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1. A glimpse at Guatemala: and some notes on the ancient monuments of Central America

Creator/Contributor:
Maudslay, Anne Cary Morris., creator
Maudslay, Alfred Percival, 1850-1931
Creation Date:
1899
Subjects:
Indians of Central America
Mayas--Antiquities
Indians of Central America--Monuments
Mayas--Monuments
Guatemala--Description and travel
Central America--Antiquities

2. Hortus Veitchii: a history of the rise and progress of the nurseries of Messrs. James Veitch and Sons, together with an account of the botanical collectors and hybridists employed by them and a list of the most remarkable of their introductions

Creator/Contributor:
Veitch, James H., creator
Creation Date:
1906
Subjects:
James Veitch & Sons--History
Horticulture--History
Nurseries (Horticulture)--England--London--History
Horticulture--Great Britain
Plant collectors
Gardening--Great Britain

3. Two years in Peru: with exploration of its antiquities

Creator/Contributor:
Hutchinson, Thomas J. (Thomas Joseph), 1820-1885, creator
Creation Date:
1873
Subjects:
Peru--Description and travel
Peru--Antiquities

4. The Norwegian aurora polaris expedition, 1902-1903 Volume I On the cause of magnetic storms and the origin of terrestrial magnetism: On the cause of magnetic storms and the origin of terrestrial magnetism

Creator/Contributor:
Birkeland, Kr. (Kristian), 1867-1917, creator
Muir, Jessie.
Creation Date:
1908-1913
Subjects:
Magnetic storms
Geomagnetism
Scientific expeditions--Arctic regions

5. Milton's astronomy: the astronomy of "Paradise lost"

Creator/Contributor:
Orchard, Thomas Nathaniel., creator
Creation Date:
1913
Subjects:
Milton, John--Knowledge--Astronomy
Milton, John--Paradise lost
Astronomy--History--17th century

6. Modern cosmogonies

Creator/Contributor:
Clerke, Agnes M. (Agnes Mary), 1842-1907, creator
Creation Date:
1905
Subjects:
Cosmogony

7. History of physical astronomy: from the earliest ages to the middle of the 19th century : comprehending a detailed account of the establishment of the theory of gravitation by Newton, and its development by his successors : with an exposition of the progress of research on all the other subjects of celestial physics

Creator/Contributor:
Grant, Robert, 1814-1892, creator
Creation Date:
1852
Subjects:
Astronomy--History

8. Personal narrative of travels to the equinoctial regions of America during the years 1799-1804: Humboldt's travels

Creator/Contributor:
Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859, creator
Bonpland, Aimé, 1773-1858
Ross, Thomasina.
Creation Date:
[1851?]
1851
Subjects:
Natural history--South America
Scientific expeditions--South America
South America--Description and travel

9. Roald Amundsen's "The North West passage": Gjöa expedition, 1903-1907: North West Passage: "Gjöa" expedition, 1903-1907: being the record of a voyage of exploration of the ship "Gjöa" 1903-1907

Creator/Contributor:
Amundsen, Roald, 1872-1928, creator
Hansen, Godfred, 1876-1937
Tower, Joseph Tuckerman, 1897-1931, former owner.
Hansen, Godfred, 1876-1937, contributor.
Archibald Constable & Co, publisher.
Harrison and Sons (Printers), printer.
Creation Date:
1908
Subjects:
Amundsen, Roald--Travels--Northwest Passage
Amundsen, Roald--Travel--Northwest Passage
Gjøa (Ship)
Explorers
Northwest Passage
Northwest Passage--Discovery and exploration--Norwegian
Northwest Passage--Description and travel

10. Dampier's voyages: Voyages of Captain William Dampier: Captain Dampier's voyages: consisting of A new voyage round the world, A supplement to the Voyage round the world, Two voyages to Campeachy, a Discourse of winds, a Voyage to New Holland, and a Vindication, in answer to the Chimerical relation of William Funnell

Creator/Contributor:
Dampier, William, 1652-1715, creator
Masefield, John, 1878-1967
Creation Date:
1906
Subjects:
Dampier, William
Voyages around the world
Voyages and travels
Winds
Tides

11. The home of the blizzard: being the story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914

Creator/Contributor:
Mawson, Douglas, Sir, 1882-1958, creator
Tower, Joseph Tuckerman, 1897-1931, former owner.
Creation Date:
[1914?]
1914
Subjects:
Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-1914)
Antarctica--Description and travel
Antarctica

12. A journey through Persia, Armenia, and Asia Minor, to Constantinople, in the years 1808-1809: in which is included, some account of the proceedings of His Majesty's mission, under Sir Harford Jones, Bart. K.C., to the court of the king of Persia

Creator/Contributor:
Morier, James Justinian, 1780?-1849, creator
Creation Date:
1812
Subjects:
Iran--Description and travel
Armenia--Description and travel
Turkey--Description and travel
Middle East--Description and travel
Iran--Antiquities
Iran--Politics and government

13. A voyage of discovery and research in the southern and Antarctic regions, during the years 1839-43: Discovery and research in the southern and Antarctic regions

Creator/Contributor:
Ross, James Clark, Sir, 1800-1862, creator
Tower, Joseph Tuckerman, 1897-1931, former owner.
Enderby, Charles, 1798?-1876, former owner.
Creation Date:
1847
Subjects:
Erebus (Ship)
Terror (Ship)
Scientific expeditions--Antarctica
Antarctica--Discovery and exploration
1839--1843

