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Parks, George Bruner. HAKLUYT. 1928.
Richard Hakluyt and the English Voyages.
New York: American Geographical Society, 1928. 10"h x 7"w. 289 pages, 30 illustrations and reproductions of maps from 1490 to 1625. The author looks into the Elizabethan society to reveal their ideas and outlook and the life and times of Richard Hakluyt.

Stock number: E5217
$US 45.00


Thórdarson, Matthias. VINLAND VOYAGES. 1930.
The Vinland Voyages by Matthias Thórdarson.
New York: American Geographical Society, 1930. 8”h x 5”w. Translated by Thorstina Jackson Walters. xv, 76 pages. Frontispiece, with 23 plates and illustrations from photographs. American Geographical Society Research Series Number 18. Gilt-lettered titles on black panels. Grey cloth-covered boards are lightly soiled. Edges are lightly soiled. Leaves are faintly toned. Spine is darkened.

This book is an account of the period from Leif Erickson’s voyages through the colonization of Greenland and the Norse discovery of the North American mainland.

Stock number: E5221
$US 45.00


Ward, Lock & Co. ISLE OF WIGHT. 1908.
A Pictorial and Descriptive Guide to the Isle of Wight, in Six Sections ...
16th ed. London: Ward, Lock & Co., 1908. 160 pages plus 90 pages of advertising. Six maps and plans (5 folding and one full page) plus numerous illustrations. A travel book for the Isle of Wight (located off the coast of England in the channel). Paperbound.

Stock number: E6097
$US 55.00
 
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