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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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    India Past and Present.

    FORBES-LINDSAY, C.H.
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    A handsome set, with illustrations exploring the regions of India through architecture, people, and geography. First edition; 2 vols, 8vo; numero...

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    Annapurna

    HERZOG, Maurice.
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    Inscribed by author. Herzog (1919-2012) was a French mountaineer who led this remarkable ascent of Annapurna, one of the highest mountains in the w...

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    Narrative of a journey through the upper provinces of India, from Calcutta to Bombay, 1824-1825.

    HEBER, Reginald.
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    A valuable description of the culture of India in the 1820s. Heber's tour encompassed a journey through Bihar, Rohilkhand, Rajputana, and Gujarat,...

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  • Annales de la Petite-Russie, ou histoire des Cosaques de l'Ukraine,

    [UKRAINE]. SCHERER, Jean Benoît.
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    One of the earliest works in Western Europe on Ukrainian history and geography. Jean-Benoît Scherer (1741 - 1824), a German and French historian w...

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    Captivity of two Russian Princesses in the Caucasus:

    [VERDEREVSKY, Evgeny Aleksandrovich]; EDWARDS, H. Sutherland (translator).
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    Rare. The princesses were Varvara Orbebiani and Anna Chavchavadzey and their families and followers. Members of the Georgian royal family, they ha...

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    Narrative of an expedition into the interior of Africa,

    LAIRD, Macgregor; OLDFIELD, R.A.K.
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    Laird was a member of the famous shipbuilding family and the Alburkah, built by his yard, was the first iron vessel to make an ocean voyage. The ...

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    Notes on Norway;

    HOOKER, William Dawson.
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    Inscribed on the upper wrapper: 'Mrs. W????/ With Wm. Hooker's/ Compliments'.Scarce. William Dawson Hooker (1816-1840), physician and botanist, un...

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    A Grammar of the Cingalese language.

    CHATER, James.
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    First English grammar of Sinhala. Chater's book is the first English grammar of Sinhala, the major language of Sri Lanka, and the first major book ...

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    Narrative of a Journey from Constantinople to England.

    WALSH, Robert.
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    Walsh served in Constantinople from 1820 to 1824 as chaplain to the British Embassy. This work describes his return to England, dealing almost exc...

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    Narrative of a journey through Greece,

    TRANT, Thomas Abercromby.
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    Scarce. Trant began his journey in October 1829, travelling extensively through Greece, before arriving in Constantinople. The work contains 'a li...

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    The Great Rift Valley,

    GREGORY, J[ohn] W[alter].
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    Highland regions of Mount Kenya. Important exploration expedition in the hitherto unknown highland regions of Mt. Kenya.In 1892 Gregory was seconde...

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    New light on dark Africa:

    PETERS, Carl.
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    A German counterpart to Stanley's In Darkest Africa. A German counterpart to Stanley's In Darkest Africa, this represents Peter's journey to find E...

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    The Story of the Malakand Field Force:

    CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer.
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    Churchill's first book. 'While I was attached to the Malakand Field Force, I wrote a series of letters from the London Daily Telegraph. The favoura...

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    The Kilima-Njaro Expedition.

    JOHNSTON, Harry Hamilton.
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    Johnston was invited in 1884 on behalf of the Royal Society to undertake a scientific mission to explore Mount Kilimanjaro and its surroundings. T...

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