14. Early voyages and travels to Russia and Persia by Anthony Jenkinson and other Englishmen: with some account of the first intercourse of the English with Russia and Central Asia by way of the Caspian Sea

Creator/Contributor:
Morgan, E. Delmar (Edward Delmar), 1840-1909
Coote, C. H. (Charles Henry), 1839-1899
Creation Date:
1886
Subjects:
Jenkinson, Anthony
Muscovy Company.
Russia--Description and travel
Iran--Description and travel
Great Britain--Commerce--Russia--History--16th century
Russia--Commerce--Great Britain--History--16th century

15. A new account of East India and Persia: John Fryer's East India and Persia: Fryer's East India and Persia: being nine years' travels, 1672-1681

Creator/Contributor:
Fryer, John, -1733, creator
Crooke, William, 1848-1923
Creation Date:
1909-1915
Subjects:
India--Discovery and exploration--British
Iran--Discovery and exploration--British

16. Hints to travellers, scientific and general

Creator/Contributor:
Freshfield, Douglas William, 1845-1934
Wharton, W. J. L. (William James Lloyd), 1843-1905
Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain)
Creation Date:
1889
Subjects:
Scientific expeditions--Handbooks, manuals, etc
Topographical surveying
Spherical astronomy

17. Japan opened: compiled chiefly from the narrative of the American expedition to Japan, in the years 1852-3-4

Creator/Contributor:
Religious Tract Society (Great Britain)
Creation Date:
1858
Subjects:
United States Naval Expedition to Japan (1852-1854)
Japan--Social life and customs--1600-1868
Japan--Description and travel

18. The treaty ports of China and Japan: A complete guide to the open ports of those countries, together with Peking, Yedo, Hongkong and Macao : forming a guide book & vade mecum for travellers, merchants, and residents in general : with 29 maps and plans

Creator/Contributor:
Dennys, N. B. (Nicholas Belfield), creator
Mayers, William Frederick, 1831-1878
King, Charles.
Dennys, N. B. (Nicholas Belfield), author,, compiler,, editor.
King, Charles, author
Trübner & Co, publisher.
Creation Date:
1867
Subjects:
Port cities--China
Port cities--Japan
Free ports and zones--China
Free ports and zones--Japan
China--Description and travel
Japan--Description and travel

19. The depths of the ocean: a general account of the modern science of oceanography based largely on the scientific researches of the Norwegian steamer Michael Sars in the North Atlantic

Creator/Contributor:
Murray, John, Sir, 1841-1914, creator
Hjort, Johan, 1869-1948
Appellöf, Jakob Johan Adolf, 1857-1921
Gran, H. H. (Haakon Hasberg), 1870?-1955
Helland-Hansen, Bjørn, 1877-
Hjort, Johan, 1869-1948, author.
Helland-Hansen, Bjørn, 1877-1957
Michael Sars (Steamer)
Creation Date:
1912
Subjects:
"Michael Sars" North Atlantic Deep-sea Expedition (1910)
Oceanography
Ocean
North Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean

20. From Edinburgh to the Antarctic: an artist's notes and sketches during the Dundee Antarctic Expedition of 1892-93

Creator/Contributor:
Burn Murdoch, W. G. (William Gordon), 1862-1939, creator
Bruce, William S. (William Speirs), 1867-1921
Creation Date:
1894
Subjects:
Whaling--Antarctica
Natural history--Antarctica
Antarctica--Discovery and exploration--Scottish
Antarctica

21. Antarctica, or, Two years amongst the ice of the South Pole: Antarctica: Two years amongst the ice of the South Pole

Creator/Contributor:
Nordenskjöld, Otto, 1869-1928, creator
Andersson, Johan Gunnar, 1874-1960
Skottsberg, Carl, 1880-1963
Larsen, Carl Anton, 1860-1924
Creation Date:
1905
Subjects:
Svenska sydpolar-expeditionen (1901-1903)
Antarctica--Discovery and exploration--Swedish
1901--1903

22. Narrative of the voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, during the years 1843-46: Voyage of H.M.S. Samarang: employed surveying the islands of the Eastern archipelago : accompanied by a brief vocabulary of the principal languages

Creator/Contributor:
Belcher, Edward, Sir, 1799-1877, creator
Great Britain, Admiralty.
Creation Date:
1848
Subjects:
Samarang (Ship : 1843-1846)
Natural history--Malay Archipelago
Scientific expeditions--Malay Archipelago
English language--Dictionaries--Polyglot
Malay Archipelago--Description and travel
Malay Archipelago--Languages
Travel
Ships
Language
Natural History
Indonesia

23. The voyage of the 'Discovery'

Creator/Contributor:
Scott, Robert Falcon, 1868-1912, creator
Ferrar, H. T. (Hartley Travers), 1879-1932
Wilson, Edward, 1872-1912
Tower, Joseph Tuckerman, 1897-1931, former owner.
Creation Date:
1905
Subjects:
Discovery (Ship)
British National Antarctic Expedition (1901-1904)
Zoology--Antarctica
Geology--Antarctica
Antarctica--Discovery and exploration--British
Antarctica--Discovery and exploration

