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Brotherton Collection8
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Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections1

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voyages and travels13
anthologies1
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mongols1

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Haiti1
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Astell, Mary (1668-1731)5
Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley (1689-1762)5
Argonaut Press2
Bruggemann, Otto, 1600-16402
Davies, John (1625-1693)2
Mandelslo, Johann Albrecht Von (1616-1644)2
Olearius, Adam (1603-1671)2
Penzer, N M (1892-1960)2
Penzer, N. M2
Astracan1

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The itinerary of Ludovico di Varthema of Bologna from 1502-1508 : as translated from the original Italian edition of 1510

De Varthema, Lodovico; Jones, John Winter (1805-1881); Penzer, N M (1892-1960); Temple, Sir Richard Carnac (1850-1931); Argonaut Press

1928

With reproduction of text of original t.-p. and colophon.

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Notes of a visit to some parts of Haïti : Jan. Feb. 1835

Hanna, S W (1851)

1836

With an engraved t.p. "Leonard and George Seeley, Thames Ditton, Surrey."--colophon. Plates engraved by Orrin Smith after S. Williams. With an historical sketch of the island of Haiti.

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The most noble and famous travels of Marco Polo : together with the travels of Nicolò de' Conti

Polo, Marco (1254-1323?); Conti, Niccolò de' (1395-1469); Ramusio, Giovanni Battista (1485-1557); Frampton, John (fl. 1577-1596); Penzer, N M (1892-1960); Argonaut Press

1929

"This edition... is the sixth publication of the Argonaut press and is limited to 1050 copies on Japon vellum, numbered 1 to 1050." With reproduction of t.-p. of original edition. Translated by Fr...

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An anthology of modern travel writing

Tomlinson, H M (1873-1958)

[1936]

"First published, October 1936."

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