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Six Months in Ascension. A Unscientific Account of a Scientific Expedition. Ascension Island,...

Six Months in Ascension. A Unscientific Account of a Scientific Expedition.

London: John Murray, 1878. Life on Ascension Island with her husband Scottish Astronomer David Gill to measure the solar parallax-the distance between the Earth and the Sun-by observing Mars, which was then the closest to Earth than it had been for a century. Read More about Six Months in Ascension. A Unscientific Account of a Scientific Expedition

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A Voyage round the World…In the years 1776, 1767, 1768, and 1769…Translated from the French...

The First French Circumnavigation

A Voyage round the World…In the years 1776, 1767, 1768, and 1769…Translated from the French by John Reinhold Forster….

London: Printed for J. Nourse…and T. Davies…, 1772. First English Edition. The First French Circumnavigation. First English edition of the first French circumnavigation (first published in Paris, 1771). Bougainville’s command was to first turn over the Falkland (Malvinas) Islands to the Spanish, allies of the French. He tells the story..... Read More about A Voyage round the World…In the years 1776, 1767, 1768, and 1769…Translated from the French...

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A Voyage round the World…In the years 1776, 1767, 1768, and 1769…Translated from the French...

The First English Edition of the First French Circumnavigation

A Voyage round the World…In the years 1776, 1767, 1768, and 1769…Translated from the French by John Reinhold Forster F.A.S....

London: Printed for J. Nourse…and T. Davies…, 1772. First English Edition. The First English Edition of the First French Circumnavigation. Bougainville’s command was to first turn over the Falkland (Malvinas) Islands to the Spanish, allies of the French. He tells the story of the discovery and occupation of the Falklands..... Read More about A Voyage round the World…In the years 1776, 1767, 1768, and 1769…Translated from the French...

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An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries...

Complete Set of Cook's Three Voyages

An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere...

London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell; W. and A. Strahan, 1773; 1777; 1785. First editions of first two voyages; second edition of the third voyage. Complete Set of Cook's Three Voyages. A complete set of the official accounts of Cook's three voyages. "Captain's Cook's three great voyages form the basis..... Read More about An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries...

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Fiji Fire Ceremony]. Bolton Corney

[Fiji Fire Ceremony].

1892. There was an old Fijian legend of walking unharmed through native oven on hot white stones by the Matagali tribe, on the Island of Beqa. On 1 September 1892, the Governor of Fiji, Sir John Bates Thurston, arranged for the "Fire Ceremony" to be performed before the Vice-Regal Party..... Read More about Fiji Fire Ceremony

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Voyages Round the World; with Selected Sketches of Voyages to the South Seas, North and South...

Voyages Round the World; with Selected Sketches of Voyages to the South Seas, North and South Pacific Oceans, China, etc…betweeen...

New York: Collins & Hannay, 1833. First edition. The memoirs of one of America’s greatest explorers, containing the account of the first naval expedition to the southern hemisphere sponsored by the U.S. government. The author gives accounts of adventures in Australia, and includes tales of the rescue of the Rev..... Read More about Voyages Round the World; with Selected Sketches of Voyages to the South Seas, North and South...

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Noa Noa, Voyage de Tahiti]. [Edited by Julius Meier-Graeffe]. Paul Gauguin

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[Noa Noa, Voyage de Tahiti]. [Edited by Julius Meier-Graeffe].

[Munchen; Berlin: Marees-Gesellschaft. Verlag R. Piper & Co. Hersteller: Ganymed, 1926]. Number LVI of LXXX copies specially bound (limitation notice on front pastedown). Deluxe issue. The deluxe issue of this beautifully produced facsimile in color of Gauguin's original manuscript of his collaboration with the Symbolist poet Charles Morice. A version..... Read More about Noa Noa, Voyage de Tahiti]. [Edited by Julius Meier-Graeffe

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The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido for the Suppression of Piracy: With Extracts from the...

Suppressing the Pirates of Borneo

The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido for the Suppression of Piracy: With Extracts from the Journal of James Brooks...

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1846. Second America Edition. Suppressing the Pirates of Borneo. An account of Keppel's setting off from Singapore to Borneo where, with other commanders of British ships, and Sir James Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak the Borneo pirate tribes were suppressed in 1843-44. A large portion of..... Read More about The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido for the Suppression of Piracy: With Extracts from the...

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Royal Naval Biography; of Peter Heywood, Esq. One of the Survivors of the Mutiny on the Bounty....

From the library of Charles Edison

Royal Naval Biography; of Peter Heywood, Esq. One of the Survivors of the Mutiny on the Bounty.

New York: George R. Gorman 75 Varick Street, [1936]. Reprint of 1825 edition. From the library of Charles Edison. From the library of Charles Edison (1890-1969), son of Thomas A. Edison and Governor of New Jersey from 1941-1944. Read More about Royal Naval Biography; of Peter Heywood, Esq. One of the Survivors of the Mutiny on the Bounty

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