patagonia (12 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Verschmutzung / Wasserschaden; Abnutzung / Risse - leicht; Verformung des Buches. Vols. for 2009- by Janak Jani & Lucy E. Cousins.

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. Eason (illustrator). An original hand-coloured antique engraving, colouring not contemporary but delicately and expertly done. Mounted (matted and ready to frame. A fine opportunity to purchase an attractive and decorative engraving - Admiral (then Commodore) Byron Meeting the Giant Inhabitants (a Mother and child) of Patagonia , South America and giving them beads.

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. A fine original antique engraved view . . . . Mounted (matted) and ready to frame . . Very good condition, . A splendid opportunity to acquire an antique original engraving - decorative, attractive and scarce . An unusual scene of the beheading of Mr Doughty on the Coast of Patagonia.

182 páginas. Ilustrado. 8vo., rústica.

Altersgemäß tadelloses Blatt. (27 x 31, 5 cm außen). Kein Versand aufgrund von EPR Regelungen in EU-Länder außerhalb Deutschlands. No shipping to EU countries outside of Germany due to EPR regulations.

Contemp. Half Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. 1909-1910. XI+411pp+VIII+549pp. Text in Spanish. With 7 folding maps (in colour) and 14 plates of pictures. Minimal outside wear, some small library stamps and numbers here and there. 1 page with unnoticeable repair.A very good, clean and fresh copy. VERY RARE -.

Novela(82-31) Vergara. Encuadernación en tapa Blanda. Más allá en la Patagonia. 18 cm. Brunswig de Bamber, MaríaTapa deslucida.Tapa ilustrada. Pags.317.Volúmenes. Libro usado.

The piece relates to 'the death by starvation of Commander A. Gardiner and the whole of the party sent out by the Patagonian Missionary Society in September 1850, to Picton Island, the southern extremity of America'. '3 columns, each 13½ inches by 2¾, attached to a piece of grey paper, and a fourth column, 3¾ inches by 2¾, attached to another piece. Discoloured and with minor spotting but in good condition overall. The article consists exclusively of transcriptions of two letters from Captain W. H. Morshead, H.M.S. Dido, at sea, 22 January and 21 February 1852, and of a covering letter from Rear-Admiral Fairfax Moresby, H.M.S. Portland, at Valparaiso, 21 February 1852. See Image. Note:"The Patagonian Mission, founded in 1844 by Captain Allen Gardiner, was the precursor to the South American Missionary Society (SAMS), an Anglican mission focused on bringing Christianity to the peoples of Patagonia. Although Gardiner and his companions tragically died of starvation and scurvy in 1851 during a disastrous expedition to Tierra del Fuego, their sacrifice inspired the organization. The mission continued, eventually expanding its scope, renaming itself SAMS in 1864 to reflect its broadened work across the continent." [AI Overview].

Zustand: New.

For the context see Gardiner's entry in the Oxford DNB. Gardiner's disastrous last mission to Patagonia ended with his death on 6 September 1851, as the last of the seven missionaries to starve to death on Picton Island. No other copy of the present item has been traced, either on OCLC WorldCat or on COPAC. 4pp, 16mo. Bifolium. Well printed. In fair condition, lightly aged and worn, and folded several times. At the end of the poem is the author's pseudonym, the Greek letter delta, with the date 'May 10, 1852.' Monologue in blank verse by 'Captain Allan [sic] Gardiner', who is 'seen lying near a boat, in the latest stage of exhaustion'. The poem begins: 'Once more I am myself again. Once more | As calm, as free from pain, as clear in mind | As in the days of health, I gaze around | And ask, What hope?' The poem is preceded by the following note by the 'Editor': 'We had designed to ask especial attention to the touching narrative of Captain Gardiner's Patagonian Mission, and to have given expression to our sentiments upon that great undertaking. If it had prospered, we should have heard nothing but commendation of the motives which planned and the indomitable fortitude which achieved so perilous an expedition: it failed, and therefore it is subjected to obloquy. Such is the state of the world in its estimate of human action, and such it has been from the days of Nelson - when he disobeyed orders at Copenhagen, and would probably have been shot if success had not been his apology - to the present hour. We give insertion with much pleasure to the following touching lines.' Four footnotes in small print, one of them very long, with reference to 'Captain Morshead's report'.

First edition. First edition. Illustrated with 71 figures in text, 14 plates. pp. vii, 342. 1 vols. 4to. The stature of the indigenous Patagonians was observed by Magellan and became legendary in Europe. Verneau's monograph, drawing upon collections brought to Europe by the comte H. de La Vaulx in the 1890s, is divided into three sections: a brief discussion of anthropological evidence found in the historical record; a detailed consideration of the physical characteristics of indigenous Patagonians; and an in-depth ethnographic study. An important work of scholarship. Original paper covered boards. Lightly rubbed at extremities, else a Fine, unopened copy Illustrated with 71 figures in text, 14 plates. pp. vii, 342. 1 vols. 4to.

Excellent. Size 17.75 x 21.5 Inches. This is Pieter Goos' 1666 nautical map of the southernmost parts of South America, from the region around the Rio de la Plata to Tierra del Fuego. As with Goos' other output, this is among the most beautifully engraved regional nautical charts. This is the second-earliest specific chart of the region, predating only the work of Johannes van Loon. A Closer Look Goos' chart extends from about 30°S to about 62°S, thus presenting an area just north of the Rio de la Plata (on the east coast) and the Chilean bays of La Serena and Coquimbo on the west coast. The chart reaches several degrees beyond the Strait of Magellan and Tierra del Fuego. The latter is unambiguously an island, although Goos has marked its southwest coast with a dotted line to emphasize uncertainty. Gerritsz's subsequent 1630 chart and van Loon's 1666 chart present this coast, definitively and incorrectly, with a solid line. The actual, fjord-ridden coastline was not effectively reflected on charts until near the end of the 18th century. Nevertheless, the chart reveals the efforts of Dutch mariners to span the globe, both via the Strait of Magellan and the Strait of Le Maire. For example, the islands dotting the southern extreme of the map were surveyed during the fateful 1624 voyage of Jacques l'Hermite (1582 - 1624). Also spotted by Dutch explorers, the Seybald Islands appear, representing an early glimpse of the Falkland Islands Archipelago. Balanced, Beautiful Engraving The chart's waters are marked with rhumb lines, and the Atlantic is graced with a sailing ship and an elegant compass rose. At the bottom right, two putti recline on the scales of miles: one bearing a surveyor's compass, the other a cross-staff. At the top center, the shell-motif cartouche is flanked by natives and their children, with penguins waddling about. An improbable lion lurks at the lower right while an unbothered child offers up a penguin chick to his father. Publication History and Census This map was engraved in Amsterdam and published in 1666 by Pieter Goos. The work remained in print for most of the century, but the chart appears in only a single state. We see only five examples of the separate chart in OCLC. References: OCLC 61565566.