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Die Erdkunde im Verhältniss zur Natur und zur Geschichte des Menschen, oder, Allgemeine, vergleichende Geographie : als sichere Grundlage des Studiums und Unterrichts in physikalischen und historischen Wissenschaften (v.1)
Ritter, Carl (1779-1859)
1817-1818
Consists of the 1.-3. Buch of the 12 planned.--v. 1, p. [v]. No more published of this edition. Errata: v. 2, p. 934-939. Includes bibliographical footnotes.
Die Erdkunde im Verhältniss zur Natur und zur Geschichte des Menschen, oder, Allgemeine, vergleichende Geographie : als sichere Grundlage des Studiums und Unterrichts in physikalischen und historischen Wissenschaften (v.2)
Ritter, Carl (1779-1859)
1817-1818
Consists of the 1.-3. Buch of the 12 planned.--v. 1, p. [v]. No more published of this edition. Errata: v. 2, p. 934-939. Includes bibliographical footnotes.
Asia (v.1)
Keane, A H (1833-1912); Hellwald, Friedrich von
1896
Based on Hellwald's 'Die Erde und ihre Völker' translated by A.H. Keane. Series title also at head of t.-p.
Asia (v.2)
Keane, A H (1833-1912); Hellwald, Friedrich von
1896
Based on Hellwald's 'Die Erde und ihre Völker' translated by A.H. Keane. Series title also at head of t.-p.
Asia, with ethnological appendix
Keane, A H (1833-1912); Temple, Sir Richard Carnac (1850-1931); Hellwald, Friedrich von
1882
Based on Hellwald's 'Die Erde und ihre Völker' translated by A.H. Keane.
Asia and its islands [cartographic material] : according to d'Anville, divided into empires, kingdoms, states, regions, &c. with the European possessions and settlements in the East Indies, and an exact delineation of all the discoveries made in the eastern parts by the English under Captn. Cook
Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d' (1697-1782); Sayer, Robert (1725-1794)
1787
Title cartouche depicts local produce, a palm tree and a camel. Shows boundaries, rivers, settlements, islands; notes. Relief shown pictorially.
Travellers P & O pocket book
Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
[1888]
Cover-title: P & O pocket book. Title from engraved pictorial title-leaf. Section-title, p. [9-10]: Pocket Book. 1888, with company's emblematic logo; full company title and address on verso. Firs...
Modern geography : A description of the empires, kingdoms, states, and colonies; with the oceans, seas, and isles; in all parts of the world: including the most recent discoveries and political alterations. Digested on a new plan
Pinkerton, John (1758-1826); Nicolle de La Croix abbé (1704-1760); Pond, John (1767-1836); Cadell, Thomas (1773-1836); Davies, William (1820); Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; Strahan and Preston
1811
Printer statement on t.p. verso: "Strahan and Preston,...". Includes index and bibliography.
The voyages & travels of the ambassadors sent by Frederick duke of Holstein, to the great Duke of Muscovy, and the King of Persia : Began in the year M.DC.XXXIII. and finish'd in M.DC.XXXIX. Containing a compleat history of Muscovy, Tartary, Persia, and other adjacent countries. With several publick transactions reaching neer the present times; in VII. books. Whereto are added the Travels of John Albert de Mandelslo, (a gentleman belonging to the embassy) from Persia, into the East-Indies... in III. books
Olearius, Adam (1603-1671); Mandelslo, Johann Albrecht von (1616-1644); Davies, John (1625-1693)
1662
Each volume has special t.-p. Vol. 2: The voyages & travels of J. Albert de Mandelslo... into the East-Indies ... London, Printed for Tho. Dring, and J. Starkey, 1662. "He [Frederick] employ'd in th...
Collections of travels through Turky into Persia, and the East-Indies : giving an account of the state of those countries : as also, a full relation of the five years wars between Aureng-Zebe and his brothers in their father's life-time, about the succession : and a voyage made by the Great Mogul, Aureng-Zebe, with his army from Delhi to Lahor, from Lahor to Bember, and from thence to the kingdom of Kachemire, by the Mogols call'd the paradise of the Indies : together with a relation of the Kingdom of Japan and Tunkin, and of their particular manner and trade : to which is added a new description of the Grand Seignior's seraglio, and also, of all the kingdoms that encompass the Euxine and Caspian Seas (v.1-2)
Tavernier, Jean-Baptiste (1605-1689); Phillips, John (1631-1706); Everard, Edmund
1684-88
Each section of the work has seperate pagination. Part titles and title of volume 2, dated 1684.
Collections of travels through Turky into Persia, and the East-Indies : giving an account of the state of those countries : as also, a full relation of the five years wars between Aureng-Zebe and his brothers in their father's life-time, about the succession : and a voyage made by the Great Mogul, Aureng-Zebe, with his army from Delhi to Lahor, from Lahor to Bember, and from thence to the kingdom of Kachemire, by the Mogols call'd the paradise of the Indies : together with a relation of the Kingdom of Japan and Tunkin, and of their particular manner and trade : to which is added a new description of the Grand Seignior's seraglio, and also, of all the kingdoms that encompass the Euxine and Caspian Seas (v.2)
Tavernier, Jean-Baptiste (1605-1689); Phillips, John (1631-1706); Everard, Edmund
1684-88
Each section of the work has seperate pagination. Part titles and title of volume 2, dated 1684.
A collection of curious observations on the manners, customs, usages, different languages, government, mythology, chronology, ancient and modern geography, ceremonies, religion, mechanics, astronomy, medicine, physics, natural history, commerce, arts, and sciences of the several nations of Asia, Afrcia [sic], and America (v.1)
Lambert, Claude Francois (1705-1765); Dunn, John (fl.1750)
1750
"Africa" is correctly spelt on title-page of vol.2. Head bands, tail-pieces, initials. Anon., by C.F. Lambert.