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The Resolution Journal of Johann Reinhold Forster, 1772-1775 (Vol 1-5) by Johann Reinhold Forster; Michael E Hoare (ed.)
$150.00 NZD
Category: Early NZ | Series: Hakluyt Society, Second Series | Reading Level: very good
This presents the previously unpublished journal of the principal naturalist on Cook's second voyage. The introduction discusses Forster's career.
The Three Voyages of Edmond Halley in the Paramore, 1698-1701 - including maps by Edmond Halley; N. J. W. Thrower (Editor)
$45.00 NZD
Category: Hakluyt Society | Series: Hakluyt Society, Second Series Volume 156 | Reading Level: very good
Edmond Halley was already a well-known astronomer, mathematician and natural philosopher when, in 1698, he took command of His Majesty's Ship Paramore. The purpose of Halley's first two voyages was to test his geomagnetical theories; in the third voyage he investigated tidal phenomena. These voyages, wh ...Show more
The Travels of Ibn Battuta - Volume V: Index by A. D. H. Bivar (Editor)
$20.00 NZD
Category: Hakluyt Society | Series: Hakluyt Society, Second Ser.
Almost everything that is known of the life and personality of Ibn Battuta is derived from his own narrative of his travels. So wrote H. A. R. Gibb in his Foreword in 1957 at the start of this Hakluyt Society project. Now over forty years later, the completion has been achieved by the publication of the ...Show more
To the Pacific and Arctic with Beechey - The Journal of Lieutenant George Peard of HMS Blossom, 1825-1828 by George Peard; Barry M. Gough (Editor)
$45.00 NZD
Category: Hakluyt Society | Series: Hakluyt Society Second Series Volume 143 | Reading Level: very good
The importance of the Northwest Passage in the history of European and especially British expansion is well known. In the 40-year interlude of peace between Waterloo and the Crimean War, Britain could direct, with ease, a small portion of her fleet to polar discovery, and, by doing so, keep her Russian ...Show more