Travel Literature
Travel in General
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Adams, William, M.A.
The modern voyager & traveller through Europe, Asia, Africa, & America.
London : H. Fisher, Son, and P. Jackson, 1828.
G161 .A43 1828 v. 1-4
(some color illustrations)
Appleton (George S.) and Company, Philadelphia.
A catalogue of books on various subjects: including history, biography, voyages
and travels, logic, rhetoric, moral and mental philosophy, novels and tales,
political economy, angling, shooting, sporting, &c., &c., arranged under
their various heads, and for sale at the low prices affixed by George S. Appleton.
Philadelphia : G. S. Appleton, [1849]
Z998 .A6 1849
Arrowsmith, Aaron, 1750-1823.
A new and elegant general atlas: comprising all the new discoveries, to the
present time; containing sixty-three maps /drawn by Arrowsmith and Lewis.
Boston : Thomas & Andrews, 1812.
f G1019 .A77 1812
(extensive maps)
Bos, Lambert van den, 1610-1698.
Leeven en daden der doorluchtighste zee-helden en ontdeckers van landen deser
eeuwen: beginnende met Christoffel Columbus, vinder van de Nieuwe Wereldt, en
eyndigende met den roemruchtigen Admirael M.A. de Ruyter, Ridd. &c ... /
Naeukeurigh, uyt veele geloofwaerdige schriften, en authentijcke stucken, by
een gebracht, en beschreven, door V.D.B.
Amsterdam: Jan Clae sz. ten Hoorn, en Jan Bouman, 1676.
IN PROCESS 33446362
Bourgeois, Nicolas Louis, 1710-1776.
Voyages intéressans dans différentes colonies françaises,
espagnoles, anglaises, &c: contenant des observations importantes relatives
à ces contrées, & un mémoire sur les maladies les plus
communes à Saint-Domingue, leurs remèdes, & le moyen de s'en
préserver moralement & phisiquement: avec des anecdotes singulières,
qui n'avaient jamais été publiées / le tout rédigé
& mis au jour, d'après un grand nombre de manuscrits, par M.N.
A Londres: et se trouve à Paris: Chez Jean-François Bastien, 1788.
E143 .B77 1788
Brydges, Egerton, Sir, 1762-1837.
Recollections of foreign travel, on life, literature, and self-knowledge.
London, Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green,1825.
PR4252.B7 Z7 1825 v. 1-2 c. 1-2
Dizionario geografico portatile, ovvero, Descrizione di tutti I regni, provincie,
citta, patriarcati, vescovadi, forti, fortezze, cittadelle, ed altri luoghi
considerabili delle quattro parti del mondo / traduzione dall'originale inglese
nel francese, e da questo nell'italiano.
Venezia: 1757.
910.3 D64
(unillustrated)
Drake, Edward Cavendish.
A new universal collection of authentic and entertaining voyages and travels,
from the earliest accounts to the present time .../ illustrated with maps from
the latest improvements, and beautiful plates, by Grignion, and other celebrated
masters. Subtitle: Judiciously selected from the best writers in the English,
French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, German, and other languages: comprehending
an account of whatever is curious in the government, commerce, natural history,
customs, marriages, funerals, and other ceremonies of most nations in the known
world: including an account of the most remarkable discoveries, conquests, settlements,
battles, sea fights, hurricanes, shipwrecks, sieges, tortures, wonderful escapes,
massacres, and strange deliverances, both by sea and land: also a description
of the buildings, mountains, rivers, harbours, lakes, islands, peninsulas, creeks,
&c. of various countries: the whole forming a history of whatever is most
worthy of notice in Europe, Asia, Africa and America.
London : Printed for J. Cooke, 1768.
f G160 .D758 1768
Franck, Sebastian, 1499-1542.
Weltbuch spiegel vnd bildtnis des gantzen erdtbodens von Sebastiano Franco
Wordensi inn vier bucher namlich in Asiam Aphricam Europam vnd Americam gestelt
vnd abteylt ... Auch etwas von new gefundnen welten vnd Inseln nit auss Beroso
Joanne de Monte villa S. Brandons Histori vnnd dergleichen fabeln sunderauss
angenomnen glaubwürdigen erfarnen weltbeschreibern muselig zuhauff
getragen vnnd auss vilen weitleüffigen buchern in ein handtbuch eyngeleibt
vnd verfasset vormals dergleichen inn Teütsch nie aussgangen. Mit einem
zuend angehenckten Register alles innhalts
[Franckfurt a. M.?], 1542.
f 878C2 B
Halley, Edmond, 1656-1742, ed.
Miscellanea curiosa / Containing a collection of some of the principal phaenomena
in nature, accounted for by the greatest philosophers of this age ... By R.
Mead
London: Printed by W. B. for James and John Knapton, 1723-27.
