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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. 

  • The Pena National Palace at Sintra, Portugal.

    HOPPE, Emil Otto.
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    Silver gelatin print. Dimensions: 18 x 24 cm. Artist's signature and title in ink on reverse. Very good tonal range and in good condition.

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  • Houses of Parliament, London.

    HOPPE, Emil Otto.
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    Silver gelatin print. Dimensions: 17 x 19 cm. Photographer's signature on verso. Very good tonal range; upper right corner creased, a clean tear ...

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  • Area S. Josephi, cum Templo S. Nicolai ad Castrum

    [CANALETTO]; Antonio Visentini.
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    The most widely known and the best of the many engravings after Canalatto's views of Venice. They were originally commissioned by Consul Smith and...

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  • fPlatea S. Mariae Formosae, ejusque Templum.

    [CANALETTO]; Antonio Visentini.
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  • Area P.P. Societatis Jesu cum eorum Templo.

    [CANALETTO]; Antonio Visentini.
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  • Platea S. Stephani ad Meridiem.

    [CANALETTO]; Antonio Visentini.
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  • Area S. Rocchi cum ejusdem Templo et Schola.

    [CANALETTO]; Antonio Visentini.
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    Venice. The most widely known and the best of the many engravings after Canalatto's views of Venice. They were originally commissioned by Consul Sm...

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  • The West Indies and the Spanish Main.

    TROLLOPE, Anthony.
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    Fine example, handsomely bound, of the first edition of this account of Jamaica in 1860.First edition, 8vo (21 x 12.5cm), iv, 395pp., hand-coloure...

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  • Statement respecting the Earl of Selkirk's Settlement of Kildonan, upon the Red River, in North America;

    [HALKETT, John].
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    Born near Dunfermline, Scotland, John Halkett (1768–1852) was Governor of the Bahamas and Governor of Tobago. As a member of the Hudson's Bay Comp...

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  • Historical View of Plans, for the Government of British India, and Regulation of Trade to the East Indies.

    [BRUCE, John].
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    Bruce (1744-1826) was a Scottish academic, politician and historiographer to the East India Company.Quarto (31 x 24.5cm). xii, [2], 632p., half-ti...

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  • Yang-Tze Gorge, China.

    HOPPE, Emil Otto.
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    Gelatin silver print. Dimensions: 12.4 x 17 cm. Artist's signature and description in ink on reverse. Fine tonal range and in good condition.

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  • Two Actresses, Hong Kong.

    HOPPE, Emil Otto (archive).
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    "Zwei Schauspielerinnen in Hong Kong, Mutter und Tochter. Miss Lai Kei und Miss Lei La." ["Two actresses in Hong Kong, mother and daughter. Miss L...

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  • Chinesischer Reisbauer beim Pflügen, China.

    HOPPE, Emil Otto (archive).
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    Gelatin silver print. Dimensions: 10.7 x 15.6 cm. Photographer's credit and title on German publisher's label on reverse. Fine tonal range and in...

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  • Human Cattle, China.

    HOPPE, Emil Otto.
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    "Poor Chinese peasants and refugees." (description on reverse).Gelatin silver print. Dimensions: 11 x 16.1 cm. Artist's signature and description ...

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  • The Temples of Yuenkang, China.

    HOPPE, Emil Otto.
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    "The village with its clay houses -- formerly a prosperous town. Behind is the great Buddha temple which guards the sculptured cavities." (descrip...

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  • Squatters Houses, Hong Kong.

    HOPPE, Emil Otto.
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    "One of the 'luxurious' squatters' houses." (description on reverse).Gelatin silver print. Dimensions: 13.6 x 16.8 cm. Artist's signature and desc...

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  • Squatters Village, Nga Choi, China.

    HOPPE, Emil Otto.
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    "View of the squatters village Nga choi after the huts have been pulled down. The people look like ants removing the timber on their backs." (desc...

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  • San Yuk Maternity Hospital, Hong Kong.

    HOPPE, Emil Otto.
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    "The foundation stone of the institution was laid by the duchess of Kent during her visit to the Colony in 1952. It is a modern 200-bed Maternity ...

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  • Schwesternausbildung in Hong Kong.

    HOPPE, Emil Otto (archive).
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    Gelatin silver print. Dimensions: 12 x 14.5 cm. Photographer's credit and title on German publisher's label on reverse. Fine tonal range and in g...

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  • Roofs, China.

    HOPPE, Emil Otto.
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    Gelatin silver print. Dimensions: 12.7 x 9.8 cm. German and English publishers' stamps on the reverse. Fine tonal range and in good condition.

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  • Fish Hatchery, Hong Kong.

    HOPPE, Emil Otto.
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    Gelatin silver print. Dimensions: 10 x 12.9 cm. Photographer's signature and description in ink on the reverse. Fine tonal range and in good condi...

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  • Lion Dance Preparation, China.

    HOPPE, Emil Otto (archive).
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    Gelatin silver print. Dimensions: 9.9 x 12.6 cm. German publisher's stamp on the reverse. Fine tonal range and in good condition.

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  • Two Watercolour Scenes.

    [CHINESE SCHOOL].
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    Very impressive large scale watercolours of Chinese scenes, presumably executed for the Western market by an anonymous master and depicting intern...

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  • Street views in Hong Kong

    [CHINA.
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    A pair of gelatin silver prints (21 x 28 and 21 x 26.5 cm).

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