24. Fifteen thousand miles on the Amazon and its tributaries

Creator/Contributor:
Brown, C. Barrington (Charles Barrington), creator
Lidstone, William.
Lidstone, William, author.
Amazon Steam Navigation Company
Creation Date:
1878
Subjects:
Amazon River Valley--Description and travel
Amazon River Valley

25. Notes by a naturalist on the "Challenger": being an account of various observations made during the voyage of H.M.S. "Challenger" round the world, in the years 1872-1876, under the commands of Capt. Sir G.S. Nares, R.N., K.C.B., F.R.S., and Capt. F.T. Thomson, R.N

Creator/Contributor:
Moseley, H. N. (Henry Nottidge), 1844-1891, creator
Macmillan & Co, publisher.
Challenger Expedition (1872-1876)
Creation Date:
1879
Subjects:
Challenger (Ship : 1872-1876)
Challenger Expedition (1872-1876)
Natural history
Voyages around the world--19th century
Natural History

26. The sea-side book: being an introduction to the natural history of the British coasts

Creator/Contributor:
Harvey, William H. (William Henry), 1811-1866, creator
Yarrell, William, 1784-1856
Creation Date:
1857
Subjects:
Marine biology--Great Britain
Natural history--Great Britain
Fishes

27. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836, describing their examination of the southern shores of South America, and the Beagle's circumnavigation of the globe, v.1-2, appendix: Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle

Creator/Contributor:
Fitzroy, Robert, 1805-1865, creator
Creation Date:
1839
Subjects:
Adventure and Beagle Expedition (1826-1830)
Beagle Expedition (1831-1836)
Natural history--South America
Indians of South America--Patagonia (Argentina and Chile)
Fuegians
Patagonia (Argentina and Chile)--Description and travel
South America--Description and travel

28. Flatland: a romance of many dimensions

Creator/Contributor:
Abbott, Edwin Abbott, 1838-1926, creator
Creation Date:
1884
Subjects:
Fourth dimension

29. Travels in China: containing descriptions, observations, and comparisons, made and collected in the course of a short residence at the imperial palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a subsequent journey through the country from Pekin to Canton : in which it is attempted to appreciate the rank that this extraordinary empire may be considered to hold in the scale of civilized nations

Creator/Contributor:
Barrow, John, Sir, 1764-1848, creator
Creation Date:
1804
Subjects:
China--Description and travel

30. A manual of the botany of the northern United States: from New England to Wisconsin and south to Ohio and Pennsylvania inclusive, (the mosses and liverworts by Wm. S. Sullivant,) arranged according to the natural system

Creator/Contributor:
Gray, Asa, 1810-1888, creator
Sullivant, William Starling, 1803-1873
Creation Date:
1848
Subjects:
Plants--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc
Botany--United States

31. The life and letters of Charles Darwin: including an autobiographical chapter

Creator/Contributor:
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882, creator
Darwin, Francis, Sir, 1848-1925, ed.
Creation Date:
1887
Subjects:
Darwin, Charles
Autobiography
Naturalists--England--Biography
Science

32. The Nile basin: Lake Tanganyika: Discovery of the source of the Nile: Captain Speke's Discovery of the source of the Nile : a review: Captain Speke's discovery of the source of the Nile: Part I. Showing Tanganyika to be Ptolemy's western lake reservoir : a memoir read before the Royal Geographic Society, November 14, 1864 : with prefatory remarks: Ptolemy's westerm lake-reservoir of the Nile

Creator/Contributor:
Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890
Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain)
Creation Date:
1864
Subjects:
Speke, John Hanning--Journal of the discovery of the source of the Nile
Nile River--Description and travel
Africa, Central--Description and travel

33. King Solomon's mines

Creator/Contributor:
Haggard, H. Rider (Henry Rider), 1856-1925, creator
Creation Date:
1885

34. Mungo Park and the Niger

Creator/Contributor:
Thomson, Joseph, 1858-1895, creator
Creation Date:
1890
Subjects:
Park, Mungo
Niger River

35. A narrative of travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro: with an account of the native tribes, and observations on the climate, geology, and natural history of the Amazon valley

Creator/Contributor:
Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913, creator
Creation Date:
1853
Subjects:
Indians of South America--Brazil
Natural history--Amazon River Valley
Indians of South America--Amazon River Valley
Indians of South America--Amazon River Valley--Languages
Amazon River Valley--Description and travel
Brazil--Description and travel
Amazon River Valley
Indians, South American
Travel
Travel--Brazil--19th Cent
Brazil

36. Three voyages of a naturalist: being an account of many little- known islands in three oceans visited by the "Valhalla," R.Y.S

Creator/Contributor:
Nicoll, M. J. (Michael John), 1880-1925, creator
Crawford, James Ludovic Lindsay, Earl of, 1847-1913
Creation Date:
1908
Subjects:
Valhalla (Yacht)
Scientific expeditions
Voyages and travels
Voyages around the world
Birds
Voyages
West Indies--Discovery and exploration
Expeditions

37. Memoir and correspondence of Caroline Herschel

Creator/Contributor:
Herschel, John, Mrs, -1876, creator
Creation Date:
1876
Subjects:
Herschel, Caroline Lucretia
Astronomers--Great Britain--Biography
Women astronomers--Great Britain--Biography

38. The system of the world

Creator/Contributor:
Laplace, Pierre Simon, marquis de, 1749-1827, creator
Pond, John, 1767-1836
Creation Date:
1809
Subjects:
Astronomy--Early works to 1800
Celestial mechanics--Early works to 1800

