sir edward belcher (22 Ergebnisse)

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnThis is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the origina.

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnThis is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the origina.

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnThis is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the origina.

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Half-Leather. Zustand: Good. First Edition. 2 volumes, xxxviii, 387 pages, vi, 474 pages; 2 frontispieces, 2 maps (lacking one), 18 engraved plates, 20 vignettes. Contemporary half leather binding, raised bands, gilt spine title labels on green leather at top of spine, black lables with name of author and volume at bottom of spine (partially chipped off), leather split on one side of vol. 2 but binding still very firm, a few plates mildly foxed. Overall a solid and nice set of this account. Much on California, Alaska, Hawaiian islands, Marquesas, Tahiti, Dutch East Indies, etc.

Half-Leather. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Henry Colburn,1843. Half-Leather. No dust jacket. Ex-library. Marbled boards and endpapers, Corners rubbed through, scuffing along edges. Vol I: Covers detached, spine is absent. Approx 2-inch area of paper lifted from bottom corner of back cover. Vol II: small tear at top of spine. 2-3 inch split at top of spine. Piece missing fron bottom of spine. One plate is detached and laid in. Pages are clean and unmarked, slightly toned. Binding is tight. Hinges are cracked. Good reading/research copy. Excellent candidate for re-binding.

First edition; 2 vols, royal 8vo (25 x 16.5 cm); 4 maps, 3 of which folding, 36 lithograph plates of which 15 chromolithographs or tinted, discreet blind library stamps to titles and frontispieces, discreet reference ticket to pastedown and number to title of vol. I, still nice and clean internally; later half blue morocco, pebbled cloth boards, gilt monogram to upper boards, all edges marbled, library stamps to bottom edge, evidence of shelf marks to spines, nonetheless a very good set; xx, 383; viii, 419pp. Belcher's voyage was the last officially sent in search of Sir John Franklin, who disappeared during an Arctic expedition in 1845. Belcher, in his narrative, offers no conclusion as to the fate of Franklin, nor to the existence of the Northest Passage to the Pacific. In fact the expedition proved quite unsuccessful, with the loss of four ships icebound in the Wellington Channel. Hill 106; Abbey (Travel), 645; Sabin 4389; NMM 921.

Cloth. Zustand: Good Only. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of this detailed description of Edward Belcher's voyage around the Pacific on HMS Sulphur, complete, and in the original blue cloth binding. The first edition of the work, with the sixteen page advertisement catalogue to the rear of volume one dated February 1843. With three folding maps to the front pocket of volume one. With a frontispiece and seven engraved plates to volume one. Volume two with a frontispiece and ten engraved plates. All tissue guards present. Collated complete. Written by Edward Belcher, a British naval office and explorer. Belcher performed many coastal surveys for the British Admiralty, including a surveying ship along the north and west coasts of Africa, North and South America, the South Pacific and China. in 1852, Belcher was tasked with searching for Sir John Franklin, following his disappearance whilst attempting to find the Northwest Passage. Narrative of a Voyage Round the World accounts Belcher's expedition surveying the Pacific onboard the HMS Sulphur. The voyage followed the California coast, moving North towards Alaska. He also visited a number of the Pacific Islands including Hawaii and Tonga. The work contains many plates displaying the native people of the various countries, such as Chinese soldiers and native people of New Guinea and Celebes. In need of restoration, but nonetheless a complete edition of this important work, in the original publisher's blue cloth. In the publisher's blue cloth binding. Externally worn with rear board to volume one detached but present. Rubbing to the boards. Hinges strained to volume one. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally clean with marginal age toning. Loss to final leaf of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary ink inscription and stamp to title page of volume one and stamp to volume two. The occasional minor closed tear to folding maps. Good Only. book.

