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New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Narratives of Voyages Towards the North-West, in Search of a Passage to Cathay and India, 1496 to 1631:.

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New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Narratives of Voyages Towards the North-West, in Search of a Passage to Cathay and India, 1496 to 16.

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Paperback / softback. New. The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. This volume contains a collection of early accounts relating to the search for the 'North-West Passage' to the Far East, by such famous explorers as Cabot, Frobisher, Hudson and Baffin.

Cambridge University Press. paperback. New. 5x0x8. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

Hardback. New. This work contains accounts of the voyages of Cabot, Davis, Frobisher, and others, drawn chiefly from the works of Hakluyt, Purchas, Harris and Foxe. The supplementary material includes the 1848 annual report. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1849.

Ashgate, 2010. Hardcover. New. 296 pages. 9.25x6.25 inches.

London: Hakluyt, 1849. Book. Good. Blue Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xx, 259 plus post-scriptum page. Frontis. (fold. map), fold. chart, and one other map. cloth on spine split, spine head worn, small tear at inner margin of frontispiece, small numer 5 on spine, 2 blind stamps Reform Club. Hakluyt first series No. 5. Rare issue. Covers voyages to explore the North-west Passage by Hugh Willoughby, William Adams, Sebastian Cabot, Martin Frobisher, John Davis, Captain George Waymouth, Henry Hudson, John Knight, James Hall, Captain Gibbons, Bylot, Baffin, Hawkridge, Luke Fox, Captain James..

London, Hakluyt Society, 1849. . 8vo, 8, 4, vi, xx, 259 pp., 3 maps (2 of them folding), original blue cloth, rebacked blue morocco gilt, blindstamps and label at base of spine of the Royal United Service Institution, corners worn, a good copy. Hakluyt Society First Series, No. 5.Accounts of the voyages of Cabot, Davis, Frobisher, and others, drawn chiefly from the works of Hakluyt, Purchas, Harris, and Foxe.

London Hakluyt Society, 1849. . 8vo, 8, 4, vi, xx, 259 pp., 3 maps (2 of them folding), original blue cloth, stamped in blind and gilt, light fading to spine, a very good example. Hakluyt Society First Series, No. 5.Accounts of the voyages of Cabot, Davis, Frobisher, and others, drawn chiefly from the works of Hakluyt, Purchas, Harris, and Foxe.

London: Hakluyt Society, 1849. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). vi, xx, 260 pages of text. Original blue stamped hardcover binding with gilt spine lettering and front cover gilt stamp of the ship "Victoria." Moderate shelfwear and sunning to spine, with chips to spine extremities; protected in custom stiff archival mylar. Illustrated in black & white with three maps and one plate containing facsimiles of signatures. First Series, No. 5. Both of the folding maps are torn with no loss. Minor foxing scattered throughout text, with moderate foxing to endpapers. Accounts of the voyages of Cabot, Davis, Frobisher, and others, drawn chiefly from the works of Hakluyt, Purchas, Harris, and Foxe..

London, 1849.. 4,[6],vi,xx,259pp. plus four plates and maps (two folding), and eight pages of advertisements. Original blue cloth, stamped in blind and gilt, spine gilt. Spine toned, wear to spine ends. Contemporary bookplate on front pastedown. First map with minor foxing and small tear in inner margin without loss. Internally clean. Very good. An important early Hakluyt Society publication, a compilation of narratives describing early attempts to discover the Northwest Passage, including the voyages of Frobisher, Cabot, Hall, and Baffin, among others. SABIN 74131.