Expeditions and Discoveries Sponsored Exploration and Scientific Discovery in the Modern Age

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1. A traveller's notes, or, Notes of a tour through India, Malaysia, Japan, Corea, the Australian colonies and New Zealand during the years 1891-1893: Traveller's notes: Notes of a tour through India, Malaysia, Japan, Corea, the Australian colonies and New Zealand during the years 1891-1893

Creator/Contributor:
Veitch, James H., creator
Creation Date:
1896
Subjects:
Botanical gardens

2. The numeration, calendar systems and astronomical knowledge of the Mayas: Maya numeration, calendar and astronomy

Creator/Contributor:
Bowditch, Charles P. (Charles Pickering), 1842-1921, creator
Creation Date:
1910
Subjects:
Maya calendar
Mayas--Antiquities
Numeration

3. Modern cosmogonies

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

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. An explanation of the gnomonic projection of the sphere and of such points of astronomy as are most necessary in the use of astronomical maps: being a description of the construction and use of the larger and smaller maps of the stars, as also of the six maps of the earth

Creator/Contributor:
De Morgan, Augustus, 1806-1871, creator
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain)
Creation Date:
1836
Subjects:
Stars--Atlases
Astronomy--Observers' manuals
Map projection

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. Peru

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

17. A life of John Davis, the navigator, 1550-1605: John Davis: discoverer of Davis straits

Creator/Contributor:
Markham, Clements R. (Clements Robert), Sir, 1830-1916, creator
Creation Date:
1889
Subjects:
Davis, John
Explorers--England--Biography

18. The threshold of the unknown region

Creator/Contributor:
Markham, Clements R. (Clements Robert), Sir, 1830-1916, creator
Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, publisher.
Creation Date:
1876
Subjects:
Nares, George S. (George Strong)
Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876.
Alert (Ship)
Discovery (Ship)
British Arctic Expedition (1875-1876)
Whaling--Arctic regions
Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration--History
Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration
Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration--Chronology
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