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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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  • Journal of the discovery of the source of the Nile.

    SPEKE, John Hanning.
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    Speke's third and final expedition to Africa. The account of Speke's third and final expedition to Africa. This took place in 1860 with his friend ...

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    The Ottoman World.

    NAVARI, Leonora.
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    Collations, descriptions, and illustrations of 1370 items on the Ottoman World from one of the finest private libraries on the subject.First editi...

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  • Africana. A distant journey into unknown lands.

    SCHEYBEYLER, Catherine.
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    This profusely illustrated catalogue with detailed collations and critical notes, offers a fascinating insight into the rich and diverse history o...

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    Britain and Tibet, 1765-1947.

    MARSHALL, Julie G.
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    The background to the India-China border dispute. A select annotated bibliography of printed material in European languages.First edition. 8vo, xx...

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    Impressions of Istanbul Voyage to Constantinople 1493-1820

    O'NEILL, Angus.
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    The Ömer Koç Collection. An essential work of reference and a beautifully produced book.With a preface by the late Norman Stone. This is the first ...

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    Encyclopaedia of exploration 1850-1940

    HOWGEGO, Raymond.
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    950 major articles. A comprehensive reference guide to the history and literature of travel and colonization in Africa, Asia, Australia and the Am...

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    The Cartography of East Indian Islands.

    PARRY, Dr David. E.
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    An important and comprehensive account of the mapping of East Indian Islands, with valuable information on the maps made from classical times to t...

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    Lakes and Empires in Macedonian history.

    PETTIFER, James; Miranda Vickers.
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    Lakes and Empires in Macedonian History: Contesting the Waters tells the story of Psarades, a lakeside village in Macedonian Greece on the shores ...

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    Druzhnia Rada abo 'Veseli zharty – smikhu varti'. Zbirnyk opovidan', kazok, virshiv ta baiok [Friendly Council or 'Funny Jokes - Worth Laughing'. Collection of Stories, Folk Tales,
    Verses and Fables].

    POLISHCHUK, Klym (editor).
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    An extremely rare collection of Ukrainian prose and poetry compiled by the writer Klym Polishchuk (1891-1937). In includes little known works by K...

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    Travels In Kashmir, Ladak, Iskardo,

    VIGNE, Godfrey Thomas.
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    With the large map. Vigne travelled extensively in Northern India in the years 1834 to 1838. Although a private traveller, he mapped the country th...

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    Refutation of Lieutenant Wellsted's attack

    ROBINSON, Frederick.
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    Presentation copy. Rare. Robinson claimed that Wellsted in his work Travels in Arabia endeavoured to obtain undue credit for James Bruce at the exp...

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    Views of Benares presented by the Maharajah of Benares.

    Prasad, Raghunath.
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    An attractive album of views of Benares, commissioned by the Maharajah of Benares, possibly to celebrate the British recognition of the region as ...

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    Everest: the Unfinished Adventure.

    RUTTLEDGE, Hugh.
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    Presentation copy. Presentation copy of Ruttledge's account of the 1935 and 1936 unsuccessful expeditions to Mount Everest.First edition. 8vo, xvi,...

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    Scrambles amongst the Alps in the Years 1860-69.

    WHYMPER, Edward.
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    This landmark of mountaineering literature is considered by many to be the most famous mountain travel book of the period, by the most famous moun...

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    Substance of a Minute

    RAFFLES, Thomas Stamford.
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    Rare. Raffles became lieutenant-governor of Java in 1811, and governor of Sumatra shortly thereafter, gaining renown for his benevolence and his o...

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    A journey From Merut in India to London

    LUMSDEN, Lieut. Thomas.
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    Rare. Lumsden includes a short account of Muscat and describes his voyage up the Persian Gulf. also includes Bushire, Isfahan, Tabriz, Tiflis, Ros...

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    The Life and Death of Mahumed, the Author of the Turkish Religion.

    ADDISON, Lancelot.
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    Biography of the prophet muhammad. The first edition of Lancelot Addison's (1632-1703) biography of the Prophet Muhammad and examination of Muslim ...

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    The Tenements.

    PONTING, Herbert G.
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    Classic Ponting photograph from Captain Scott's Terra Nova expedition (1910-1913). 'The name given to some of the Officers' bunks in the hut. The...

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