Voyages and travels, Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800, Description and travel, Description and travel, Description and travel, Description and travel, DS7 .B43 1718, 910.4
First French edition (first printed in Dutch in 1714); vol. 2 only. The Dutch artist "travelled through Russia and Persia (Ardabil - Kum - Kashan -... Show moreFirst French edition (first printed in Dutch in 1714); vol. 2 only. The Dutch artist "travelled through Russia and Persia (Ardabil - Kum - Kashan - Isfahan - Persepolis - Lar - Persian Gulf) to East India during 1701-1708. Of these well-travelled paths he was able to contribute many new observations, many of them scientific, and his travel description, hailed by Gabriel as one of the best of its time, well deserves critical analysis and acclaim. The especial value of the work lies in its numerous engavings of cities, places, ruins, animals, and plants. Le Brun considered the preparation of accurate drawings as a necessary duty of the traveller. Of the ruins of Persepolis he brought home the best illustrations available at the time, as well as the first legible cuneiform inscriptions" (cf. Henze). - T.p. and flyleaf with cut-out defects (restored); unattractively deleted stamp on reverse of first plate (slight paper defect; restored); further clipped defects to first leaf of text and last index leaf as well as the instructions to the bookbinder (slight loss to text; restored). Large tear to p. 367f. Upper spine-end professionally restored. The fine plates are in good, clear impressions throughout. Title in red and black. Title vignette. On p. 347 of v. 2 is a picture of a kangaroo, believed to be the first sketched from real life. Le Brun saw it in the garden of the Governor of Java. Main Heritage Shelves General DS7 .B43 1718 Book Item-ID: i16862673 BIB-ID: 1509760 Includes bibliographical references and index. Show less
Warden, Margaret Lindsley, Association of the Preservation of Tennessee Antiquities., Journalists, Journalists--United States--Biography, Social life and customs, PN4874 .W37 2000
by Margaret Lindsley Warden ; with a foreward by John Seigenthaler. "Publised by the author with the assistance of James H. Neal." Main Heritage... Show moreby Margaret Lindsley Warden ; with a foreward by John Seigenthaler. "Publised by the author with the assistance of James H. Neal." Main Heritage Compact General F444.N25 W37 2000 Reference Item-ID: i17080101 BIB-ID: 1526619 Show less
Anonymous. By C. Eversfield. Sometimes attributed to Samuel Evers. With a 4 page list of subscribers. In a contemporary half calf binding with marbled... Show moreAnonymous. By C. Eversfield. Sometimes attributed to Samuel Evers. With a 4 page list of subscribers. In a contemporary half calf binding with marbled papers over boards. Gilt crest of Sir John Stuart (1714-1796) on spine. Engraved armorial bookplate of Sir John Stuart (1714-1796) on upper pastedown. Main Heritage Shelves General DS47 .E94 1784 Book Item-ID: i23415642 BIB-ID: 2502051 Microfilm. Woodbridge, CT Research Publications, Inc., 1985. 1 reel ; 35mm. (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 1303, no. 01). Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. Show less
Voyages and travels, Voyages and travels--14th century, Description and travel, DS46 .M36 1839
with an introduction, additional notes and glossary by J.O. Halliwell. Main Heritage Shelves General DS46 .M36 1839 Book Item-ID: i10227787 BIB-ID: 1024414 Show morewith an introduction, additional notes and glossary by J.O. Halliwell. Main Heritage Shelves General DS46 .M36 1839 Book Item-ID: i10227787 BIB-ID: 1024414 Show less
Voyages and travels, Description and travel, Description and travel, Description and travel, DS47 .C65 1693