First Edition. Poor copy in the original gilt decorated cloth. Boards detached but present with the spine band missing. Wear and tear as with age. Text remains well preserved overall; bright and clean. Physical description; vol. II (only): 574 pages. Notes; Referenced by Abbey, Travel 528. Includes plates and unread and unopended pages. Subjects; Belcher, Edward Sir (1799-1877). Samarang (Ship : 1843-1846). Natural history Malay Archipelago. English language ; Dictionaries Polyglot. Voyages and travels. Natural history. Dictionaries. Dictionaries, Polyglot. English language. Spanish language. Malay language. Bisayan languages. Sulu language. Iloko language. Ivatan language. Agta language. Tagalog language. Chinese language. Japanese language. Korean language. Natural history Malay Archipelago 19th century. English language ; Dictionaries Polyglot. Malayan languages. Natural History. English language. Language and languages. Natural history. Travel. Natural history Malay Archipelago 19th century. English language Dictionaries Polyglot 19th century. Natural history Malay Archipelago. English language Polyglot. Scientific expeditions Malay Archipelago. Malay Archipelago Description and travel. Malay Archipelago Languages. Asia, Southeastern Description and travel 19th century. Anthropology. Malaysia. Philippines. Indonesia. Malay Archipelago Description and travel 19th century. Malay Archipelago Languages. Malay Archipelago. Malay Archipelago Description and travel 19th century. Southeast Asia Description and travel 19th century. Genres; Illustrated. Travel literature. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near fine. First. First edition. Two volumes. Octavo (8 ¾" x 5 9/16", 222mm x 142mm). [Full collation available.] Bound in half brown calf over red marbled boards by J. Carss & Co., Glasgow (tickets in the upper fore-corner of the front paste-down of each volume). Triple blind fillets at the edges of the calf. On the spine, five raised bands with gilt rolls. Double blind fillets top-and-bottom in the panels. Title gilt to red morocco in the second panel, number gilt to brown morocco in the fourth panel. Edges of the text-block speckled red. Some rubbing to the extremities and boards. A couple of nicks to the spines. A few tears to the folds of the maps in vol. I. Otherwise a lovely sturdy and clean set. On the front paste-down of each volume, the circular armorial bookplate of Campbell of Stonefield. The Samarang, which served for 61 years (1822-1883) - first for the East India Company - is perhaps best known for its voyages surveying from the Sea of Japan to the South China Sea. Belcher, its captain and later made an Admiral, is perhaps better known for his command of a fleet of five ships on an expedition to save the arctic explorer Sir John Franklin (see Skelton, Explorers' Maps 315); the timbers one of those ships, the Resolute, were used to build the Resolute Desk, a gift from Queen Victoria to the Rutherford B. Hayes, which is used by most presidents as the Oval Office desk. Belcher's anthropological explorations are marked by a greater-than-usual degree of scientific inquiry; this is underscored by the quite useful vocabulary at the end of vol. II, which encompasses English, Spanish, Malay, Bisayan, Sooloo (Tausug), Iloco, Batan, Cagayan, Tagala (Tagalog), Chinese, Japanese and Korean. Adams's natural-historical account, a bit over half of volume II, was the underpinning for his 1850 monograph on the zoology of the voyage; it is particularly esteemed for its work on mollusks. The plates are various in subject - including some lovely proper portraits (rather than caricatures) of those Belcher met in his travels - and demonstrate the success of good tinted rather than colored lithographs. The bookplate is likely that of John Campbell of Stonefield (17901857), grandson of the more famous Lord Stonefield. John built Stonefield Castle in Argyll & Bute in Western Scotland; his uncle, Colonel John, was distinguished for his service at Mangalore on the west coast of India - perhaps this is the origin of the family interest in the exploration of southeast Asia. Abbey, Travel 528; Hill, Pacific Voyages 105.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. 2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. xxii [i.e. xxxviii], [2], 387; vi, [2], 324, [2], [325]-474. 19 engraved plates & 3 folding engraved maps. 20 wood-engraved text illus. later half chagrin, gilt backs (corners rubbed, Peabody Library bookplates, some spotting to maps, dampstaining to upper part of plates). First Edition. The purpose of the expedition was to explore and survey the Pacific Coast of North and South America, from Valparaiso, Chile, to Alaska. Captain F.W.Beechey was appointed commander, but was replaced early on because of illness, by Captain Belcher. Among the harbours and ports visited and surveyed along the northwest coast were Port Etches, in King William s Sound, Point Riou and Port Mulgrave, Kodiak Island, Sitka or New Archangel, in Norfolk Sound, Friendly Cove, in Nootka Sound, San Francisco, Monterey, the Columbia River, Bodega (the Russian position near San Francisco), Santa Barbara, San Pedro, San Juan, San Diego, &c. At Sitka, the officers were greeted by the Russian governor, Captain Koupreanoff. At San Francisco, they undertook a month long journey in open boats up the Sacramento River. The Sulphur also stopped at the Hawaiian Islands, the Marquesas, Society and Tonga Islands, New Hebrides, Solomon Islands, and New Guinea. The appendix contains an important description of the botany and zoology of the voyage, including references to the vegetation of Australia and New Zealand, written by Richard Brinsley Hinds, botanist of the expedition. Cowan 15. Ferguson 3564. Hill p. 20. Howes B-318. Kroepelian 73. Lada-Mocarski 117. Sabin 4390. Strathern & Edwards 34 (17 plates only). Wickersham 6543a.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. 1 p.l., xx, 383; vii, 419. complete with half-titles. 3 folding maps (2 in pocket), 36 lithographed plates (16 in colour), & 25 wood-engravings in the text. A near fine copy in attractive modern half morocco (tears to map folds repaired no loss). tipped-in 1-page ALS from dedicatee, Francis Beaufort, to 'Smyth', dated Admiralty, Sept. 6/43. First Edition. Halifax-born Belcher, a grandson of Jonathan Belcher, chief justice of Nova Scotia, gained considerable distinction as a surveyor in the Royal Navy. He served under Beechey on the western arctic coastal survey in 1825-27, and subsequently headed surveys of the west coast of North and South America and in the South China Sea. In 1852, he was placed in command of an expedition of five ships (Resolute, Intrepid, North Star, Assistance, and Pioneer) to search in the Canadian Arctic for Sir John Franklin, missing since 1845. Belcher records his sailing through Wellington Channel and discovery of Exmouth and North Cornwall Islands and the Belcher Channel leading to Jones Sound. Also described are the meeting with and rescue of Commdr. Robert McClure of the Investigator on northern Banks Island by the western arm of the expedition under Henry Kellett. Belcher's decision to abandon four ships icebound in Wellington Channel in 1854 led to his court-martial, and despite his acquittal, he continued to be severely criticized in England. Weather and ice conditions are recorded throughout, as well as optical phenomena, natural history, scurvy, &c. and a summary is given of the results of Franklin' search expeditions to date. Appended are several scientific reports on natural history: John Richardson on fishes, J.W.Salter on fossils, Lovell Reeve on shells, Thomas Bell on crustacea, &c. Abbey, Travel, 645. Arctic Bib. 1241. Hill p. 21. Sabin 4389. TPL 3409. Story p. 60. DCB X pp. 42-43.