39. The Royal Observatory Greenwich: a glance at its history and work

Creator/Contributor:
Maunder, E. Walter (Edward Walter), 1851-1928, creator
Creation Date:
1900
Subjects:
Royal Observatory, Greenwich
Astronomy--History

40. Account of observations of the transit of Venus, 1874, December 8, made under the authority of the British government, and of the reduction of the observations: Transit of Venus, 1874: British observations

Creator/Contributor:
Airy, George Biddell, Sir, 1801-1892, creator
Tupman, George Lyon, 1838-1922
Browne, Charles Orde, -1900
Neate, Charles Burnaby.
Perry, Stephen Joseph, 1833-1889
Palmer, H. Spencer (Henry Spencer), 1838-1893
Great Britain, Treasury.
Creation Date:
1881
Subjects:
Venus (Planet)--Transit--1874

41. Star atlas: containing maps of all stars from 1 to 6.5 magnitude between the North Pole and 34 ̊ South declination, and of all nebulæ and star clusters in the same region which are visible in telescopes of moderate powers

Creator/Contributor:
Klein, Hermann J. (Hermann Joseph), 1844-1914
McClure, Edmund, -1922
Creation Date:
1888
Subjects:
Stars--Atlases

42. Journal of a voyage to Peru: a passage across the cordillera of the Andes in the winter of 1827, performed on foot in the snow, and a journey across the pampas

Creator/Contributor:
Brand, Charles., creator
Colburn, Henry, -1855, publisher.
Ibotson and Palmer, printer.
Creation Date:
1828
Subjects:
Brand, Charles--Travel
Brand, Charles--Travel--South America
Andes--Description and travel
Peru--Description and travel
South America--Description and travel
Argentina--Description and travel
Pampas (Argentina)--Description and travel
Cordillera Occidental (Peru)--Description and travel

43. The time machine: an invention

Creator/Contributor:
Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946, creator
Heinemann, William, 1863-1920, publisher.
Richard Clay and Sons, printer.
Creation Date:
1895
Subjects:
Time travel--Fiction
Science fiction, English

44. The stolen bacillus: and other incidents

Creator/Contributor:
Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946, creator
Creation Date:
1895
Subjects:
Science fiction, English

45. An expedition of discovery into the interior of Africa: through the hitherto undescribed countries of the Great Namaquas, Boschmans, and Hill Damaras

Creator/Contributor:
Alexander, James Edward, Sir, 1803-1885, creator
Colburn, Henry, -1855, publisher.
Creation Date:
1838
Subjects:
Scientific expeditions--Africa
South Africa--Description and travel
Namibia--Description and travel
Expeditions

46. The Norse discovery of America: a compilation in extenso of all the sagas, manuscripts, and inscriptive memorials relating to the finding and settlement of the New World in the eleventh century : with presentations of freshly discovered proofs, in the form of church records supplied by the Vatican of Rome, never before published

Creator/Contributor:
Reeves, Arthur Middleton, 1856-1891
Beamish, North Ludlow, 1797-1872
Anderson, Rasmus B. (Rasmus Bjørn), 1846-1936
Buel, James W. (James William), 1849-1920
Buel, James W. (James William), 1849-1920, editor.
Norrœna Society
Creation Date:
1907
Subjects:
America--Discovery and exploration--Norse
Norumbega

47. Proceedings of the Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa

Creator/Contributor:
Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa, creator
Creation Date:
1810
Subjects:
Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa.
Africa--Description and travel

48. Travels and researches in western China: Travels and researches in the interior of China

Creator/Contributor:
Baber, Edward Colborne, 1843-1890, creator
Creation Date:
1882
Subjects:
China--Description and travel

49. Journal of the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart., K.B., P.R.S: Journal of Sir Joseph Banks: during Captain Cook's first voyage in H.M.S. Endeavour in 1768-71 to Terra del Fuego, Otahite, New Zealand, Australia, the Dutch East Indies, etc

Creator/Contributor:
Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820, creator
Hooker, Joseph Dalton, 1817-1911
Creation Date:
1896
Subjects:
Banks, Joseph--Diaries
Endeavour (Ship)
Voyages around the world
Natural history--Oceania
Voyages around the world--Early works to 1800
Oceania--Discovery and exploration
Indonesia--Discovery and exploration
Southern Cone of South America--Discovery and exploration
Australia--Discovery and exploration
New Zealand--Discovery and exploration
Oceania--Discovery and exploration--Early works to 1800
Natural History

50. The naturalist on the river Amazons: Bates' River Amazons: a record of adventures, habits of animals, sketches of Brazilian and Indian life, and aspects of nature under the equator, during eleven years of travel

Creator/Contributor:
Bates, Henry Walter, 1825-1892, creator
Clodd, Edward, 1840-1930
Creation Date:
1892
Subjects:
Bates, Henry Walter
Indians of South America--Brazil
Natural history--Amazon River Valley
Amazon River Valley--Description and travel
Brazil--Description and travel
Indians, South American
Anthropology
Indians, South American--history
Travel
Travel--19th Century--Brazil
Brazil

51. The eastern Libyans, loose photographs accompanying Tozzer copy: an essay

Creator/Contributor:
Bates, Oric, 1883-1918, creator
Creation Date:
1914
Subjects:
Ethnology--Africa, Northeast
Libyans
Africa, Northeast--Civilization

