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The Cabot Voyages and Bristol Discovery under Henry VII (Hardcover, New Ed): R.A. Skelton The Cabot Voyages and Bristol Discovery under Henry VII (Hardcover, New Ed)
R.A. Skelton; Edited by James A. Williamson
R3,934 Discovery Miles 39 340 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The voyages of John and Sebastian Cabot and their English contemporaries were made, for the most part, in search of a westward passage to Asia, and they resulted in the revelation of North America. The evidences are printed here, with an indication of their origins. Some are obscure in meaning, incomplete in statement, or mutually contradictory; and we are left with the certainty that important documents have existed or may now exist, which are still unknown. Dr Williamson interprets the evidence we have. Parts of his undertaking are in the nature of detective work and he does not claim that his solutions are final, which would be impossible in the face of new evidence that may at any time occur. Cabot study is a continuing mental adventure. The maps are an important category of the evidence. Mr R.A. Skelton of the British Museum has contributed a treatment of them, authoritative in its explanations, and a valuable admonition on what can and cannot be expected of the material. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1962.

The Letters of F.W. Ludwig Leichhardt - Volume III (Hardcover, New Ed): M. Aurousseau The Letters of F.W. Ludwig Leichhardt - Volume III (Hardcover, New Ed)
M. Aurousseau
R2,614 Discovery Miles 26 140 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Ludwig Leichhardt is chiefly known as the most important of the scientific explorers of Australia. His lively but detailed letters provide a narrative of his life from his student days in the mid-1830s until 1848 when he disappeared in the Australian interior. Leichhardt's main interest was natural philosophy, particularly biology, geology and geography, but as a scholar of nature in the widest sense, he closely observed and recorded many aspects of the surrounding world, describing social life in early Victorian England and commenting on some of the leading teachers and philosophers of the day. However, the primary purpose of his studies in German, England, Paris and Naples was to equip himself as a scientific explorer. The idea of exploring Australia was evolved and closely planned with his great friend William Nicholson. Leichhardt sailed for Australia in 1841. Volume 2 of this work describes his scientific reconnaissance in eastern Australia, undertaken alone during 2 years. The final volume is concerned with his major explorations: the successful expedition to Port Essington in northern Australia, during which he investigated the topography, geology and botany of the country, and his last two attempts to cross the continent from East to West. His last party disappeared without trace in 1848. Mr Aurousseau has collected together all Leichhardt's known letters, and translated those written in German, French or Italian. He provides a brief account of Leichhardt's life, a chronology of his movements and a bibliography of works relating to him. Leichhardt has been the object of much ill-informed criticism, and the editor's main purpose is to establish an authentic text, enabling the man to speak for himself. These letters also prepare the way for the publication of Leichhardt's journal. Full texts of all letters, together with translations of those in German, French and Italian. This volume covers Leichardt's major exploration, from 1844 until his disappearance in 1848, with a table of subsequent events. Continued from the previous volumes (Second Series 133, 134), with which the main pagination is continuous. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1968.

The Letters of F.W. Ludwig Leichhardt - Volume II (Hardcover, New Ed): M. Aurousseau The Letters of F.W. Ludwig Leichhardt - Volume II (Hardcover, New Ed)
M. Aurousseau
R2,588 Discovery Miles 25 880 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Ludwig Leichhardt is chiefly known as the most important of the scientific explorers of Australia. His lively but detailed letters provide a narrative of his life from his student days in the mid-1830s until 1848 when he disappeared in the Australian interior. Leichhardt's main interest was natural philosophy, particularly biology, geology and geography, but as a scholar of nature in the widest sense, he closely observed and recorded many aspects of the surrounding world, describing social life in early Victorian England and commenting on some of the leading teachers and philosophers of the day. However, the primary purpose of his studies in German, England, Paris and Naples was to equip himself as a scientific explorer. The idea of exploring Australia was evolved and closely planned with his great friend William Nicholson. Leichhardt sailed for Australia in 1841. Volume 2 of this work describes his scientific reconnaissance in eastern Australia, undertaken alone during 2 years. The final volume is concerned with his major explorations: the successful expedition to Port Essington in northern Australia, during which he investigated the topography, geology and botany of the country, and his last two attempts to cross the continent from East to West. His last party disappeared without trace in 1848. Mr Aurousseau has collected together all Leichhardt's known letters, and translated those written in German, French or Italian. He provides a brief account of Leichhardt's life, a chronology of his movements and a bibliography of works relating to him. Leichhardt has been the object of much ill-informed criticism, and the editor's main purpose is to establish an authentic text, enabling the man to speak for himself. These letters also prepare the way for the publication of Leichhardt's journal. Full texts of all letters, together with translations of those in German, French and Italian. This volume covers the years of scientific reconnaissance in Australia, 1842-4, around Sydney and Newcastle, in the Hunter-Goulburn valley, and to the Moreton Bay district. Continued from volume 133 and in voume 135, with which the main pagination is continuous. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1968.

