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First and only edition of this anthology of great voyages.<\/span><\/p>\n It is richly decorated with 8 portraits of navigators, 70 engraved plates and 6 large folding engraved maps.<\/p>\n This remarkable collection contains many important accounts of voyages and explorations, including those of: Christopher Columbus, Vasco de Gama, Magellan, Drake, Spilberg, Le Maire, l’Hermitte, Clipperton, Gemelli Carreri, Shelvock, Dampier, Cowley, Woode Rogers, Wallis, Le Gentil, Anson, Surville, Roggeween, Byron, Carteret, Bougainville, Pag\u00e8s, Cook, La P\u00e9rouse.<\/p>\n The plates illustrate customs, costumes and natural history. The 6 large maps by Poirson are captioned : Planisph\u00e8re… 1810 ; Am\u00e9rique m\u00e9ridionale, 1808 ; Am\u00e9rique septentrionale, 1809 ; Carte d’Asie, 1810 ; Carte d’Afrique, 1809 ; Carte r\u00e9duite donnant toutes les d\u00e9couvertes faites dans le grand oc\u00e9an nomm\u00e9 aussi Oc\u00e9an Pacifique ou Mer du sud, 1810.<\/p>\n Very fine copy, decoratively bound at the time and complete with all its plates called for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 12 volumes 8vo (198 x 125 mm) engraved portrait frontispiece of Christopher Columbus, 2 nn.ll., XVI, 609 pp., 1 nn.l. (errata), 1 engraved folding map, 5 engraved plates and 1 engraved portrait (Vasco da Gama) for volume I; 2 nn.ll., engraved frontispiece (death of Magellan), 472 pp., 1 engraved folding map, 4 engraved plates for volume II; 2 nn.ll., engraved portrait of Gemelli Careri, 592 pp., 1 engraved folding map, 6 engraved plates for volume III; 2 nn.ll., 500 pp., 1 engraved folding map, 5 engraved plates for volume IV; engraved portrait frontispiece of Anson, 496 pp., 1 engraved folding map, 3 engraved plates (including a portrait of Christopher Columbus) for volume V; 447 pp., 1 engraved folding map, 4 engraved plates for volume VI ; engraved portrait frontispiece of Bougainville, 469 pp., 5 engraved plates for volume VII ; engraved portrait frontispiece of Captain James Cook, 432 pp., 6 engraved plates for volume VIII; 482 pp., 10 engraved plates for volume IX ; 575 pp., 13 engraved plates for volume X ; engraved portrait frontispiece of La P\u00e9rouse, 504 pp., 2 engraved plates for volume XI ; 324 pp., 7 engraved plates for volume XII. Contemporary tree calf, decorative gilt border on covers, flat spines richly gilt in Boz\u00e9rian style, lettering pieces in light brown morocco, marbled edges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":86343,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[552],"product_tag":[620,1404],"class_list":{"0":"post-86370","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-travel","7":"product_tag-travel","8":"product_tag-travels-in-general","9":"pa_auteur-bancarel-francois-2","10":"pa_type-de-livre-printed-book","12":"first","13":"instock","14":"shipping-taxable","15":"purchasable","16":"product-type-simple"},"acf":{"artist":"Fran\u00e7ois BANCAREL","chapeau":"","adresse_bibliographique":"Paris, Dufart p\u00e8re, 1808-1809","book_type":"Printed book","provenance":"","afficher_prix":""},"yoast_head":"\n