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Erscheinungsdatum: 1818
Anbieter: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, BA, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
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usually called the Congo, in South Africa, in 1816 . to which is added the journal of Professor Smith. First edition. Folding map, one hand-coloured & 12 other plates. 4to. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt, extremities rubbed, some foxing to plates. lxxxii, 498pp. London, John Murray, Tuckey was appointed first lieutenant of the Calcutta in 1802, and sailed out to New South Wales to establish a colony at Port Phillip, an account of which he published on his return: The Account of a Voyage to Establish a Colony at Port Phillip(1805). Captured by the French whilst on convoy duty Tuckey was imprisoned until the peace of 1814, but his imprisonment provided the opportunity to write Maritime Geography & Statistics which was published on his return to England (4 vols., 1815). With such experience Tuckey was an obvious choice to lead an expedition to establish the course of the Congo. Given his extensive periods in confinement however, there were some reservations about his health, yet Tuckey insisted it would improve in a warm climate. Using a purpose-built vessel, the Congo, Tuckey travelled as far as the cataracts, and then preceded overland to discover what lay beyond them. Fears for his health were well-founded. Suffering from persistent illness, he was obliged to return to the Congo and then the store ship Dorothy, which remained in the lower Congo. Tuckey died on board, reportedly from exhaustion. His journal was published unedited by the Admiralty. Hosken, p203.
Verlag: HardPress Publishing, 2020
ISBN 10: 0461872889ISBN 13: 9780461872880
Anbieter: Buchpark, Trebbin, Deutschland
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Zustand: Sehr gut. 632 Seiten Gepflegter, sauberer Zustand. 36358736/2 Altersfreigabe FSK ab 0 Jahre Taschenbuch, Größe: 15.2 x 3.2 x 22.9 cm.
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Verlag: HardPress Publishing, 2019
ISBN 10: 0461057417ISBN 13: 9780461057416
Anbieter: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Paperback. Zustand: Fine.
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Verlag: Legare Street Press, 2022
ISBN 10: 1017660778ISBN 13: 9781017660777
Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
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Zustand: New.
Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2012
ISBN 10: 1108050514ISBN 13: 9781108050517
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - In these memoirs, posthumously published in 1818, a captain and his botanist recount their doomed African expedition of 1816.
Verlag: William B. Gilley / William A. Mercein, New York, 1818
Anbieter: Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB, Madison, WI, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First American edition. 8vo. [9], ii-lxxxi, [4], 86-410, [6] pp. Recent half textured green silk cloth over marbled paper boards with a black morocco label lettered in gilt on the spine. Later endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated with a folding map and with several in-text charts and figures. Completing the title page: To which is added, the journal of Professor Smith; and some general observations on the country and its inhabitants. Published by permission of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Not in Evans. Irish Dictionary National Biography, "Tuckey, James Hingston". Howgego T23. Tuckey was a naval officer and participated in suppressing the first colonial revolt in New South Wales, Australia. He spent nine years as a prisoner in France, and undertook this expedition to chart the River Zaire, the last career assignment he would ever have. Tuckey and his crew all died of Yellow Fever while traveling up the river, this work and its observations is what they left for posterity. The folding map strengthened with Japanese tissue paper (it is mounted on this material), the leaves show scattered foxing and an occasional dampspot.
Verlag: London, Murray,, 1818
Anbieter: Antiquariat Werner Steinbeiß, München, Deutschland
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Ganzleder der Zeit, 8°. Mit gefalt. Kupferstichkarte, 13 (1 kolor.) Kupfertafeln sowie einigen Textholzschnitten. 3 Bll., LXXXII, 498 SS. Rücken erneuert, etwas berieben, Vorsatz, Titel verso und letztes Blatt gestempelt, Erste Ausgabe. - Kainbacher I, 139. Gay 3059. Paulitschke, Erforschung 19 - Tuckey und ein Großteil der Mannschaft starben auf der Expedition an Fieber. Der postume Bericht beruht auf seinen Reisetagebüchern. Tuckeys Angaben über Ausmaße und Lauf des Flusses stießen bei den Zeitgenossen auf Unglauben, spätere Expeditionen blieben erfolglos. Erst mit Stanley fand Tuckeys Bericht seine volle Bestätigung (Paulitschke), Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 1000.
Verlag: Legare Street Press, 2022
ISBN 10: 1016801033ISBN 13: 9781016801034
Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
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Kartoniert / Broschiert. Zustand: New.
Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2019
ISBN 10: 0282531726ISBN 13: 9780282531720
Anbieter: Buchpark, Trebbin, Deutschland
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Zustand: Sehr gut. 422 Seiten Gepflegter, sauberer Zustand. 29784084/2 Altersfreigabe FSK ab 0 Jahre Taschenbuch, Größe: 15.2 x 2.2 x 22.9 cm.
Verlag: British Library, Historical Print Editions, 2011
ISBN 10: 1241495718ISBN 13: 9781241495718
Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
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Zustand: New.
