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History of travayle in the West and East Indies, and other countreys lying eyther way, towardes the fruitfull and ryche Moluccaes
Lacks title page; trimming affects marginal notes; leaf 2M8 torn, affecting printed marginalia; wormtrack. Annotations in early and modern hands ; signed "Liber Richardi Framptoni" on [fleuron]6v (crossed out), 2L4v and 3O2v. A translation, with some…
A voyage to the Pacific Ocean
Vol. 1: viii, [1], vi-xii, 370 p., [19] leaves of plates : 17 ill., 1 port., 1 chart ; v. 2: xii, 359, [1] p., [11] leaves of plates : 10 ill.; v. 3: xii, 400 p., [17] leaves of plates (2 folded) : 16 ill., 2 maps (on 1 plate); v. 4: xii, 310, [64]…
Narrative of a journey to the shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819-20-21-22
Vol. 1 contains folded map bound in after the half-title : A chart of the discoveries & route of the northern land expedition, under the command of Captain Franklin, R.N. in the years 1820 & 21, laid down under his inspection by the officers…
Tags: 19th century, Arctic, Canada, exploration, history, Inuit, map, natural history, Schulich gift, travel
Report of the exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842, and to Oregon and north California in the years 1843-'44
A parallel edition, with its own versions of the plates, was printed and issued by order of the Senate as document no. 174, with imprint: Washington : Gales & Seaton, Printers, 1845 (Checklist Amer. imprints 45-2519).
The astronomical and…
The astronomical and…
Narrative of the United States exploring expedition
" ... This edition ... contains ... the same type, page and reading matter, as the one in imperial octavo; the difference between them being in the quality and size of the paper; the substitution of forty-seven wood-cuts for that number of steel…
The Japan expedition
The Japan expedition under the command of Sydney Smith Lee.
Tags: 19th century, Asia, exploration, history, illustrated, Japan, Schulich gift, travel
Overland explorations in Siberia, northern Asia, and the great Amoor River country
Library's copy imperfect: map and plan wanting.
First ed. published in 1860 under title: A voyage down the Amoor.
Publisher's advertisements ([8] pages) at end.
First ed. published in 1860 under title: A voyage down the Amoor.
Publisher's advertisements ([8] pages) at end.
Tags: 19th century, Asia, China, exploration, history, Japan, Russia, Schulich gift, travel
Illustrations of the manners, customs & condition of the North American Indians
Binder's ticket: "Restored by Pierre Thibaudeau", rebound using original publisher's covers, original spines bound in at end of each volume.
Hudson Bay, or, Everyday life in the wilds of North America
Added illustrated title page; illustrations engraved by Berveiller and Morison after Forster, Bayard and Ballantyne.
"Preface to fourth edition", pages [vii]-viii.
Bookseller's ticket: "Henderson & Co., stationers, Ottawa"
"Preface to fourth edition", pages [vii]-viii.
Bookseller's ticket: "Henderson & Co., stationers, Ottawa"
Through the Yellowstone Park on horseback
Folded map in pocket, bottom cover: Map of the Yellowstone National Park compiled from different official explorations and our personal survey, 1882 [by] Carl J. Hals and A. Rydström.
Roald Amundsen's "The North West passage"
Includes index.
With: Map of King Haakon VII Coast and Queen Maud's Sea, and of Lieut. Hansen and Sergt. Ristveldt's sledge expedition 1905 (compiled by Lieut. Hansen)
With: Route of the Gjöa through the North West Passage.
With: Map of King Haakon VII Coast and Queen Maud's Sea, and of Lieut. Hansen and Sergt. Ristveldt's sledge expedition 1905 (compiled by Lieut. Hansen)
With: Route of the Gjöa through the North West Passage.
With the Russians in Mongolia
Includes index.
Publisher's advertisements ([4] pages) and catalogue (16 pages) at end.
Publisher's advertisements ([4] pages) and catalogue (16 pages) at end.
The fight for Everest : 1924
Includes index. Signed on title page by Sir Edmund Hillary.
The six voyages of John Baptista Tavernier
A translation, by John Phillips, of: Tavernier, Jean-Baptiste. Les six voyages de Jean-Baptiste Tavernier.
Printer's name from Wing CD.
The second part has separate title page with imprint "printed in the year, 1678", pagination and…
Printer's name from Wing CD.
The second part has separate title page with imprint "printed in the year, 1678", pagination and…
Tags: 17th century, Asia, engraved illustrations, exploration, folio, history, illustrated, India, Iran, Japan, map, Schulich gift, travel, Turkey, woodcut illustrations
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Liber chronicarum
Hand-coloured by Johann Kruyshaar c. 1521, his and other early marginal notes (some shaved) intermittently throughout, including his catalogue of the…