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Discover rare travel books and key exploration works spanning the 16th to 20th centuries. This selection includes first-hand accounts from pioneering figures such as Captain Cook, Sir Ernest Shackleton, and David Livingstone, documenting expeditions across Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and the polar regions. With finely illustrated volumes, early maps, and original prints, these works offer invaluable insights into the history of global discovery. Explore the full range of our rare travel books from all over the world today.

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  • Rare photographs by Trémaux, which rank among the earliest endeavours to record indigenous people by photography
    Rare photographs by Trémaux, which rank among the earliest endeavours to record indigenous people by photography

    TREMAUX, Pierre.
    Parallèles des Édifices anciens et modernes du Continent Africain: [c. 1858].
    £19,500.00

  • A fine copy of Allen's River Niger expedition in the preferred deluxe binding.
    A fine copy of Allen's River Niger expedition in the preferred deluxe binding.

    ALLEN, William; THOMSON, T.R.H.
    A Narrative of the Expedition sent by Her Majesty's Government to the River Niger, 1848.
    £3,000.00

  • Winstanley was a British officer of the Queen's Own Hussars who entered Ethiopia from the west around 1880.

    WINSTANLEY, William.
    A Visit to Abyssinia. 1881
    £950.00

  • Melly's journal kept during a tour in Egypt and Nubia.
    Melly's journal kept during a tour in Egypt and Nubia.

    MELLY, George.
    Khartoum, and the Blue and White Niles. 1851.
    £3,750.00

  • Ensor was engaged in the survey of Wady Milkh or the Inalienable Valley for the proposed line of a railway to Darfoor.
    Ensor was engaged in the survey of Wady Milkh or the Inalienable Valley for the proposed line of a railway to Darfoor.

    ENSOR, F. Sidney.
    Incidents on a journey through Nubia to Darfoor. 1881.
    £1,875.00

  • Mockler-Ferryman's account of the expedition led by Major MacDonald in 1889 to investigate complaints about the Royal Nigerian Company. Includes a treatise on local musucal instuments.
    Mockler-Ferryman's account of the expedition led by Major MacDonald in 1889 to investigate complaints about the Royal Nigerian Company. Includes a treatise on local musucal instuments.

    MOCKLER-FERRYMAN, Augustus Ferryman.
    Up the Niger. 1892
    £1,250.00

  • Volume I: First Journey, 1869–1870; Volume II: First Journey, 1870–1871; Volume III: Second Journey, 1871–1872.
    Volume I: First Journey, 1869–1870; Volume II: First Journey, 1870–1871; Volume III: Second Journey, 1871–1872.

    WALLIS, J. P. R. (ed.)
    The Northern Goldfields Diaries of Thomas Baines. 1946
    £175.00

  • First edition of Wilhelm Junker's Travels in Africa, a series of three journeys to Central Africa and the Congo.
    First edition of Wilhelm Junker's Travels in Africa, a series of three journeys to Central Africa and the Congo.

    JUNKER, Wilhelm.
    Travels in Africa. 1890–1892.
    £2,500.00

  • Rare and attractive commemorative printing.
    Rare and attractive commemorative printing.

    [STANLEY, Henry Morton].
    Royal Geographical Society. Stanley reception meeting 1890.
    £350.00

  • Second edition of Chase's Anglo-Burmese hand-book, revised by Frank Phinney, superintendent of the American Baptist Mission Press in Rangoon.
    Second edition of Chase's Anglo-Burmese hand-book, revised by Frank Phinney, superintendent of the American Baptist Mission Press in Rangoon.

    CHASE, Lieut. Dormer Augustus.
    Anglo-Burmese hand-book, 1890.
    £250.00

  • Includes much on bear hunting, trapping, and natural history, as well as having some important content on salmon fishing.
    Includes much on bear hunting, trapping, and natural history, as well as having some important content on salmon fishing.

    LLOYD, L.
    Scandinavian Adventures, 1854.
    £450.00

  • He went to the Balkans during the Russo-Turkish War of 1829, and received the Turkish order of the Crescent.
    He went to the Balkans during the Russo-Turkish War of 1829, and received the Turkish order of the Crescent.

