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1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. The natural history of Aleppo: containing a description of the city, and the principal natural productions in its neighbourhood : together with an account of the climate, inhabitants, and diseases, particularly of the plague

Creator/Contributor:
Russell, Alexander, 1715?-1768, creator
Ehret, Georg Dionysius, 1708-1770, dln
Russell, Patrick, 1727-1805
Creation Date:
1794
Subjects:
Epidemiology--Early works to 1800
Ethnology--Syria--Early works to 1800
Medicine, Arab
Natural history--Syria--Aleppo--Early works to 1800
Plague--Early works to 1800
Plague--Syria--Early works to 1800
Natural history--Syria--Aleppo--Pre-Linnean works
Aleppo (Syria)
Aleppo (Syria)--Early works to 1800
Natural History
History, 18th Century
Plague
Epidemiology
Anthropology, Cultural
Medicine, Arabic
Plague--epidemiology
Syria

10. Flatland: a romance of many dimensions

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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. The stolen bacillus: and other incidents

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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. Voyages of discovery to the polar regions: a prize poem, recited in the Theatre, Oxford, July 1, MDCCCXXIX

Creator/Contributor:
Claughton, Thomas Legh, bp. of St. Albans, 1808-1892, creator
Creation Date:
1829?]
1829
Subjects:
Polar regions--Poetry

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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

25. 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

26. 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

27. Observations made during a voyage round the world, on physical geography, natural history, and ethic philosophy: especially on 1. The earth and its strata, 2. Water and the ocean, 3. The atmosphere, 4. The changes of the globe, 5. Organic bodies, and 6. The human species

Creator/Contributor:
Forster, Johann Reinhold, 1729-1798, creator
Creation Date:
1778
Subjects:
Voyages around the world
Physical geography
Natural history
Ethnology--Oceania

28. With Nansen in the North: a record of the Fram Expedition in 1893-96

Creator/Contributor:
Johansen, Hjalmar, 1867-1913, creator
Brækstad, H. L. (Hans Lien), 1845-1915
Tower, Joseph Tuckerman, 1897-1931, former owner.
Creation Date:
1899
Subjects:
Nansen, Fridtjof--Travel--Arctic regions
Johansen, Hjalmar--Travel--Arctic regions
Fram (Ship)
"Fram" Expedition (1st : 1893-1896)
"Fram" Expedition" (1893-1896) (1st : 1893-1896)
"Fram" Expedition (1893-1896)
Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration--Norwegian

29. The Malay Archipelago: the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise : a narrative of travel with studies of man and nature

Creator/Contributor:
Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913, creator
Creation Date:
1869
Subjects:
Natural history--Malay Archipelago
Ethnology--Malay Archipelago
Malay Archipelago--Description and travel
Natural History
Ethnology

30. The journal of a voyage undertaken by order of His present Majesty for making discoveries toward the North Pole, by the Hon. Commodore Phipps, and Captain Lutwidge, in His Majesty's sloops Race Horse and Carcase : to which is prefixed, an account of the several voyages undertaken for the discovery of a north-east passage to China and Japan

Creator/Contributor:
Mulgrave, Constantine John Phipps, Baron, 1744-1792
Lutwidge, Skiffington.
Tower, Joseph Tuckerman, 1897-1931, former owner.
Creation Date:
1774
Subjects:
Race Horse (Sloop)
Carcase (Sloop)
Northeast Passage
Arctic regions

31. She: a history of adventure

Creator/Contributor:
Haggard, H. Rider (Henry Rider), 1856-1925, creator
Longmans, Green, and Co, publisher.
Spottiswoode & Co, printer.
Creation Date:
1887
Subjects:
Women--Africa--Fiction
Reincarnation--Fiction
Immortalism--Fiction
Ayesha (Fictitious character : Haggard)
Africa--Fiction

32. Description of a forty-feet reflecting telescope

Creator/Contributor:
Herschel, William, 1738-1822, creator
Creation Date:
1795]
1795
Subjects:
Telescopes

33. A fourth catalogue of the comparative brightness of the stars

Creator/Contributor:
Herschel, William, 1738-1822, creator
Creation Date:
1799]
1799
Subjects:
Stars

34. On the method of observing the changes that happen to the fixed stars: with some remarks on the stability of the light of our sun : to which is added, a catalogue of comparative brightness, for ascertaining the permanency of the lustre of stars

Creator/Contributor:
Herschel, William, 1738-1822, creator
Creation Date:
1796]
1796
Subjects:
Stars

35. On the periodical star [alpha] Herculis: with remarks tending to establish the rotatory motion of the stars on their axes : to which is added a second catalogue of the comparative brightness of the stars

Creator/Contributor:
Herschel, William, 1738-1822, creator
Creation Date:
1796]
1796
Subjects:
Multiple stars

36. On the power of penetrating into space by telescopes: with a comparative determination of the extent of that power in natural vision, and in telescopes of various sizes and constructions : illustrated by select observations

Creator/Contributor:
Herschel, William, 1738-1822, creator
Creation Date:
1800
Subjects:
Telescopes

37. A third catalogue of the comparative brightness of the stars: with an introductory account of an index to Mr. Flamsteed's observations of the fixed stars, contained in the second volume of the Historia coelestis : to which is added, several useful results derived from that index

Creator/Contributor:
Herschel, William, 1738-1822, creator
Creation Date:
1797]
1797
Subjects:
Flamsteed, John--Historia coelstis Britannica
Stars

38. Manual of the natural history, geology and physics of Greenland and the neighbouring regions: Instructions suggested by the Arctic Committee of the Royal Society for the use of the expedition

Creator/Contributor:
Jones, T. Rupert (Thomas Rupert), 1819-1911
Tower, Joseph Tuckerman, 1897-1931, former owner.
Boas, Franz, 1858-1942, former owner.
Great Britain, Admiralty.
Royal Society, Arctic Committee.
Creation Date:
1875
Subjects:
Scientific expeditions--Arctic regions--Handbooks, manuals, etc
Natural history--Arctic regions--Handbooks, manuals, etc
Natural history--Arctic regions
Greenland

39. The last voyage of Capt. Sir John Ross ... to the Arctic regions for the discovery of a north west passage: performed in the years 1829-30-31-32 and 33 : to which is prefixed an abridgement of the former voyages of Captns. Ross, Parry & other celebrated navigators to the northern latitudes : compiled from authentic information and original documents transmitted by an officer attached to the last expedition ; illustrated by engravings from drawings taken on the spot

Creator/Contributor:
Huish, Robert, 1777-1850, creator
Tower, Joseph Tuckerman, 1897-1931, former owner.
Creation Date:
1835
Subjects:
Ross, John
Victory (Ship)
Northwest Passage
Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration
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