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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. 

  • Euphrates Valley route to India,

    ANDREW, Sir William.
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    Andrews, an East Indian Railway official, had propoped a railway along Euphrates, linking Europe with the Arabian Gulf at Basra, as a direct route...

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  • Cabool:

    BURNES, Sir Alexander.
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    Account of Burnes' British commercial mission to the Court of the Emir of Kabul in 1837-38. The Mission was a failure and in 1839 Burnes re-entere...

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  • An account of the kingdom of Caubul,

    ELPHINSTONE, Mountstuart.
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    the first detailed account of Afghanistan by a western observer. Elphinstone collected important information on the geography, government, languag...

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  • Two years in Kurdistan.

    HAY, W.R.
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    An important work written while Hay was serving in the Civil Administration of Mesopotamia 'always in more or less remote parts of the country'.Fi...

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  • Histoire des Wahabis,

    [CORANCEZ, Louis Alexandre].
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    A very attractive copy of he first European study of the origins and history of Wahabism.The book starts with an account of the conversion of Moha...

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  • Three Visits to Madagascar

    ELLIS, Rev William
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    Ellis (1794-1871), was sent to Madagascar by the London Missionary Society to investigate the treatment of Christians on the island. The work cont...

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  • Forest Scene on the tobihanna; Alleghany Mountains.

    BODMER, Karl.
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    Vignette IV. On 23rd August the expedition left Bethlehem and began their journey westwards to Mauch Chunk. They stopped briefly at the Delaware W...

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  • The Citadel-Rock on the Upper Missouri.

    BODMER, Karl.
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    From the illustrated 'Travels in the Interior of North America between 1832-34' by Prince Maximilian Alexander Philipp Zu Wied-Neuweid, published ...

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  • Offering of the Mandan Indians.

    BODMER, Karl.
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    From the illustrated 'Travels in the Interior of North America between 1832-34' by Prince Maximilian Alexander Philipp Zu Wied-Neuweid, published ...

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  • Saukie and Fox Indians.

    BODMER, Karl.
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    From the illustrated 'Travels in the Interior of North America between 1832-34' by Prince Maximilian Alexander Philipp Zu Wied-Neuweid, published ...

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  • Cleveland Lighthouse on the Lake Erie.

    BODMER, Karl.
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    Plate XXXII. A fine atmospheric view by Bodmer sketched during the traveller's homeward journey. Having left Fort Clark on 18 April 1834, they ret...

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  • Bellvue. Mr. Dougherty's Agency on the Missouri.

    BODMER, Karl.
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    From the illustrated 'Travels in the Interior of North America between 1832-34' by Prince Maximilian Alexander Philipp Zu Wied-Neuweid, published ...

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  • A Young Mandan Indian.

    BODMER, Karl.
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    From the illustrated 'Travels in the Interior of North America between 1832-34' by Prince Maximilian Alexander Philipp Zu Wied-Neuweid, published ...

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  • Tower-Rock view of the Missisippi.

    BODMER, Karl.
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    Vignette IX. On 18 March 1833 the party embarked on a steamer bound for Ohio. On the Missisippi, above the mouth of the Ohio, between the settleme...

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  • Falconry in the Valley of the Indus.

    BURTON, Richard Francis.
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    One of only 500 copies. Rare: only 500 copies were printed. 'Burton's Falconry is today considered a classic, although it created little stir at th...

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  • A Comprehensive History of India,

    BEVERIDGE, Henry
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    A beautifully bound set of Beveridge's history of India, profusely illustrated.3 vols, large 8vo, engraved titles, frontispieces, 19 coloured maps...

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  • Peking:

    BREDON, Juliet.
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    Juliet Bredon (1881-1937) grew up in China and lived through the Boxer Rebellion. Her book on Peking is informative and attractive.Third edition (...

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  • The Great Rift Valley,

    GREGORY, John Walter.
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    Gregory's important exploration expedition in the hitherto unknown highland regions of Mt. Kenya.In 1892 Gregory was seconded as naturalist to a l...

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  • The Ascent of Everest.

    HUNT, John.
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    Inscribed copy. An account of the successful British expedition led by Hunt in 1953. He subsequently became the "father figure" of post-war British...

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