningen, J. Oomkens, 1841. 8vo. Original lithographed green boards, uncut and unopened. With a lithographed title-page. [11], [1 blank], [2], XIV, 324, [4] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Colonial History  Dutch  Java  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Important description of the Island of Bali View picture(s) 19 LAUTS, Ulrich Gerhard. Het eiland Balie en de Balienezen. Amsterdam, G.J.A. Beijerinck, 1848. 8vo. Original half cloth with marbled paper over boards. Lithograph on title and a folding map of the island Bali. (2), VIII, 285, (1) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Colonial History  Dutch  Indonesia  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The Portuguese in Brazil & Asia, with a folding world map View picture(s) 20 MAFFEI, Giovanni Pietro. Historiarum Indicarum libri XVI. Selectarum, item, ex India epistolarum, eodem interprete, libri IV. Accessit Ignatii Loiolae vita. Cologne, [successors to Arnold?] Birckman, Arnold Mylius, 1593. Folio. Contemporary blind-tooled pigskin over wooden boards, with a triple border of rolls (1 initialled EW A[ugsburg]) around central panel stamps with allegorical figures (Patience and the 3 theological virtues on the front; the 4 cardinal virtues on the back), with seventeenth-century(?) gold tooling added, including a centrepiece with Saint Urban and the St. Urban coat of arms on the front board, and the boards coloured brown. With a large folding engraved map of the world (26 x 48.5 cm), woodcut publisher's device on the title-page, 2 part-titles, a woodcut tailpiece, and about 30 woodcut initial letters (plus about 100 repeats) from 10 series (13-48 mm, the main series 39 mm), and bands of arabesque fleurons. [4], 541, [1], [2 blank], [36] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  America [South]  Brazil  China  Colonial History  East Indies  India  Jesuits  Mission  Persia  Portugal  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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