The Letters of F.W. Ludwig Leichhardt - Volume I (Hardcover, New Ed): M. Aurousseau The Letters of F.W. Ludwig Leichhardt - Volume I (Hardcover, New Ed)
M. Aurousseau
R2,588 Discovery Miles 25 880 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Ludwig Leichhardt is chiefly known as the most important of the scientific explorers of Australia. His lively but detailed letters provide a narrative of his life from his student days in the mid-1830s until 1848 when he disappeared in the Australian interior. Leichhardt's main interest was natural philosophy, particularly biology, geology and geography, but as a scholar of nature in the widest sense, he closely observed and recorded many aspects of the surrounding world, describing social life in early Victorian England and commenting on some of the leading teachers and philosophers of the day. However, the primary purpose of his studies in German, England, Paris and Naples was to equip himself as a scientific explorer. The idea of exploring Australia was evolved and closely planned with his great friend William Nicholson. Leichhardt sailed for Australia in 1841. Volume 2 of this work describes his scientific reconnaissance in eastern Australia, undertaken alone during 2 years. The final volume is concerned with his major explorations: the successful expedition to Port Essington in northern Australia, during which he investigated the topography, geology and botany of the country, and his last two attempts to cross the continent from East to West. His last party disappeared without trace in 1848. Mr Aurousseau has collected together all Leichhardt's known letters, and translated those written in German, French or Italian. He provides a brief account of Leichhardt's life, a chronology of his movements and a bibliography of works relating to him. Leichhardt has been the object of much ill-informed criticism, and the editor's main purpose is to establish an authentic text, enabling the man to speak for himself. These letters also prepare the way for the publication of Leichhardt's journal. Full texts of all letters, together with translations of those in German, French and Italian. This volume contains the letters written while in Germany, 1832-7, and between 1837 and Leichardt's departure for Sydney in 1841. Continued in the following volumes (Second Series 134, 135), with which the main pagination is continuous. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1968.

Carteret's Voyage Round the World, 1766-1769 - Volume I (Hardcover, New Ed): Helen Wallis Carteret's Voyage Round the World, 1766-1769 - Volume I (Hardcover, New Ed)
Helen Wallis
R459 Discovery Miles 4 590 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Captain Philip Carteret sailed to the South Seas as second in command to Samuel Wallis on a voyage of discovery of the Southern Continent. Separating from Wallis at the exit to the Strait of Magellan he went on to make an independent voyage which has earned him the reputation of being the ablest and most ill-fated of Cook's immediate precursors. Handicapped by a defective ship and inadequate supplies he made a spirited attempt to carry out his instructions. While Wallis was enjoying the delights of Tahiti, Carteret on a more southerly track rediscovered the long lost Spanish discoveries of Santa Cruz and the Solomon Islands, and then became involved in a bitter dispute with the Dutch in Celebes which almost ended in open warfare. This edition presents the first full account of the voyage. It is based on Carteret's own manuscript Journals including one which Carteret wrote with a view to publication to correct the misrepresentation of John Hawkesworth's Voyages (1773). Supplemented by letters and other documents from English and Dutch archives, these manuscripts throw light on various controversial topics, such as the conduct of Wallis and the Admiralty, the Patagonian giants, Carteret's quarrel with the Dutch, and the rights and wrongs in the dispute following the publication of Voyages. Maps drawn on the voyage are reproduced. The main pagination of this and the following volume (Second Series 125) is continuous. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1965.

