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Total number of records: 49

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Lithgow, William (1582-1645?)5
Purchas, Samuel (1577?-1626)5
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Billecocq, J B L J (1765-1829)4
Billecocq, J. B. L. J4
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Brissot De Warville, J.-P (1754-1793)4
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Diary of travels through Italy and France, compiled by Sir William Trumbull, 1664-1665.

Trumbull, William

1664-1670

The main body of the text is a diary in English of Sir William Trumbull's travels from Gravesend on 14 March 1664 through Italy to Rome and then through France as far as Avignon on the return journey ...

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Nine letters from Joseph William Dunning to his father, Joseph Dunning, solicitor of Leeds, describing his tour in Scandinavia, 1856

Dunning, Joseph William (1834-1897)

1856

Details of the sequence of letters: (1) Hull, 13 June 1856. 4 ff.; (2) Christiania [Oslo], 17 June 1856. 4 ff.; (3) Trondheim, 27 June 1856. 12 ff.; (4) on board 'Prinz Gustav', 2 July 1856 [continued...

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The travels and adventures of Wm. Lithgow, in Europe, Asia, and Africa, during nineteen years

[Between ca. 1840 and 1850?]

No. 122 of a series. (Number printed below imprint).

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Travels in Northern Asia

Bentham, Christopher

1823

Illustration included in pagination.

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The journal of Frederick Horneman's travels : from Cairo to Mourzouk, the capital of the kingdom of Fezzan, in Africa. In the years 1797-8

Hornemann, Friedrich Konrad (1772-1800); Rennell, James (1742-1830); Marsden, William (1754-1836); Young, Sir William (1749-1815); Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa

1802

Signatures: [a] b-d e B-2B (2B2 + chi1) 2C. With a single leaf (p. 188 with blank verso) inserted after pages 188. Maps by James Rennell, engraved by J. Walker; hand-colored routes. Includes app...

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Fiji and the Fijians (v.1)

Williams, Thomas (1815-1862); Calvert, James (1813-1892); Rowe, George Stringer

1858

Printed by William Nichols, 32, London Wall. Volume 2 by James Calvert. Contents: v. 1. The islands and their inhabitants -- v. 2. Mission history.

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Fiji and the Fijians (v.2)

Williams, Thomas (1815-1862); Calvert, James (1813-1892); Rowe, George Stringer

1858

Printed by William Nichols, 32, London Wall. Volume 2 by James Calvert. Contents: v. 1. The islands and their inhabitants -- v. 2. Mission history.

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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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