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Thirty-Six Years Of A Seafaring Life By An Old Quarter Master - And Farewell To My Old Shipmates And Messmates

de John Béchervaise

51,37€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 This volume contains two works by John Bechervaise, born in 1791. The first is a narrative of 'thirty-six years of a seafaring life', published in 1839, describing his experiences in the merchant navy and Royal Navy. The second, from 1847, contains anecdotes drawn from the lives of Bechervaise's messmates.
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A Voyage To The South-Seas, In The Years 1740â€“1 - Containing A Faithful Narrative Of The Loss Of His Majesty'S Ship The Wager On A Desolate Island

de John Bulkeley e John Cummins

33,80€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 John Bulkeley and John Cummins were respectively ship's gunner and carpenter aboard the ill-fated HMS Wager, part of a squadron sent to attack Spanish ships in the Pacific. The ship was wrecked after rounding Cape Horn in 1741. This 1743 account of survival against the odds gripped the public's imagination.
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Narrative And Successful Result Of A Voyage In The South Seas - Performed By Order Of The Government Of British India, To Ascertain The Actual Fate Of La Perouse'S Expedition

de Peter Dillon

47,32€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 Trader and adventurer Peter Dillon (1788â€"1847) spent much of his life in the Pacific. When he discovered artefacts from a lost French expedition, his familiarity with Pacific Islander cultures enabled him to establish its fate, and acquire many items from the shipwrecks. This two-volume 1829 publication tells the story.
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Narrative Of The Surveying Voyages Of His Majesty'S Ships Adventure And Beagle - Between The Years 1826 And 1836

de Charles Darwin, Phillip Parker King e Robert Fitzroy

66,24€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 Before Charles Darwin's famous voyage on the Beagle, the ship and its captain Robert Fitzroy (1805â€"65) had participated in a challenging survey of the South American coastline. Volume 1 of this three-volume work, published in 1839, describes that 1826â€"30 expedition, while Volumes 2 and 3 cover the second voyage.
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A Voyage To New Guinea And The Moluccas, From Balambangan - Including An Account Of Magindano, Sooloo, And Other Islands

de Thomas Forrest

50,02€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 In 1774, East India Company employee Thomas Forrest (c.1729â€"c.1802) embarked on a year-long voyage to explore the archipelago between Malaysia and New Guinea, in a small boat with a local crew. This 1779 publication describes the islands he visited, their people, and colonial trade, particularly in spices.
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The Three Voyages Of Captain James Cook Round The World

de James King

52,72€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 This seven-volume illustrated collection, published in 1821, contains the journals of Captain James Cook (1728â€"79) from his three voyages to the Pacific, supplemented by material from other members of his expeditions, including the influential botanist Sir Joseph Banks. 'Cook's voyages' were essential reading for later explorers, including Charles Darwin.
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The Three Voyages Of Captain James Cook Round The World

de James Cook

58,13€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 This seven-volume illustrated collection, published in 1821, contains the journals of Captain James Cook (1728â€"79) from his three voyages to the Pacific, supplemented by material from other members of his expeditions, including the influential botanist Sir Joseph Banks. 'Cook's voyages' were essential reading for later explorers, including Charles Darwin.
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The Three Voyages Of Captain James Cook Round The World

de James Cook

52,72€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 This seven-volume illustrated collection, published in 1821, contains the journals of Captain James Cook (1728â€"79) from his three voyages to the Pacific, supplemented by material from other members of his expeditions, including the influential botanist Sir Joseph Banks. 'Cook's voyages' were essential reading for later explorers, including Charles Darwin.
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The Three Voyages Of Captain James Cook Round The World

de George Forster e James Cook

39,20€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 This seven-volume illustrated collection, published in 1821, contains the journals of Captain James Cook (1728â€"79) from his three voyages to the Pacific, supplemented by material from other members of his expeditions, including the influential botanist Sir Joseph Banks. 'Cook's voyages' were essential reading for later explorers, including Charles Darwin.
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The Three Voyages Of Captain James Cook Round The World

de George Forster e James Cook

45,96€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 This seven-volume illustrated collection, published in 1821, contains the journals of Captain James Cook (1728â€"79) from his three voyages to the Pacific, supplemented by material from other members of his expeditions, including the influential botanist Sir Joseph Banks. 'Cook's voyages' were essential reading for later explorers, including Charles Darwin.
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The Three Voyages Of Captain James Cook Round The World

de James Cook e Joseph Banks

45,96€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 This seven-volume illustrated collection, published in 1821, contains the journals of Captain James Cook (1728â€"79) from his three voyages to the Pacific, supplemented by material from other members of his expeditions, including the influential botanist Sir Joseph Banks. 'Cook's voyages' were essential reading for later explorers, including Charles Darwin.
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The Three Voyages Of Captain James Cook Round The World

de James Cook e Joseph Banks

48,67€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 This seven-volume illustrated collection, published in 1821, contains the journals of Captain James Cook (1728â€"79) from his three voyages to the Pacific, supplemented by material from other members of his expeditions, including the influential botanist Sir Joseph Banks. 'Cook's voyages' were essential reading for later explorers, including Charles Darwin.
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Hakluytus Posthumus Or, Purchas His Pilgrimes - Contayning A History Of The World In Sea Voyages And Lande Travells By Englishmen And Others