The Voyage of Captain Bellingshausen to the Antarctic Seas, 1819-1821 - Translated from the Russian Volume I (Hardcover, New... The Voyage of Captain Bellingshausen to the Antarctic Seas, 1819-1821 - Translated from the Russian Volume I (Hardcover, New Ed)
Frank Debenham
R1,122 Discovery Miles 11 220 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Various translators, especially Edward Bullough and N. Volkov. The pagination of this and the following volume (Second Series 92) is continuous. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1945. Owing to technical constraints it has not been possible to reproduce the map which was included in a pocket at the end of the first edition of the work.

Europeans in West Africa, 1540-1560 - Volume II: Documents to illustrate the nature and scope of Portuguese enterprise in West... Europeans in West Africa, 1540-1560 - Volume II: Documents to illustrate the nature and scope of Portuguese enterprise in West Africa, the abortive attempt of Castilians to create an empire there, and the early English voyages to Barbary and Guinea (Hardcover, New Ed)
John William Blake
R1,481 Discovery Miles 14 810 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Follows on from First Series 86, with continuous main pagination. This volume contains documents relating to early English voyages to West Africa. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1942.

The Chronicle of Muntaner - Volume I (Hardcover, New Ed): Lady Goodenough The Chronicle of Muntaner - Volume I (Hardcover, New Ed)
Lady Goodenough
R2,588 Discovery Miles 25 880 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Translated from the Catalan. The text covers 1208-85. Continued to 1328 in Second Series 50 below, with which the main pagination is continuous. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1920.

The Travels of Peter Mundy, in Europe and Asia, 1608-1667 - Volume III, Part 2: Travels in Achin, Mauritius, Madagascar, and St... The Travels of Peter Mundy, in Europe and Asia, 1608-1667 - Volume III, Part 2: Travels in Achin, Mauritius, Madagascar, and St Helena, 1638 (Hardcover, New Ed)
Lt -Col Sir Richard Carnac Temple
R2,609 Discovery Miles 26 090 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

From the Rawlinson MS. A. 315 in the Bodleian Library, with facsimile of original t.-p.: Itinerarium mundi, that is A memoriall or sundry relations of certain voiages,journeies ettc. ... By: Peter Mundy. With an appendix of extracts from the writings of seventeenth-century travellers to the Levant. Continued in Second Series 35, 45, 46, 55, and 78. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1907.

Cathay and the Way Thither. Being a Collection of Medieval Notices of China - New Edition. Volume I: Preliminary Essay on the... Cathay and the Way Thither. Being a Collection of Medieval Notices of China - New Edition. Volume I: Preliminary Essay on the Intercourse between China and the Western Nations previous to the Discovery of the Cape Route (Hardcover, 5th edition)
Henri Cordier
R1,244 R1,123 Discovery Miles 11 230 Save R121 (10%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This volume, throwing light on Asian medieval geography, provides information on: the earliest traces of intercourse Greek and Roman knowledge of China; Chinese communication with Central Asia and India; and intercourse with Armenia and Persia; and China, known under the mongol dynasty as Cathay.

The Travels of Peter Mundy, in Europe and Asia, 1608-1667 - Volume I: Travels in Europe, 1608-1628 (Hardcover, New Ed): Lt -Col... The Travels of Peter Mundy, in Europe and Asia, 1608-1667 - Volume I: Travels in Europe, 1608-1628 (Hardcover, New Ed)
Lt -Col Sir Richard Carnac Temple
R2,589 Discovery Miles 25 890 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

From the Rawlinson MS. A. 315 in the Bodleian Library, with facsimile of original t.-p.: Itinerarium mundi, that is A memoriall or sundry relations of certain voiages,journeies ettc. ... By: Peter Mundy. With an appendix of extracts from the writings of seventeenth-century travellers to the Levant. Continued in Second Series 35, 45, 46, 55, and 78. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1907.

