Voyages and travels, Explorers, Discoveries in geography, G170 .B56 1826
By the Rev. William Bingley ; Designed for the use of young persons. Main Heritage Shelves General G170 .B56 1826 Book Item-ID: i10066366 BIB-ID: 1008272 Show moreBy the Rev. William Bingley ; Designed for the use of young persons. Main Heritage Shelves General G170 .B56 1826 Book Item-ID: i10066366 BIB-ID: 1008272 Show less
Natural history, Natural history--Egypt, Description and travel, DT53 .S66 1800
With a half title, an index and final leaf containing errata and advertisement. Translated by William Combe. Main Heritage Shelves General DT53 .S66 1800 ... Show moreWith a half title, an index and final leaf containing errata and advertisement. Translated by William Combe. Main Heritage Shelves General DT53 .S66 1800 Book Item-ID: i10233751 BIB-ID: 1025011 Show less
By John Cary, Engraver. Relief shown pictorially. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00148 Print Map Item-ID: i17066207 BIB-ID: 1525286 Show moreBy John Cary, Engraver. Relief shown pictorially. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00148 Print Map Item-ID: i17066207 BIB-ID: 1525286 Show less
This edition contains an apothecary's manual, which was the most popular handbook of drugs in medieval Europe; and an incomplete manual of special... Show moreThis edition contains an apothecary's manual, which was the most popular handbook of drugs in medieval Europe; and an incomplete manual of special therapeutics. Works by Arabic author Ibn Māsawayh were ordinarily issued in Latin translation as by Jean Mesue or Mesue Major. The life of Mesue and Doctorum ... cognomina by S. Champier; the Anatomia porci appended to Copho's Ars medendi is falsely attributed to Copho, according to DNLM. aMasawayh al-Mardini (known in the West as Mesue the Younger) is supposed to have been a Jacobite Christian who lived in the tenth century. His works have never been found. It is believed that a Latin author of the early thirteenth century assumed the name of Mesue, hoping thereby to gain ready recognition for his works under the guise of the ninth century Syrian physician who wrote in Arabic. Show less
This edition contains an apothecary's manual, which was the most popular handbook of drugs in medieval Europe; and an incomplete manual of special... Show moreThis edition contains an apothecary's manual, which was the most popular handbook of drugs in medieval Europe; and an incomplete manual of special therapeutics. Works by Arabic author Ibn Māsawayh were ordinarily issued in Latin translation as by Jean Mesue or Mesue Major. The life of Mesue and Doctorum ... cognomina by S. Champier; the Anatomia porci appended to Copho's Ars medendi is falsely attributed to Copho, according to DNLM. aMasawayh al-Mardini (known in the West as Mesue the Younger) is supposed to have been a Jacobite Christian who lived in the tenth century. His works have never been found. It is believed that a Latin author of the early thirteenth century assumed the name of Mesue, hoping thereby to gain ready recognition for his works under the guise of the ninth century Syrian physician who wrote in Arabic. Show less
Relief shown pictorially Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00117 Print Map Item-ID: i17066669 BIB-ID: 1525332 Show moreRelief shown pictorially Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00117 Print Map Item-ID: i17066669 BIB-ID: 1525332 Show less
Crusius, Philipp , 1597-1676, Brüggemann, Otto , 1600-1640, Voyages and travels, Description and travel, Description and travel, Description and travel, DS7 .O44
Written originally by Adam Olearius, secretary to the embassy. Faithfully rendered into English, by John Davies. Vol. 2 has special t.-p: The... Show moreWritten originally by Adam Olearius, secretary to the embassy. Faithfully rendered into English, by John Davies. Vol. 2 has special t.-p: The voyages & travels of J. Albert de Mandelslo ... into the East-Indies ... "He [Frederick] employ'd in this embassy Philip Crusius ... and Otton Brugman." cf. p. 1. Show less
by John Cary ... Shows boundaries, rivers, roads and settlements. Relief shown pictorially and with shading. Greenwich meridian. Main Heritage Compact... Show moreby John Cary ... Shows boundaries, rivers, roads and settlements. Relief shown pictorially and with shading. Greenwich meridian. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.01228 Print Map Item-ID: i11404437 BIB-ID: 1172786 East Indies or Indonesia. Show less
خريطة شمال افريقيا، وجزيرة العرب. توضح الخريطة جزيرة العرب، مصروالحبشة والسودان. وذكر اسم قطر في الخريطة كاتر والخريطة ملونة وباللغة الالمانية... Show moreخريطة شمال افريقيا، وجزيرة العرب. توضح الخريطة جزيرة العرب، مصروالحبشة والسودان. وذكر اسم قطر في الخريطة كاتر والخريطة ملونة وباللغة الالمانية ونشرت الخريطة سنة 1875م. von A. Petermann. (Bearbeitet v. Fr. Hanemann. Gest. v. E. Kühn, Terrain v. A. Kramer). Inset: Abessinien & Agyptischer Sudan im Maassstabe 1:7 500 000. Main Heritage Display General HC.MAP.01072 Print Map Item-ID: i23878502 BIB-ID: 1172652 Show less
Relief shown pictorially. Covers old port city of al-Mukā on the Red Sea, and a major city under the Ottoman Empire in the 18th century. Shows... Show moreRelief shown pictorially. Covers old port city of al-Mukā on the Red Sea, and a major city under the Ottoman Empire in the 18th century. Shows coastlines, seaport, forts, merchants quarters, markets, and settlements. Includes list of major civic buildings. "Tome III, No. 20." LC copy annotated in pencil suggests source "S. Bellin. Le Petit Atlas Maritime, 1764." Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.01184 Print Map Item-ID: i11404395 BIB-ID: 1172782 Show less