    ALEXANDER, Captain James Edward.
    Travels to the Seat of War in the East, 1830.
    £1,250.00

  • The author encourages the idea of Europeans emigrating to Central America on account of the plentiful availability of good land.
    The author encourages the idea of Europeans emigrating to Central America on account of the plentiful availability of good land.

    SCHERZER, Carl.
    Travels in the Free States of Central America: 1857.
    £450.00

  • Scarce account of a party of amateurs sending out on an expedition in the Spitzbergen area. Hunting and dining seem to be their major concerns
    Scarce account of a party of amateurs sending out on an expedition in the Spitzbergen area. Hunting and dining seem to be their major concerns

    CLUTTERBUCK, Walter.
    The Skipper in Arctic Seas. 1890.
    £1,250.00

  • First edition of James Dunning Baker's thorough survey of the disctrict of Cuddapah in the Presidency of Madras, complete with an original photograph.
    First edition of James Dunning Baker's thorough survey of the disctrict of Cuddapah in the Presidency of Madras, complete with an original photograph.

    GRIBBLE, James Dunning Baker.
    A Manual of the District of Cuddapah 1875.
    £1,150.00

  • A rare Calcutta imprint by James Taylor and including a valuable survey of the city and information on the important muslin trade.
    A rare Calcutta imprint by James Taylor and including a valuable survey of the city and information on the important muslin trade.

    TAYLOR, James.
    A sketch of the topography and statistics of Dacca. 1840.
    £2,750.00

  • Snow claimed to have had a vision of the whereabouts of the missing Arctic expedition of Franklin and wrote to Lady Franklin with a plan for a search.
    Snow claimed to have had a vision of the whereabouts of the missing Arctic expedition of Franklin and wrote to Lady Franklin with a plan for a search.

    SNOW, William Parker.
    Voyage of the Prince Albert 1851.
    £2,750.00

  • Beaumont's accounts of these journeys show a lively interest in the classical history of the area.
    Beaumont's accounts of these journeys show a lively interest in the classical history of the area.

    ALBANIS BEAUMONT, Jean François.
    Travels through the Rhætian Alps, 1792.
    £2,500.00

  • Natal Colony, Durban, and the Umgeni and Umvoti Rivers.

    ENTE, W. K.
    Natal en Nieuw-Gelderland en de vooruitzigten der kolonisatie Aldaa. 1862.
    £225.00

  • Finely produced portfolio of illustrations by the official artist of the Citroen Central Asia Expedition, capturing the peoples and landcapses of Peris<br />
    Finely produced portfolio of illustrations by the official artist of the Citroen Central Asia Expedition, capturing the peoples and landcapses of Peris<br />

    IACOVLEFF, Alexandre [YAKOVLEV, Aleksandr].
    Dessins et peintures d'Asie. [1934].
    £7,500.00

  • First English edition of Werne's account of the second European mission to discover the source of the White Nile, which went as far as Gondokoro.
    First English edition of Werne's account of the second European mission to discover the source of the White Nile, which went as far as Gondokoro.

    WERNE, Ferdinand.
    Expedition to Discover the Sources of the White Nile, 1849.
    £2,500.00

  • Rare. Groves travelled with his family to Baghdad in 1829, where he became the first Protestant missionary to Arabic-speaking muslims.
    Rare. Groves travelled with his family to Baghdad in 1829, where he became the first Protestant missionary to Arabic-speaking muslims.

    GROVES, Anthony N.
    Journal of Mr. Anthony N. Groves, missionary, 1831.
    £1,750.00

  • First edition of the Rev. Thomas Turner Baker's account of the Second Anglo-Burmese War, with the taking of Rangoon and the port of Martaban in 1852.
    First edition of the Rev. Thomas Turner Baker's account of the Second Anglo-Burmese War, with the taking of Rangoon and the port of Martaban in 1852.

    BAKER, Rev. Thomas Turner.
    The recent operations of the British Forces 1852.
    £1,000.00

  • First edition of LeChevalier's acount of his exploration of the Black Sea regions. With maps including the Sea of Marmora and Constantinople.
    First edition of LeChevalier's acount of his exploration of the Black Sea regions. With maps including the Sea of Marmora and Constantinople.