8vo, 23,5cm, First edition. vi,(2),474p., with 11 engraved plates, (inc. frontis) 9 engraved vignette illustrations, in the Original ribbed blue cloth, gilt spine titles, a fine copy (gar).

Zustand: Very good overall. Engraved linen backed sea chart, showing Resolution Bay, located in current day Vanuatu (New Hebrides); the bay was named by Captain James Cook in 1774 (who also named the islands the New Hebrides), after his ship the H.M.S. Resolution. In 1840 Belcher was surveying for the British government at the time he made this chart, but was diverted to take part in the first Opium War. During the war he made the first British survey of Hong Kong Harbor. With soundings and coral marked. Also indicated are Point Carteret, Point Resolution, Missionary House, Huts, and Watering Place Hot Spring. Mounted on white linen with green silk borders at 3 sides & green tie, for rolling and closing the map. With the Hydrographic emblem and price. Chart Number 1508 at lower right corner; sold by R. B. Bate Agent for the Admiralty Charts, 11 Poultry. 11 1/4 x 10 1/4". Some spotting at top and bottom margins, the green silk borders a bit rubbed.

Rare French Edition of Belcher's chart of Hong Kong Lithograph chart, a few small tears to margins, library blindstamp lower right. A French chart of Hong Kong drawn after Captain Sir Edward Belcher's seminal survey of 1841, the first systematic survey of Hong Kong harbour. The present French chart is based on the Admiralty's 1864 edition, which has been updated with the latest surveys carried out between 1857 to 1861. The most striking additions are to the Kowloon Peninsular, where the area is marked as 'Cedee a la Grande Bretagne par le traite de 1860' (ie The Convention of Peking). The latest constructions are marked, including a coal depot to the western coast; signalling the British Navy's increasing dependence on coal to power their fleet. Although the chart is somewhat reduced from Belcher's original, it does cover a slightly wider area, with more of the Chinese coast and surrounding islands marked. The final amendment to Belcher's chart is the use of metres for marking soundings and heights of mountains, rather than the British fathoms and feet. It would appear that the 1865 edition was the only one published by the Depot de la Marine, as we are unable to trace any subsequent or earlier editions housed in institutions. We are only able to trace two institutional examples of the present work: The British Library; and the Berlin State Library.