A Catalogue of Geography Voyages: Travels AmericanaB. Quaritch, 1895 - 200 pages |
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... Navigation et des Voyages de Descovverte & Conqueste modernes . . avec vne exacte et particuliere description de toutes les Isles Canaries . . 2 vols . in 1 , 12mo . engraved portrait of Bethencourt ; red morocco , gilt edges , fine ...
... Navigation et des Voyages de Descovverte & Conqueste modernes . . avec vne exacte et particuliere description de toutes les Isles Canaries . . 2 vols . in 1 , 12mo . engraved portrait of Bethencourt ; red morocco , gilt edges , fine ...
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... navigation , and travel . It is an Americanum of no small interest by virtue of the eighth and ninth chapters of the second book , which contain a list of places in America with their latitude and longitude , and their distance in miles ...
... navigation , and travel . It is an Americanum of no small interest by virtue of the eighth and ninth chapters of the second book , which contain a list of places in America with their latitude and longitude , and their distance in miles ...
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... Navigation , and was the first to point out the deflection of the needle . The date at which it was written appears in some of the passages of the earlier part of the book as 1545 , but a year or two probably elapsed before the author ...
... Navigation , and was the first to point out the deflection of the needle . The date at which it was written appears in some of the passages of the earlier part of the book as 1545 , but a year or two probably elapsed before the author ...
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... Navigation by the Spanyardes rounde about the worlde ; Debate for the Malucas ; etc. EDER ( Franc . ( Franc . Xav . ) Descriptio provinciæ Moxitarum in regno Peruano , 8vo . map and 7 plates ; calf Buda , 1791 Dealing entirely with the ...
... Navigation by the Spanyardes rounde about the worlde ; Debate for the Malucas ; etc. EDER ( Franc . ( Franc . Xav . ) Descriptio provinciæ Moxitarum in regno Peruano , 8vo . map and 7 plates ; calf Buda , 1791 Dealing entirely with the ...
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... Navigation , from Hudson's Bay to the River Amazones . . also a new Description of Newfoundland , New England , New York , New Jersey , Dellawar Bay , Virginia , Maryland , Carolina , etc. roy . folio , 21 large folding engraved maps ...
... Navigation , from Hudson's Bay to the River Amazones . . also a new Description of Newfoundland , New England , New York , New Jersey , Dellawar Bay , Virginia , Maryland , Carolina , etc. roy . folio , 21 large folding engraved maps ...
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