Exploration and Travel
Catalog Information: 451 lots | 376 with images
Lot 1: JOHN NEWTON (1754-1844)
JOHN NEWTON (1754-1844)A New Terrestrial Globe, [London]: 1800. A 2¾in. (7cm.) diameter terrestrial pocket globe made up of 12 hand-coloured engraved gores with iron axis pins, the equinoctial line in yellow, the ecliptic line in green, both graduate [...more]
Lot 2: DUDLEY ADAMS (1762-1830)
DUDLEY ADAMS (1762-1830)A New Globe of the Earth, [London: ca. 1808]. A fine 3in. (7.6cm.) diameter terrestrial pocket globe made up of 12 hand-coloured engraved gores by J. Mynde, the equator or equinoctial in yellow, the ecliptic and the meridian i [...more]
Lot 2A: Peregrinationis divi Pauli typus corographicus. [Antwerp:] 1579 [but 1601 or 1612], 345 x 500mm. Hand-coloured engraved map, 2 oval illustrations of biblical scenes in upper border, ornamented with galleons and sea-monsters, Latin text on verso.
ABRAHAM ORTELIUS (1527-1598) Peregrinationis divi Pauli typus corographicus. [Antwerp:] 1579 [but 1601 or 1612], 345 x 500mm. Hand-coloured engraved map, 2 oval illustrations of biblical scenes in upper border, ornamented with galleons and sea-monste [...more]
Lot 3: ALEXANDER DALRYMPLE (1737-1808)
ALEXANDER DALRYMPLE (1737-1808)An Historical Collection of the Several Voyages and Discoveries in the South Pacific Ocean. London: for the Author, sold by J. Nourse, T. Payne and P. Elmsley, 1770-1771. 2 volumes, 4° (263 x 202mm.). Letterpress includ [...more]
Lot 4: JAMES BURNEY (1750-1821)
JAMES BURNEY (1750-1821)A Chronological History of the Discoveries in the South Sea or Pacific Ocean. London: Luke Hansard for G. and W.Nicol [and others], 1803-1817. 5 vols, 4° (298 x 233mm.). 28 engraved maps (16 folding), 13 engraved plates. (Some [...more]
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