Travel And Missions from John Atkins

The History of the Life and Actions of Adm[iral] Christopher Columbus and of his Discovery of the West Indies Call'd the New World, Now in the Possession of his Catholic Majesty. Written by his Son D. Ferdinand Columbus. Text, complete in itself, is extracted from Churchill, Awnsham, and John: A Collection of Voyages and Travels (vol 2), printed, by assignment from… Read more about this item

Vol 1: xxxii, 383, [1] pages; Vol 2: 403, [1, table des chapitres and errata for vol 1] pages; plus 20 engravings (7 folded). Boards rubbed at extremities. Lacking title page to volume 2. Rare spots of light foxing and feint water stain to bottom corner of first 16 pages in volume 2. Text and engravings clean, unmarked, and fresh. Ex-libris… Read more about this item

"I have nothing to do with [it]. I knew nothing about it." David Livingstone, February 1857 A Narrative of Dr. Livingston's Discoveries in South-Central Africa, From 1849 to 1856. Reprinted by Arrangement from the "British Banner" newspaper. London: Routledge and Co., Printed by Reed and Pardon, n.d. but with a preface dated January 1857. [There is an advertisement for this booklet… Read more about this item

Catholic Capuchin Missionaries in the Congo (i) A Curious and Exact Account of a Voyage to Congo, in the Years 1666-1667 by R. R. F. F. Michael Angelo of Gattina, and Denis de Carli of Piacenza, Capuchins, and Apostolick Missioners into the said Kingdom of Congo bound together with (ii) A Voyage to Congo, and several other countries chiefly in Southern-Africk. By… Read more about this item

Text, complete in itself, is extracted from CHURCHILL, AWNSHAM, and JOHN: A Collection of Voyages and Travels (vol 2,). Printed for Awnsham and John Churchill at the Black Swan in Paternoster-Row, London, 1704. Title-page, preface, pages numbered 559-688. Boards with marks, spine rubbed with split to top 70mm of front joint but holding firm. Text clean and clear. Age toning and… Read more about this item

Text, complete in itself, is extracted from CHURCHILL, AWNSHAM, and JOHN: A Collection of Voyages and Travels (vol IV,). Printed for Awnsham and John Churchill at the Black Swan in Paternoster-Row, London, 1704. With title-page and pages numbered 681-807. Cover slightly soiled (spots) mostly to the rear cover. Light water stain to the top of page margins, and very occasionally to… Read more about this item

8vo, viii, page numbers 1-404, [2, Supplementary Note and Errata], 5, [1], index page numbers 405-408. Publisher's brown cloth, blind-stamped boards with gold lettering on upper board and spine; yellow endpapers; edges sprinkled red. Soiling to cloth and worn with loss to the upper spine and to the inner top board edges. End-papers somewhat soiled with loss to the upper front… Read more about this item