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Brotherton Collection4
Leeds Russian Archive1

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voyages and travels10
diaries3
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slavery3
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Bonpland, Aime3
Bonpland, Aime (1773-1858)3
Humboldt, Alexander Von (1769-1859)3
Ross, Thomasina3
Knapton, Arthur John (Of Rawmarsh Hall)2
Lebedev, Vladimir VasilʹEvich1
Lebedev, Vladimir VasilʹEvich (1891-1967)1
Marshak, S (1887-1964)1
Somerset, Charles1
Thompson, Herbert (1856-1945)1

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Diary of a journey round Australia and back to England

1876

Covers a sea voyage round Australia, a journey inland to New South Wales and Victoria, and a voyage back to England

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Mister Tvister

Marshak, S (1887-1964); Lebedev, Vladimir Vasilʹevich (1891-1967)

1951

"Dli︠a︡ mladshego vozrasta" -- Back cover.

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Personal narrative of travels to the equinoctial regions of America during the years 1799-1804 (v.1)

Humboldt, Alexander von (1769-1859); Ross, Thomasina; Bonpland, Aimé (1773-1858)

1852-1853

Dates of publication: v. 1-2: 1852; v. 3: 1853. "Printed by Harrison and Son, London Gazette Office, St. Martin's Lane; and Orchard Street, Westminster."--t.p. verso. Publisher's advertisements on...

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Personal narrative of travels to the equinoctial regions of America during the years 1799-1804 (v.2)

Humboldt, Alexander von (1769-1859); Ross, Thomasina; Bonpland, Aimé (1773-1858)

1852-1853

Dates of publication: v. 1-2: 1852; v. 3: 1853. "Printed by Harrison and Son, London Gazette Office, St. Martin's Lane; and Orchard Street, Westminster."--t.p. verso. Publisher's advertisements on...

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Personal narrative of travels to the equinoctial regions of America during the years 1799-1804 (v.3)

Humboldt, Alexander von (1769-1859); Ross, Thomasina; Bonpland, Aimé (1773-1858)

1852-1853

Dates of publication: v. 1-2: 1852; v. 3: 1853. "Printed by Harrison and Son, London Gazette Office, St. Martin's Lane; and Orchard Street, Westminster."--t.p. verso. Publisher's advertisements on...

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Travells into Holland &c., an anonymous diary of an Englishman's tour of Holland, Belgium, and France during 1687.

1687

Contains an account of a seventeenth-century Englishman's tour from London on Thursday, 30 June, 1687 to Holland, Belgium, and France, arriving back in London on Tuesday, 22 November, 1687.

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Liber Caro, a diary of a tour through western Europe in 1611-1612, by Sir Charles Somerset.

Somerset, Charles

c.1612

Contains probably a nearly contemporary copy of the diary kept by Sir Charles Somerset of his tour through France, Italy, Austria, Germany, and the Netherlands between April 1611 and May 1612.

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Autobiography, by Herbert Thompson
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Autobiography, by Herbert Thompson

Thompson, Herbert (1856-1945)

c.1940

Contains recollections of the author's life and career, including his Yorkshire ancestry; earliest recollection, of the death of the Prince Consort in 1861; school in Wiesbaden, 1872-73; St John's Col...

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