The great traveller and explorer of the Nile at the very beginning of his career abroad. In 1763 Bruce was appointed the British Consul at Algiers...

In 1873 the Admiralty began planning an expedition to find a route to the North Pole through Smith Sound, the passage between Greenland and Canada...

Scarce account by a professional travel writer, who later produced works on the Sandwich Islands, the Levant, and Central & South America.Firs...

Rare engraving of the city of Amsterdam depicting the coat-of-arms of the city's burgomasters during the years spanning the Dutch Golden Age. The ...

Born on the island of Skye, off the West coast of Scotland, Campbell (1802-1877) joined the East India Company in 1820. In 1834 he was ordered to...

A lovely variety of Chinese official costumes, in fine condition and bright colours.Pith seems not to have been adopted for painting until about 1...

Attractive original watercolour which we can safely attribute to Mayer (fl. 1755-1803), the celebrated Italian orientalist who travelled extensive...

A fine watercolour view of Constantinople taken from Bulgarlu above Scutari, in the foreground two men smoking, another walking past with a donkey...

William Bullock was a showman, collector and naturalist. In 1809 he moved his growing collection of 'natural curiosities' from Liverpool to London...

Particularly scarce hand-coloured as here. Rare first edition with hand-coloured illustrations depicting the river Niger.A scarce book in any forma...

The account of Speke's third and final expedition to Africa. This took place in 1860 with James Grant.Their purpose was to explore the Victoria Ny...

"Perhaps the most famous of all African exploration books, this recounts Dr. Livingstone's travels through South Africa, with the discovery of Lak...

After the success of Layard's first expedition, the British Museum financed this second expedition during the years 1849-51. The expedition discov...

Scarce. COPAC lists just 3 copies.The Vaudois, more commonly known in English as the Waldensians, are a Christian ascetic movement, founded by a w...

Official document concerning the Amerindian slaves on the Honduran coast.Folio (32 x 20 cm); 3pp., unbound as issued, light fold mark to centre.

Albumen print. Very good tonal range and in good condition. Photographer's credit, title, and number in negative.

A Dervish is someone treading a Sufi Muslim ascetic path or "Tariqah", known for their extreme poverty and austerity. In this respect, Dervishes a...

Albumen print (21 x 26.5 cm). Good tonal range and in good condition, pasted on original card, number in negative, title on card, pencil inscripti...

The 'Tomb of the Kings' is the final resting place for the family of Queen Helene of Adiabene dating back to the first century AD. Located in Jeru...

Albumen print. 220 x 280 mm. Good tonal range and in good condition, pasted on original card, photographer's credit, title and number in negative....

Albumen print (27.5 x 21.5 cm). Good tonal range and in good condition, pasted on original card, photographer's credit, title and number in negative.

Albumen print. 215 x 280 mm. Good tonal range and in good condition, pasted on original card, photographer's credit, title and number in negative.

Adelphoi Zangaki (the Zangaki Brothers) (active 1870s –1890s) were two Greek photographers who specialised in historic or ancient Egyptian scenes,...