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The Three Voyages of Edmond Halley in the Paramore, 1698-1701 - including maps by Edmond Halley; N. J. W. Thrower (Editor)
$40.00 NZD
Category: Nautical | Series: Hakluyt Society, Second Series Volume 156 | Reading Level: very good
Edmond Halley was already a well-known astronomer, mathematician and natural philosopher when, in 1698, he took command of His Majesty's Ship Paramore. The purpose of Halley's first two voyages was to test his geomagnetical theories; in the third voyage he investigated tidal phenomena. These voyages, wh ...Show more
The Travel Journal of Antonio de Beatis Through Germany, Switzerland, the Low Countries, France and Italy, 1517-8 by Antonio de Beatis; J R Hale (Editor)
$15.00 NZD
Category: Nautical | Series: Hakluyt Society, Second Series Volume 150 | Reading Level: very good
In May 1517, Luigi of Aragon, one of the most wealthy, cultivated and well-connected of Italian cardinals, left Italy for a leisurely tour through Germany, Switzerland, the Low Countries and France, which lasted until January 1518. Too grand to keep a record of his own movements, he was well-served by h ...Show more
The Voyage of Semen Dezhnev In 1648 - Bering's Precursor by Raymond H. Fisher (Editor)
$20.00 NZD
Category: Nautical | Series: Hakluyt Society, Second Series Volume 159 | Reading Level: very good
In 1736 Gerhard M ller, a member of the new Russian Academy of Sciences, while gathering historical materials in Siberia, uncovered in Yakutsk reports briefly describing a voyage in 1648 from the Arctic river, Kolyma, around a great rocky promontory to a point south of the Pacific river Anadyr'. The rep ...Show more
To the Pacific and Arctic with Beechey - The Journal of Lieutenant George Peard of HMS Blossom, 1825-1828 by George Peard; Barry M. Gough (Editor)
$20.00 NZD
Category: Nautical | Series: Hakluyt Society Second Series Volume 143 | Reading Level: very good
The importance of the Northwest Passage in the history of European and especially British expansion is well known. In the 40-year interlude of peace between Waterloo and the Crimean War, Britain could direct, with ease, a small portion of her fleet to polar discovery, and, by doing so, keep her Russian ...Show more
Voyages to Hudson Bay in Search of a Northwest Passage, 1741-1747 - Volume I - The Voyage of Christopher Middleton, 1741-1742 by William Barr (ed.); Glyndwr Williams (ed.)
$25.00 NZD
Category: Travel | Series: Hakluyt Society Second Series Volume 177 | Reading Level: very good
The 18th century saw a resurgence of hope that a Northwest Passage - that elusive target of European seamen over the centuries - might yet be found. Prompted by the Irish MP Arthur Dobbs, the Admiralty sent the Furnace and Discovery to Hudson Bay in 1741 in search of a navigable passage to the Pacific. ...Show more
Yermak's Campaign in Siberia - A Selection of Documents Translated from the Russian by Tatiana Minorsky and David Wileman by Terence Armstrong
$20.00 NZD
Category: Nautical | Series: Hakluyt Society, Second Series Volume 146 | Reading Level: very good
The Russian conquest of Siberia was an event of which the consequences have only slowly become apparent. Already great, they may come to dominate much of our world; with today's technology, a resource base of this size and richness confers immense power on the owner. The conquest was a gradual process o ...Show more