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VERNE (Jules).
The Great Navigators of the 18th Century. 51 drawings by P. Philippotaux. 66 facsimiles (based on historical documents) and maps by Matthis and Morieu.
Paris: Bibliothèque d’éducation et de récréation, J. Hetzel et Cie, [1879]. — 8vo, 274 x 178. Brick-red percaline cardboard binding ‘in the style of the Ptolemaic armillary sphere’, gilt edges (Engel).
First edition, illustrated with works by Paul Dominique Philippoteaux, as well as several facsimiles and 18 maps.
This is the second volume of the trilogy *History of Great Voyages and Great Travellers*, which traces the history of the great maritime explorers of the 18th century, whose work made it possible to map the oceans and continents.
The work is divided into two parts, and it is in the second part that a chapter – Chapter II – is devoted to the explorers of Africa: Shaw in Algeria and Tunis. — Iornemann in the Fezzan. — Adanson in Senegal. - Houghton in Senegambia. — Mungo Park and his two voyages to the Djoliba or Niger. — Sego. — Timbuktu. - Sparmann and Levaillant in the Cape, Natal and the interior. — Lacerda in Mozambique and amongst the Cazembé. — Bruce in Abyssinia. — The sources of the Blue Nile. — Lake Tzana. — Browne’s journey through Darfur.
Copy in its original cardboard binding, ‘à la sphère armillaire ptolémaïque’. AB Catalogue (1879–1880) bound at the end.
Wear to the caps and hinges. Stains on the covers, a small tear at the bottom of the second cover. Foxing.
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Claude Mozis Library – Black Africa and the African diaspora
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10/21/2026 at 2:00 PM
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