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"This work ranks with the voyages of Cook and La Pérouse among the most important of the 18th and 19th centuries"

VANCOUVER, George. Reisen nach dem nördlichem[!] Theile der Südsee während der Jahre 1790 bis 1795. Aus dem Englischen übersetzt und mit Anmerkungen begleitet von Joh. Friedr. Wilh. Herbst.
Berlin, (colophon: printed by Johann Wilhelm Schmidt) for the Vossische Buchhandlung, 1799-1800. 2 volumes. 8vo. With a large folding engraved map (52 x 42 cm) by Ferdinand Sprögel (Berlin, 1800) of the northwest coast of America, and 2 folding aquatints. Contemporary half calf. [2], 386; VIII, 406 pp. Full description
€ 2,950
Arctic & Antarctic Canada & Greenland China Hawaii North America Pacific Islands Travel & Voyages East Asia Travel & Voyages North America Travel & Voyages Pacific
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In search of a northeast passage

VEER, Gerrit de (et al.). Verhael van de eerste schip-vaert der Hollandische ende Zeeusche schepen door 't Way-gat, by Noorden Noorwegen, Moscovien ende Tartarien, na de coninckrijcken Cathay ende China. Met drie schepen, uyt Texel gezeylt in den jare 1594. Hier achter is by-ghevoeght de beschrijvinghe van de landen Siberien, Samoyeda, ende Tingoesa. Seer vreemt en vermaackelijck om lesen.
Amsterdam, for Joost Hartgers, 1648. 4to. With woodcut illustration on title-page and a double-page engraved plate with 6 illustrations. Old marbled wrappers. [2], 57, [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 3,950
Eastern Europe Russia (incl. Siberia) Scandinavia Travel & Voyages Asia Travel & Voyages Europe
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An interesting unbiassed lecture on the history and culture of China
by the vice-president of the Bataviaasch Genootschap at Batavia

VINNE, Jan van der. Bijdragen tot de kennis van het Rijk van China, voorgelezen in de Algemene vergadering van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, op den 25sten mei 1842.
Batavia, [Landsdrukkerij/Drukkerij van het Bat. Genootschap], 1842. 8vo. Half green cloth, marbled sides. [2], 62 pp. Full description
€ 450
China Indonesia / Dutch East Indies
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Famous Dutch voyages of discovery, with 2 maps, 1 plan and 61 plates

[VOC - WIC]. Nederlandsche reizen, tot bevordering van den koophandel, na de meest afgelegene gewesten des aardkloots. ... Met plaaten. Eerste[-veertiende of laatste] deel.
Amsterdam, Peterus Conradi; Harlingen, W. van der Plaats, 1784-1787. 14 volumes bound as 6. 8vo. With 2 engraved folding maps, 1 engraved folding city plan and 61 engraved plates (56 folding) including many topographic views. Uniform half tree calf (ca. 1820?), gold-tooled spines. Full description
€ 9,500
Australia China Eastern Europe Japan & Far East Mutiny, Piracy & Shipwrecks Pacific Islands Russia (incl. Siberia) Scandinavia South America Southeast Asia Southern Africa Surinam Travel & Voyages Africa Travel & Voyages Asia Travel & Voyages East Asia Travel & Voyages South America VOC WIC
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One of the earliest descriptions of Siberia

WITSEN, Nicolaas. Noord en Oost Tartaryen: behelzende eene beschryving van verscheidene Tartersche en nabuurige gewesten; in de noorder en oostelykste deelen van Aziën en Europa; zedert naauwkeurig onderzoek van veele jaaren, en eigen ondervinding ontworpen, beschreven, geteekent, en in 't licht gegeven ... Tweede druk, nieuwe uitgaaf, verrykt met eene inleiding tot het werk, en met eene meenigte afbeeldingen versierd.
Amsterdam, M. Schalekamp, 1785. 2 volumes. Folio. With 2 richly engraved allegorical frontispieces, title-page printed in red and black, 8 double-page engraved maps, 93 full-page engraved maps, views, portraits and plates.
Uniform contemporary half calf and paper over boards. Vol. 1: [18], XXV, [1 blank], 503 pp; vol. 2: [503]-968, [18] pp. Full description
€ 50,000
Anthropology & Ethnography Charts & Maps Russia (incl. Siberia)
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Rare missionary reports from Africa, India and the East Indies,
including letters from the grand-nephew of Saint Francis Xavier

[XAVIER, Jerome, and others]. Raguagli d'alcune missioni fatte dalli padri della Compagnia di Giesu nell'Indie Orientali, cioè nelle provincie di Goa, e Coccinno, e nell'Africa in Capo Verde.
Rome, Bartolomeo Zannetti, 1615. Small 8vo (14 x 9 cm).18th-century(?) sheepskin parchment. 165, [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 9,500
China Church History & Missions East Africa India & Sri Lanka Indonesia / Dutch East Indies Jesuits Southern Africa West Africa
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Early edition of the 1588 Korean translation of a classic Confucian schoolbook

ZHU XI (CHU HSI). [In Korean:] Sohak eonhae [In Chinese:] Xiaoxue jizhu [= Elementary learning].
[Korea], [1744?]. Folio (32.5 x 21.5 cm). With the pages printed in pairs (each page 17 x 10 characters) from 2-page woodblocks, each in a frame of thick rules, with thin rules between the columns, the title and leaf number between the pages on the fore-edge fold, with 2 decorations (4 leaves in white on black above the title and below the leaf number). Printed on Asian (probably paper mulberry bark) paper, with clear chainlines (about 20 mm apart) and laidlines (about 2.1 mm apart), with the text in a mixture of hanja (Chinese characters) and hangul (the Korean alphabet). Contemporary Korean spineless wrappers with an embossed diaper pattern (made from interwoven diagonal triple lines) on the inside (mostly covered by the paste-down), side-stitched and oversewn through 5 holes, with manuscript title on the front wrapper and the spine edge. 66 double ll. Full description
€ 25,000
China Japan & Far East
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