Udvidet returret til d. 31. januar 2024

Bøger i Cambridge Library Collection - Maritime Exploration serien

Filter
Filter
Sorter efterSorter Serie rækkefølge
  • af Annie Brassey
    728,95 kr.

    Anna, Lady Brassey (1839-1887) was an English travel writer best known for her accounts of ocean journeys undertaken with her family. This volume, published posthumously in 1889, contains Brassey's account of her family's visit to India, Borneo and Australia, describing exotic locations and domestic life on board.

  • af Abby Jane Morrell
    326,95 kr.

    Abby Jane Morrell (b. 1809) was the wife of ship captain and explorer Benjamin Morrell (1795-1839). During the nineteenth century it became more common for women to join their husbands on voyages, and Abby insisted on accompanying her husband on his fourth voyage. They left America for the Pacific in 1829 on board the Antarctic, which visited the Auckland Islands and Pacific Islands in search of commercial gain, before returning via the Azores in 1831. First published in 1833, this is Abby's account of their journey. It was ghostwritten by the American author Samuel Knapp (17838) and followed the publication of Benjamin Morrell's own account as part of A Narrative of Four Voyages (also reissued in this series). It includes an account of the violent conflicts with the inhabitants of some of the Pacific Islands, and also contains Abby's comments on the 'amelioration of the condition of American Seamen'.

  • af John Hawkesworth
    593,95 kr.

    Published in 1773, this three-volume work proved a bestseller in its day. Taken from journals and including Cook's first voyage to the southern hemisphere, these are the accounts of leading British navigators. Later taken aboard the Beagle with Darwin, this work still speaks to scholars and students of nautical exploration.

  • af John Hawkesworth
    653,95 kr.

    Published in 1773, this three-volume work proved a bestseller in its day. Taken from journals and including Cook's first voyage to the southern hemisphere, these are the accounts of leading British navigators. Later taken aboard the Beagle with Darwin, this work still speaks to scholars and students of nautical exploration.

  • af John Hawkesworth
    729,95 kr.

    Published in 1773, this three-volume work proved a bestseller in its day. Taken from journals and including Cook's first voyage to the southern hemisphere, these are the accounts of leading British navigators. Later taken aboard the Beagle with Darwin, this work still speaks to scholars and students of nautical exploration.

  • - Containing an Account of the Great Distresses Suffered by Himself and his Companions on the Coast of Patagonia, from the Year 1740, till their Arrival in England, 1746
    af John Byron
    446,95 kr.

    First published in 1768, this dramatic account by naval officer John Byron (1723-86) recounts the five harrowing years it took to get home after the wreck and mutiny of HMS Wager in 1741. Aboard the Beagle on Darwin's voyage, the book also influenced Don Juan by the author's grandson.

  • - In His Majesty's Ship the Bounty, Commanded by Lieutenant William Bligh
    af William Bligh
    742,95 kr.

    On 28 April 1789, on board HMS Bounty, Fletcher Christian led what became the most infamous mutiny in seafaring history. Originally published in 1790 and 1792, the two works reissued here together give the full story of the voyage, as told by William Bligh (1754-1817), the ship's commander.

  • - Together with a Voyage to Suratte, and an Account of the Chinese Husbandry, to Which Are Added, a Faunula and Flora Sinensis
    af Pehr Osbeck, Olof Torén & Carl Gustaf Eckeberg
    590,95 - 593,95 kr.

    This 1771 two-volume work, edited and translated into English by Johann Reinhold Forster (1729-98), contains important writings by Swedish natural historians who travelled to Asia in the 1750s as pupils and followers of Carl Linnaeus. These pieces remain of interest to historical geographers as well as naturalists.

  • - Undertaken in the Years 1815-1818, at the Expense of His Highness the Chancellor of the Empire, Count Romanzoff, in the Ship Rurick
    af Otto von Kotzebue
    520,95 - 594,95 kr.

    Otto von Kotzebue (1787-1846) was a leading navigator of his age, circumnavigating the globe three times. His 1815 expedition set out to find a passage through the Arctic, investigate the coastlines of Kamchatka and Alaska, and explore the Pacific. Published in 1821, this three-volume translated account was in Darwin's library aboard the Beagle.

