‎BUTEL Paul‎
‎The Atlantic‎

‎Through the Dark Continent or the sources of the Nile around the great lakes of equatorial Africa and down the Livingstone River to the Atlantic Ocean. - [""ONE OF THE GREATEST JOURNEYS OF ALL TIME""]‎

‎London, Sampson Low, 1878. 8vo. 2 volumes, both in publisher’s original dark brown pictorially decorated cloth, with an elaborate pattern depicting the continent of Africa in black with the Nile crossing it in gilt. Below, also in black, a scene depicting natives roving on a river. Title and author in gilt lettering to front boards and spines. Light wear to extremities, mainly to upper and lower part of capitals. 3 cm tear to lower part of front hindge on vol. 2, otherwise fine and clean. XIV, (2), 522"" IX, 566, 32 (publisher's booklist, dated April 1878) pp. + 2 frontispiece portraits, 10 maps including 2 large folding maps in pockets at rear, 33 wood-engraved plates and many illustrations in the text.‎

‎First edition of this landmark account, ""One of the greatest journeys of all time"" (Jeal, Life of Stanley, p.202), on the search for the sources of the Nile. This epic journey, lasting for over two and a half years completed the work of Burton, Speke and Livingstone. ""The procession that departed from Bagamoyo (Tanzania) on 17 November 1874 stretched for more than half a mile and included dozens of men carrying sections of the Lady Alice, the boat named for his seventeen-year-old fiancée, with which Stanley intended to explore Lakes Victoria and Tanganyika and Livingstone's Lualaba River. During the next two and a half years, the expedition would struggle in temperatures reaching as high as 138 degrees" the powerful Emperor Mtesa of Uganda and the Wanyoro chief Mirambo would consume a great deal of Stanley's time and test his diplomatic skills he would have to negotiate with a notorious Arab ivory and slave trader named Tippu-Tib for safe passage of his men through the great rain forest" and he and his men would fight more than thirty skirmishes and battles on land and water against hostile tribes.The geographic prizes Stanley achieved on this expedition were unparalleled. (See the two Stanley maps.) He spent almost two months circumnavigating Lake Victoria, confirming that the only outlet was at Ripon Falls and hence establishing for good, he thought, the source of the Nile. He scouted Lake Albert, then moved south and west to Lake Tanganyika, which he also circumnavigated, proving it had no connection with Lake Albert. Stanley then solved the remaining geographical puzzle, determining that the Lualaba was not part of the Niger or Nile rivers but ultimately flowed into the Congo. He reached the Atlantic Ocean on 9 August 1877, after a journey of more than seven thousand miles, in utter exhaustion. Back in London, he learned that Alice had not waited for him."" (Delaney, Princeton Visual Materials, online). Mansell IV p. 379 Hilmy, II, p.258 Mendelssohn (1979) IV, p.379.‎

‎Beskrivelse over den deel af den Spanske Kyst liggende imod det Atlantiske Ocean tillige med Beskrivelse over de Azoriske Øer [i.e. English: ""Pilot's Log-book of the Coasts of Spain in the Atlantic Ocean and of the Azores""].‎

‎[No place], 1802. Folio. In contemporary half calf with five raised bands. Wear to extremities and paper labels pasted on to pasted down front free end-paper. Stamp to title-page. Written of thick paper. XVII, 291, (4) pp.‎

‎Danish manuscript translation of Tofino's famous description of the Spanish and Portuguese coast towards the Atlantic Ocean. ""Vincente Tofiño was a rear-admiral in the Spanish navy. He was a renowned astronomer and mathematician and near the close of his career was the King’s hydrographer. Between 1783-1788, Tofiño charted the ports and coasts of Spain as well as the shore of North Africa. He eventually was elected as correspondent of the Spanish Academy of History and of the French and Portuguese Academies of Sciences."" Translator De Løwenørn (Kommandør-Kaptajn Friderich de Løwenørn) n 1784, captain lieutenant Poul de Løwenørn assisted the Danish crown in establishing the Royal Danish Nautical Chart Archive. He was appointed the institution’s first Director. At this time, only France had a similar institute.""In the first instance, the Danish Admirality requested Løwenørn to collect all existing nautical charts and navigational details in the country, for both Danish and international waters. He was to develop accurate and reliable charts for both the Navy and Merchant Marine.In addition to these formidable tasks, Løwenørn also took the initiative to establish a Lighthouse Authority, a Buoy Authority and a Pilot Authority as well as improve the country’s harbours."" (Danish Geodata Agency).Hansen, Sources of the History of North Africa, Asia and Oceania in Denmark, p. 459.‎

‎The Atlantic Coast. The Navy in the Civil War.‎

‎ 1883 percaline éditeur. in-12, XII-273pp., (1f.), 9 cartes et plans dont 4 depl., New York Scribner's sons 1883,‎

‎No. II. in the Navy in the Civil War series. Along with J. Russell Soley's The Blockade and the Cruisers and Mahan's The Gulf and Inland Waters, this volume completes Scribners' history of the Union Navy in the U.S. Civil War. It is concerned primarily with the actions of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, which operated between Cape Hatteras and Cape Florida; the author, a U.S.N. Rear Admiral, was present for many of the events described and spoke to the principals of many of the others. ‎

‎Gravity Expeditions at Sea. Vol. I. The Expeditions, the Computations and the Results. Vol. II. Report of the Gravity Expedition in the Atlantic of 1932 and the Interpretation of the Results.‎

‎1932-1934 317 p., 53 figs, 11 photographs, 2 pls, 3 folded (2 col.) maps, 4to, cloth. Including: Tables belonging to Gravity Expeditions at Sea 1923-1930 (62 p.). We added two reprints by Vening Meinisz on the same subject: The Gravity Expedition of Hr. Ms. Submarine O16 in the North Atlantic, January 11 - March 16, 1937 / The Earth's crust deformation in the East Indies (1937-1940, published in: Proceedings Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen. Some annotations.‎

‎THE NEW YORK TIMES PHOTOGRAVURE PICTURE SECTION (7 + 9), SUNDAY DEC. 4, 1927 (Contents: From Piccadilly to Broadway in 48 hours: Photographs of the New british Air liner which will carry passengers across the Atlantic. Bonwit Teller & Co., Gifts 1928...)‎

‎The New York Times. 1927. In-Plano. En feuillets. Etat d'usage, Livré sans Couverture, Dos satisfaisant, Pliures. 12 pages. Illustré de nombreuses photos en noir et blanc.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon‎

‎Contents: From Piccadilly to Broadway in 48 hours: Photographs of the New british Air liner which will carry passengers across the Atlantic. Bonwit Teller & Co., Gifts 1928 (Ad). On the trail of the Great Alaskan Bear, The Van Campen Heilner Expedition. Portraits... Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon‎