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Travels without a passport : second series
Baerlein, Henry (1875-1960)
1942
"First published... in 1942."
A Collection of original voyages : containing I. Capt. Cowley's voyage round the globe. II. Captain Sharp's journey over the Isthmus of Darien, and expedition into the South Seas, written by himself. III. Capt. Wood's voyage thro' the Streights of Magellan. IV. Mr. Roberts's adventures among the corsairs of the Levant; his account of their way of living; description of the Archipelago Islands, taking of Scio, etc. : Illustrated with several maps and draughts
Hacke, William; Cowley, William Ambrosia; Sharpe, Bartholomew (fl. 1679-1682); Wood, Captain John; Roberts, A; Knapton, James (1738)
1699
Errors in paging: numbers 17-32 omitted in pagination, third count; p. 14, fourth count, misnumbered 41. A blank leaf concludes Pt.1. "Books printed for J. Knapton..."--p. [54-56], fourth count.
The new atlas, or, Travels and voyages in Europe, Asia, Africa and America, thro' the most renowned parts of the world : viz. from England to the Dardanelles, thence to Constantinople... containing what is rare and worthy of remarks in those vast countries
Carwell, Thomas (1600-1664)
1698
Preface signed: T.C. Sometimes attributed to Thomas Carwell.
Lithgow's nineteen years travels through the most eminent places in the habitable world : Containing an exact description of the customs, laws, religion, policies, and government... also of the countries and cities, trades, rivers, and commerce in all places through which he travell'd. Also an account of the tortures he suffered under the Spanish Inquisition...[etc]
Lithgow, William (1582-1645?)
1682
R4 is unsigned. First published in 1614, with title: A most delectable and true discourse, of an admired and painefull peregrination from Scotland to the most famous kingdomes in Europe, Asia, and A...
The totall discourse, of the rare aduentures, and painefull peregrinations of long nineteene yeares trauayles from Scotland, to the most famous kingdomes in Europe, Asia, and Affrica : Perfited by three deare bought voyages, in surueighing of forty eight kingdomes ancient and moderne; twenty one rei-publickes, ten absolute principalities, with two hundred ilands. The particular names whereof, are described in each argument of the ten diuisions of this history: and it also diuided in three bookes; two whereof, neuer heretofore published. Wherein is contayned, an exact relation, of the lawes, religion, policies, and gouernment of all their princes, potentates, and people. Together with the grieuous tortures he suffered, by the inquisition of Malaga in Spaine, his miraculous discouery and deliuery thence: and of his last and late returne from the northerne iles
Lithgow, William (1582-1645?)
1632
Catchword, p.278 printed as "tha" (for "that"). An edition of: Lithgow, William "A most delectable, and true discourse, of and admired and painefull peregrination in Europe, Asia and Affricke." Wo...
The voiages and travels of John Struys through Italy, Greece, Muscovy, Tartary, Media, Persia, East-India, Japan, and other countries in Europe, Africa and Asia... : And two narratives of the taking of Astracan by the Cossackes, sent from Captain D.Butler
Struys, Jan Janszoon (1694); Morrison, John
1684
Indexed in: Wing S6020.
An anthology of modern travel writing
Tomlinson, H M (1873-1958)
[1936]
"First published, October 1936."
The voiage and travaile of Sir John Maundevile, kt., which treateth of the way of Hierusalem : and of marvayles of Inde, with other ilands and countryes. Reprinted from the edition of A.D. 1725
Mandeville, Sir John; Halliwell-Phillipps, J O (1820-1889)
1866
Memoirs of an eighteenth-century footman, John Macdonald: Travels (1745-1779)
Macdonald, John (1741-1796); Beresford, John (1888-1940)
1927
Set up from a rotograph of the British Museum copy of the first and only edition, 1790.
Diary of the adventures of a merchant captain in the Mediterranean, 1711-1715, compiled by George Aptall
Aptall, George
1715
Contains Captain George Aptall's personal account of his misadventures in the Eastern Mediterranean, signed by him on 17 October 1715.