BILLE STEEN Beretning om Corvetten Galatheas Reise omkring J

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BILLE, STEEN. Beretning om Corvetten Galathea's Reise omkring Jorden 1845, 46 og 47. 20 tinted lithographed plates; folding manuscript facsimile; 5 folding maps. 3 volumes. 8vo, original cloth-backed boards with paper lettering pieces, bindings cocked and worn, spines faded, Volume 2 rear cover detached, Volume 3 book block loose in binding; light to moderate foxing throughout, one map with short clean tear, another map browned. 19th-century monogram stamp on titles, modern stamp of the Aquatic Research Institute on free endpapers. Copenhagen: Bianco Luno for C. A. Reitzel, 1849-51

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first edition of the official account of the first Danish circumnavigation, undertaken to explore the possibility of colonizing the Nicobar Islands, to establish trade agreements, and to collect scientific data. Much of the narrative deals with the Hawaiian Islands, where Captain Bille negotiated a treaty of friendship and commerce. Forbes 1723.