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Anbieter: N. Fagin Books, Chicago, IL, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1934. Exploration. The Hakluyt Society. 332p., all illustrations and fold out maps are present, very good ex-library in original blue cloth. 6/21.
Verlag: The Hakluyt Society, 1934
Anbieter: HALCYON BOOKS, LONDON, Vereinigtes Königreich
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. HAKLUYT SOCIETY 1934. Hardcover with tight binding. Condition: Very Good. Clean and bright text. Includes multiple fold-out maps. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.
Verlag: Oxford Hakluyt Society 1934, 1934
Anbieter: Chaucer Bookshop ABA ILAB, Canterbury, Vereinigtes Königreich
8vo. mid-blue clothbound hardback, gilt in original dust jacket. [lxxi] + 221pp, indexed, illustrated with folding plates and maps. A clean copy with no previous owners' markings or inscriptions. Occasional light foxing, heavier to prelims and foredge. Dust jacket browned to spine and edges with some light wear to edges, particularly top and base of spine. Overall a Very Good Copy in Good+ dust jacket. (Shelf 251) PLEASE NOTE: Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.
Verlag: . Oxford, The Hakluyt Society, 1934, First edition by Hakluyt Society., 1934
Anbieter: Horizon Books, Toronto, ON, Kanada
8vo [22.5 x 15 cm]; lxxi, 221 pp, 4 foldout plates, including foldout frontis of Wafer's handwriting & signature, 4 folding maps including 2 colored, index, the plates and maps mostly from early sources. original cloth, gilt lettering on spine, gilt vignette on front cover, spine slightly faded, a clean fine copy, unmarked, gilt bright. This is a reprint of the original edition of 1699 and is superior to other reprints, having more plates and maps. This edition includes an excellent historical and introduction The maps include Darien, Caribbean, Isthmus of Darien from Dampier, and chart of San Blas Islands and adjoining coast. For the original edition, Hill p. 313: "This work contains one of the best accounts of the Isthmus of Panama, of its natural resources, and of the native Indians". Cox II, 247: "This work contains the best account that has yet been given, of the Isthmus of Panama, of the Indians there, and of the natural products, and contains many interesting items". Sabin 100940. Field 1617. There are good sections on the native trees and fruit, and on the birds, insects, fish, animals, etc. A picture of this book is available on request.
Verlag: Hakluyt Society, London, 1934
Anbieter: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. lxxi+221 pages with frontispiece, 4 folding maps, illustrations, appendices, bibliography and index. Octavo (9" x 6") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and gilt pictorial representation of the ship Victoria on the cover and edge ruled decorative blind stamp to covers in original jacket. Edited, with Introduction, Notes and Appendices, by L. E. Elliot Joyce. Second Series, Volume 73. First edition. The text of the 1699 edition, with slight changes, and additional material. Lionel Wafer (1640 1705) was a Welsh explorer, buccaneer and privateer. A ship's surgeon, Wafer made several voyages to the South Seas and visited Maritime Southeast Asia in 1676. In 1679 he sailed again as a surgeon, soon after settling in Jamaica to practice his profession. In 1680, Wafer was recruited by buccaneer Edmund Cooke to join a privateering venture under the leadership of Captain Bartholomew Sharp, where he met William Dampier at Cartagena. After being injured by a flash-ignition of gunpowder during an overland journey, Wafer was left behind with four others in the Isthmus of Darien in Panama, where he stayed with the Cuna Indians. He gathered information about their culture, including their shamanism and a short vocabulary of their language. He studied the natural history of the isthmus. The following year, Wafer left the Indians promising to return and marry the chief's sister and bring back dogs from England. He fooled the buccaneers at first as he was dressed as an Indian, wearing body-paint and ornamented with a nose-ring. It took them some time to recognize him. Wafer reunited with Dampier, and after privateering with him on the Spanish Main until 1688, he settled in Philadelphia. By 1690 Wafer was back in England and in 1695 he published A New Voyage and Description of the Isthmus of America, which described his adventures. Condition: Jacket with edge chips and tears, spine heavily toned, spine ends chipped, quarter in chip at the middle of spine back edge else very good in a good jacket.