Uncat 2875 v. 1-3
(sparsely illustrated)
Note: Volume three is a collection of "curious travels, voyages",
etc., including John Clayton's Account of Virginia and Dr. Wallace's journal
of a a voyage from Scotland to New Caldonia in Darien, with an account of that
country.
Harris, John, 1667?-1719.
Navigantium atque itinerantium bibliotheca, or, A complete collection of
voyages and travels ... / originally published in two volumes in folio by John
Harris; now carefully revised, with large additions, and continued down to the
present time, including particular accounts of the manufactures and commerce
of each country.
London: Printed for T. Woodward, A. Ward, S. Birt, D. Browne, T. Longman, R.
Hett, C. Hitch, H. Whitridge, S. Austen, J. Hodges, J. Robinson, B. Dod, T.
Harris, J. Hinton, and J. Rivington, 1744-48.
f G160 .H29 1744 v. 1-2
Howell, James, 1594?-1666.
Instructions for forreine travell. Shewing by what cours, and in what compasse
of time, one may take an exact survey of the kingdomes and states of Christendome,
and arrive to the practicall knowledge of the languages, to good purpose.
London: Printed by T.B. for Humprey Mosley, 1642.
IN PROCESS 32312301
Jesuits. Letters from missions.
Diversi avisi particolari dall' Indie di Portogallo riceuuti: dall' anno
1551, sino al 1558, dalli reuerendi padri della compagnia di Giesv, dove s'intende
delli paesi, delle genti, & costumi loro, & la grande conuersione di
molti popoli... / Tr. nuouamente dalla lingua Spagnuola nella Italiana
[Venice: Michele Tramezzio, 1558?].
BV2290.A28 D4 1558
Jesuits. Letters from missions.
Raggvaglio d'alcvne missioni dell' Indie orientali, & occidentali: Cavato
da alcvni auuisi scritti gli anni 1590. & 1591. Da i pp. Pietro Martinez,
prouinciale dell' India orientale, Giouanni d'Atienza, prouinciale del Peru,
Pietro Diaz, prouinciale del Messico ... & raccolto dal padre Gasparo Spitilli...
Rome: Appresso L. Zannetti, 1592.
BV2290.A5 I66 1592
Jesuit letters from missions.
Lettres edifiantes et curieuses: ecrites des missions etrangeres.
Paris: J. G. Merigot, (1780-1783).
271.5 J499l v. 1-26
Mavor, William Fordyce, 1758-1837.
An historical account of the most celebrated voyages, travels, and discoveries:
from the time of Columbus to the present period.
Philadelphia : S. F. Bradford, 1802-1803.
G160 .M46 1802 v. 1-23
(unillustrated, except for frontispieces)
A New collection of voyages, discoveries and travels: containing whatever
is worthy of notice, in Europe, Asia, Africa and America, in respect to the
situation and extent of empires, kingdoms, and provinces, their climates, soil,
produce, &c. .../ illustrated with a variety of maps, plans, and elegant
engravings. Subtitle: With the manners and customs of the several inhabitants,
their government, religion, arts, sciences, manufactures, and commerce: the
whole consisting of such English and foreign authors as are in most esteem,
including the descriptions and remarks of some late celebrated travellers, not
to be found in any other collection.
London : Printed for J. Knox ..., 1767.
G160 .N48 1767 v. 1-7
(illustrated)
Novvs orbis regionvm ac insvlarvm veteribvs incognitarvm, unà cum
tabula cosmographica, & aliquot alijs consimilis argumenti libellis, quorum
omnium catalogus rerum memorabilium index ... Adiecta est hvic postremae editioni
nauigatio Caroli Csaris auspicio in comitijs Augustanis instituta.
Basileae: apvd Io. Hervagivm mense martio anno M.D.XXXVII.
f E141 .N933 1537
Parish, Elijah, 1762-1825.
A new system of modern geography, or A general description of all the considerable
countries in the world: compiled from the latest European and American geographies,
voyages and travels: designed for the use of the seminaries, schools, and academies
of the United States: ornamented with maps.
Newburyport, Mass. : Published by E. Little & Co., 1814.
G125 .P25 1814
Pinkerton, John, 1758-1826, ed.
A general collection of the best and most interesting voyages and travels,
in all parts of the world: many of which are now first translated into English.
Digested on a new plan.
Philadelphia : Published by Kimber and Conrad ..., 1810-12.
G161 .P67 1810 v. 2-6
Wahlen, Auguste, 1785-1850.
Murs, usages et costumes de tous les peuples du monde, d'après
des documents authentiques et les voyages les plus récents; publié
par Auguste Wahlen.
Bruxelles, Librairie historique-artistique, 1843-44.
GT70 .W2 1843 v. 1-4
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