Natural History, Travel, Atlases and Maps - L09770

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Natural History, Travel, Atlases And Maps

07 May 2009 • London

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Sale Number: L09770

233. comprising:

Estimate: 25,000 – 30,000 GBP

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234. A Poem on a Voyage of Discovery, undertaken by a brother of the author's with other sonnets, &c. London: Printed for C. and G. Kearsley, 1792

Estimate: 2,000 – 3,000 GBP

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235. An Authentic Narrative of a Voyage performed by Captain Cook and Captain Clerke... in search of a North-West Passage. London: Printed for G. Robinson, J. Sewell and J. Debrett, 1782

Estimate: 5,000 – 7,000 GBP

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236. A second Voyage round the World, in the years MDCCLXXII, LXXIII, LXXIV, LXXV. By James Cook, Esq. Commander of His Majesty's Bark The Resolution... Drawn up from authentic papers. London: Printed for the Editor, 1776

Estimate: 30,000 – 35,000 GBP

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237. A Voyage round the World; but more particularly to the North-West coast of America: performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon. London: Published by Geo. Goulding, 1789

Estimate: 5,000 – 7,000 GBP

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238. An account of a voyage for the discovery of a North-West Passage by Hudson's Streights to the Western and Southern Ocean of America. Performed in the year 1746 and 1747, in the ship California, Capt. Francis Smith, Commander. By the clerk of the California. London: Jolliffe, Corbett and Clarke, 1748-1749

Estimate: 15,000 – 20,000 GBP

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240. Voyage de La Pérouse autour de la monde. Paris: Plassan, 1798

Estimate: 5,000 – 7,000 GBP

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241. A Voyage round the World, in the years 1803, 4, 5, & 6; performed by order of His Imperial Majesty Alexander the first, Emperor of Russia, in the ship Neva. London: for John Booth, 1814

Estimate: 15,000 – 20,000 GBP

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242. Voyages and Travels of an Indian Interpreter and Trader, describing the manners and customs of the North American Indians; with an account of the posts situated on the River Saint Laurence, Lake Ontario, &c., to which is added a vocabulary of the Chippeway language. London: Printed for the author, 1791

Estimate: 2,000 – 3,000 GBP

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243. The History of the Late War in North-America, and the Islands of the West-Indies, including the campaigns of MDCCLXIII and MDCCLXIV against His Majesty's Indian enemies. London: Printed for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1772

Estimate: 15,000 – 20,000 GBP

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244. Voyages made in the years 1788 and 1789, from China to the north west coast of America. To which are prefixed an introductory narrative of a voyage performed in 1786, from Bengal, in the ship Nootka; observations on the probable existence of a North West Passage; and some account of the trade between the north west coast of America and China; and the latter country and Great Britain. London: Printed at the Logographic Press for J. Walter, 1790, first edition, stipple engraved portrait of Meares by C. Westland after W. Beechey, 10 engraved maps and charts (3 folding), 17 plates (most sepia aquatints, 7 folding), list of subscribers, one or two flaws affecting text as at E1, short tear to first map, some spotting, [Sabin 47260; Wagner, Northwest Coast, 758-766; Abbey, Travel, 594; Hill, p.195; Streeter VI 3491]

Estimate: 40,000 – 50,000 GBP

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245. The Journal of a Voyage... for making discoveries towards the North Pole... To which is prefixed, an account of the several voyages undertaken for the discovery of a North-East Passage to China and Japan. London: Printed for F. Newbery, 1774, 2 folding engraved maps, one plate, [Sabin 62573], without final blank

Estimate: 10,000 – 15,000 GBP

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