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A 'Papillon'- as well as a 'j'accuse' avant-la-lettre View picture(s) 1 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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The adventures of a pirate View picture(s) 2 BAWIER, Franz Urban. Des See-Capitains Franz Urban Bawiers merckwürdige Reisen und Begebenheiten seine Kriegsdienste zu Lande Seefahrten nach Ost- und Westindien und endliche Wohlfarth von ihm selbst beschrieben. Frankfurt a.M. and Leipzig, Georg Peter Monath, 1752. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine ribbed and gilt with yellow title label, marbled boards and edges. With 4 (of 5) full-page engraved plates. [8], 408 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: America [Central]  America [South]  Literature  Piracy  Shipwrecks  Travel & Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Description of Atjeh on Sumatra View picture(s) 3 BEAULIEU, August. De rampspoedige scheepvaart der Franschen naar Oostindien, met drie schepen, uit Normandyen. Daar in  hy vertoont, niet alleenlijk de rampen en tegenspoeden, die hem in deze reis overgekomen zijn, en 't verlies van twee zijner schepen, in deze tocht verloren: maar ook veel aanmerkelijke beschrijvingen der plaatsen, daar hy geweest heeft, zijn handelingen met d'inwoonders, hun wetten, zeden en gewoonten. Beneffens verscheide  naaukeurige historien van die gewesten; daar in de geveinstheit, list, bedroch, wreetheit, en in 't kort de gruwelen der groten van die landen, en inzonderheid der Vorsten van Achem, vertoont worden. Door J.H. Glazemaker uit de Fransche taal getrokken en vertaalt. Amsterdam, Jan Tieuwertsz, Pieter Arentsz, 1669. 4to. Modern half vellum. With 7 (of 8) full-page engraved plates by Savery. (4), 170, (2 blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Asia  Cartography  East Indies  Indonesia  Popular Books  Shipwrecks  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Compelling account of shipwreck and survival View picture(s) 4 BONTEKOE, Willem Ysbrantsz. Journael ofte gedenckwaerdige beschrijvinge van de Oost-Indische reyse. Begrijpende veel wonderlijcke en ghevaerlijcke saecken hem daer in weder-varen. Begonnen den 18. December 1618. en vol-eynd den 16. November 1625. Waer by gevoegd is het Journael van Dirck Albertsz Raven, als oock verscheyden gedenckwaerdige geschiedenissen, op veel plaetsen verbetert en een groot deel vermeerdert. Amsterdam, Joost Hartgers, 1648. 2 parts in 1 volume. 4to. Modern marbled wrappers. With 2 title-pages, both with large woodcut title vignette with two ships on both titles, and double-page engraved plate with 6 views of the ship at fire and in a storm, the islands St. Mary, Samatra and Princes Eyland, and an image of flying fishes. [4], 76 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Dutch  East Indies  Shipwrecks  Travel & Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Piracy & shipwrecks: travelling to the Indies via the Cape of Good Hope in the 18th century View picture(s) 5 BUCQUOY, Jacob de. Sechzehenjährige Reise nach Indien; Aus dem Holländischen nach der 2. Ausg. übersetzt: Nebst einem Auszuge aus Jakob Frankens unglücklichen Reise in den Jahren 1756-1760. Leipzig, Christian Gottlob Hilscher, 1771. 8vo. Modern mottled boards with grey label on spine. With 2 folding engraved plates (a map of the coast of Malabar & Coromandel, and a map & coastal view). [24], 326 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  East Indies  German  Shipwrecks  Travel & Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Adventures in India View picture(s) 6 CAMPBELL, Donald. A narrative of the extraordinary adventures, and sufferings by shipwreck & Imprisonment of Donald Campbell, Esq. of Barbreck: With the singular humours of his tartar guide, Hassan Artaz: comprising the occurrences of four years and five days in an overland journey to India. London, Printed for Vernor and Hood, 1796. 8vo. 19th century cloth with black title label. Frontispiece. XI, 1 blank, 276 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  India  Shipwrecks  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The wreck of the Aerd van Nes View picture(s) 7 CARSJENS, F.M. Het vergaan van het Nederlandsch fregatschip Aerd van Nes, benevens de lotgevallen der bemanning, bij haar jammerlijk rondzwerven gedurende bijna zes maanden. Amsterdam, Gebroeders Kraay, 1855. 