The Argonaut Press: 11 titles relating to the Golden Age of Exploration

Various; Walter Raleigh; Christopher Columbus; Richard Hawkins; William Dampier; Francis Drake

Argonaut Press, 1927.

11 volume group. Argonaut Press facsimile series of famous travel publications spanning the 16th - 18th centuries.  Limited edition of 975 printed on Japanese Vellum. Original quarter vellum over cloth, gilt. Rubbing and a few stains to boards, spines soiled. Chip loss to tail of spine to Chardin volume. Some volumes with folding maps. Internally fine.

Volumes included: Dampier. A New Voyage Round the World. 1927;  Voyages and Discoveries. 1931; A Spanish Voyage to Vancouver and the North-East Coast of America. 1930; The World Encompassed...Sir Francis Drake's Circumnavigation of the World. 1926; Caron & Schouten. A True Description... Japan & Siam. 1935; Williamson. Observations of Sir Richard Hawkins. 1933; Voyages of Christopher Columbus. 1930; Harlow. Ralegh's Last Voyage. 1932; Williamson. Voyages of the Cabots. 1929; Ralegh. The Discoverie...Guiana. 1928; Sir John Chardin's Travels in Persia. 1927.