Dugmore's classic account of his camera safari in Kenya, particularly the Athi Plains. Much on Rhino and plains game.First U. K. edition; 29 x 22 ...

A handsome copy of Trollope's first travel book. It treats the issue of colonialism sensitively and points to the United States as a model for wha...

A copiously illustrated descriptive work of the Danube from its source to the Black Sea. The focus is on the major cities and archaeological sites...

Signed by the author. The signed limited edition of William Robinson Brown's The Horse of the Desert, a comprehensive account of the Arabian horse ...

Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira (c.1460s-1524), was a Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea.His initial voyage t...

Henry Hudson (c. 1565-1611) was an English sea explorer and navigator during the early 17th century, best known for his explorations of present-da...

Hernando de Soto (c.1497-1542) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who was involved in expeditions in Nicaragua and the Yucatan Peninsula. He ...

Pedro Fernández de Quirós (1563–1614) was a Portuguese navigator in the service of Spain. He is best known for leading several Spanish voyages of ...

The first English translation of the Roteiro or Journal made during Gama's first voyage.Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira (c.1460s-1524), was...

Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (1539-1616), known as El Inca, was a chronicler and writer born in the Viceroyalty of Peru. Sailing to Spain at 21, he w...

This is the first translation of the fifth letter of Cortés into English.From 1524 to 1526 Cortés headed an expedition to Honduras where he defeat...

Gonzalo Pizarro (1510-1548) was a Spanish conquistador and brother of Francisco Pizarro, who led the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire.In 1539 G...

This collection narrates the story of the various British expeditions to reach the summit of Mount Everest. The first expedition in 1921 was led b...

Pre-war Singapore. Dickson's narrative of his flight from Southampton to Singapore shortly before WWII. Very rare. No other copies traced.First edi...

Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Lawrence's classic text on Crusader castles and their relation to the military architecture of the West, writte...

Robert Fortune's carefully edited version of his two principle works: Three Years' Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China, and Journey to t...

A scarce first edition of this personal account of Lady Montefiore's travels in the Levant, published anonymously and dedicated to her husband.The...

A bright copy of this personal account of an expedition undertaken by J. C. Ewald Falls (1885-) with his cousin, Kaufmann. The initial aim was to ...

A bright and smart copy of this account of Sydney John Hickson's (1859-1940) time journeying through the Celebes Sea and northern Celebes (Sulawes...

A bright and handsome copy of this popular work on big game hunting in India, with a warm presentation inscription dated 1911. Charles Edward Mack...

Dickson's classic work on Saudi Arabia. Dickson the son of the British consul in Damascus, had unrivalled access to the desert tribes as a result ...

Philby made a series of remarkable journeys, of which the greatest was his crossing of the 'Empty Quarter' in 1932. On these journeys he travelled...