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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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  • A short relation of the river Nile,

    LOBO, Jeronimo.
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    Early account of the Nile. One of the earliest records of travels in Ethiopia, translated from Lobo's Itinerario by Sir Peter Wyche (1628-1699). W...

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    Ismailia:

    BAKER, Samuel White.
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    A superbly bound example in fine condition.In 1869, Baker, one of the greatest explorers of Africa, was appointed by the Khedive Isma'il to a four...

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    Travels in southern Abyssinia,

    JOHNSTON, Charles.
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    Rare account of Johnston's expedition to the court of Shoa.Johnston, a surgeon in the British navy, was 'a careful observer and incisive writer, h...

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    Skobeleff and the Slavonic cause by O.K.

    [KIRREV, Olga].
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    Mikhail Skobelev (1843-1882), became famous for his conquest of Central Asia and for his heroism during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878. Dresse...

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    Travels in Italy, Greece, and the Ionian Islands.

    WILLIAMS, Hugh.
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    Published after the author's return from an extended tour of Italy and Greece between 1816 and 1818. Williams trained as a landscape painter and a...

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    Narrative of a mission to Bokhara,

    WOLFF, Joseph.
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    Finely bound. A finely bound copy of a Great Game classic. Unfortunately, Wolff arrived too late to save Stoddart and Conolly; they died in the pri...

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    The Playground of Europe.

    STEPHEN, Leslie.
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    "Stephen is one of the most famous personalities in mountaineering and his book ranks among the best in climbing literature" (Neate). Leslie Steph...

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    The Epic of Mount Everest.

    YOUNGHUSBAND, Sir Francis.
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    This volume describes the three Mount Everest Expeditions in 1921, 22 and 24. Younghusband wrote this on behalf of the Mount Everest Committee of ...

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    The Alps from End to End.

    CONWAY, Sir William Martin.
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    A fascinating account of a summer journey of three months through the high level Alps from west to east.Third edition, 8vo (25 x 17 cms), vii 300p...

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    The Kangchenjunga Adventure

    SMYTHE, Frank Sydney.
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    An account of an unsuccessful expedition to climb Kanchenjunga, the world's third highest peak (unsuccessful). However the team were successful i...

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    Everest 1933.

    RUTTLEDGE, Hugh.
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    Ruttledge's richly illustrated narrative of the fourth Everest expedition.Members of the expedition included Shipton and Smythe. Unfortunately it ...

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    Travels and discoveries in the Levant.

    NEWTON, Charles Thomas.
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    Newton was vice-consul at Mitylene and resided in the Levant from 1852-1859. The expeditions to Asia Minor took place between 1856-1859 and were m...

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    Climbing and Exploration in the Karakoram-Himalayas.

    CONWAY, William Martin; McCORMICK, A.D.
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    With rare supplementary volume. This was the first major attempt to explore the Karakoram. The six-man expedition ascended the Hispar Glacier,and t...

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    From Kulja across the Thian-Shan to Lob-nor.

    PREJEVALSKY, N[ikolai] M.
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    Prejevalsky's second expedition. Account of Prejevalsky's second expedition, originally published in Russian in 1877.Travelling through East Turkes...

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