The Discovery of the Solomon Islands by Alvaro de Mendana in 1568 - Translated from the Original Spanish Manuscripts. Volume I... The Discovery of the Solomon Islands by Alvaro de Mendana in 1568 - Translated from the Original Spanish Manuscripts. Volume I (Hardcover, New Ed)
Lord Amherst of Hackney, Basil Thomson
R2,588 Discovery Miles 25 880 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Four narratives, edited with introduction and notes, two of them by or attributed to Mendana's companions, Hernando Gallego and Pedro Sarmiento. This and the following volume (Second Series 8) have continuous pagination. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1901.

The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea. Written by Gomes Eannes de Azurara - Volume II (Chapters XLI- XCVI)... The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea. Written by Gomes Eannes de Azurara - Volume II (Chapters XLI- XCVI) (Hardcover, New Ed)
Charles Raymond Beazley; Edgar Prestage
R2,588 Discovery Miles 25 880 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This continues the translation and edtion of the chronicle from First Series 95, with chapters 41-97, and 'an Introduction on the early History of African Exploration, Cartography, etc.' This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1899.

The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea. Written by Gomes Eannes de Azurara - Volume I. (Chapters I-XL) With an... The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea. Written by Gomes Eannes de Azurara - Volume I. (Chapters I-XL) With an Introduction on the Life and Writings of the Chronicler (Hardcover, New Ed)
Edgar Prestage; Edited by Charles Raymond Beazley
R2,588 Discovery Miles 25 880 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Contains the translation and edition of chapters 1-40 of the chronicle, continued in First Series 100. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1896.

The History and Description of Africa and of the Notable Things therein contained - Volume III: Written by Al-Hassan... The History and Description of Africa and of the Notable Things therein contained - Volume III: Written by Al-Hassan Ibn-Mohammed Al-Wezaz Al-Fasi, a Moor, baptised as Giovanni Leone, but better known as Leo Africanus. Done into English in the Year 1600, by John Pory (Hardcover, New Ed)
Robert Brown
R2,588 Discovery Miles 25 880 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Containing Books V-IX of the original and Pory's additions, edited, with an introduction and notes. This and the previous two volumes (First Series 92 and 93) have continuous pagination. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1896.

The Voyages of Captain Luke Foxe of Hull, and Captain Thomas James of Bristol, in Search of a North-West Passage, in 1631-32 -... The Voyages of Captain Luke Foxe of Hull, and Captain Thomas James of Bristol, in Search of a North-West Passage, in 1631-32 - With Narratives of the earlier North-West Voyages of Frobisher, Davis, Weymouth, Hall, Knight, Hudson, Button, Gibbons, Bylot, Baffin, Hawkridge, and others Volume I (Hardcover, New Ed)
Miller Christy
R2,588 Discovery Miles 25 880 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Containing part of the text of North-west Fox, London, 1635. This and the following volume (First series 89) have continuous main pagination. The supplementary material consists of the 1893 annual report. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1894.

The Travels of Pietro della Valle in India - From the old English Translation of 1664, by G. Havers. In Two Volumes Volume I... The Travels of Pietro della Valle in India - From the old English Translation of 1664, by G. Havers. In Two Volumes Volume I (Hardcover, New Ed)
Edward Grey
R2,588 Discovery Miles 25 880 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Edited, with a Life of the Author, an Introduction and Notes. Letters 1-3, 1623. This and the following volume (First Series 85) have continuous main pagination. The supplementary material consists of the 1891 annual report. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1892.

The Voyage of Francois Leguat of Bresse to Rodriguez, Mauritius, Java, and the Cape of Good Hope - Volume II (Hardcover, New... The Voyage of Francois Leguat of Bresse to Rodriguez, Mauritius, Java, and the Cape of Good Hope - Volume II (Hardcover, New Ed)
Samuel Pasfield Oliver
R2,588 Discovery Miles 25 880 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Transcribed from the First English Edition of 1708 and edited and annotated. This volume covers the years 1693-1698, following on from First Series 82, with which the pagination is continuous. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1891.