by James Wyld. Inset: Sketch from England to China. esigned to show the overland and sea-routes to the line of communication to the East (with our... Show moreby James Wyld. Inset: Sketch from England to China. esigned to show the overland and sea-routes to the line of communication to the East (with our Indian possessions) and the relative position of Russia to England & Hindostan by James Wyld. [up. cart.]. An inset of the crossing route to India, China and Australia through Cape of Good Hope. [low. l. h.]. London Published by Jas Wyld Geographer to the Queen 457 Strand, Charing cross Eerst. 1873. [ben. low. marg. centre]. Scales: 11 Scales, Geographical miles, British Statute, French Leagues, Dutch & German miles, Australian miles, Turkish Beri, Persian Farasaugs, Indian Goss, Egyptian Schope, Russian Verste, Caravan Journeys ... [above the inset l. h.]. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00520 Print Map Item-ID: i11401850 BIB-ID: 1172528 Show less
Turkey in Asia [cart. up l. h.]. "Turkey in Asia subject to the Grand Signior or Emperor of the Turks" ... [descriptive text l.]. Covers 20-60E. 0... Show moreTurkey in Asia [cart. up l. h.]. "Turkey in Asia subject to the Grand Signior or Emperor of the Turks" ... [descriptive text l.]. Covers 20-60E. 0-53N. Regional borders: Tehma, Arabia Felix, Carsen, K. of Mascata. Scale: MIles 60 to a Deg: 1000. Size: 6 x 9.30 cm. Published in c. 1800. Coloured. English. Turky in Asia [cartographic material] In upper right hand corner: "30" Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00583 Print Map Item-ID: i11403512 BIB-ID: 1172694 Show less
Map of India, west of the Ganges. Relief shown pictorially. Includes names of places and natural features. In margin: Climatic and latitudinal notes. A... Show moreMap of India, west of the Ganges. Relief shown pictorially. Includes names of places and natural features. In margin: Climatic and latitudinal notes. Appears in the author's Geographia, edited by Bernard Sylvanus. Venetiis : Per Iacobum Pentium de Leucho, anno Domini 1511. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00319 Print Map Item-ID: i11400869 BIB-ID: 1728363 Show less
Jodocus Hondius was a Flemish Dutch cartographer and publisher of maps and a central figure in the golden age of Dutch cartography. He was... Show moreJodocus Hondius was a Flemish Dutch cartographer and publisher of maps and a central figure in the golden age of Dutch cartography. He was responsible for publishing the maps of Gerhard Mercator, the single most important cartographer of the age of discovery. The map depicts the realm of the legendary Christian Emperor Prester John in Abyssinia, an object of much speculation in the middle ages up to the early modern period. The map abounds in the fantasies of the time about the interior of Africa, in addition to Prester John there are the lands of the Amazons throughout the southern regions, a nearby lake named Zaire is inhabited by Tritons and Sirens and cannibals threaten the then recently Christianized kingdom of the Congo on the Atlantic coast of Africa, here called the Ethiopian Ocean (Oceanus Aethiopicus) and is shown in more detail in the inset map (possibly derived from Filippo Pigafettas map of the Congo itself derived from the reports of the Portuguese explorer Duarte Lopez). The map also depicts part of Arabia, up to Jeddah on the Red Sea, including Mecca to the north, the area of the Straits of Bab el-Mandeb and along the coast of Yemen up to the area of Dhofar in present day Oman. The modern day Gulf of Aden is here named the Arabian Gulf (Sinus Arabicus). Distances are given in German miles and Spanish leagues. This is a beautiful engraved map of Eastern Africa showing the legendary Kingdom of Prester John, who is said that he was ready to help the Crusaders in their campaign against Muslims. An interesting mistake depicting the deformation of lake Tanganyika and lake Victoria Being very small. The number of rivers is exegerrated. Scale: Milliaria Germanicor, 75, Leucarum Hispanicaru, 87,1/2 [cart. low r. h.] Relief shown pictorially. Includes inset map of "Congi Regni in Africa Christiani Nova Descriptio. From: "Atlas sive Cosmographicae Meditationes de Fabrica Mundi... On verso: Text "Abissinorum et Congi regna," 353,352. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00246 Print Map Item-ID: i11400560 BIB-ID: 1172399 in Latin. Show less
Map of ancient Scythian lands in Central Asia, to the east of the Pamir Mountain range. Relief shown pictorially. Includes names of places and... Show moreMap of ancient Scythian lands in Central Asia, to the east of the Pamir Mountain range. Relief shown pictorially. Includes names of places and natural features. In margin: Climatic and latitudinal notes. Appears in the author's Geographia, edited by Bernard Sylvanus. Venetiis : Per Iacobum Pentium de Leucho, anno Domini 1511. The map covers the region of South Asia. There is land-mass and rivers are represented by triple lines.Names are in red roman characters.Damaged at cetre but repaired. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00320 Print Map Item-ID: i11400870 BIB-ID: 1172430 Text in Latin. Show less
by Sir Harford Jones Brydges, to which is appended, a brief history of the Wahauby. Show moreby Sir Harford Jones Brydges, to which is appended, a brief history of the Wahauby. Show less
by J.P. Ferrier ; translated from the original unpublished manuscript by Captain William Jesse. Also available online (digitized and posted Oct.... Show moreby J.P. Ferrier ; translated from the original unpublished manuscript by Captain William Jesse. Also available online (digitized and posted Oct. 2006; 61.4 Mb). Mode of access: Internet. Translated from the French. Show less