Grp: 55 Maritime Naval and Hydrography Books

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Jan 13, 2020

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An auction featuring an impressive collection of books and maps, including several notable cartographic depictions of California as an island, first editions of notable books including Sir Richard Burton’s “1001 Nights,” and a page from the Nuremberg Chronicle. Revere Auctions info@revereauctions.com

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  A large group of books dealing with maritime and naval topics. Includes The Sea Chart (Two Copies); Sail and Power; The Baltic Sea in Ancient Maps; The Voyage of the Challenger; Table de l'Amerique, Depuis 1667 Jusqu'en 1773, Charles Whitworth; A New Geographical, Historical and Commercial Grammer; The Freedom of the Seas; Epitome of the Whole Art of Navigation; Maritime Enterprise 1485-1558 (Three Copies); Venice A Maritime Republic; The Admiralty Chart; Matthew Frontaine Maury, Scientist of the Sea; United States Naval Insitute June 1968; Naval Department of San Blas Bostion for California and Nootka 1767-1798; Men and Ships Around Cape Horn; Sea of Seas The Western Mediterranean; The World Encompassed The First European Maritime Empires; The Discovery of the Sea An Illustrated History of Men, Ships, and the Sea in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries(Two copies); Robert Putman, "Early Sea Charts" (two copies); Kenneth Nebenzahl, "Atlas of Columbus and The Great Discoveries"; Captain Donald Macintyre with an introduction by Uffa Fox, "The Adventures of Sail 1520-1914"; "Catalogue of Admiralty Charts and other Hydrographic Publications corrected to 1st January 1931, also report of Hydrographer of Navy for 1930," printed under the authority of His Majesty's stationery office; William P. Crawford, "Sea Marine Atlas. A Comprehensive Chartbook and Guide to Cruising the Waters of Southern California"; translated by L. le R. Dethan, "Sea Charts of the Early Explorers 13th to 17th Century"; D. W. Waters, "The Rutters of the Sea. The Sailing Directions of the Pierre Garcie" (two copies); Sir Richard Carnac Temple, BT, "The World Encompassed and Analogous Contemporary Documents concerning Sir Francis Drake's Circumnavigation of the World with an Appreciation of the Achievement" (three copies); Thos. Oliver Selfridge, "Report of Explorations and Surveys for a Ship-Canal Isthmus of Darien,"; Washington, 1874; Richard Mihill, "A Treatise on the Various Lengths of the Days, Nights, and Twilights", D. Henry and R. Cave, London, 1755; Sir Frauncis Drake, "Americanum Nauticum" no. 3, Printed for H.C.T. by C.P.R., Hartford, 1955; Darcy Lever, "American Edition The Young Officer's Sheet Anchor or a Key to the Leading of Rigging" E & G.W. Blunt, New York, 1843; Felix Riesenberg, " Cape Horn, Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1940; Leo Heaps, "Log of the Centurion", Macmillian Publishing, New York,1973; Peter Kemp, " The Oxford Companion to Ships & The Sea", Oxford University Press, London,New York, Melbourn, 1976; LSf Dawson, "Memoirs of Hydrography", Cornmarket Press, London; Fernand Braudel, "The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II",Vol. I, Harper & Row, New York, 1966; Fernand Braudel, "The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II",Vol. II, Harper & Row, New York, 1966; Robert Wilden Neeser, "Letters and Papers Relating to the Cruises of Gustavus Conyngham a Captain of The Continental Navy", Kennikat Press, Washington, New York, and London,1915;Elisha Kent Kane, "Arctic Explorations in the Years 1853,54,55", Childs and Peterson, Philadelphia, 1856; Campbell W. Pennington & Robert L. Rands, "Man Across the Sea Problems of Pre-Columbian Contacts", University of Texas, Austin,1976; Francis Berry, "I Tell of Greenland", Routledge & Kegan Paul, Londoon, Henley, Boston,1977; Malcolm Letts, "Mandeville's Travels Texts and Translations", Vol. II, The Hakluyt Society, London, 1953; Sir Francis Piggott, "The Freedon of The Seas", (two copies) Oxford University Press, New York, 1919; Walker Oakeshott, "Founded Upon The Seas", reprinted in 1973; Marin-Michel Franzini, "Routier des Cotes de Portugal, ou Instructions Nautiques", D'Imprimerie Royal, Paris, 1822; "The Greenwich Village Waterfront: AnHistorical Study Prepared by the Greenwich Village Society for Historical Preservatoin", New York, 1986; Luiz Serrao Pimentel, " Practica da Arte de Navegar", Divisao de Publicacoes E Biblioteca, Agenica Geral Das Colonias, 1940

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