52. Through the unknown Pamirs: the second Danish Pamir expedition 1898-99: Anthropology of the mountain Tadjiks

Creator/Contributor:
Olufsen, O. (Ole), 1865-1929, creator
Hansen, Sören, 1857-1946, contributor.
Denmark, Ministeriet for kirke- og undervisningsvæsenet.
Carlsbergfondet (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Heinemann (Firm), publisher.
Ballantyne, Hanson and Co, printer.
Danish Pamir Expedition (2nd : 1898-1899)
Creation Date:
1904
Subjects:
Olufsen, O. (Ole)--Travel--Pamir
Danish Pamir Expedition (2nd : 1898-1899)
Tajiks
Tajiks--Social life and customs--19th century
Pamir--Description and travel
Asia, Central--Description and travel

53. The Yangtze valley and beyond: an account of journeys in China, chiefly in the province of Sze Chuan and among the Man-tze of the Somo territory

Creator/Contributor:
Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy), 1831-1904, creator
Creation Date:
c1899
1899
Subjects:
Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)--Travel
China--Description and travel
Yangtze River Valley (China)

54. Narrative of a voyage round the world: performed in Her Majesty's ship Sulphur, during the years 1836-1842, including details of the naval operations in China, from Dec. 1840, to Nov. 1841

Creator/Contributor:
Belcher, Edward, Sir, 1799-1877, creator
Hinds, Richard Brinsley.
Great Britain, Admiralty.
Creation Date:
1843
Subjects:
Sulphur (Ship)
Voyages around the world
Phytogeography
China--History--Opium War, 1840-1842

55. Wanderings in New South Wales, Batavia, Pedir Coast, Singapore, and China: being the journal of a naturalist in those countries during 1832, 1833, and 1834

Creator/Contributor:
Bennett, George, 1804-1893, creator
Creation Date:
1834
Subjects:
Bennett, George--Travel--Australia--New South Wales
Bennett, George--Travel--Asia
Natural history--Australia--New South Wales
New South Wales--Description and travel
Natural History

56. The beauty of the heavens: a pictorial display of the astronomical phenomena of the universe : exhibited in one hundred and four scenes, accompanying and illustrating a familiar lecture on astronomy : from original drawings, paintings, and observatory studies

Creator/Contributor:
Blunt, Charles F., creator
Creation Date:
1845
Subjects:
Astronomy--Pictorial works
Astronomy--Popular works

57. Biologia Centrali-Americana, or, Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America Archaeology: Biologia Centrali-Americana: Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America: Archaeology

Creator/Contributor:
Maudslay, Alfred Percival, 1850-1931, creator
Goodman, J. T.
Godman, Frederick Du Cane, 1834-1919
Salvin, Osbert, 1835-1898
Griggs, William, 1835-1911
Hunter, Ada.
Greve, W., lithographer.
Purkiss, W., lithographer.
Richardson, Francis B., former owner.
Autotype Company
Boussod, Valadon & Cie
Goupil & Cie
Hanhart (Lithographers)
Creation Date:
1889-1902
Subjects:
Mayas--Antiquities
Mayan languages--Writing
Maya calendar
Inscriptions, Mayan
Central America--Antiquities
Mexico--Antiquities
Indians, North American

58. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan: including a summer in the upper Karun region and a visit to the Nestorian Rayahs

Creator/Contributor:
Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy), 1831-1904, creator
Creation Date:
1891
Subjects:
Iran--Description and travel
Kurdistan--Description and travel

59. First on the Antarctic continent: being an account of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1898-1900

Creator/Contributor:
Borchgrevink, C. E. (Carsten Egeberg), 1864-1934, creator
Tower, Joseph Tuckerman, 1897-1931, former owner.
George Newnes, Limited, publisher.
William Clowes and Sons, printer.
Creation Date:
1901
Subjects:
British Antarctic Expedition (1898-1900)
Antarctica--Discovery and exploration--British

60. Travels of a naturalist: a record of adventures, discoveries, history and customs of Americans and Indians : habits and descriptions of animals, chiefly made in North America, California, Mexico, Central America, Columbia, Chili, etc., during the last forty-two years

Creator/Contributor:
Boucard, Adolphe, 1839-1905, creator
Creation Date:
1894
Subjects:
Natural history--America
America--Description and travel

61. A voyage of discovery to the North Pacific Ocean: in which the coast of Asia, from the lat. of 35⁰ north to the lat. of 52⁰ north, the island of the Insu (commonly known under the name of the land of Jesso,) the north, south, and east coasts of Japan, the Lieuchieux and the adjacent isles, as well as the coast of Corea, have been examined and surveyed : performed in His Majesty's sloop Providence and her tender, in the years 1795, 1796, 1797, 1798

Creator/Contributor:
Broughton, William Robert, 1762-1821, creator
Neele, Samuel John, 1758-1824, engraver.
Creation Date:
1804
Subjects:
Providence (Sloop : Great Britain)
Scientific expeditions
Japan--Description and travel
Ryukyu Islands--Description and travel
Korea--Description and travel

