Reports and Literature about charting new territory or culture, revealing lands or cultures previously essentially unknown to the culture the creator was from, for example Cook's and Vancouver's voyages. See 'Travel Literature' for items related to, say, the Grand Tour of Europe, or where the author is traveling and reporting on a known territory, even if they are discovering or elucidating new aspects of the destination.
Boston: American Tract Society, 1860. [2], 309, [1], [6 advertisement] pp. Octavo. Publisher's purple cloth stamped in gilt. [2], 309, [1], [6 advertisement] pp. Octavo.
One of the key texts which encouraged English colonization of the Americas, especially around the area that would become known as Chesapeake Bay. This edition has a deliberately anachronistic style, with the long s used throughout and being printed on dark faux-aged paper. Ink binding stamps of a Boston bindery (cannot make out) and Bayntun on front free endpaper verso.
London: Cassell & Company, 1883. Octavo. Bound in three-quarter brown morroco, raised bands, spine lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Octavo.
Elegant facsimile of the journal kept by Banks. With a foreword by H.R.H. The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and Commentary by Dr. Averil Lysaght. **EXTRA SHIPPING CHARGES MAY BE REQUIRED**
Guildford, Surrey, England: Genesis Publications Limited, in association with Rigby Limited, 1980. 2 volumes. Illustrated with reproductions of paintings and drawings by Endeavour artists Buchan, Parkinson and Sporing. Hand-numbered copy 249 of 500 copies. Quarter calf, morocco lettering pieces, all edges gilt; paper slipcases with printed labels. 2 volumes. Illustrated with reproductions of paintings and drawings by Endeavour artists Buchan, Parkinson and Sporing. Hand-numbered copy 249 of 500 copies.
Late 18th-century work on ship navigation. Signed on the page opposite title by the publisher, Racine (not the author), as a mark of authenticity.
Rouen: J. Racine, 1787. With 5 folding engraved plates at rear. xx, 246, [2] 28 pp. Octavo. First Edition. Period mottled calf, lettering piece. With 5 folding engraved plates at rear. xx, 246, [2] 28 pp. Octavo.