Exploration and Discovery, 1576-1939, The Library of Franklin Brooke- Hitching, Part 3, K-P - L15411

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Exploration And Discovery, 1576-1939, The Library Of Franklin Brooke- Hitching, Part 3, K-P

19 March 2015 • London

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Sale Number: L15411

785. Narrative of a Journey from Caunpoor to the Boorendo Pass in the Himalaya Mountains… and Captain Alexander Gerard’s account of an attempt to penetrate by Bekhur to Garoo, and the Lake Manasarowara. London: J. Madden, 1840

Estimate: 500 – 800 GBP

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786. Remarkable Discoveries in Central Australia… including Stuart's third and successful attempt to reach the northern coast. Dublin: University Press, 1863

Estimate: 1,200 – 1,800 GBP

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787. The Circle Squared. To which is added, a problem to discover the longitude both at land and sea, by means of a new instrument which discovers the hour of the day or night in any latitude, as well as the latitude itself. London: C. Ackers for the Author, 1730

Estimate: 300 – 400 GBP

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788. 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. Names of furs and skins, in English and French. A list of words in the Iroquois, Mohegan, Shawanee, and Esquimeaux Tongues. London: for the Author, 1791

Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000 GBP

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789. An Act for Providing a Publick Reward for such Person or Persons as shall Discover the Longitude at Sea. London: John Baskett, 1714, FIRST EDITION, folio (285 x 190mm.), 6pp. (pp.353-358), disbound

Estimate: 3,000 – 5,000 GBP

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790. A Display of two forraigne sects in the East Indies viz: the Sect of the Banians the Ancient Natives of India and the Sect of the Persees the Ancient Inhabitants of Persia. London: Francis Constable, 1630

Estimate: 1,500 – 2,500 GBP

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791. The Naturalist in Vancouver Island and British Columbia. London: Richard Bentley, 1866

Estimate: 200 – 300 GBP

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792. The Land of the Sun: Sketches of Travel... in the East. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1870

Estimate: 1,000 – 1,500 GBP

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793. The Real, Genuine, and Authentic Narrative of the Proceedings of Capt. James Lowrey, before and after he was appointed Commander of the Ship Molly. London: Printed for T. Harris, 1752

Estimate: 600 – 900 GBP

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794. Rovings in the Pacific, from 1837 to 1849; with a Glance at California. By a Merchant long resident at Tahiti. London: Longman, Brown [&c.], 1851

Estimate: 500 – 700 GBP

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795. Notes on Rio de Janeiro, and the southern parts of Brazil; taken during a residence of ten years in that country, from 1808 to 1818. London: Samuel Leigh, 1820

Estimate: 700 – 1,000 GBP

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796. A Journey from Merut in India, to London, through Arabia, Persia, Armenia, Georgia, Russia, Austria, Switzerland, and France. London: Black, Kingsbury [&c.], 1822

Estimate: 2,000 – 3,000 GBP

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