Verlag: William B. Gilley, New York, New York, 1818
Anbieter: Aardvark Rare Books, ABAA, EUGENE, OR, USA
Leather-bound. Zustand: Good Plus. 3/4 leather with marbled paper sides. Recent rebacking with fresh butterscotch calf spine. Five raised bands (plus top and bottom of spine) each hub with gilt to above and below. Moderate foxing and browning throughout, heavier toward the beginning and end, but text still easily readable. Vocabulary appendix. James Hingston Tuckey (1776-1816) was an Irish-born explorer and a captain in the Royal Navy.At the age oif 17 he joined the navy and went to sea, was engaged in expeditions to the Red Sea, and in 1802 helped expand the British colony of New South Wales in Australia. As first lieutenant of the ship The CALCUTTA, Tuckey was captured by the French and was imprisoned for 9 years. While a prisoner, he married Miss Margaret Stuart, a fellow prisoner. After his release, Tuckey was promoted to the rank of commander and in February 1816 sailed to explore the River Congo in the schooner CONGO, accompany by the stores ship DOROTHY. "Most of the officers and crew died of fever and Tuckey himself died on 14 October, 1816 at age 40, in Moanda.He was described as tall and had been handsome, but long and arduous service broke down his constitution and by thirty he was grey-haired and nearly bald.He was gentle and kind in his manners, cheerful in conversation, and indulgent to those under his command." (Wikipedia).
Verlag: John Murray, London, 1818
Anbieter: Royoung Bookseller, Inc. ABAA, Ardsley, NY, USA
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leather_bound. First edition. 498 pages. 26 x 21 cm. Thirteen plates, one colored by hand and large fold-out frontispiece map, plus half title and publisher adverts. An Irish born English naval officer captured by the French on a voyage from St. Helena in 1805, he suffered an imprisonment of nearly nine years. Promoted to rank of commander in 1814, he was later assigned to lead an expedition to explore the Congo River in 1816 to learn if there was a connection between the Congo and Niger basins. Most of the crew including Tuckey succumbed to tropical fever or exhaustion and died in their efforts. Whereas the expedition failed it inspired interest by the British to continue African exploration. The accounts of the expedition gleaned from officer's reports, incomplete journals, etc., provided useful information on the natural history and inhabitants of the region. WOOD p. 603. Hand colored plate clean, balance mostly browned, lacking upper fore-edge corner of title page not affecting text, some quires misbound but present, text clean and fresh. Binding border panels in gilt and blind, marbled endpapers and edges. Contemporary gilt decorated full calf rebacked with most of original spine laid-down. Very good.
Verlag: John Murray, London, 1818
Anbieter: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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Full leather. Zustand: Very good. First edition of Narrative of an Expedition to Explore the River Zaire. under the Direction of of Captain J.K. Tuckey. (illustrator). First Edition. Quarto, lxxxii, 498pp. Full morocco, rebacked with original spine laid down over new cloth, decorative border stamped in blind within a double gilt-ruled border on front and rear covers. Title in gilt over black, five bands with decorative gilt compartments. All edges marbled, marbled endpapers. Bound by M. Bell Richmond. No additional printings listed on copyright page. Solid text block, light foxing to plates, faint wear to edges and corners, some flaking of gilt on spine, hinges reinforced. Previous ownership bookplate on front pastedown endpaper. Complete with one fold-out map with light transference and solid hinges affixed opposite title page, as well as 13 full-page plates, including a hand-colored squid diagram. (Hosken 203). Commander James Hingston [Kingston] Tuckey sailed with the Royal Navy and explored various parts of Africa during his career. Aboard the schooner Congo in 1816, Tuckey searched for a connection between the Congo and Niger Rivers of western and central Africa. The crew was unsuccessful, struggling to navigate rapids and eventually dying of fever. Although the expedition failed, it did raise international interest in exploring Africa.
Verlag: 1818§§§§, 1818
Anbieter: Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB), Stockholm, Schweden
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4to. Pp. (viii), lxxxii, 402, 401-498, (2). With one folding map and thirteen engraved plates, of which one is coloured by hand. Uncut copy in original boards, rebacked with original title label preserved. Map and plates somewhat browned but overall a crisp and clean copy. First edition of the official account of the first scientific expedition to the Congo River to find out if there was a connection with the Niger. The expedition was exposed to fatal problems and Captain Tuckey and several others of the crew died within three months of entering the river. Professor Christen Smith from Kew Gardens was one of the naturalists on the voyage. His journal is here included. The extensive introduction is written by John Barrow, who as second secretary to the Admiralty had organised the expedition. "A relatively important scientific travelogue, W.E. Leach having described a new species of Rafinesque's Ocythoë. J. Cranach gave an account of the collected animals at a whole, including 36 bird species" Wood p. 603. Stafleu 15287.Provenance: From the library of the radical reformer Francis Place (1771-1854) with his bookplate. Three related manuscripts tipped onto guards. The first two (comprising four large our four smaller pages) are apparently in the hand of Francis Place, supplying a digest of the contents of the work, and noting observations taken down from the mouth of Mr. Bevans, a young sailor who accompanied Captain Tuckey. The third manuscript (pp. 4) seems to be in Mr. Bevans' hand containing further critical comments on this work.