8vo. Original printed wrappers. VIII, 91 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Australia & New Zealand  Dutch  Shipwrecks  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Detailed early description on Newfoundland and Labrador View picture(s) 8 CHAPPELL, Lt. Edward. Voyage of His Majesty's ship Rosamond to Newfoundland and the Southern coast of Labrador of which countries no account has been published by any British traveller since the reign of Queen Elisabeth. London, R. Wates for J. Mawman, 1818. 8vo. Contemporary English diced Russia calf, double fillets along the edges of both sides, ribbed spine with black title label. With an engraved frontispiece, 1 folding engraved map coloured in outlines, 2 full-page engraved plates, and 5 engravings in the text. [10], XIX, [1], 270, [2] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: America, North  Americana  Arctic  Canada  Eskimo  Native Americans  Shipwrecks  Travel & Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Portuguese shipwreck turned into literature View picture(s) 9 CORTE REAL, Jeronimo. Naufragio, e lastimoso successo da perdiçaõ de Manoel de Sousa de sepulveda, e dona lianor de sá, sua mulher, e filhos, vindo da India para este reyno Náo chamada o Galiaõ grande S. João, que se perdeo no cabo de Boa-Esperança, na terra do natal; E a peregrinaçaõ, que tiveraõrodeando terras de Cafres, mais de 300 legoas, té sua morte. Lisboa, Na Typografia Rollandiana, 1783. 8vo. Modern marbled calf with richly gilt spine. XIV, (1, 1 blank), 351 (1 blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Literary History  Literature  Portugal  Shipwrecks  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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With beautiful plates designed by Bouchot View picture(s) 10 DEFOE, Daniel. Aventures de Robinson Crusoé. Traduction Nouvelle. Paris, Librairie de l'Enfance & de la Jeunesse, P.C. Lehuby, 1843. Contemp. boards. With fine illustrated engraved title within allegorical borders by C. Lemercier, and 20 full-page engraved plates, all within allegorical borders by Trichon, Bertrand and Poujet after designs by Bouchot. VIII, 472 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Children's Books  Literature  Robinson Crusoe  Shipwrecks  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Shipwrecks! View picture(s) 11 DEPERTHES, Jean Louis Herbert Simon; EYRIÈS, J.B.B. (editor). Histoire des naufrages, ou recueil des realtions les plus intéressantes des naufrages, hivernemens, délaissemens, incendies, et autres événemens funestes arrivés sur mer. Nouvelle édition. Paris, Dufour et Compagnie, 1825. 3 vols. 12mo. Contemporary mottled calf, marbled endpapers, yellow edges. With 3 engraved frontispieces by De Lignon and Dupréel after Gosse, and 3 engraved plates (one by Boulot after Gosse). (4), 400; (4), 468; 390, (2) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  French  Shipwrecks  Travel & Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Naval battles & corsairs View picture(s) 12 DUGUAY-TROUIN. [OZANNE, Nicolas-Marie]. Recueil des combats de Duguay-Trouin les campagnes de Duguay-Trouin. Paris, Chez le Sr. le Gouaz, (ca. 1790). Folio (41.5 x 29 cm). Original half green vellum with marbled boards. 15 plates, including the engraved title page, and engraved portrait, neither with enumerations, followed by nu. III through XV. followed by the advertisement, the Explication de cettes figure, which depicts a ship, giving 48 terms for its various masts, sails, etc. Two double page maps ("Carte ou l'on voit le lieu des combats en recontree de l'ennemi" and "Plan de Rio de Janeiro"). And 18 scenes of naval battles. 14 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: French  Maritime History  Militaria  Ships & Shipbuilding  Shipwrecks  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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From the library of Imperator Alexander I View picture(s) 13 ESMENARD, Joseph-Alphonse. La navigation, Poème. Paris, Chez Giguet et Michaud, 1806. 8vo. Red straight-grain morocco, gilt coat of arms of Tsar Alexander in gilt on both covers. Frontispiece and a full page plate illustration of the wreck of La Perouse. Full description >> Related Subjects: Armorial Bindings  Bindings  Poetry  Provenance  Russia  Shipwrecks  Travel & Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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One of the liveliest and best of the shipwreck narratives View picture(s) 14 GOODRIDGE, Charles Medyett. Narrative of a voyage to the south seas, and the shipwreck of the Princess of Wales Cutter, with an account of two years residence on an uninhabited island. Fourth edition. Exeter, W.C. Featherstone, 1841. 8vo. Original blind-stamped purple cloth. Lithographed frontispiece and two plates. [22], [11] - 170 pp. plus a tipped in errata. