William Cornelison Schouten (14 results)

blue embossed oblong hardcover ~ 2ş (folio ~ 10"x12"). large ("coffee table" book), international or priority shipping will cost extra. dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in vg+ cond. minor chipping along the top edge, top of spine, couple of tiny (1cm) tears, not price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first american edition so stated . first printing (NAP). illustrated endpapers. 256p. 44 glossy full color plates. 265 b&w figures. almost every page illustrated. glossary. dictionary of sea terms. types of sailing ship. bibliography. world history. nautical history. maritime history. exploration. cartography. geography. ~ The sailing ship era is part of a continuing adventure, which lives on in the dawning spaceship age; an adventure of the human spirit, discernible not only in great voyages and moments of danger, but also in the discovery of techniques in advances in shipbuilding and navigation. The inspiration of the sailing ship for the artist, manifest in the great marine paintings of four hundred years, is part of the adventure too. So are the excitement and love inspired by the sailing ship in ordinary people, which created the demand for innumerable simple prints of ships throughout the age of sail. Captain Donald Macintyre has written a historical record of four centuries, from the first circumnavigation of the world to the virtual disappearance of the square~rigged ship. This is followed by a selection of contemporary writings of many nations, from 1520 to 1914 ( Francisco Antonio Pigafetta, William Bourne, Sir Francis Drake the Younger, Don Garcia Hurtado de Mendoza, Gerrit de Veer, Willem Cornelison Schouten, Thomas Heywood, A. Richer, George Lord Anson, Louis de Bougainville, Captain James Cook, Horatio Viscount Nelson, Captain Isaac Hull USN, Richard Dana, Captain H. A. Chippendale USN, Basil Lubbock, Basil Greenhill CBE, Joseph Conrad, etc.), each piece showing an important aspect of the age of sail, the whole combining with over three hundred beautiful illustrations to give a comprehensive picture of the sailing ship experience. Captain Macintyre traces the development of sails, rigging and hull design, from the caravel, carrack and galleon to the clipper epoch, when the sailing ship became a thing of visual and functional perfection; and beyond to the autumn of the age of sail, to the great steel~hulled four and five~masted barques and barquentines, which had a strange beauty of their own.' He tells the story of maritime exploration and the establishment of commerce : a story of friendly or hostile competition among nations sharing the common experience of the struggle against the sea. Adventure, in the ordinary sense of dramatic and exciting episodes, fills the history of sail and has received an extraordinary amount of eyewitness documentation. The selection of contemporary documents in this volume unfolds a stirring tale of storms, shipwrecks and fights, of famous ships and the men who sailed in them. It shows, as nothing else can, what life in sailing ships was really like. It relives great moments of discovery or despair, such as the first rounding of Cape Horn, or the last voyage of Willem Barents in his brave and futile search for the Northeast Passage, ennobled by the courage and dignity of a crew lost among ice and polar bears in the dark, dreaded Arctic winter. It evokes the brutality of life at sea, but also its warmer, more humorous side. After the horrors of Anson's voyage it is a relief to read of Bougainville's reception at Tahiti and the meeting of Cook's sailors with the nymphs of Nootka Sound. The odyssey of the human spirit is ever present in The Adventure of Sail, from the perceptive introduction by the famous modern sailing man and boat designer, Uffa Fox, to the highly.

Full Vellum Binding. Boxed. Condition: Fine condition. Facsimile Edition. Facsimily edition of the first edition of The World Encompassed (1628 and the first edition in english of The Relation of a Wonderfull Voyage (1619) This book is accompanied by a 24pp pamphlet with Historical introductions by A.L. Rowse and Bibliographical Notes by Robert O. Dougan Green cloth covered box with paper label on front and back of box and spine. Box stamped Made in Italy. Velum binding a little warped as is typical with velum bindings. 3 linen tyes at front fore edge. Photos available on request. 82pp. Content clean, bright and sound.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 2 books in boxed set: The World encompassed by Sir Francis Drake being his next voyage to that to Nombre de Dios formerly imprinted; carefully collected out of the notes of Master Francis Fletcher preacher in this imployment, and divers others his followers in the same: offered now at last to publique view, both for the honour of the actor, but especially for the stirring up of heroick spirits, to benefit their countrie, and eternize their names by like noble attempts. Francis Drake. Facsimile copy of first printing of 1628. 108p. / THE RELATION OF A WONDERFUL VOIAGE [VOYAGE]. WILLIAM CORNELISON SCHOUTEN. Facsimile copy of first printing of 1619. 81p. Both titles bound into single hardcover no dust jacket, boards bumped/scuffed, binding tight, text clean/unmarked + HISTORICAL INTRODUCTIONS AND BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES. A.L. Rowe and Robert O. Dougan. World Publishing Co. 1966. 24p. twine bound paperback pamphlet, covers bumped/scuffed, binding tight, text clean/unmarkedBox is bumped/scuffed30.00.

