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For the Armchair Explorer: Books on Travel and Exploration

Curated by Julian MacKenzie and Lucinda Boyle, our travel and exploration collection encourages you to travel the globe from the comfort of your own home. Their selections offer an unparalleled escape into the world of adventure, making perfect gifts for the travel-hungry soul or the history enthusiast. 

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  • 99420_2 99420

    Narrative of the voyages and services of the Nemesis,

    HALL, William Hutcheson; BERNARD, W[illiam] D[allas].
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    Important account of the First Opium War. Includes a fine map of Hong Kong. The Nemesis was designed to draw only six feet of water, enabling her ...

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    Manchuria

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    First edition, 8vo, viii, 87pp., original printed wrappers, a fine copy.

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  • 98644

    Joseph Banks Esq.

    REYNOLDS, Sir Joshua (after); DICKINSON, William (engraver).
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    Sir Joseph Banks as a young man. A beautiful example of this classic image of Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820) as a young man, at the height of his cel...

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    The currencies of China.

    KANN, Eduard.
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    Detailed account of the gold bar market; silver; copper coinage. Much improved from the first edition.Second edition revised, xxxiv, [ii], 562pp.,...

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    The new atlas of China.

    DINGLE, John Edwin; FRUIN, Harold John (editors).
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    Attractive early twentieth century atlas showing the provinces of China. The index has some 10,000 entries. Both the maps and index are bilingual....

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  • A narrative of an exploratory visit

    SMITH, Rev. George.
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    Includes two views of Hong Kong.Second edition. 8vo., xviii, 532pp., double page map of China, hand-coloured in outline, 12 lithographed plates, o...

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  • 96741_2 96741

    Report on the geological collections made during the voyage of the "Quest"

    [SMITH, W. Campbell (editor)].
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    'Uncommon' (Rosove). The bulk of the published scientific results from Shackleton's last expedition.First edition; 8vo., xii, 1261 pp., frontispie...

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  • 96645_4 96645

    Report on the maps and surveys

    DEBENHAM, F.
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    The maps from Capt. Scott's Terra Nova expedition. The cartographic record of the British Antarctic Expedition (Terra Nova) 1910-1913.First edition...

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  • 96198_2 96198

    The 100 years Anglo-Chinese calendar,

    LOUREIRO, P.
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    Rare. COPAC lists BL and Cambridge only.The first Anglo-Chinese centennial calendar, covering the period 1776-1876. 'Calendars in somewhat similar...

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  • The British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913.

    PONTING, Herbert G.
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    Rare exhibition catalogue. Invaluable for the documentation of Ponting's photographs.First edition, 8vo., 24pp., 8 photographic illustrations, ori...

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  • 95004_2 95004

    Menus & Souvenir programme from the library of Henry Dunlop,

    SHACKLETON. NIMROD EXPEDITION.
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    A rare opportunity to obtain a collection of signed printed ephemera from Shackleton's first Antarctic expedition (1907-1909) during which Shackle...

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  • 94754_2 94754

    Russian travellers in Mongolia and China.

    PIASSETSKY, P.
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    The author was the artist on Colonel Sosnovsky's scientific expedition across Siberia to Lake Baikal and Mongolia in 1874-75. This was one of the ...

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  • 94506_2 94506

    Zapiski o Mongolii

    [FAR EAST]. BICHURIN (Monakh Iakinf).
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    An important, early description of Mongolia; first edition. A lovely example of this rare book, with hand-coloured plates and interesting provenan...

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  • 93801_2 93801

    Histoire Naturelle, Civile, et Ecclésiastique de l'Empire du Japon:

    KAEMPFER, Engelbert.
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    A history of Japan. A tall copy of the first edition in French of Kaempfer's history of Japan which was a best-seller from the moment it was publis...

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  • 93412_2 93412

    [Life and Medical Treatment in China].

    [PIASETSKIY, Pavel Yakovlevich].
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    Pavel Piasetskiy (1843 - 1919) was only a respected doctor but also talented artist and writer. These versatile abilities ensured his participatio...

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  • 92536_2 92536

    China:

    ALLOM, Thomas.
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    Thomas Allom (1804-1872) the noted topographical artist, at a time of increased interest in China, presented the Western world with the most compl...

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  • 90926

    China. Report on the revenue and expenditure of the Chinese Empire.

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    Report 415 in the series Reports on subjects of general and commercial interest. A valuable document compiled by Consul Jamieson to be presented t...

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  • 90916

    Correspondence respecting insults in China.

    [CHINA]; [PARLIAMENTARY PAPER].
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    The second opium war. Scarce parliamentary paper dealing with the Second Opium War. Includes papers by Sir Henry Pottinger, Sir John Davis, the Ear...

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