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Arctic Journal of Captain Henry Wemyss Feilden, R.A., the Naturalist in H.M.S. Alert, 1875-1876
Inbunden, 2019
1734 kr
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The British Arctic Expedition of 1875–6 was the first major British naval expedition to the high Arctic where science was almost as important as geographical exploration. Henry Wemyss Feilden, an army officer, was chosen as one of two naturalists on board HMS Alert. He kept a detailed daily journal …
Spanish and Portuguese Conflict in the Spice Islands
The Loaysa Expedition to the Moluccas 1525-1535. From Book XX of the General and Natural History of the Indies by Gonzalo Fernández De Oviedo Y Valdés
Inbunden, 2021
935 kr
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Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés' account of the second and third Spanish Expeditions to the Moluccas.Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés (1478-1557), warden of the fortress and port of Santo Domingo on the Island of Hispaniola, also served his Emperor, Charles V, as the official chronicler of …
Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands in the South Pacific Ocean
With an Original Grammar and Vocabulary of their Language Compiled and Arranged from the Extensive Communications of Mr William Mariner, Several Years Resident in Those Islands. By John Martin, M.D.
Av Ian C. Campbell, Nigel Statham
Inbunden, 2022
1613 kr
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John Martin (1789-1869) was a London-based, Edinburgh-educated physician interested in anthropological matters. This comprehensive account of Tongan Society is his only book. He was inspired to write it by a chance encounter with its subject, William Mariner (1791-1853) who spent four years …
Richard Hakluyt: A Bibliography 1580–1588
with essays on The Suppression of the Voyage to Cadiz in Hakluyt’s Principal Navigations and Hakluyt and the East India Company
Inbunden, 2024
1851 kr
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This bibliography concerns the ten works written by or produced with the involvement of Richard Hakluyt (1552-1616) between 1580 and 1588, describing each book and its history with as much primary and secondary documentation as possible. The introduction gives a brief notice of Hakluyt's life and …
Russian Faith, Honour, & Courage Displayed in a Faithfull Narrative of the Russian Expedition by Sea (1769 & 1770)
by Rear Admiral John Elphinstone late Commander in Chief of a Squadron of Her Imperial Majesty’s Ships & Captain in His Majesty’s Royal Navy compiled from Original Letters, Papers & Journals.
Av John Elphinstone, Julia Leikin m. fl.
Inbunden, 2024
2578 kr
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Scientific Voyage in the Southern Hemisphere and Around the World
Narrative Journal of Joseph-Paul Gaimard Commissioned Surgeon of the Marine Royale
Av Joseph-Paul Gaimard, Sylvie Brassard m. fl.
Inbunden, 2025
1796 kr
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The aims of the expedition of the French corvette Uranie, which left Toulon for a planned global circumnavigation in September 1817, were scientific. Gravity and magnetic fields were to be measured, natural history specimens were to be collected and primitive societies were to be studied. There …
Russian Faith, Honour, & Courage Displayed in a Faithfull Narrative of the Russian Expedition by Sea (1769 & 1770)
by Rear Admiral John Elphinstone late Commander in Chief of a Squadron of Her Imperial Majesty’s Ships & Captain in His Majesty’s Royal Navy compiled from Original Letters, Papers & Journals.
Av John Elphinstone, Julia Leikin m. fl.
Häftad, 2025
670 kr
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Captain John Elphinstone's first-hand account of serving the Russian Empress Catherine the Great in the Russian navy during the Russian-Ottoman war and at the famous Battle of Çeşme.Russian Faith, Honour & Courage Displayed in a Faithfull Narrative of the Russian Expedition by Sea in the Years 1769 …
Javanese Travels of Purwalelana
A Nobleman’s Account of his Journeys across the Island of Java 1860-1875
Av Judith E. Bosnak, Frans X. Koot
Häftad, 2024
456 kr
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The Javanese nobleman Radèn as Arya Candranegara V (1837-85), alias Purwalelana, journeyed across his homeland during the rapidly changing times of the nineteenth century between 1860 annd 1875. His eye-witness account gives an inside view of Java, at that time part of the Dutch East Indies. He …
Levant Voyage of the Blackham Galley (1696-1698)
The Sea Journal of John Looker, Ship’s Surgeon
Av Colin Heywood, Edmond Smith
Häftad, 2022
386 kr
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This volume publishes for the first time, the journal kept by John Looker (?1670—1715) recording his service as ship’s surgeon on the Blackham Galley, a London-built merchantman on its second trading voyage to the Levant, between December 1696 and March 1698. divides naturally into three parts. The …
Taking Newton On Tour
The Grand Tour Travel Diary Of Martin Folkes (1690–1754)
Inbunden, 2025
1796 kr
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This volume provides a critical edition of an exceptional example of the 'Scientific Grand Tour' taken by Martin Folkes. Martin Folkes (1690-1754) was Newton's protégé, antiquary, mathematician, and the only simultaneous president of the Royal Society and the Society of Antiquaries. In 1733-5, he …
Thomas Hoby's Life and Travels 1547-1564
with diverse things worth noting, written by himself
Inbunden, 2026
1851 kr
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Thomas Hoby's Life and Travels 1547-1564, the first text of The Grand Tour.This is a rare autograph journal preserved in the British Library, recording the experiences of the 16th-century traveller, scholar, and diplomat Sir Thomas Hoby. Beginning his travels at 17, Hoby documents his studies in …
English Travellers to Venice 1450 -1600
Häftad, 2026
670 kr
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English Travellers to Venice 1450 -1600 contains 35 separate accounts of the experiences of a wide range of English travellers to Venice. These accounts, drawn from contemporary manuscript and printed sources, provide vivid impressions of the challenges and hardships endured by visitors to the city …
Levant Voyage of the Blackham Galley (1696-1698)
The Sea Journal of John Looker, Ship’s Surgeon
Av Colin Heywood, Edmond Smith
Inbunden, 2022
1077 kr
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This volume publishes for the first time, the journal kept by John Looker (?1670—1715) recording his service as ship’s surgeon on the Blackham Galley, a London-built merchantman on its second trading voyage to the Levant, between December 1696 and March 1698. divides naturally into three parts. The …
