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Explorers and Travellers

Step into the shoes of intrepid explorers and adventurers with our captivating collection of books. Each page takes you on a journey to distant lands, allowing you to experience the thrill of discovery, the allure of the unknown, and the resilience of those who dared to wander. Immerse yourself in their tales and explore the world through their eyes.

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  • Tribes of the Hindoo Koosh.

    BIDDULPH, Major J[ohn].
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    Inscribed on the title page: 'J. Hope from the Author'. Biddulph's book is the standard work on the tribes of the North West frontier at the end ...

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  • The Sikandar Nama, e Bara,

    NIZAMI; CLARKE, Captain H. Wilberforce (translator).
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    A fine copy of Clarke's translation of the first part of Nizami's history of Alexander the Great containing Alexander's life and accomplishments. ...

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  • Femme Juive.

    GEISER, Jean.
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    Jean Geiser (1848 - 1923) inherited his mother's photographic studio in 1875, which she opened in Algeria in 1853. He later became best known for ...

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  • Thames with Tower of London in background.

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  • [Dolma Palace].

    BERGGRER, G
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    Turkey. Albumen print. Good tonal range with some staining around margins.

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  • How I Found Livingstone.

    STANLEY, Henry Morton.
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    Inscribed copy. Inscribed copy of 'One of the most famous books in the broad spectrum of African exploration, this title acquainted many a ninetee...

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  • Nieuw Vermeerderd en Verbeterd groot Stedeboek van Piemont en van Savoye.

    BLAEU, Willem & Joannes.
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    Third Dutch edition on large paper, the plates with excellent dark impressions, handsomely bound in a contemporary Dutch binding. The maps, plans,...

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  • Oriental Album.

    PRISSE D'AVENNES, Achille Constant Théodore Emile; ST. JOHN, James Augustus.
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    A deluxe copy of the first edition with the plates fully coloured and mounted on card. Probably no more than 100 copies printed with few surviving...

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  • Travels,

    SHAW, Thomas.
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    A valuable work. 'A valuable work' (Ioannou). Shaw was chaplain to the English factory at Algiers from 1720 to 1733. During this period he visited ...

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  • Storia degli Arabi sotto il governo de'Califi.

    MARIGNY, François Augier de.
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    A splendidly bound first edition set in Italian of this chronological history of the Eastern Caliphs, successors of the Prophet and the Emperors o...

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  • Voyage à Athènes et à Constantinople,

    DUPRE, Louis.
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    The finest colour plate book on Greece & Turkey. First edition of the finest colour plate book ever produced on Greece and Turkey.Born in Versa...

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  • The American testimonial banquet to Henry M. Stanley.

    [STANLEY, Henry Morton].
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    With a letter by Stanley. A scarce memorial of Stanley's last expedition. Following the printed title, the text consists of a list of the Committee...

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  • Histoire de l'expedition de trois vasseaux,

    [BEHRENS, Carl Friedrich].
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    Roggeveen's voyage - Europeans discover Rapa Nui (Easter Island). The first French account of Roggeveen's voyage and the European discovery of Rapa...

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  • Journal de la navigation autour du globe

    BOUGAINVILLE, Hyacinthe Yves Philippe Potentien (Baron de).
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    The official record of Bougainville's voyage around the world. The main intention of the voyage was political: to extend French influence in Indo...

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  • Begin ende Voortgangh van de Vereenighde Nederlantsche Geoctroyeerde Oost-Indische Compagnie.

    COMMELIN, Isaac (editor).
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    The definitive edition of the great early Dutch voyages of exploration. This collection of voyages, many undertaken by the Dutch East India Compa...

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