Search Results: the portuguese pioneers by prestage edgar

Barnes & Noble, NY, 1967. Reprint of 1933 ed.. Hardcover. Good. 8vo, hardcover, blue cloth. Good condition in good dj. Ex-library copy, Interior stamping, exterior labels neatly removed. Contents otherwise clean, no writing or marking. binding sturdy and tight. 352 pp.

Barnes & Noble, 1967. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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Blue cloth hardcover. R. and R. Clark Ltd, 1933. Good condition. Aged cover and pages. No interior markings. Fold-outs intact.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The The Portuguese Pioneers.

A. & C. Black, 1933-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 2.8179 in x 23.1724 in x 16.6773 in. Ex-library book, Hardback/Hardcover, usual stamps and marking. Well read copy with some spine and cover wear, some colouring of pages due to age.

Hardback. New.

A. & C. Black, 1933T. hardcover. Very Good. 2.8179 in x 23.1724 in x 16.6773 in. A. & C. Black 1933 edition. Some minor foxing to pages, text clean and bright, binding firm, minor shelf wear to cover, no dust jacket, inscription on first page.

Paperback. New.

Hard Cover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The The Portuguese Pioneers.

London: A & C Black. Near Fine. 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Small checks marks in index, name on endpaper, minor wear to cloth tips ; Dark blue cloth, gilt titles; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 352 pages .

Unknown, 2007. Paperback. New. 372 pages. 8.50x5.40x1.10 inches.

London: A. & C. Black, 1933. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good +/Fair. 8vo. Bound in navy cloth with navy topstain. Cloth abraded at head and heel of spine, with a little loss; some minor paper residue on pastedown; front free endpaper tanning and with former owner's ballpoint signature and erased pencil former owner's signature; review of book pasted to rear free endpaper, which is tanning. Dust-jacket clipped with browned spine; some rubbing along hinges of flaps; minor paper loss to corners and at heel of spine; overall dust soil; tape to head and heel of spine, onto front and edge of spine; some scuff and a couple spots of damp to spine and front.

London: A & C Black. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. With 4 maps, 3 of which are folding, dustjacket is chipped at spine ends and sun faded on the spine, book slightly canted and dusty. The chief English authority on his subject, on which he has written widely in both English and Portuguese, gives in an attractive form the results of his researches on the great explorations whereby Portugal led Europe out of medival speculation to the threshold of modern knowledge in a vast area of world geography. The expeditions comprise those which revealed Madeira, the Azores and the Cape Verde islands, the coasts of Africa and Brazil, the sea passages to India, Malaya, the Spice Islands, China and Japan. The leaders and organizers include such pioneers as Prince Henry the Navigator, Diogo Cäo, Cadamosto, Bartholomew Dias and Vascoda Gama, great names which in this book become living personalities. The book will be welcomed by the general reader for its… Read More

Hardback. New.

London: A. & C. Black, Ltd, 1966. Reprint. Hardcover. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xiv, 352 pages: 4 maps (3 folded); 23 cm. Contents:The royal and merchant navy, and early voyages -- The expedition to Ceuta. The aims of Henry the navigaor -- Madeira, the Canaries and the Azores -- From Bojador to Cape Verde -- Voyages from 1445 to 1448 -- First voyage of Alvise da Cadamosto -- Second voyage of Cadamosto. Diogo Gomes and Antonio da Noli. Discovery of the Cape Verde Islands -- Life at Ceuta. The conquest of Alcacer. Henry's death and character -- The twenty years after Prince Henry's death -- Progress under John II. The voyages of Diogo Cao. The search for Preseter John. The voyage of Bartholomew Dias -- Westward exploration -- The first voyage of Vasco da Gama -- North Americ, Brazil and the Orient -- Navigation, cartography, ships and seamen. Subjects: Explorers… Read More

London: A.&C. Black, 1933. 8vo. xiv, 352 pp. 4 large folding maps. Blue cloth, gilt lettrng (mnr bmpng to crnrs, edgewear), still VG- copy. First edition of this scarce title in the Pioneer Histories series focusing on the early Portuguese explorers and voyages of Discovery under Prince Henry and Vasco de Gama.

London: A & C Black Ltd, 1933. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A very clean copy with only some light pushing to the spine tips and a small ink name.. The jacket has very minor shallow chipping to the tips. Part of the Pioneer Histories series.