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An unknown discovery of America View picture(s) 61 WEEDA, P. Geschiedenis van de ontdekking der West-Indische eilanden en het vaste land van America, door Christophorus Columbus. Een leesboek voor jongelingen. Dordrecht, Blussé & Van Braam, 1842. Small 8vo. Original boards. With 2 full-page lithographed plates, one showing Colombus lying on a couch in his ship on his last voyage, and the other showing the discovery of Guanahani (San Salvador). VIII, 153, (3) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: America, North  Americana  Children's Books  Discovery & Exploration  History  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Nice pocket-atlas View picture(s) 62 [ATLAS - WORLD]. [Maps for a geographical grammar]. Edinburgh, for Alexander Kincaid, 1790). Modern half grey calf, with old title-label mounted on spine. With 33 folding engraved maps, by McIntyre, T. Conder, and some by J. Fraser after A. Kincaid. 1 leaf with manuscript index. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Atlases  Discovery & Exploration  England  English  Games & Pastimes  Maps  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Manuscript notes on Abel Tasman View picture(s) 63 [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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Letter by famous Scottish explorer of the Korean coasts and parts of China View picture(s) 64 [AUTOGRAPH]. HALL, Basil. [Letter to Aaron Louis Frédéric Regnault, Baron de la Susse]. Smyrna (Izmir, Turkey), 27 June, 1842. (18 x 11 cm). In brown ink on paper. Signed letter in English. [1,3 blank] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Autographs, Letters & Documents  China  Discovery & Exploration  Korea  Travel & Voyages  Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Early and rare primary source on the Portuguese presence in India View picture(s) 65 [FREIRE DE ANDRADE, Jancinto]. Primor e honra da vida soldadesca no estado da India. Lisbon, Jorge Rodrigues, 1630. 4to. Contemporary brown mottled calf, gold-tooled spine. With woodcut vignette on title with 'S. Thome padroeiro da India Oriental', woodcut tailpieces and woodcut initials. [8], 133 [=132]; 58; [4] ll. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Discovery & Exploration  India  Portugal  Travel & Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The second recorded copy of the Kanagawa Treaty, negotiated by Mathew C. Perry and effectively opening Japan to trade with the West View picture(s) 66 [JAPAN]. Treaty between the United States of America and the Empire of Japan. Concluded March 31, 1854; Ratified August 7, 1854; Proclaimed June 22, 1855. [Washington, D.C., 1855]. Folio. Original printed self-wrappers, stitched. Signed in type by Franklin Pierce as President and by W. L. Marcy as Secretary of State. 5 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: America, North  Discovery & Exploration  Economy  Japan  Pacific  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Spanish intrigues at the end of the Eighty Years' War to break the Dutch supremacy View picture(s) 67 [SOUSA COUTINHO, Francisco de]. Apologie pour monsieur De Souza Coutinho, ambassadeur de Portugal en France, ou verification du contenu en la lettre qu'íl a écrit de Paris au Sieur de la Chapelle, en date du 4 Mars 1651 contre les calomnies d'Antoine Brun. Paris, [probably The Hague], Pierre Ferrier, 'prez le puis certain', 1651. 4to. Modern brown morocco, gilt title on spine, gilt panelled sides. [12] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Discovery & Exploration  History  Netherlands  Politics  Portugal  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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