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1 Beaglehole, J.C. The Exploration of the Pacific.
California: Stanford University Press, 1968. 3rd edition Hard Cover f/f 
octavo. 346pp A fine copy in an equally fine dust jacket

 
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2 By An American. Journal of a Voyage Betwen the Months of November 1848 and April 1849.
Buffalo: Phinney & Co, 1852. Hard Cover good + 
Octavo 162pp Gray cloth with gilt title on spine. Two plates and woodcut map. Some foxing and soiling to front and rear endpapers. The letters "746" on spine.

 
Price: 75.00 USD
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3 Forbes, Robert H. Crabb's Filibustering Expedition into Sonora 1857 An Historical Account with map, illustrations and bibliography
Arizona Silhouettes, 1952. Hard Cover nf/vg+ 
Octavo. 60pp A near fine copy in an equally nice price clipped dust jacket. Light chipping at top of dj spine. Limited Edition. #544 of 650 copies.

 
Price: 50.00 USD
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4 Heyerdahl,Thor and Soren Richter and HJ Riiser-Larsen. Great Norwegian Expeditions.
Oslo: Dreyers Forlag, no date. Hard Cover vg 
Blue cloth. 232pp. Very light spotting to covers otherwise a very nice copy

 
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5 Heyerdahl,Thor and Soren Richter and HJ Riiser-Larsen. Great Norwegian Expeditions.
Oslo/NY: Dreyers Forlag/American Scandinavian Foundation. Hard Cover vg 
Blue cloth. 231pp. Many photographs

 
Price: 55.00 USD
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6 Horsford,Eben Norton. The Landfall of Leif Erikson A.D. 1000 and the Site of His Houses in Vineland.
Boston: Damrell and Upham, 1892. Hard Cover vg 
Folio. Green cloth. 148pp. 40 folded maps. Wear to top and bottom of spine. Some rubbing along edges

 
Price: 225.00 USD
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7 Keating,William H. Narrative of an Expedition To the Source of St.Peter's River, Lake Winnepeek,Lake of the Woods & performed in the year 1823 by the order of the Hon.J.C. Calhoun, Secretary of War
Minnesota: Ross & Haines Inc, 1959. Limited edition Glossy Pictorial Cover vg/vg 
Limited to 1500 copies. Nice copy in an equally nice dust jacket. There is a black magic marker line on bottom fore-edges. One volume edition (2 volumes in one)

 
Price: 45.00 USD
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8 Pigafetta, Antonio. Magellan's Voyage A Narrative Account of the First Circumnavigation
Yale University Press, 1969. Hard Cover vg/nf 
Two Volume set in slipcase.

Translated and edited by R.A.Skelton from the manuscript in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University 
Price: 150.00 USD
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9 Read, John. Nansen in the Frozen World Preceded by a biography of the great explorer and copious extracts from Nansen's "First Crossing of Greenland", Also an account by Eivind Astrup , of Life among People near the Pole and his Journey Across Northern Greenland with Lieut. R.E. Peary. Followed by a Brief History of the Principal Earlier Arctic Explorations
A.J.Holman & Co. Pub, 1897. First edition Hard Cover good 
Octavo. Blue decorated cloth. Illustrated. Interior tight. There is spotting to top area of back cover (3 inches x 5inches) Some fading to spine.

 
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10 Shackleton,Edward. Nansen The Explorer.
London: H.F.G.Witherby Ltd, 1959. First edition Hard Cover vg+/vg+ 
A very nice copy in an equally nice dust jacket.

 
Price: 80.00 USD
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11 Temple,Sir Richard Carnac. The World Encompassed and Analogous Contemporary Documents Concerning Francis Drake's Circumnavigation of the World.
London: The Argonaut Press, 1926. Hard Cover vg 
sm4to, 235 pp. Limited to 975 copies. Quarter Vellum. Ribbon. There is a 1" separation on crease of spine. Ink inscription by previous owner on ep

 
Price: 132.50 USD
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