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For the Armchair Explorer: Books on Travel and Exploration

Curated by Julian MacKenzie and Lucinda Boyle, our travel and exploration collection encourages you to travel the globe from the comfort of your own home. Their selections offer an unparalleled escape into the world of adventure, making perfect gifts for the travel-hungry soul or the history enthusiast. 

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    Records of the Persian Gulf pearl fisheries 1857-1962

    [ARABIAN GULF]; Anita Burdett, editor.
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    A very important work on the pearl fisheries of the Arabian Gulf, bringing together in a single research collection all relevant documents from Br...

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    Records of the Emirates 1966-1971

    [ARABIAN GULF]; Anita Burdett, editor.
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    A Very important collection of documents covering the period in Arabian Gulf history which saw the British withdrawal from the region.6 vols, 8vo,...

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    Records of the Emirates 1961-1965

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    A comprehensive collection of documents covering an important period in the history of the Arabian Gulf. Includes much on oil and water disputes, ...

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    Historic maps of Bahrain 1817-1970.

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    A comprehensive collection containing 69 maps and charts of Bahrain originally produced between 1817 and 1970. The volumes are divided into naval ...

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  • A history of Persian navigation.

    HASAN, Hadi.
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    Hasan's History of Persian Navigation is based on Chinese, Persian and Arabic sources, and provides the first scholarly account of the history of ...

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  • Boyd Alexander's Last Journey.

    ALEXANDER, herbert.
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    With original dust wrapper. With the rare dust wrapper. 'After his efforts to journey from the Niger River to the Nile, Boyd Alexander returned to ...

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  • A Journey into Greece...

    WHELER, George.
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    A large paper copy of Wheler's Journey to Greece, undertaken with Dr Spon. The travels took place in 1675-76. Wheler was specially interested in b...

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    My Personal Experiences in Equatorial Africa as Medical Officer of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition.

    PARKE, Thomas Heazle.
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    Parke's important first-hand narrative of the Emin Pasha Relief expedition, one of the last major nineteenth century European expeditions into the...

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  • Scenes in Kafirland,

    GRAHAM, Lieut. Lumley; ROBINSON, Lieut. Hugh.
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    Twenty-one hand-coloured lithographed plates. The rare hand-coloured edition of Graham and Robinson's Scenes in Kafirland. In their preface the aut...

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  • The Chater collection

    ORANGE, James.
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    A fine copy of James Orange's catalogue of the Chater collection. Originally formed by Wyndham Law, the collection was acquired by Sir Catchick Ch...

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  • Blank on the map.

    SHIPTON, Eric.
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    With letter from the author. Shipton's scarcest and most important work with a personal letter tipped in on front pastedownThis book describes an e...

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  • Original Sketches in the Punjaub.

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    Fine views of Lahore and Amritsar. The drawings were selected from an album produced by the wife of a British army officer serving in the Punjab. T...

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  • Collection of five printed scrolls awarded to the Governor of Bengal.

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    Collection of felicitation scrolls presented to the Governor of Bengal. A unique collection of felicitation scrolls, all in fine condition, all pre...

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  • 112568_2 112568

    History of the recent discoveries at Cyrene,

    SMITH, Captain Robert Murdoch; E.A. Porcher.
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    Early photography. An attractive description of the excavations of the long neglected site at Cyrene in Libya between Tripoli and Benghazi, with al...

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  • 113629_2 113629

    Oriental Field Sports.

    WILLIAMSON, Thomas; HOWETT, Samuel.
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    Valuable record of the sporting activities of British officers serving in India. Williamson's Oriental Field Sports is a valuable record of the spo...

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    A picturesque illustration of the scenery, animals, and native inhabitants of the island of Ceylon.

    DANIELL, Samuel.
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    Fine pictorial record of Ceylon. Samuel Daniell's Ceylon is the finest pictorial record of the island.Samuel Daniell (1775-1811), the youngest of t...

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    Views in the Himala Mountains.

    FRASER, James Baillie.
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    First edition of Fraser's Himala Mountains, the finest illustrated work on the Himalayas.James Baillie Fraser (1783-1856) was the eldest son of a ...

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    India ancient and modern.

    SIMPSON, William; KAYE, Sir John William.
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    The rarest of all the Indian view books. Simpson's views of India is one of the rarest of all the Indian view books and a fine record of the countr...

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    Twenty four views taken in St. Helena,

    SALT, Henry.
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    Fresh, clean copy of Salt's very fine large format views. A fresh, clean copy of the set of Salt's very fine large format views of India, Abyssinia...

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    Eighteen views taken at & near Rangoon [with]

    MOORE, Lieut. Joseph.
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    From the library of a protagonist in the war. Moore's views of Rangoon constitute the finest depiction of events during the first Burmese War. This...

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    Graphic scenes in the Japan expedition.

    HEINE, William.
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    Commodore Perry's expedition to Japan. An important work recording Commodore Perry's expedition to Japan.William Heine was the official artist on C...

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    General Views and special points of interest

    DODGSON, Lieut.-Col. D[avid] S[cott].
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    The rebellion of 1857 produced a spate of publications, many of which were illustrated books and prints after sketches by army officers. Dodgson, ...

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    A series of fifteen views of Ceylon

    O'BRIEN, Captain C.
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    A copy of the first edition of O'Brien's Ceylon with later hand-colouring. O'Brien was employed as Assistant Surveyor in Ceylon, a position which ...

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    Reise des Grafen Emanuel Andrasy in Ostindien.

    ANDRASY, Graf Emanuel [Mano].
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    Plates of Hong Kong and Calcutta. Andrasy's Ostindien contains a particularly beautiful set of plates of Hong Kong and Calcutta, elephant, rhinocer...

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