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A roving San Francisco correspondent in Hawaii

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1 A HAOLO [= BATES, George Washington].
Sandwich Island notes.
New York, Harper & Brothers, 1854. 8vo. 20th-century blue half cloth, marbled boards. With full-page wood-engraved frontispiece portrait of Alexander Liholiho and 21 wood-engraved illustrations (of which 9 full-page) in text. 493, [1] pp. Full description >>

Related Subjects: 19th Century  Americana  Hawaii  Medicine  Travel & Voyages 

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Account of a very important voyage of exploration, with beautiful lithographs

 Account of a very important voyage of exploration, with beautiful lithographs  Account of a very important voyage of exploration, with beautiful lithographs  Account of a very important voyage of exploration, with beautiful lithographs  Account of a very important voyage of exploration, with beautiful lithographs  Account of a very important voyage of exploration, with beautiful lithographs View picture(s)

2 ARAGO, Jacques Etienne Victor.
Promenade autour du monde (pendant les années de 1817, 1818, 1819 et 1820, sur les corvettes du Roi l'Uranie et la Physicienne, commandées par M. Freycinet).
Paris, Béthune & Plon for Leblanc, [1822]. 2 text volumes in 8vo and 1 folio atlas. Text volumes in contemporary half calf, spine ribbed and tooled in gold and black, atlas in contemporary grey boards, with printed title pasted on front cover, uncut. With a lithographed map of the world and 25 lithographed plates in the atlas, 2 concerning Rio de Janeiro, 5 the Sandwich Islands and 3 Australia. [4], XXX, 452; [4], 506 pp.; [28] ll. Full description >>

Related Subjects: Australia & New Zealand  Cartography  Circumnavigation  Hawaii  Voyages 

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On the famous voyage of Captain Louis Freycinet

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3 ARAGO, Jacques Etienne Victor.
Souvenirs d'un aveugle, voyage autour du monde. Ouvrage enrichi de soixante dessins et de notes scientifiques.
Paris, Hortet et Ozanne, 1839. 4 vols. Large 8vo. Contemp. half green morocco, spines gilt. With 2 engraved portraits, one of Jacques Arago and the other of François Arago, and 60 full-page lithographed plates with portraits, costumes and scenes of the life and customs of the peoples of New Zealand, Timor, New Guinea, Hawaii, the Mariana Islands, the Caroline Islands, etc., all after drawings by the author. (4), 400; (4), 423 (1 blank); (4), 399, (1 blank); (4), 451, (1 blank) pp. Full description >>

Related Subjects: Australia & New Zealand  Brazil  Cartography  Hawaii  Pacific 

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The first Danish circumnavigation

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4 BILLE, Steen Andersen.
Beretning om Corvetten Galathea's Reise omkring Jorden, 1845, 46 og 47.
Copenhagen, C.A. Reitzel, 1849-1851. 3 vols. 8vo. Original half cloth, preserved in a modern box. With 5 folding lithographed maps, of which one large folding general map, folding facsimile, and 20 full-page tinted lithographed plates with views, costumes, etc. (2), XII, 496; (4), VIII, 465, (5); (4),513, LXVII, (3) pp. Full description >>

Related Subjects: Africa  America [South]  Denmark  Hawaii  Indonesia  Japan  Pacific  Philippines  Sandwich Islands 

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Fascinating description of the Hawaiian Islands

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5 CAMPBELL, Archibald.
A Voyage round the World from 1806 to 1812; in which Japan, Kamschatka, the Aleutian Islands, and the Sandwich  Islands, were visited. Including a Narrative of the author's shipwreck on the Island of Sannack, and his  subsequent wreck in the ship's long boat. With an account of the present state of the Sandwich Islands and a vocabulary of their language.
Edinburgh, for A. Constable, etc., 1816. 8vo. Original half calf, spine ribbed and gilt, with title-label. With folding engraved map. 288 pp. Full description >>

Related Subjects: Cartography  China  Hawaii  Japan  Pacific 

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Travel account with magnificent series of views; a superb set in the most original condition possible

Travel account with magnificent series of views; a superb set in the most original condition possible Travel account with magnificent series of views; a superb set in the most original condition possible Travel account with magnificent series of views; a superb set in the most original condition possible Travel account with magnificent series of views; a superb set in the most original condition possible View picture(s)

6 CHORIS, Louis.
Vues et paysages des régions équinoxiales, recueillis dans un voyage autour du monde, par Louis Choris, avec une introduction et un text explicatif.
Paris, Paul Renouard, 1826. Six parts. Folio. Each part in original mauve printed printed wrappers, preserved in a green morocco box. With 24 lithographed plates. Full description >>

Related Subjects: Discovery & Exploration  Hawaii  Lithographs  Pacific  Travel & Voyages 

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Sailing the globe: visiting the Sandwich Islands and California

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7 DUHAUT-CILLY, Auguste.
Viaggio intorno al globo principalmente alla California ed alle Isole Sandwich negli anni 1826, 1827, 1828 e 1829.
Turin, Stabilimento Tipografico Fontana, 1841. 2 volumes. 8vo. Contemporary purple half calf with gilt title on gilt decorated spine. Marbled blue boards. With 4 wood-engraved plates: 'Veduta del porto e della vallata d'' Anarora nell' Isola di Waho.- Veduta di Monterye nell'Alta California, presa dalla rada.- Veduta della missione di San Luis rey nella California.- Veduta di Ross (Stabilimento Russo vicino alla Bodega).' XVI, 296; 592 pp. Full description >>

