FOSTER, Sir WILLIAM (Intro & Notes by)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spine, gilt ship motif & blind decoration to boards, deckled page edges- some pages remain uncut, xl + 178pp, illus/maps, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling/foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy tanning & creasing & chipping with some minor loss to spine & edges)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society / Cambridge University Press 1940

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BLAKE, JOHN WILLIAM (Trans & Ed)

2 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spines, gilt ship motifs & blind decoration to boards, deckled page edges- some pages remain uncut, folding frontispiece to vol 1 only, xi-xxxvi + 461pp total, illus/folding maps, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light to moderate foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (moderate tanning to spine & edges, moderate creasing & chipping/loss to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society / Cambridge University Press 1942

KEYWORDS: first editions Hakluyt society exploration voyages maritime nautical records writings Portuguese Europeans Castilians Castilian empire English East Indies history

PEREIRA, DUARTE PACHECO & KIMBLE, GEORGE H. T. (Trans & Ed)

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PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society / Cambridge University Press 1937

KEYWORDS: first editions Hakluyt society exploration voyages maritime nautical records writings Esmeraldo history

KINNEY, FRANCIS S.

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PUBLISHER: A. & C. Black 1977

KEYWORDS: marine nautical yacht design boats sailing

KEOGH, J.

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PUBLISHER: Rawene Publishing c.2008

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CHISHOLM, JOCELYN

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PUBLISHER: Wright and Carman (Printer) 1979

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LETTS, MALCOLM

2 VOL SET, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spines, gilt nautical motif & blind rule to front boards, deckled/rough cut page edges- some remain uncut, frontispieces, lxiii + 554pp total, folding map to rear of vol 1, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing to spines & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society / Cambridge University Press 1953

KEYWORDS: hakluyt society history exploration explorers Sir John Mandeville maritime nautical

NICHOLAS, JOHN LIDDIARD

2 VOL SET, TASTEFULLY REBOUND, half leather biund marbled heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines with gilt rule/decoration & raised bands, frontispieces, vol 1- xx + 431pp, vol 2- xii + 397pp, folding map to vol 1, VG+ (sl scuffing & bruising to extrems, light fading to spines, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light to moderate foxing to pages throughout, moderate creasing & minor closed tearing to folding map with light to moderate foxing)

PUBLISHER: James Black and Son 1817

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history maritime travel literature exploration nautical Samuel Marsden John Liddiard Nicholas

NEWBY, ERIC

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PUBLISHER: Secker & Warburg 1956

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SAUNDERSON, GLENN

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PUBLISHER: Keri Print (Printer) c.1986

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GIBBS, JIM

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PUBLISHER: Superior Publishing Company 1968

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LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF THE ADMIRALTY

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PUBLISHER: His Majesty's Staionery Office 1943

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GARDINER, ROBERT (Ed) & COUPER, ALASTAIR (Consultant Ed)

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PUBLISHER: Conway Maritime Press 1992

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical merchant shipping history ships vessels cargo fishing

RAMSDEN, ERIC

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, cream & blue light card covers, blue lettering to spine & covers, 135pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate creasing & tanning with heavy foxing to spine & covers, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate glue staining to rear gutter)

PUBLISHER: A. H .& A. W. Reed 1944

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DE VACA, ALVAR NUNEZ CABEZA & COVEY, CYCLONE (Trans & Ed)

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PUBLISHER: Dover Publications 2003

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GARDINER, ROBERT (Ed) & CHRISTENSEN, ARNE EMIL (Consultant Ed)

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PUBLISHER: Naval Institute Press 1996

KEYWORDS: maritime history nautical boats ships archaeology archeology

BOWKER, Captain FRANCIS E.

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PUBLISHER: Mystic Sea Port 1986

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history coastwise navigation merchant ships schooners seafarers Herbert L Rawding schooners

SOUHAMI, DIANA & [SELKIRK, ALEXANDER]

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PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2001

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PUBLISHER: The Shiplovers' Society of Victoria 1990

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PUBLISHER: New Zealand Maritime Record 2006

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