  • - From the Strait of Magalhaens to the Arctic Sea, and Those of Asia and Australia
    af A. G. Findlay
    870,95 - 941,95 kr.

    First published in 1851, this two-volume work was compiled from several hundred sources by English geographer and hydrographer Alexander Findlay (1812-75). Including detailed sailing instructions and descriptions of the coastlines and islands of the Pacific, this comprehensive nautical directory constituted an invaluable resource for nineteenth-century seafarers.

  • - With an Account of the Trade, Mercantile Habits, Manners, and Customs, of the Natives
    af H. M. Elmore
    510,95 kr.

    Henry Mathias Elmore was a ship commander who worked for the East India Company. He wrote this account of sailing in the East, published in 1802, to give specific sailing instructions, but it also provides a glimpse of the inner workings of the British colonial maritime world.

  • af Andrew Kippis
    877,95 kr.

    Published in 1788 by Andrew Kippis (1725-95), this was the first biography of Captain James Cook (1728-79), although several of Cook's colleagues had written memoirs of their service with him. Kippis draws on the official accounts of Cook's voyages and focuses on Cook's professional life and achievements.

  • - For the Purpose of Extending the Spermaceti Whale Fisheries, and Other Objects of Commerce
    af James Colnett
    524,95 kr.

    James Colnett (1753-1806) was the captain of HMS Rattler during its voyage to the Antarctic in 1793. The expedition's findings were instrumental to the development of the whaling industry in the area. First published in 1798, this book is the Captain's account of this important voyage.

  • af Louis de Bougainville
    737,95 kr.

    This is an English translation from 1772 of the famous Voyage Autour du Monde (1771) by Louis de Bougainville (1729-1811), French admiral and explorer. Describing de Bougainville's adventures on the voyage, it includes graphic descriptions of the discomforts and perils of sea voyages in the eighteenth century.

  • af Comte de la Perouse De Galaup & Jean-Francois
    881,95 - 961,95 kr.

    La Perouse (1741-88), the French explorer, led an expedition which was lost in the Pacific in 1788. These volumes, first published in English in 1799, and based on documents sent back by La Perouse from Australia before his disappearance, provide a fascinating account of the discoveries of the expedition.

  • - From the Earliest Period to the Close of the Eighteenth Century, Forming an Extensive System of Hydrography
    af James Stanier Clarke
    1.310,95 kr.

    James Stanier Clarke (c.1766-1834) was a chaplain and naval author. This volume, first published in 1803, contains Clarke's study of early navigational methods and naval history. Arranged chronologically according to civilisation or country, this volume describes the navigational methods and discoveries of early Mediterranean societies until 1498.

  • - During the Years 1842-1846
    af Joseph Beete Jukes
    521,95 - 594,95 kr.

    The geologist Joseph Beete Jukes (1811-1869) participated in a British surveying expedition to Australia and New Guinea from 1842 to 1846. This two-volume work, published in 1847, describes his observations and experiences. Volume 1 covers the Barrier Reef, the Torres Strait and the Sunda Islands.

  • af James Burney
    529,95 - 907,95 kr.

    James Burney (1750-1821) was an accomplished sailor best known for this monumental compilation of summaries of European voyages of discovery in the Pacific Ocean between 1492 and 1764, which were regarded as standard works for this subject during the nineteenth century. Volume 1 covers voyages between 1492 and 1574.

  • - Undertaken for the Purpose of Completing the Discovery of that Vast Country, and Prosecuted in the Years 1801, 1802, and 1803
    af Matthew Flinders
    814,95 - 957,95 kr.

    Matthew Flinders' travel diaries provide a faithful account of the 1801 naval expedition that led to the first complete map outlining the Australian continent. Structured around day-to-day geographical, botanical and astronomical observations, the first volume focuses on the discoveries made along the south coast of the continent.

  • af Mary Ann Parker
    350,95 kr.

    A Voyage Round the World, in the Gorgon Man of War (1795) records Mary Ann Parker's voyage with her husband, Captain John Parker, to New South Wales. Written following the death of her husband, the memoir offers valuable insight into women's participation in eighteenth-century colonialism, both socially and economically.