62. A summer search for Sir John Franklin: with a peep into the polar basin

Creator/Contributor:
Inglefield, E. A. (Edward Augustus), 1820-1894, creator
Dickie, George, 1813?-1882
Sutherland, Peter C. (Peter Cormack), 1822-1900
Creation Date:
1853
Subjects:
Franklin, John
Isabel (Ship)
Botany--Arctic regions
Physical geography--Arctic regions
Arctic regions

63. Log-letters from "The Challenger"

Creator/Contributor:
Campbell, George Granville, Lord, 1850-, creator
Creation Date:
1877
Subjects:
Challenger Expedition (1872-1876)
Scientific expeditions

64. The possibility of approaching the North Pole asserted

Creator/Contributor:
Barrington, Daines, 1727-1800, creator
Beaufoy, Mark, 1764-1827
Tower, Joseph Tuckerman, 1897-1931, former owner.
Creation Date:
1818
Subjects:
North Pole
Northwest Passage

65. The zoology of Captain Beechey's voyage

Creator/Contributor:
Beechey, Frederick William, 1796-1856, creator
Richardson, John, Sir, 1787-1865
Sowerby, George Brettingham, 1788-1854
Vigors, N. A. (Nicholas Aylward), 1785-1840
Lay, G. Tradescant (George Tradescant)
Bennett, Edward Turner, 1797-1836
Owen, Richard, 1804-1892
Gray, John Edward, 1800-1875
Buckland, William, 1784-1856
Belcher, Edward, Sir, 1799-1877
Collie, Alexander, -1835
Great Britain, Admiralty.
Creation Date:
1839
Subjects:
Blossom (Ship)
Zoology--Oceania
Zoology--America
Geology--Oceania
Geology--America

66. Across the pampas and the Andes

Creator/Contributor:
Crawford, Robert, 1831-1914, creator
Roosevelt, Belle, 1892-1968, former owner.
Roosevelt, Kermit, 1889-1943, former owner.
Creation Date:
1884
Subjects:
Railroads--Argentina
Argentina--Description and travel
Andes--Description and travel

67. The life and voyages of Captain James Cook: Cook's voyages: selections

Creator/Contributor:
Cook, James, 1728-1779, creator
Cash, C. G. (Caleb George)
Creation Date:
[1905?]
1905
Subjects:
Cook, James
Voyages around the world
Oceania--Discovery and exploration

68. An interesting narrative of the travels of James Bruce, Esq. into Abyssinia, to discover the source of the Nile: Shaw's abridgement of Bruce's travels

Creator/Contributor:
Bruce, James, 1730-1794, creator
Shaw, Samuel.
Creation Date:
[1800?]
1800
Subjects:
Bruce, James--Travel--Ethiopia
Ethiopia--Description and travel--Early works to 1800
Ethiopia--History
Nile River Valley--Discovery and exploration--British
Blue Nile River (Ethiopia and Sudan)--Discovery and exploration--British

69. Physical geography

Creator/Contributor:
Davis, William Morris, 1850-1934, creator
Snyder, William Henry, 1839-1916
Snyder, William Henry, 1839-1916, author.
Creation Date:
1898
Subjects:
Physical geography

70. The voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe: with a historical review of previous journeys along the north coast of the old world

Creator/Contributor:
Nordenskiöld, A. E. (Adolf Erik), 1832-1901, creator
Leslie, Alexander, active 1879-1882
Leslie, Alexander.
Creation Date:
1881
Subjects:
Vega (Ship)
Vega-expedition (1878-1880)
Northeast Passage
Arctic regions
Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration

71. Travels in Ceylon and continental India: including Nepal and other parts of the Himalayas, to the borders of Thibet, with some notices of the overland route : Appendices, I. Addressed to Baron von Humboldt, on the geographical distribution of coniferæ on the Himalayan Mountains, II. On the vegetation of the Himalayan Mountains, III. The birds of the Himalayan Mountains

Creator/Contributor:
Hoffmeister, Werner, 1819-1845, creator
Creation Date:
1848
Subjects:
Natural history--Himalaya Mountains
Himalaya Mountains--Description and travel
India--Description and travel
Sri Lanka--Description and travel
Natural History

72. In search of a polar continent, 1905-1907

Creator/Contributor:
Harrison, Alfred H., creator
Creation Date:
1908
Subjects:
Arctic regions
Canada--Description and travel

73. In the trades, the tropics, and the 'roaring forties'

Creator/Contributor:
Brassey, Annie, 1839-1887, creator
Creation Date:
1886
Subjects:
Brassey, Annie--Travels
Upper class women--Travels
Voyages and travels

74. Narrative of a journey from Lima to Para: Journey from Lima to Para: across the Andes and down the Amazon : undertaken with a view of ascertaining the practicability of a navigable communication with the Atlantic, by the rivers Pachitea, Ucayali, and Amazon

Creator/Contributor:
Smyth, William, 1800-1877, creator
Lowe, Frederick, 1811-, joint author.
Lowe, Frederick, 1811-, author.
Creation Date:
1836
Subjects:
Peru--Description and travel
Amazon River Valley--Description and travel
Andes--Description and travel
Amazon River

75. Among the primitive Bakongo: Bakongo, Among the primitive: a record of thirty years' close intercourse with the Bakongo and other tribes of equatorial Africa, with a description of their habits, customs, & religious beliefs