8Vo Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 250pp. Stylized reprint of 1628/1616 originals. Beige boards, gilt copper lettering and graphic on spine and front board, ribbon ties hold boards closed. Text and artwork is clean on unmarked, uncreased pages. Joints are secure, textblock is square with pointed corners. Includes 24pp pamphlet. Minimal overall book shelf/timewear, boardwear. Some boxwear, spottage and abrasions, pastedown label on spine is peeling off.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Nicely produced facsimile of the 1628 account of Drake's circumnavigation, written by his Nephew Francis Drake, making use of his uncle's journals. Plus the 1619 English translation of Willem Schouten's 1618 description of his pioneering voyage around Cape Horn. The two volumes bound together in a vellum style binding with gilt titling. With a pamphlet containing an introduction by A. L. Rowse. With clamshell box. Clean and tight, mild shelf-wear to box. Near fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 19 x 14 cm, 108, 82 pp. First Thus - first appearance in this format. Both titles in a single volume, accompanied by 24-page string-bound pamphlet containing the introductions and notes. In a slipcase. Bound in ivory-coloured leather, decorated in gilt on the front panel and spine, in a felt-lined green cloth box with front and back paste-ons relating the titles of the books and a small paste-on on the spine with the author's names. The first part of the book reproduces the 1628 book by Drake, the second part reproduces the 1619 tale by Schouten. spine with velum bound volume with gilt arms of James I and Charles I of England and printing on spine, linen ties, in velvet lined box. Both titles in a single volume, accompanied by 24-page string-bound pamphlet containing the introductions and notes. In a green cloth clam-shell box Decorated in gilt on the front panel and spine, with front and back paste-ons relating the titles of the books and a small paste-on on the spine with the author's names. The first part of the book reproduces the 1628 book by Drake, the second part reproduces the 1619 tale by Schouten. The author of "The World Encompassed" is the navigator's great nephew. Drake had no children. The author of this book is the navigator's great nephew. Drake had no children.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Original publisher's Solander box bound in blue cloth with tipped-in facsimile title pages on front and back of the interior publications, facsimiles of The World Encompassed by Sir Francis Drake, which was first published in 1628, and The Relation of a Wonderfull Voiage by William Cornelison Schouten, first published in 1619. The facsimiles are contained in a book with original publisher's beige leather binding and a gilt decoration on the front cover. There is an original pamphlet printed on beige paper laid in on the book. Box measures 6 3/4" x 8 1/4." Book measures 6" x 7 3/4." Pamphlet measures 5 1/4" x 7 1/4." Book has eighty-two pages, complete. Pamphlet has twenty-four pages, complete. Box, book, and pamphlet are very clean and intact. Bindings of the book and pamphlet are tight. Box has slight wear at the edges. A Fine copy. The pamphlet contains background information about the voyages of Sir Francis Drake and William Schouten. Each description of the explorers' voyages are accompanied by Bibliographical Notes.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 108 + 82pp + 24pp Historical introduction and biographical notes booklet. The 8 by 6 inch Velum covered book with cloth ties and gilt titling to spine and coat of arms decoration to front comes within a green clam box lined in red velvet. Armorial bookplate to pastedown otherwise good and clean throughout - looks hardly used.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2 Volume Set. Small 8vos. Hardcover facsimile Volume pp82 + colophon page with 2 map, one double page and portrait frontis, Accompanying softcover booklet pp24 With Historical Introductions by A. L. Rowse and Bibliographical Notes by Robert O. Dougan. Both volumes issued without dust jackets or wrappers housed in green cloth covered clamshell box. Clamshell box with paper title labels to both covers and spine and lined in red felt in very good condition with a little rubbing to edges and some fading. Facsimile volume bound in full cream leather with gilt armorial crests of King James I and Charles I and cloth ties in very good/near fine condition with small mark to top of front board and small nick to very edge of front cover. Soft cover booklet with titles to front cover in near fine condition with small faint pencil marks to front cover. Inside both volumes in excellent near fine condition. A lovely copy of this high-quality facsimile edition.

Boxed. Condition: Very good. Facsimile. (1966). Facsimile edition of each. Boxed along with Historical Introductions by A. L. Rowse and Bibliographical Notes by Robert O. Dougan. Very good. (181).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Book is in very good condition. Book plus a pamphlet inside a green clamshell that ha a velvety red inside material. Book has a very tight spine with clean text. Most likely never read before. Facsimile copy. The World Encompassed first released in 1628 and The Relation of a Wonderful Voiage in 1619. Beautiful maps inside and on green case. Please feel free to reach out to us with any questions.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Facsimile Edition. Cream vellum with cloth ties and cream pamphlet in green felt lined box.

Hardcover. Leder, ca. 200 Seiten. In der Original-Kassette, mit Beiheft. Leichte Gebrauchsspuren, insgesamt gutes Exemplar. (Bibliotheca Americana) Faksimile Edition Englische Sprache Gewicht: 600.

Leather. Condition: Very Good. Unread. Facsimile Edition. Book and Pamphlet (24pp.) Housed in Publisher's Green Clamshell case. Bound in cream colored leather with cloth ties. Slipcase in very good condition.