The Voyage of Francois Pyrard of Laval to the East Indies, the Maldives, the Moluccas, and Brazil - Volume II, Part 2... The Voyage of Francois Pyrard of Laval to the East Indies, the Maldives, the Moluccas, and Brazil - Volume II, Part 2 (Hardcover, New Ed)
Harry Charles Purvis Bell; Edited by Albert Gray
R2,588 Discovery Miles 25 880 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The text is translated into English from the Third French edition of 1619, and edited, with notes. This volume follows on from First Series 77, with which it has continuous pagination, covering 1610-1611, the return to France. With a treatise on animals, trees, and fruits, and advice upon the voyage to the East Indies. For the first part, see First Series 76. The supplementary material includes the 1889 annual report. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1890.

Early Voyages and Travels to Russia and Persia by Anthony Jenkinson and other Englishmen - With some Account of the First... Early Voyages and Travels to Russia and Persia by Anthony Jenkinson and other Englishmen - With some Account of the First Intercourse of the English with Russia and Central Asia by Way of the Caspian Sea. Volume II (Hardcover, New Ed)
Charles Henry Coote; Edward Delmar-Morgan
R2,588 Discovery Miles 25 880 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Edited from the manuscript writings of Jenkinson and other agents of the Muscovy Company in the second half of the sixteenth century, and including correspondence between Elizabeth I and Ivan IV, and reports to Cecil and the Council. Continues from First Series 72, with continuous pagination. The supplementary material includes the 1885 annual report. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1886.

The Voyage of John Huyghen van Linschoten to the East Indies - From the Old English Translation of 1598. The First Book,... The Voyage of John Huyghen van Linschoten to the East Indies - From the Old English Translation of 1598. The First Book, containing his Description of the East. In Two Volumes Volume I (Hardcover, New Ed)
Arthur Coke Burnell
R2,588 Discovery Miles 25 880 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The English translation is that of William Phillip. For the second volume, see First Series 71. The supplementary material consists of the 1884 annual report. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1885.

The Natural and Moral History of the Indies, by Father Joseph de Acosta - Reprinted from the English Translated Edition of... The Natural and Moral History of the Indies, by Father Joseph de Acosta - Reprinted from the English Translated Edition of Edward Grimeston, 1604 Volume I: The Natural History (Books I, II, III and IV) (Hardcover, New Ed)
Clements R Markham
R2,616 Discovery Miles 26 160 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Concerned chiefly with Mexico and Peru. With introduction and notes. The main pagination of this and the following volume (First Series 61) is continuous. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1880.

Notes upon Russia - Ambassador from the Court of Germany to the Grand Psrince Vasiley Ivanovich, in the years 1517 and 1526... Notes upon Russia - Ambassador from the Court of Germany to the Grand Psrince Vasiley Ivanovich, in the years 1517 and 1526 (Hardcover, New Ed)
R. H. Major
R2,588 Discovery Miles 25 880 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Translated and edited, with notes and an introduction. The first edition of the Commentarii appeared in Vienna in 1549, but it is not clear which edition was used for this translation. Continued in First Series 12. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1851.

The History of the great and mighty Kingdom of China and the Situation Thereof - Volume I: Compiled by the Padre Juan Gonzalez... The History of the great and mighty Kingdom of China and the Situation Thereof - Volume I: Compiled by the Padre Juan Gonzalez de Mendoza, and now Reprinted from the early Translation of R. Parke (Hardcover, New Ed)
R. H. Major; Edited by Sir George T Staunton
R3,907 Discovery Miles 39 070 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

From the 1588 black-letter edition, after the 1586 Madrid edition. The supplementary material includes the 1852 annual report. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1853.

The History of the great and mighty Kingdom of China and the Situation Thereof - Volume II: Compiled by the Padre Juan Gonzalez... The History of the great and mighty Kingdom of China and the Situation Thereof - Volume II: Compiled by the Padre Juan Gonzalez de Mendoza, and now Reprinted from the early Translation of R. Parke (Hardcover, New Ed)
Sir George T Staunton; Edited by R. H. Major
R1,122 Discovery Miles 11 220 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

From the 1588 black-letter edition, after the 1586 Madrid edition. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1854.

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