Creator/Contributor:
Weeks, John H., creator
Seeley, Service, & Co, publisher.
Ballantyne, Hanson and Co, printer.
Creation Date:
1914
Subjects:
Weeks, John H--Travel--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Kongo (African people)
Ethnology--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Folklore--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Kongo (African people)--Social life and customs--19th century
Congo (Democratic Republic)--Description and travel
Congo River--Description and travel
Africa, Central--Description and travel

76. The African continent: a narrative of discovery and adventure

Creator/Contributor:
Murray, Hugh, 1779-1846, creator
Wilson, John M.
Creation Date:
1853
Subjects:
Africa--Discovery and exploration

77. In dwarf land and cannibal country: a record of travel and discovery in Central Africa

Creator/Contributor:
Lloyd, Albert B. (Albert Bushnell), creator
Creation Date:
1900
Subjects:
Pygmies
Dwarfs (Persons)
Africa, Central--Description and travel
Uganda--Description and travel

78. The rainbow bridge

Creator/Contributor:
Farrer, Reginald, 1880-1920, creator
Creation Date:
1921
Subjects:
Botany--China--Gansu Sheng
Gansu Sheng (China)--Description and travel

79. Sikhim & Bhutan: Sikhim and Bhutan: twenty-one years on the north-east frontier, 1887-1908

Creator/Contributor:
White, J. Claude (John Claude), 1853-1918, creator
Creation Date:
1909
Subjects:
White, J. Claude (John Claude)
Sikkim (India)--Discovery and exploration--British
Bhutan--Discovery and exploration--British
Sikkim (India)--Description and travel
Bhutan--Description and travel

80. Meteorographica, or Methods of mapping the weather: Meteorographica: Methods of mapping the weather: illustrated by upwards of 600 printed and lithographed diagrams referring to the weather of a large part of Europe, during the month of December 1861: Weather charts of Britain and part of Europe

Creator/Contributor:
Galton, Francis, 1822-1911, creator
Creation Date:
1863
Subjects:
Meteorology--Charts, diagrams, etc
Meteorology--Europe--Charts, diagrams, etc

81. Captain Cook's journal: during his first voyage round the world, made in H.M. bark "Endeavour" 1768-71 : a literal transcription of the original mss. : with notes and introduction

Creator/Contributor:
Cook, James, 1728-1779, creator
Wharton, W. J. L. (William James Lloyd), 1843-1905
Creation Date:
1893
Subjects:
Endeavour (Ship)
Voyages around the world
Oceania--Discovery and exploration

82. A voyage towards the South Pole, and round the world: performed in His Majesty's ships the Resolution and Adventure, in the years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775

Creator/Contributor:
Cook, James, 1728-1779, creator
Furneaux, Tobias, 1735-1781
Hodges, William, 1744-1797
Creation Date:
1779
Subjects:
Voyages around the world
Oceania--Discovery and exploration
Antarctica--Discovery and exploration

83. Youth, a narrative, and two other stories: Youth: Heart of darkness: End of the tether

Creator/Contributor:
Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924, creator
Creation Date:
1902
Subjects:
Short stories, English--20th century
Congo (Democratic Republic)--History--To 1908--Fiction

84. Handbook of field and general ornithology: a manual of the structure and classification of birds, with instructions for collecting and preserving specimens

Creator/Contributor:
Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899, creator
Creation Date:
1890
Subjects:
Birds--Classification
Birds--Collection and preservation
Birds--Anatomy

85. Geological observations on coral reefs, volcanic islands, and on South America: being the geology of the voyage of the Beagle, under the command of Captain Fitzroy, R.N., during the years 1832 to 1836

Creator/Contributor:
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882, creator
Creation Date:
1851
Subjects:
Beagle Expedition (1831-1836)
Coral reefs and islands
Volcanoes
Geology--South America

86. A voyage up the River Amazon: including a residence at Pará

Creator/Contributor:
Edwards, William H. (William Henry), 1822-1909, creator
Creation Date:
1861
Subjects:
Edwards, William H. (William Henry)--Travel
Amazon River--Description and travel
Brazil--Description and travel

87. Danish Arctic expeditions, 1605 to 1620: Danish expeditions to Greenland in 1605, 1606, and 1607: Expedition of Captain Jens Munk to Hudson's Bay in search of a North-West passage in 1619-20: in two books : book I. The Danish expeditions to Greenland in 1605, 1606, and 1607 : to which is added Captain James Hall's voyage to Greenland in 1612 ; book II. The expedition of Captain Jens Munk to Hudson's Bay in search of a north-west passage in 1619-20: Collection of voyages and travels: Hakluytus posthumus: Navigatio Septentrionalis

Creator/Contributor:
Gosch, C. C. A. (Christian Carl August), 1832-1913
Hall, James, -1612
Gatonbe, John.
Baffin, William, -1622
Christy, Miller, 1861-
Tower, Joseph Tuckerman, 1897-1931, former owner.
Eames, Wilberforce, 1855-1937, former owner.
Gosch, C. C. A. (Christian Carl August), 1832-1913, editor.
Baffin, William, 1584-1622
Munk, Jens, 1579-1628
Creation Date:
1897
Subjects:
Cummingham, John
Lindenow, Godske
Hall, James
Cunningham, John
Munk, Jens
Buss Island (Legendary place)
Greenland--Discovery and exploration
Greenland--Discovery and exploration--Danish
Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration--Danish
Northwest Passage--Discovery and exploration--Danish
Hudson Bay
Greenland--Maps
Northwest Passage

