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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. 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

26. 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

27. 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

28. 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

29. 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

30. Flatland: a romance of many dimensions

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

31. 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

32. 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

33. 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

34. 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

35. King Solomon's mines

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

36. Mungo Park and the Niger

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

37. 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

38. 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

39. 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

40. 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

41. 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

42. 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

43. 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

44. 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

45. 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

46. The stolen bacillus: and other incidents

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

47. 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

48. 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

49. 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

50. 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
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