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Australia & New Zealand  Hunting  Shipwrecks  South Seas  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Interesting story of a shipwreck on the Coromandel coast in 1761 View picture(s) 15 KEARNY, Monsieur DE. Naufrage et retour en Europe de monsieur de Kearny (= half title). Lettre à M. le comte d'Estaing, lieutenant-Général des armées du Roi, contenant un détail du naufrage dans l'Inde, & du retour en Europe de M. de Kearny ... Capitaine dans le Régiment de Lally (p. 3). (No place, 1762). 8vo. Contemporary speckled wrappers. 48 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  India  Shipwrecks  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The main source of early knowledge of the Pelew Islands in Micronesia in a Dutch translation View picture(s) 16 KEATE, George. Beschryving van de Pelew Eilanden, gelegen in het westlyk gedeelte van den Stillen Oceaan, opgesteld  uit de dagverhalen en mondelinge berigten van den Kaptein  Henry Wilson en sommigen van zyne officieren, welke  in Augustus 1783 aan dezelven schipbreuk geleden hebben met de Antelope, een paketboot, in dienst van de Engelsche Oostindische Maatschappy. Rotterdam, Gerard Abraham Arrenberg, 1789. 4to. Contemporary boards. With 4 full-page portraits, large folding map of the Northern Pacific, and 3 folding views, all engraved. XXXII, 365, [1] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Cartography  Discovery & Exploration  Exploration  Pacific  Shipwrecks  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Shipwreck in the Pacific View picture(s) 17 KEATE, George. Relation des Iles de Pelew, situées dans la partie occidentale de l'océan pacifique; Composée sur les journaux et les communications de Capitaine Henri Wilson, et de quelques-uns de ses Officiers ... Paris, Le Jay and Maradan, 1788. 2 volumes. 8vo. Contemporary half calf. With engraved portrait medallion of Wilson on frontispiece, folding map of the Palau Islands, Philippines and the Chinese Sea, 12 folding engraved plates with views of local scenery and utensils, 3 full-page portraits of local population. [4], 282; [4], 274, [6] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Discovery & Exploration  Pacific  Shipwrecks  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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First extensive biography on a notorious captain, smuggler and naval captain View picture(s) 18 M*** (= Nicolas Joseph MAREY). Vie du Capitaine Thurot. Paris, 1791. 8vo. Later marbled boards, new endpapers. 140 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Biography  Economy  French  Ships & Shipbuilding  Shipwrecks  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Important 16th-century narrative of a shipwreck near the Cape of Good Hope View picture(s) 19 MARTINEZ, Pierre. Raguaglio d'un notabilissimo naufragio, cavato da una lettera del P. Pietro Martinez, scritta da Goa. Al Molto Rever. P. Generale della Compania di giesu, Alli 9. di Decembre M.D. LXXVI. Venice, Giolito, 1588. 8vo. Contemporary vellum. 62 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  East Indies  Jesuits  Shipwrecks  South Africa  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Interesting edition of the account of the first Dutch circumnavigation by Olivier van Noort, 1598-1601 View picture(s) 20 NOORT, Olivier van. Journael van de wonderlijcke voyagie door de Straet Magalanes, ende voorts den gantschen kloot des aertbodems om, gedaen met vier scheepen, onder het beleydt van Olivier van Noordt, uytgevaren in 't jaer 1598. Verhalende de bysonderste vreemdicheden, haer op de reyse voorgevallen, als mede de zeden en manieren der inwoonderen, vreemde aerdt van vogelen, en beesten, etc. die zy daer te lande gezien hebben. Amsterdam, Gillis Joosten Saeghman, [1663]. 4to. 19th-century cloth. Woodcut of two ships on title page, full-page woodcut (153 x 1078 mm.) of a winged woman, ' Fama', blowing a trumpet and holding another trumpet in her left hand, floating above the globe, by Christoffel van Sichem, signed by the well-known CVS monogram with '(S)ichem. fecit." added; underneath a laudatory poem on Van Noort signed with "Hier na een Beter". 2 engravings (p. 7 and 8, after two plates of Hartgers) and 4 woodcut illustrations in the text, showing coastal views with ships and native fishing, a burning ship at sea, a pinguin, meeting with natives on an island, etc. 48 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Circumnavigation  Dutch  Shipwrecks  Travel & Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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