  • af William Desborough Cooley
    520,95 - 523,95 kr.

    First published in 1831, this is a three-volume reference text charting the history of exploration. Each volume is divided chronologically by historical era, covering the period from the Roman Empire to the nineteenth century. It is a key tool for anyone interested in the history of travel and exploration.

  • - In the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, and 1771, Undertaken in Pursuit of Natural Knowledge, at the Desire of the Royal Society
    af Anonymous
    329,95 kr.

    Full of sharp observations and well-chosen detail, this fast-moving account of Cook's first voyage was published anonymously in 1771, within months of the expedition's return. The author's intelligent interpretations of his exotic environments, and fascination with social anthropology and language, make his anonymity all the more intriguing.

  • - Between the Years 1826 and 1836
    af Charles Darwin, Robert Fitzroy & Phillip Parker King
    753,95 - 850,95 kr.

    Before Charles Darwin's famous voyage on the Beagle, the ship and its captain Robert Fitzroy (1805-65) had participated in a challenging survey of the South American coastline. Volume 1 of this three-volume work, published in 1839, describes that 1826-30 expedition, while Volumes 2 and 3 cover the second voyage.

  • - And Farewell to my Old Shipmates and Messmates
    af John Bechervaise
    575,95 kr.

    This volume contains two works by John Bechervaise, born in 1791. The first is a narrative of 'thirty-six years of a seafaring life', published in 1839, describing his experiences in the merchant navy and Royal Navy. The second, from 1847, contains anecdotes drawn from the lives of Bechervaise's messmates.

  • - Compiled Chiefly from Original Journals at the East India House
    af James Horsburgh
    503,95 - 542,95 kr.

    After poor navigation led to his ship being wrecked in the Indian Ocean in 1786, James Horsburgh (1762-1836) devoted himself to the production of accurate charts of the eastern seas. This two-volume work, first published in 1809-11, became the standard reference for navigators for half a century.

  • af W. S. Lindsay
    791,95 - 856,95 kr.

    The shipowner and politician William Schaw Lindsay (1816-77) combined a wealth of personal experience and practical knowledge with a meticulous approach to research. Originally published in four illustrated volumes in 1874-6, this is a full and authoritative history of the world of ships and maritime trade.

  • - Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and Lande Travells by Englishmen and Others
    af Samuel Purchas
    538,95 - 764,95 kr.

    This seventeenth-century work (reissued in a 20-volume 1905-7 edition) follows Richard Hakluyt's Principal Navigations in recording voyages of exploration. Volume 1 considers ancient exploration, beginning with the navy of King Solomon, and moving to the classical period, before discussing the world's religions.

  • - Avec des observations sur le detroit de Magellan, et sur les Patagons
    af Antoine-Joseph Pernety
    520,95 - 522,95 kr.

    Antoine-Joseph Pernety (1716-96) joined Louis-Antoine de Bougainville's expedition in 1763-4 to claim the Falkland Islands for France. Published in 1770, this two-volume work presents his observations on the islands' natural history. Volume 1 describes the journey and the inspiration behind it, and details the fauna and flora discovered.

  • af Alfred Jacobs, Alcide Dessalines D'Orbigny, Jules Sebastien Cesar Dumont D'Urville & mfl.
    665,95 - 812,95 kr.

    This four-volume collection showcasing discoveries by French explorers appeared in Paris in the mid-nineteenth century. The first two volumes contain Dumont d'Urville's lightly fictionalised, illustrated, popular account of his voyages, originally published in 1832. Volume 1 covers d'Urville's travels through Asia to French Polynesia, and reproduces the 1863 printing.

  • - With an Appendix Containing Various Subjects Relating to Hydrography and Natural History
    af Phillip Parker King
    656,95 - 793,95 kr.

    This two-volume work by Phillip Parker King (1791-1856) was published in 1827, and describes the Royal Navy's 1817-22 surveying expedition to chart the coastal regions of Australia. Derived from the author's journal, the book describes not only the voyages but also the towns and settlements of the region.

Gør som tusindvis af andre bogelskere

Tilmeld dig nyhedsbrevet og få gode tilbud og inspiration til din næste læsning.