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WALKER, George Laurie and Whittle's New Sailing Directions from the Coasts and Harbours of North America...

Rare sailing directions for the Eastern Seaboard

£8,000

By WALKER, George, 1809

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GREENWOOD, Jonathan The Sailing and Fighting Instructions or Signals as they are Observed in the Royal Navy of Great Britain.

The first printed English signals book

£8,000

By GREENWOOD, Jonathan, 1714-1715].

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ORTELIUS, Abra[ham] [Autograph letter to his nephew].

Ortelius writes to his “most brilliant and dearest nephew”

£50,000

By ORTELIUS, Abra[ham], 4 January 1595.

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LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huygen van. John Huighen van Linschoten his Discours of Voyages unto ye Easte & West Indies. Devided into Foure Bookes.

“The navigator’s vade mecum for the Eastern seas” – one of the most influential English travel books of the sixteenth century

£220,000

By LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huygen van., 1598.

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SENEX, John A treatise of the description and use of both globes.

“a true and exact representation of the Earth and Heavens”

£1,200

By SENEX, John, 1718

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THE ADMIRALTY Persian Gulf Pilot

Rare pilot of the Arabian Gulf with early views of Dubai and Abu Dhabi

£20,000

By THE ADMIRALTY, 1932 [additions to 1936].

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LOGGAN, David Cantabrigia Illustrata

Scarce first edition of Loggan’s magnificent views of Cambridge

£50,000

By LOGGAN, David, [1690].

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GAULD, George Remarks and Directions concerning the Channels and for Sailing into Port Royal and Kingston Harbours

A guide to sailing to Jamaica

£6,000

By GAULD, George, 1795

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BRY, Theodor de; Thomas HARIOT; John WHITE; Jacques LE MOYNE DE MORGUES; Hans STADIUS; and Girolamo BENZONI A sumptuous sammelband of the first four "Grand Voyages"

The New World bound in silver and gold

£220,000

By BRY, Theodor de; Thomas HARIOT; John WHITE; Jacques LE MOYNE DE MORGUES; Hans STADIUS; and Girolamo BENZONI, 1590 - 1594 [1597]

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DE AGUIRRE, Domingo; and others [Untitled catalogue of a Cartographical Library]

Manuscript inventory for an important Spanish cartographical library

£6,000

By DE AGUIRRE, Domingo; and others, after 1773].

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[COMMIN, Vincent, probable translator]. Le Premier Volume de la mer des Histoires

A sea of stories

£24,000

By [COMMIN, Vincent, probable translator]., before 1552.

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HECKFORD, N[athaniel] Practical Sailing Directions and Coasting Guide,

A Sailing Guide to the Colonies of South East Asia

£600

By HECKFORD, N[athaniel], 1882

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