Catalogue 32
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Americas & Caribbean
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DOWNING, Sir George. A Discourse written by Sir George Downing, The King of Great Britain's Envoy Extraordinary to the States of the United Provinces. London, John Luttone, 1672.
Scarce second, much augmented edition (first 1664) of this early tract on New York.
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An Unusually Fine Example Of An
Early American Backstaff
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HAM, James. Backstaff, fruitwood frame with two boxwood arcs. 1759.
Rare, early American-made back-staff, one of the principle
instruments of navigation throughout the 17th and 18th centuries.
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MEDINA’S MANUAL OF COMPASS-NAVIGATION, IN FRENCH
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MEDINA, Pedro (de) / NICOLAI, Nicolas (de). L'art de nauiguer de Maistre Pierre de Medine, Espaignol : contenant toutes les reigles, secrets, & enseignemens necessaire, à la bonne nauigation, traduict de castillan en Françoys…. Lyon, Guillaume Rouille, 1554.
Very rare first edition of the first significant practical treatise on trans-Atlantic navigation in French.
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SAINT VALLIER, Jean Baptiste de la Crois de Chevrieres de,. Estat present de l’eglise et de la colonie fracoise dans La Nouvelle France. Lettre de M. L’Eveque de Quebec. . Paris, Robert Pepie, 1688.
Rare first edition of an account of an early trip to Quebec by Saint Vallier, the second Bishop of the Province and immediate successor to Laval.
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Against Peace At All Costs
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WEST INDIA COMPANY (Dutch). Consideratien ende redenen der e. heeren bewind-hebberen vande geoctrojeerde West-Indische Compagnie inde... Vereenigde Vrye Nederlanden overgelevert, nopende de teghenwoodridge deliberatie over den treves met den Coning van Hispanien. Haarlem, Adriaen Rooman, 1629.
Issued by the Dutch West India Company, this strongly worded pamphlet expresses hope that war with Spain would continue indefinitely, as the company was making enormous profits on the high seas by attacking the enemy with their country's blessing.
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