- DE VAUGONDY MAP OF NORTHWESTERN NORTH
AMERICA Robert de Vaugundy. CARTE GÉNÉRALE DES DÉCOUVERTES DE L'AMIRAL DE FONTE REPRESENTANT LA GRANDE PROBABILITÉ D'UN PASSAGE AU NORD OUEST PAR THOMAS JEFFERYS. Paris,...
[more like this] - "ESKIMAUX" SCENESA set of three early
"Eskimaux" scenes drawn by Capt. George Francis Lyon R.N. (1796-1832) and engraved by Edward Finden (1791-1857). In 1821, Lyon sailed on Commander Perry's second exploratory...
[more like this] - A RENAISSANCE MAP, "AMERICæ SIVE NOVI
ORBIS, NOVA DESCR...A RENAISSANCE MAP, "Americæ sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio," ANTWERP, 1573-1587, a hand colored copperplate engraving on paper, a fragment from the...
[more like this] - JAMES HAMILTON(Irish/America, 1819-1878)
Ship
in the Arctic, unsigned, c. 1850s, watercolor on paper, 7-1/2 x 11 in.; modern wood frame, 14-3/4 x 18-3/4 in.
Note: The second arctic expedition financed by Henry Grinnell,...
[more like this] - JAMES HAMILTON(Irish/America, 1819-1878)
Pulling
a Sledge in the Arctic, 1850s, unsigned, watercolor on paper, 7-1/4 x 10-1/2 in.; silver finished wood frame, 11-1/4 x 14-1/2 in.
Note: The second arctic expedition financed...
[more like this] - JAMES HAMILTON(Irish/America, 1819-1878)
Icebergs
in the Arctic, unsigned, c. 1850s, watercolor on paper, 7-1/4 x 10-1/2 in.; silver finished wood frame, 11-1/4 x 14-1/2 in.
Note: The second arctic expedition financed by...
[more like this] - BELLIN - MAP OF THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE,
1766Jacques Nicolas Bellin, Carte Reduite De L'Ocean Septentrional compris entre l'Asie et l'Amerique... , Paris, 1766, with the insignia of the Depot De La Marine at lower...
[more like this] - JESSIE WILLCOX SMITH(American, 1863-1935)
Northwest
Passage, In Port, circa 1905, signed lower left "Jessie Willcox Smith", also titled and signed in pencil lower left, ink on buff colored artist board, sheet 12-1/2 x 14-1/2...
[more like this] - LETTER FROM ANDREW WYETH (AMERICAN,
1917-2009) TO ALICE MOORELetter from ANDREW WYETH (American, 1917-2009) to Alice Moore, Sunday, March 20, 1938; mailed Monday, March 21, 1938 Dearest Alice: What a shock...
[more like this] - APPROX. 40 FISHING AND HUNTING-RELATED
BOOKS BOOKS, Sport with Gun and Rod,, The Sunnyside Book,, The Trappers of Umbagog,, Through the Wilds ,, A Will and a Way,, Fatal Gesture,, The Holidays,, Maine Register...
[more like this] - TWO COLLECTIBLE MAPS: DISCOVERIES OF
RUSSIAN, ASITWO COLLECTIBLE MAPS: Discoveries of Russian, Asia, and North America by Jacques N. Bellin, titled "Carte Reduite Des Decouvertes Des Russes, Entre l'Asie et l'Amerique..."...
[more like this] - KENNETH ROBERTS: "NORTHWEST PASSAGE"
(SIGNED)two-volume limited edition; New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company,1937; numbered 584/1050 copies, signed by the author in volume 1; with original illustrated slip-case;...
[more like this] - WOODEN SLOOP MODEL "GJOA", FIRST SHIP
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[more like this] - SEVENTEEN FOLIO SOCIETY BOOKS ON NATURE
& TRAVEL Collection of seventeen The Folio Society hardcover books on nature and travel comprising, Richard F. Burton, "A Secret Pilgrimage To Mecca And Medina", 2004, Bruce...
[more like this] - Athanasius Kircher (German 1601-1680)
"Tabula Geographico-Hydrographica Motus Oceani Currentes Abyssos Montes Ignivomos..." copper-plate engraved map c. 1665 Amsterdam showing currents volcanoes a Northwest passage...
[more like this] - ROBERTS, Kenneth, (American, 1885-1957):
3 first edition books to include 1) OLIVER WISWELL by Kenneth Roberts. New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1940. 2 volumes. 1st edition. Of an edition of 1,050 copies, this...
[more like this] - Cary's terrestrial library globe (John
Cary, 1754-1835), brass mounts, marked "Cary's New Terrestrial Globe…With additions and corrections to 1822", includes Cook's third voyage, the voyages of Phipps, 1773,...
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