    LECHEVALIER, J.B.
    Voyage de la Propontide et du Pont-Euxin; 1800.
    £1,650.00

  • Scarce. An account of a three month stay in South Africa in 1825. Much information on the Kaffirs and Graham's Town.
    Scarce. An account of a three month stay in South Africa in 1825. Much information on the Kaffirs and Graham's Town.

    [PHILIPPS, Thomas].
    Scenes and Occurrences in Albany and Caffer-Land, South Africa. 1827.
    £1,500.00

  • The decorative plates include views and people of Batavia, Penang and Singapore.
    The decorative plates include views and people of Batavia, Penang and Singapore.

    [KINLOCH, Charles Walter].
    De Zieke Reiziger; or, Rambles in Java and the straits in 1852. By a Bengal civilian. 1853.
    £2,500.00

  • Contains long accounts of Beirut, Damascus, Aleppo, and the Druses. The author was in the political department of the British staff in Syria.
    Contains long accounts of Beirut, Damascus, Aleppo, and the Druses. The author was in the political department of the British staff in Syria.

    [PATON, Andrew Archibald].
    The Modern Syrians; 1844.
    £1,500.00

  • Scarce colour-coded map concerning the sugar trade and its link to slavery.

    [SLAVERY]. [CROPPER, James].
    Chart of the world, on Mercator's projection, illustrative of the impolicy of slavery. n.d. [but c. 1825].
    £1,000.00

  • At Kerguelen Nunn helped restore two shallops, the<em> Favorite</em> and the <em>Frances, </em>which had been left there from a previous voyage
    At Kerguelen Nunn helped restore two shallops, the<em> Favorite</em> and the <em>Frances, </em>which had been left there from a previous voyage

    NUNN, John.
    Narrative of the wreck of the 'Favorite' 1850.
    £950.00

  • taken prisoner with two other children by Native Americans associated with the Kickapoo nation. Hunter lived with the Kickapoo until 1816.
    taken prisoner with two other children by Native Americans associated with the Kickapoo nation. Hunter lived with the Kickapoo until 1816.

    HUNTER, John.
    Memoirs of a captivity among the Indians of North America, 1823.
    £750.00

  • Robert Adams was an American seaman, the son of a New York sail maker and an Afro-American mother.
    Robert Adams was an American seaman, the son of a New York sail maker and an Afro-American mother.

    ADAMS, Robert.
    The Narrative of Robert Adams, 1816.
    £1,500.00

  • Printed on vellum and bound in the finest morocco, a tribute to the participants in the capture of Khartoum, including Kitchener, in the Nile Campaign 1896
    Printed on vellum and bound in the finest morocco, a tribute to the participants in the capture of Khartoum, including Kitchener, in the Nile Campaign 1896

    KITCHENER, Horatio Nerbert, Earl.
    Resolution of the House of Lords and the House of Commons 1899.
    £5,000.00

  • The work contains an early description in English of the volcanic geology of the Auvergne and insights into the ages of alpine rocks based on fossils
    The work contains an early description in English of the volcanic geology of the Auvergne and insights into the ages of alpine rocks based on fossils

    BAKEWELL, Robert.
    Travels, comprising observations made during a residence in the Tarentaise, 1823.
    £2,000.00

  • Reprinted from the 1952 first edition, a bibliographical catalogue of aquatints and lithographs from the library of J.R. Abbey.
    Reprinted from the 1952 first edition, a bibliographical catalogue of aquatints and lithographs from the library of J.R. Abbey.

    ABBEY, J. R.
    Scenery of Great Britain and Ireland, 1991.
    £120.00

  • A rare shape book, in the form of the Australian continent, with scenes of Australian life, including sheep mustering and a bullock team.
    A rare shape book, in the form of the Australian continent, with scenes of Australian life, including sheep mustering and a bullock team.

    CASTELL BROTHERS.
    Australia. [circa 1890].
    £1,000.00

  • A splendid and historically significant album with original artwork, signed and dated by the artist, made during Cardero's first stay in Istanbul
    A splendid and historically significant album with original artwork, signed and dated by the artist, made during Cardero's first stay in Istanbul

    CARDERO (Jose).
    Album of Turkish Watercolours 1785.
    £50,000.00

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