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FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST FRENCH EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT OF THE EAST INDIES
Item #5561 Description du premier voyage faict aux Indes Orientales par les François en l’An...
Paris, Laurens Sonnius, 1604.

Description du premier voyage faict aux Indes Orientales par les François en l’An 1603. [including separate title pages for the Description et Remarque de quelques animaux, episceries, drogues… and the Traicte du Scurbut].

Extremely rare first edition of the first French account of the East Indies to appear in print (cf. Lach & van Kley, III: 373), here in an impeccable copy bound in contemporary vellum. The work is that of the French adventurer François Martin de Vitré (c. 1575-c. 1631), who, upon..... More

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Item #1400 Draper's answer to the Spanish Arguments, claiming the Galeon, and refusing payment of...
PHILIPPINES.
London, J. Dodsley, 1764.

Draper's answer to the Spanish Arguments, claiming the Galeon, and refusing payment of the ransom bills, for preserving Manila from pillage and destruction; in a letter addressed to the Earl of Halifax.

Scare first edition of this document relating to the British occupation of Manila during the Anglo-Spanish War of 1762-3, and an interesting case of international law. In September of 1762, under the command of Draper and Cornish, a British fleet of 13 ships containing over 6000 men attacked Manila and..... More

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A Superb Death of Cook Engraving
Dedicated to Bougainville
Item #5971 Mort Tragique du Capitaine Cook. Le 15. Fevrier, 1779. J./ FESSARD WEBBER, Claude-Mathieu
WEBBER, J./ FESSARD, Claude-Mathieu.
Paris, c. 1785

Mort Tragique du Capitaine Cook. Le 15. Fevrier, 1779.

A fine, separately published, French engraving of Webber's iconic scene of the tragic death of Captain James Cook in Hawaii.  The edition was dedicated to Louis-Antoine Bougainville, the French explorer and circumnavigator, who is herein identified as a member of the Society of the Cincinnati.  The official account of Cook's..... More

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Historical Macao Printing
One of Only 8 Known Complete Copies
Item #4768 Jornada, Que O Senhor Antonio de Albuquerque Coelho, Governador, e Capitan Geral Da...
Macao, 1718

Jornada, Que O Senhor Antonio de Albuquerque Coelho, Governador, e Capitan Geral Da Cidade do Nome de Deos de Macao na China, Fes de Goa athe chegas a ditta Cide Divida em duas partes.

Very rare first edition of this account of Antonio de Albuquerque Coelho’s 1717-1718 journey from Goa to Macao. Part I describes his circuitous route to Johore (in modern-day Malaysia); Part II, his six-month stay in the province—and unforeseen involvement in the coup that allowed the Sumatran adventurer Raja Kechil to..... More

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