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First quality reprint of this famous travelogue. Relevant for anybody interested in Asia travels and colored plate books of the 19th century.
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Captain Joshua Slocum's solo voyage around the world in the 37-foot sloop the Spray in 1895 undoubtedly stands as one of the greatest sea adventures of all time. His... Læs mere
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Charles Doughty says in his preface to Travels in Arabia Deserta (first published in 1888) that he has tried to 'set forth faithfully some parcel of the soil of Arabia'. This is a classic and justly famous account of an area previously little known to Westerners.
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In this 1879 book, Loftie gives details of visits to the famous sites,... Læs mere
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The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. This 1863 volume... Læs mere
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Published in 1834, as Britain and Russia sought supremacy in Central Asia, this two-volume work sheds light on... Læs mere
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A wide-ranging study of women's travel writing between 1714 and 1789, including the writings of elite women on sensitive diplomatic missions, working... Læs mere
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Offers an account of life in late eighteenth-century India. This book presents an Indian's view of the British conquest of India... Læs mere
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Jean de Lery had undertaken his arduous voyage to the land of Brazil in 1556, as a youthful member of the first Protestant mission to the New World. This title presents a translation of an early European account of life in the New World.
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An account of the author's journey through portions of southwest India while he was on sick leave from the British Indian army. It provides a look at the people who inhabited a part of India that was generally off the beaten track in the nineteenth century.
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A narrative of the exploration of North America by Europeans (1528-36).
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