de Samuel Purchas

63,54€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 This seventeenth-century work (reissued in a 20-volume 1905â€"7 edition) follows Richard Hakluyt's Principal Navigations in recording voyages of exploration. Volume 13 includes voyages to the north-east and Siberia, the travels of Henry Hudson, a history of Iceland, and a journey to the Crimea.
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Hakluytus Posthumus Or, Purchas His Pilgrimes - Contayning A History Of The World In Sea Voyages And Lande Travells By Englishmen And Others

de Samuel Purchas

59,48€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 This seventeenth-century work (reissued in a 20-volume 1905â€"7 edition) follows Richard Hakluyt's Principal Navigations in recording voyages of exploration. Volume 10 includes voyages to India, the East Indies and Japan, as well as the notes of the famous traveller Thomas Coryat 'on his last and fatal voyage'.
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Hakluytus Posthumus Or, Purchas His Pilgrimes - Contayning A History Of The World In Sea Voyages And Lande Travells By Englishmen And Others

de Samuel Purchas

63,54€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 This seventeenth-century work (reissued in a 20-volume 1905â€"7 edition) follows Richard Hakluyt's Principal Navigations in recording voyages of exploration. Volume 9 deals with travels throughout the Ottoman empire, including Egypt, and overland journeys to India, together with translations of Arabic books of geography.
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Hakluytus Posthumus Or, Purchas His Pilgrimes - Contayning A History Of The World In Sea Voyages And Lande Travells By Englishmen And Others

de Samuel Purchas

59,48€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 This seventeenth-century work (reissued in a 20-volume 1905â€"7 edition) follows Richard Hakluyt's Principal Navigations in recording voyages of exploration. Volume 5 includes accounts and journals describing voyages to the East Indies, and the rivalry between the British and the Dutch in the region.
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Hakluytus Posthumus Or, Purchas His Pilgrimes - Contayning A History Of The World In Sea Voyages And Lande Travells By Englishmen And Others

de Samuel Purchas

62,19€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 This seventeenth-century work (reissued in a 20-volume 1905â€"7 edition) follows Richard Hakluyt's Principal Navigations in recording voyages of exploration. Volume 3 describes voyages sponsored by the East India Company, including those of David Middleton and the merchant Richard Cocks.
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Hakluytus Posthumus Or, Purchas His Pilgrimes - Contayning A History Of The World In Sea Voyages And Lande Travells By Englishmen And Others

de Samuel Purchas

63,54€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 This seventeenth-century work (reissued in a 20-volume 1905â€"7 edition) follows Richard Hakluyt's Principal Navigations in recording voyages of exploration. Volume 4 includes retrospective accounts and crews' journals describing voyages to the East Indies.
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Hakluytus Posthumus Or, Purchas His Pilgrimes - Contayning A History Of The World In Sea Voyages And Lande Travells By Englishmen And Others

de Samuel Purchas

62,19€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 This seventeenth-century work (reissued in a 20-volume 1905â€"7 edition) follows Richard Hakluyt's Principal Navigations in recording voyages of exploration. Volume 2 covers the first circumnavigations, including those of Magellan and the Dutchmen Noort and Spilbergen, and the founding of the East India Company.
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Hakluytus Posthumus Or, Purchas His Pilgrimes - Contayning A History Of The World In Sea Voyages And Lande Travells By Englishmen And Others

de Samuel Purchas

64,89€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 This seventeenth-century work (reissued in a 20-volume 1905â€"7 edition) follows Richard Hakluyt's Principal Navigations in recording voyages of exploration. Volume 14 describes voyages to Greenland, Scandinavia and Russia (including a journey of two Cossacks to China), and begins an account of the West Indies.
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Hakluytus Posthumus Or, Purchas His Pilgrimes - Contayning A History Of The World In Sea Voyages And Lande Travells By Englishmen And Others

de Samuel Purchas

66,24€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 This seventeenth-century work (reissued in a 20-volume 1905â€"7 edition) follows Richard Hakluyt's Principal Navigations in recording voyages of exploration. Volume 12 contains Anthony Jenkinson's account of Russia, and narratives on China, Japan and the Philippines, by both merchants and Jesuit missionaries.
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A Voyage Round The World, In The Years Mdccxl, I, Ii, Iii, Iv - Compiled From Papers And Other Materials Of The Right Honourable George Lord Anson, And Published Under His Direction, By Richard Walter, Chaplain To

de George Anson

82,46€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 This 1748 publication, edited by naval chaplain Richard Walter (1717â€"85), documents the extraordinary and lucrative circumnavigation accomplished by the British naval officer George Anson (1697â€"1762) in 1740â€"4. Despite the significant loss of crew, the expedition became famous for its capture of Spanish treasure.
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An Account Of A Voyage In Search Of La Perouse: Volume 3, Plates - Undertaken By Order Of The Constituent Assembly Of France, And Performed In The Years 1791, 1792, And 1793

de Jacques-Julien Houtou De Labillardiere

36,50€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 The French botanist LabillardiÃ¨re participated in the search for the missing La PÃ©rouse expedition. Published in 1800, this is the English translation of his acclaimed narrative, complete with a volume of finely engraved plates. The work is especially notable for its descriptions and illustrations of the indigenous peoples of Australasia.
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An Account Of A Voyage In Search Ofla Perouse - Undertaken By Order Of The Constituent Assembly Of France, And Performed In The Years 1791, 1792, And 1793

de Jacques-Julien Houtou De Labillardiere

51,36€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 The French botanist LabillardiÃ¨re participated in the search for the missing La PÃ©rouse expedition. Published in 1800, this is the English translation of his acclaimed narrative, complete with a volume of finely engraved plates. The work is especially notable for its descriptions and illustrations of the indigenous peoples of Australasia.
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