The Ted Benttinen Library of Exploration and Adventure
25 November - 9 December 2024 • New York
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2 (Alaska and North-West America) | Collection of works
4 (America) | Collection of works
5 Amundsen, Roald | "Sydpolen," in the rare original parts
6 (Amundsen, Roald) | Collection of works
7 (Amundsen, Roald) | Collection of works
8 Amundsen, Roald, Fridtjof Nansen, and Otto Sverdrup | Three letters about the naval history of Norway
9 Anania, Giovanni Lorenzo d’ | "L’Universale fabrica del mondo." With maps of the world and four continents
10 (Anson, George) | The "extremely rare" first account of Anson's voyage
11 (Anson, George) | Collection of works
12 (Antarctic — Australia and New Zealand) | Collection of works
13 (Antarctic Expedition — Japan) | Collection of works
15 (Antarctic — Terra Nova/Discovery Expeditions) | Collection of works
16 (Antarctic — Germany) | Collection of works
17 (Antarctic) | Collection of works
18 (Antarctic) | Collection of works
19 (Antarctic) | Collection of works, including maps and panoramas
20 (Antarctic — French language) | Collection of works
21 Apianus, Petrus | The scarce edition that first includes Frisius's account of the conquest of the Inca Empire
22 Apianus, Petrus | An abridgement of the author's 1524 "Cosmographicus liber"
23 Apianus, Petrus | Two significant illustrated geographical and astronomical texts
24 (Arctic) | Collection of works
25 (Arctic) | Collection of works
27 (Arctic) | Collection of works
28 (Australia and New Zealand) | Collection of works
29 (Australia and New Zealand) | Collection of works
30 Ayres, Philip | First edition of a scarce work on English piracy
31 Barlow, William | The first use of the English word magnetism
32 Beechey, Frederick W. | A narrative involving the whole theatre of the Pacific Ocean
33 Beliavskii, Frants Mikhailovich | With charming lithographs of the indigenous people of Siberia
34 Bennett, Frederick Debell | First edition of a work praised by Herman Melville
35 Berkh, Vasilii Nikolaevich | Bering's "First Kamchatka Expedition"
36 Betagh, William | "an Account of a Remarkable Enterprize..."
37 Blundeville, Thomas | An important book in the history of navigation—the Tomash copy
38 [Bougainville, Louis Antoine, Comte de] | The first official French circumnavigation—and the first to include a woman
41 Browne, William H. J. | Tinted lithographed views taken during Ross's Arctic expedition
45 Burney, James | The most significant general history of early discoveries in the South Seas
46 (Byrd, Richard E.) | Collection of works
47 Campbell, Alexander | The suppressed account of “remarkable seamanship”
48 (Canada) | Collection of works
49 Charcot, Dr. Jean | Collection of works
50 Cherry-Garrard, Apsley | "The Worst Journey in the World," Polar binding
51 Cherry-Garrard, Apsley | "The Worst Journey in the World," in the rare library binding
52 Cherry-Garrard, Apsley | "The Worst Journey in the World," with a presentation copy of his Postscript
54 Collins, John | First edition of this treatise on navigation, with the additional title-page
55 Colnett, James | One of the most important voyages in the history of whaling
56 Colson, (Nathaniel) | The incredibly rare first edition this navigational guide
57 (Columbus, Christopher) | Collection of works
58 (Cook, Captain James) — Louis Antoine de Bougainville and James Magra | The two earliest works on Tahiti