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The exemplary life of a native of Hawaiï

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8 DWIGHT, Edwin Welles.
Memoir of Henry Obookiah, a Native of the Sandwich  Islands, who died at Cornwall, Connecticut, February  17, 1818, aged 26. Revised edition.
New York, The American Tract Society, (ca. 1830). 12mo. Contemporary half calf. With engraved portrait of Henry Obookiah by Dagget, Hinman & Co. for frontispiece. 124 pp. Full description >>

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Cook's third voyage - an account by the assistant surgeon of the expedition

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9 ELLIS, William.
An authentic narrative of a voyage performed by Captain Cook and Captain Clerke, in his majesty's ships Resolution and Discovery, during the years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779 and 1780; in search of a North-West passage between the continents of Asia and America. Including a faithful account of all their discoveries, and the unfortunate death of Captain Cook.
Second edition. London, G. Robinson, J. Sewell and J. Debrett, 1783. 2 vols. 8vo. Contemporary calf. With one folding engraved chart showing the tracks and discoveries in the Pacific Ocean made by Captain Cook and Captain Clerke and 21 full-page engraved plates showing natives from the Sandwich Islands, views of islands, natives in canoes, a Kamtschatka travelling in the winter and many more. (12), 358, (1); (4), 347, (4) pp. Full description >>

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First edition of narrative of a journey to Brazil, Chile, Peru and the Sandwich Islands

First edition of narrative of a journey to Brazil, Chile, Peru and the Sandwich Islands First edition of narrative of a journey to Brazil, Chile, Peru and the Sandwich Islands First edition of narrative of a journey to Brazil, Chile, Peru and the Sandwich Islands First edition of narrative of a journey to Brazil, Chile, Peru and the Sandwich Islands First edition of narrative of a journey to Brazil, Chile, Peru and the Sandwich Islands View picture(s)

10 MATHISON, Gilbert Farquhar.
Narrative of a visit to Brazil, Chile, Peru and the Sandwich Islands, during the years 1821 and 1822. With miscellaneous remarks on the past and present state, and political prospects of those countries.
London, for Charles Knight, 1825. 8vo. Later three quarter green painted calf, gilt tooled spine and black gilt morocco title label. Engraved folding map of the Sandwich Islands by Cruchley, handcoloured lithographed frontispiece of  "Riding costume of Peruvian females" and three handcoloured lithographed plates showing, Females of Lima, an Ancient stone found in the interior of Woahoo and a Sandwich Islander. XII, (4), 478 pp. Full description >>

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First edition of a very rare and little-known journal of an important voyage to the Pacific

First edition of a very rare and little-known journal of an important voyage to the Pacific First edition of a very rare and little-known journal of an important voyage to the Pacific First edition of a very rare and little-known journal of an important voyage to the Pacific First edition of a very rare and little-known journal of an important voyage to the Pacific First edition of a very rare and little-known journal of an important voyage to the Pacific View picture(s)

11 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 >>

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The account of a voyage of a Swedish privateer together with a vivid travelaccount on Germany

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12 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 >>

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Marooned for 40 months on a deserted island

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13 PÉRON, Pierre François.
Memoires du Capitaine Péron, sur ses voyages aux côtes d'Afrique, en Arabie, à l'île d'Amsterdam, aux îles d'Anjouan et de Mayotte, aux côtes Nord-Ouest de l'Amérique, aux îles Sandwich, à la Chine, etc.
Paris, Lachevardiere for Brissot-Thivars, 1824. 2 parts in one vol. 8vo. Modern half vellum, title on spine lettered in ink, old covers. With 2 lithographed folding plates and 4 folding maps, one of Amsterdam Island and 3 of parts of the North West coast of America, by G. Engelmann. (4), VI, 328, (4), 359, (1) pp. Full description >>

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The most spectacular fishes from Hawaii in a leporello book

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14 [HAWAII].
Hawaiian fishes.
(Honolulu, James Steiner, c. 1910). Oblong 12mo., 12,5 x 17, 5 cm. Publishers red cloth, gilt title and illustration of a Hawaiian beach on frontcover. 12 beautifully chromolithographs of fishes (ca. 12 x 16cm.), folded in the form of a leporello book (concertina); captions printed in red. Advertisement for the Honolulu Aquarium pasted at back cover. Full description >>

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Cook's third and final voyage of discovery

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15 [RICKMAN, John].
Troisieme voyage de Cook, ou journal d'une expédition faite dans la Mer Pacifique du Sud & du Nord, en 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779 & 1780. Traduit de l'anglois.
Paris, Pissot & Laporte 1782. 8vo. Later vellum-backed marbled boards. With folding engraved frontispiece showing Captain Cook's death at Kealakekua Bay (Hawaii), and a folding engraved chart illustrating the tracks of the Resolution and the Discovery, both made under the direction of Benard. X, 508 pp. Full description >>

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