18th Century Voyages
From the Age of Discovery to the Enlightenment: this list celebrates the explosion of eighteenth century voyages with many of the key figures represented. The earliest include accounts by Dampier and Torquemada (important in the literature of Pacific exploration because of Torquemada's account of Quiros's voyage of 1605); through to Anson's famous mid-century voyage into the Pacific and the great voyage accounts of Bougainville, Cook and La Pérouse. Early European descriptions of China are represented in Sir George Staunton's Embassy; descriptions seized upon by the thinkers of the Enlightenment for their revelations of distant cultures, evolved without European influence. It is sometimes easy to overlook the scale of these accounts, and to take for granted their achievement in what has been termed the "double deed that consists of sailing round the world then writing an account of it" (Mary Louise Pratt).
Zobeide. A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden.
London, 1771
Price (AUD):
$1,350.00
US$865.21 Other currencies
Ref: #3903076
A Missionary Voyage to the Southern Pacific Ocean…
London, 1799
Price (AUD):
$6,500.00
US$4,165.83 Other currencies
Ref: #4106057
Notice of the arrival of the First Fleet in the London Chronicle.
London, February 21-24, 1789
Price (AUD):
$550.00
US$352.49 Other currencies
Ref: #3710501
'O-Tahiti' [in] Göttingisches Magazin der Wissenschaft und Litteratur.
Göttingen, 1780
Price (AUD):
$5,450.00
US$3,492.89 Other currencies
Ref: #3802480
Article on John Hutchinson's longitude clock…
London, 1775
Price (AUD):
$375.00
US$240.34 Other currencies
Ref: #3707085
An account of the Pelew Islands…
Basel, 1789
Price (AUD):
$725.00
US$464.65 Other currencies
Ref: #3107937
Resa omkring Jorden af Herr de la Perouse…
Stockholm, 1799
Price (AUD):
$3,400.00
US$2,179.05 Other currencies
Ref: #3812959
Relation abrégée du Voyage de La Pérouse…
Leipzig, 1799
Price (AUD):
$2,800.00
US$1,794.51 Other currencies
Ref: #3712660
Rélation du Voyage à la Recherche de La Pérouse…
Paris, 1800 [Atlas volume dated 1817 on title-page]
Price (AUD):
$12,250.00
US$7,851.00 Other currencies
Ref: #2601979
Observations Fondamentales sur les Langues Anciennes et Modernes…
Paris, 1787
Price (AUD):
$2,400.00
US$1,538.15 Other currencies
Ref: #4002668
A Tour from Gibraltar to Tangier… over Mount Atlas, to Morocco, Including a Particular Account...
London, 1791
Sold
Ref: #4504672
Recherches sur le scorbut et les fievres putride…
Paris &c., 1786
Price (AUD):
$875.00
US$560.79 Other currencies
Ref: #4104508
Relación del Viage… al descubrimiento del estrecho nuevo de San Vicente…
Cadiz, [1766 or 1769]
Price (AUD):
$14,850.00
US$9,517.33 Other currencies
Ref: #4401806
A Collection of Voyages and Travels, Consisting of Authentic Writers in our own Tongue…
London, 1745
Price (AUD):
$12,750.00
US$8,171.44 Other currencies
Ref: #4401856
India Orientalis Christiana continens fundationes ecclesiarum…
Rome, 1794
Price (AUD):
$4,250.00
US$2,723.81 Other currencies
Ref: #3703905
Journal de Maximo Rodriguez, premier Européen ayant habité Tahiti…
Papeete, 1930
Price (AUD):
$1,150.00
US$737.03 Other currencies
Ref: #3702871
Franska Capitainens och Riddarens Jean François de Survilles Upptaekes - resa I Soederhafvet…
Nykoping, 1795
Price (AUD):
$985.00
US$631.28 Other currencies
Ref: #4011309
Voyages dans le pays des Hottentots… a la Baye Botanique…
Paris, 1790
Price (AUD):
$1,200.00
US$769.08 Other currencies
Ref: #2311349
Voyage à la Baie Botanique…
Paris, 1789
Price (AUD):
$2,400.00
US$1,538.15 Other currencies
Ref: #2302215
Etat présent des Indes Hollandaises…
Batavia (but Amsterdam?), circa 1780
Price (AUD):
$1,800.00
US$1,153.62 Other currencies
Ref: #4302373