Bourchier, W. (William), Nautilus (Ship), Shipwrecks, G530.N3 B76 1834
by Capt. W. Bourchier, R.N. Main Heritage Shelves General G530.N3 B76 1834 Book Item-ID: i10151035 BIB-ID: 1016739 Show moreby Capt. W. Bourchier, R.N. Main Heritage Shelves General G530.N3 B76 1834 Book Item-ID: i10151035 BIB-ID: 1016739 Show less
Madog ab Owain Gwynedd , 1150-1180?, Voyages and travels, Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800, Description and travel, Description and travel, Discovery and exploration--Welsh, Discovery and exploration--Pre-Columbian, DS7 .H47 1638
Rare revised and enlarged second English edition of Herbert's account of his voyage (1627-29) to Persia by way of the Cape, Madagascar and Surat ... Show moreRare revised and enlarged second English edition of Herbert's account of his voyage (1627-29) to Persia by way of the Cape, Madagascar and Surat (India). On his way back he visited North America. Herbert begins his account of America (pp. 355-364) with its supposed discovery in 1170 by Madoc, son of Owen Gwyneth, Prince of Wales, and attempts to defend this claim with linguistic and cultural evidence. ''The quaint and curious notes on the travels make the volume one of the most interesting and attractive of the earlier and more primitive accounts'' (South African Bibliography). The illustrations include maps of Madagascar and the southeastern coast of Africa, the Persian empire, India, and Southeast Asia, views of the Persian Gulf, Tenerife, St. Helena, natives of Angola, the Cape, Persia and depictions of a coconut tree, a shark fish, a penguin and a dodo. - Thomas Herbert (1606-82) travelled with Dodmore Cotton, the new English ambassador to Persia (who died before Herbert's return). He first published his account in English in 1634, and it was translated into Dutch (by Lambert van den Bos) in 1658 and into French in 1663. Jonathan Swift attacked its "impertinences, conceitedness, and tedious digressions" and called the author a coxcomb (South African Bibliography). - Some marginal waterstains and soiling. A good copy of this account which is still important for its early eyewitness descriptions, especially of Persia, India and Africa. Headpieces; initials. Author attributes first dicovery of America to Madoc ap Owen Gwynedd, 300 years before Columbus. Main Heritage Shelves General DS7 .H47 1638 Book Item-ID: i2266774x BIB-ID: 1508228 Book plate of T. Scott. (Rev. Thomas). WlLaUW T.-p. signed William Phillips de Bradeley. WlLaUW Presented by Thomas Phillips 1842. WlLaUW Show less
Voyages and travels, Description and travel, Description and travel, Description and travel, DS7 .H47 1665
Added t.p. engraved: Some yeares travels into Africa & Asia the Great. Especially describing the famous empires of Persia and Industant ... The 3d... Show moreAdded t.p. engraved: Some yeares travels into Africa & Asia the Great. Especially describing the famous empires of Persia and Industant ... The 3d ed. further inlarged. By Sr. Tho: Herbert Bart. London, Printed by I.B. for A. Crooke. Main Heritage Shelves General DS7 .H47 1665 Book Item-ID: i10178636 BIB-ID: 1019499 Show less
performed by the author disguised as a Mohammedan. By John F. Keane (Haji Mohammed Amin). Main Heritage Shelves General DS207 .K43 1881 Book Item-ID:... Show moreperformed by the author disguised as a Mohammedan. By John F. Keane (Haji Mohammed Amin). Main Heritage Shelves General DS207 .K43 1881 Book Item-ID: i10150110 BIB-ID: 1016647 Also issued online. Show less
By Colonel Churchill. The Druzes and the Maronites ... London, 1862, published as v. 4 of this work, contains Index to all four volumes. Show moreBy Colonel Churchill. The Druzes and the Maronites ... London, 1862, published as v. 4 of this work, contains Index to all four volumes. Show less