Henry Hudson (c. 1565-1611) was an English sea explorer and navigator during the early 17th century, best known for his explorations of present-da...

Hernando de Soto (c.1497-1542) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who was involved in expeditions in Nicaragua and the Yucatan Peninsula. He ...

Gonzalo Pizarro (1510-1548) was a Spanish conquistador and brother of Francisco Pizarro, who led the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire.In 1539 G...

A landmark of eighteenth-century English circumnavigation. Anson's voyage recounts the expedition made to cut off Spanish supplies of wealth from S...

A crisp copy of this wide-ranging topographical dictionary of the New World, in the preferred Italian version. Published in English a year earlier...

A fine copy of the Italian edition of this celebrated history of Mexico, which describes the three years between the appointment of Cortes to comm...

With important Australian provenance. Darwin's first published, and his most widely read book: the account of the most important 19th-century voyag...

Roggeveen's voyage - Europeans discover Rapa Nui (Easter Island). The first French account of Roggeveen's voyage and the European discovery of Rapa...

The official record of Bougainville's voyage around the world. The main intention of the voyage was political: to extend French influence in Indoc...

With the rare Atlas Hydrographique. One of the most important and complete records of the Mexican period in California. 'This voyage, ostensibly to...

A book of primary importance in the history of dutch navigation. The first Latin edition of the first circumnavigation to have the official support...

This was the first sustained attempt to describe the discovery, conquest and settlement of Spanish America since Herrera's Décadas. Robertson inte...

The definitive edition. The final, expanded edition of this radical tour-de-force of global commerce and politics. The definitive version of the te...

Bradford Washburn was one of America's foremost mountaineers. He led many first ascents and established new routes on several Alaskan peaks, often...

Images from Polymetis were consulted during the creation of the seal of the Commonwealth of Virginia.'Joseph Spence (1699 – 1748) was an English s...

Froebel (1805 –1893) was a German geologist and mineralogist, and journalist. He emigrated to the United States, where he became editor of a Germa...

Alaska as an island. Fresh copy of the first English edition of 'an important work in the history of north-west coast exploration' (Hill).Preceded ...

The second Spanish edition of a highly important collection of Spanish narratives of exploration and conquest, drawing on some sources no longer e...

Earliest account of Anson's Voyage. Pascoe Thomas kept a full and faithful daily journal of the incidents of this important four-year voyage. Inclu...

First edition of this account of the deeds of Garcia Hurtado de Mendoza (1535-1609), Captain General of Peru and from 1590-1596 Viceroy of Peru. ...