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An account of the islands of Orkney
Wallace, James (1688); Sibbald, Sir Robert (1641-1722); Wallace, James (fl. 1684-1724)
1700
Originally written by James Wallace of Kirkwall and published by his son, James Wallace M.D., F.R.S., and republished as his own in the above edition of 1700, with omissions, additions and altered tit...
The present state of the islands in the Archipelago, (or Arches) sea of Constatinople, and gulph of Smyrna; with the islands of Candia, and Rhodes
Randolph, Bernard (1643-)
1687
Errata: final leaf. Signatures: A-P⁴. Includes index.
A voyage to Madagascar : the adjacent islands, and coast of Africk
Cauche, François (1616-); Morisot, Claude Barthélemy (1592-1661); Stevens, John (1726)
[1710]
Originally issued in monthly numbers. Caption title.
An account of the isle of Jersey : the greatest of those islands that are now the only remainder of the English dominions in France. With a new and accurate map of the island
Falle, Philip (1656-1742)
1694
Cancel title-leaf with original misprint 'Fronce' corrected inserted after pi 1 (half-title and imprimatur), with stub after pi 3; p.1 also a cancel with altered first paragraph beginning 'AN', B7 hav...
Madagascar, or, Robert Drury's journal, during fifteen years captivity on that island
Drury, Robert (1687-); Defoe, Daniel (1661?-1731)
1729
Includes [pp. 457-464] "A vocabulary of the Madagascar language". Indexed in: Often attributed to Daniel Defoe (e.g. by ESTC), and regarded as fiction; but it is more probably a genuine record of Dr...
A new description, geographical and historical, of the island of Corsica : including particularly a genuine account of the late revolutions there,... Also, authentic memoirs of Theodore, Baron de Neuhoff: ... To which is prefix'd, a correct map of the whole island
1739
First edition. A second edition was published in the same year entitled, 'A general account and description of the island of Corsica'.
The present state of the Morea, called anciently Peloponnesus : together with a description of the city of Athens, islands of Zant, Strafades, and Serigo
Randolph, Bernard (1643-)
1689
Indexed in: Wing R238 (but Wing gives as imprint "For Will. Notts...").
Færoœ & Fœroa reserata, that is, A description of the islands & inhabitants of Foeroe : being seventeen islands subject to the King of Denmark, lying under 62 deg. 10 min. of North latitude : wherein several secrets of nature are brought to light, and some antiquities hitherto kept in darkness discovered
Debes, Lucas Jacobsen (1623-1675); Sterpin, Jean
1676
Numerous errors in paging. Folding map of Faeroes before title-page.
A description of St. Kilda : the most remote Western Isle of Scotland. Giving an account of its situation, extent, soil, produce, bay and adjacent islands or rocks...[etc]
Buchan, Alexander (1730)
1741
Anonymous. By Alexander Buchan.
A voyage to the Levant : or, Travels in the principal parts of Asia Minor, the islands of Scio, Rhodes, Cyprus, &c : with an account of the most considerable cities of Egypt, Syria and the Holy Land
Bruyn, Cornelis de (1652-7)
1702
The first edition of the English translation. With engraved portrait of the author after Kneller. Pagination jumps at Cc1 from 97 to 100, Fff1 from 201 to 204, and at Fff2 from 205 to 208.