88. A voyage to Terra Australis: undertaken for the purpose of completing the discovery of that vast country, and prosecuted in the years 1801, 1802 and 1803, in His Majesty's ship the Investigator, and subsequently in the armed vessel Porpoise and Cumberland schooner : with an account of the shipwreck of the Porpoise, arrival of the Cumberland at Mauritius, and imprisonment of the commander during six years and a half in that island

Creator/Contributor:
Flinders, Matthew, 1774-1814, creator
Brown, Robert, 1773-1858
Westall, William, 1781-1850
Pye, John, 1745-
Finden, W. (William), 1787-1852
Scott, John, 1774-1827
Creation Date:
1814
Subjects:
Flinders, Matthew
Cumberland (Ship)
Investigator (Ship)
Porpoise (Ship)
Voyages and travels
Australia--Discovery and exploration--British
Expeditions--history

89. Gerstäcker's travels: Rio de Janeiro - Buenos Ayres - Ride through the Pampas - Winter journey across the Cordilleras - Chili - Valparaiso - California and the gold fields

Creator/Contributor:
Gerstäcker, Friedrich, 1816-1872, creator
Creation Date:
1854
Subjects:
Gerstäcker, Friedrich--Travel--California
Gerstäcker, Friedrich--Travel--South America
Gold mines and mining--California
South America--Description and travel
California--Description and travel
California--Gold discoveries

90. Selēnarkia, or, The government of the world in the moon: Selēnarkia: Government of the world in the moon: Comical history of the world in the moon: a comical history

Creator/Contributor:
Cyrano de Bergerac, 1619-1655, creator
St. Serfe, Thomas, Sir, active 1668
Creation Date:
1659

91. The naturalist's pocket-book, or, Tourist's companion: Naturalist's pocket-book: Tourist's companion: being a brief introduction to the different branches of natural history : with approved methods for collecting and preserving the various productions of nature

Creator/Contributor:
Graves, George, 1754-1839, creator
Creation Date:
1818
Subjects:
Natural history--Technique

92. My last cruise, or, Where we went and what we saw: My last cruise: Where we went and what we saw: being an account of visits to the Malay and Loo-Choo Islands, the coasts of China, Formosa, Japan, Kamtschatka, Siberia, and the mouth of the Amoor River

Creator/Contributor:
Habersham, Alexander Wylly, 1826-1883, creator
Creation Date:
1857
Subjects:
United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition (1853-1856)
East Asia--Description and travel
Russia--Description and travel

93. Himalayan journals: notes of a naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, &c

Creator/Contributor:
Hooker, Joseph Dalton, 1817-1911, creator
Creation Date:
1855
Subjects:
Natural history--Himalaya Mountains
Himalaya Mountains--Description and travel
Natural History

94. Aspects of nature in different lands and different climates: Humboldt's aspects: with scientific elucidations

Creator/Contributor:
Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859, creator
Sabine, Mrs. Elizabeth Juliana Leeves, 1807-1879
Sabine, Mrs. Elizabeth Juliana Leeves, 1807-1879, translator.
Creation Date:
1849
Subjects:
Science
Plant morphology
Physical geography
South America--Description and travel
Botany

95. Coral and atolls: their history, description, theories of their origin both before and since that of Darwin, the influence of winds, tides and ocean currents on their formation and transformations, their present condition, products, fauna and flora

Creator/Contributor:
Jones, F. Wood (Frederic Wood), 1879-1954, creator
Creation Date:
1910
Subjects:
Coral reefs and islands--Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Cocos (Keeling) Islands

96. Brazil and the Brazilians: portrayed in historical and descriptive sketches

Creator/Contributor:
Fletcher, James C. (James Cooley), 1823-1901, creator
Kidder, Daniel P. (Daniel Parish), 1815-1891
Creation Date:
1868
Subjects:
Brazil--Description and travel
Brazil--Social life and customs
Brazil--History

97. The polar world: Arctic and Antarctic regions: a popular description of man and nature in the Arctic and Antarctic regions of the globe

Creator/Contributor:
Hartwig, G. (Georg), 1813-1880, creator
Creation Date:
1886
Subjects:
Arctic peoples
Natural history--Polar regions
Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration
Antarctica--Discovery and exploration

98. Six months in Ascension: an unscientific account of a scientific expedition

Creator/Contributor:
Gill, Mrs, creator
Creation Date:
1878
Subjects:
Scientific expeditions--Ascension Island (Atlantic Ocean)
Women travelers
Mars (Planet)--Opposition, 1877
Ascension Island (Atlantic Ocean)--Description and travel

99. The German Arctic expedition of 1869-70: and narrative of the wreck of the "Hansa" in the ice

Creator/Contributor:
Koldewey, Karl, 1837-1908, creator
Mercier, Louis, pastor of the French Church, London
Bates, Henry Walter, 1825-1892, ed.
Tower, Joseph Tuckerman, 1897-1931, former owner.
Mercier, Lewis Page, 1820-1875, translator.
Bates, Henry Walter, 1825-1892, editor.
Creation Date:
1874
Subjects:
Koldewey, Karl
Hansa (Ship)
Germania (Ship)
Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration--German

100. Peru

Creator/Contributor:
Markham, Clements R. (Clements Robert), Sir, 1830-1916, creator
Creation Date:
1880
Subjects:
Peru
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