translated from the High Dutch by Nicholas Staphorst ; the second taking in many parts of Greece, Asia Minor, Egypt, Arabia Felix, and Oetraea,... Show moretranslated from the High Dutch by Nicholas Staphorst ; the second taking in many parts of Greece, Asia Minor, Egypt, Arabia Felix, and Oetraea, Ethiopia, ... from the observations of Belon, Vernon, Spon, Smith, Huntingdon, Greaves, Alpinus, Veslingius, Thevenot's collections and others ; to which are added, three catalogues of such trees, shrubs, and herbs as grow in the Levant ; by John Ray. Main Heritage Shelves General DS47 .C65 1693 Book Item-ID: i10038061 BIB-ID: 1005609 Show less
Description and travel, Description and travel, Description and travel, DS44.5 .C28 1836
by W.H. Bartlett, William Purser, &c. ; with descriptions of the plates by John Carne. 3 tomes in 1 volume. Main Heritage Shelves General DS44.5 .C28... Show moreby W.H. Bartlett, William Purser, &c. ; with descriptions of the plates by John Carne. 3 tomes in 1 volume. Main Heritage Shelves General DS44.5 .C28 1836 Book Item-ID: i1018336x BIB-ID: 1019972 Show less
Introduction. Résumé of central Asian exploration -- The plan and objects of my journey -- Across Russia to Orenburg -- Across the Kirghiz Steppes... Show moreIntroduction. Résumé of central Asian exploration -- The plan and objects of my journey -- Across Russia to Orenburg -- Across the Kirghiz Steppes -- From Lake Aral to Tashkend -- From Tashkend to Margelan -- The Syr-Daria -- A winter journey over the Pamirs. Up the Isafaïran Valley -- Over the Tenghiz-Bai Pass -- Up the Alaï Valley -- Over the Trans-Alaï -- Lake Kara-Kul -- Population of the Russian Pamirs -- Geographical summary -- Fort Pamir -- The Mus-Tagh-Ata and its glaciers. From the Murghab to Bulun-Kul -- Mus-Tagh-Ata -- An attempt to climb Mus-Tagh-Ata -- Reminiscences of a Kashgar -- A Chinese dinner-party -- From Kashgar to Ighiz-Yar -- Through the Gorge of Tenghi-Tar -- The plain of Tagharma -- Among the Kirghiz -- Little Kara-Kul Lake -- Little Kara-Kul Lake (continued) -- Amongst the glaciers of Mus-Tagh-Ata -- My second attempt to ascend Mus-Tagh-Ata -- My third attempt to ascend Mus-Tagh-Ata -- Moonlight on Mus-Tagh-Ata -- To Fort Pamir and back -- Boating adventures on the Little Kara-Kul -- Life among the Kirghiz -- Return to Kashgar -- Across the Takla-Makan Desert. To Maral-Bashi -- An excursion to the Masar-Tagh -- The Shrine of Ordan Padshah -- On th threshold of the desert -- The start from Merket -- Skirting the desert -- An earthly paradise -- In the ban of the desert -- The camels break down -- No water left -- The camp of death -- The crisis comes -- A desperate march -- Human beings at last -- With the shepherds of the Khotan-Daria -- A rescue party -- Down the Kotan-Daria -- From Ak-Su to Kashgar. A summer trip to the southern Pamirs. Over the Ullug-Art Pass -- With the Anglo-Russian Boundary Commission -- Festivities on the Roof of the World -- Over the mountains to the Yarkand-Daria and to Kashgar -- Across the Desert of Gobi to Lop-Nor. From Kashgar to Kargalik -- Alongside the desert to Khotan -- City and oasis of Khotan -- Borasan and its archæological remains -- History of Khotan -- The buried city of Takla-Makan -- A curious shepherd race -- Down the Keriay-Daria -- Where the wild camel lives -- Where is the Tarim? -- Through the forests of the Tarim -- At Korla and Kara-Shahr -- The Lop-Nor problem -- A boat excursion on the northern Lop-Nor -- Along Przhevalsky's Lob-Nor by boat -- The return to Khotan -- The sequel of my desert journey -- Through northern Tibet and Tsaidam. Over the Kwen-Lun Passes -- My caravan : its several members -- We enter uninhabited regions -- Amongst the spurs of the Arka-Tagh -- Searching for a pass -- The deceitful Taghliks -- Over the Arka-Tagh at last -- The wild ass -- Hunting the wild yak -- Lakes without end -- Tibetan storms -- Discoveries of inscribed stones -- Inhabited regions again -- Among the Mongols of Tsaidam -- Through the Desert of Tsaidam -- Among the Mongolian lakes -- An encounter with Tangut robbers -- From Tsaidam to Peking. Through the country of the Tanguts -- Koko-Nor -- From Koko-Nor to Ten-Kar -- The temple of ten thousand images -- Si-ning-Fu and the Dungan Revolt -- From Sin-Ning-Fu to Liang-Chow-Fu -- Through the Desert of Ala-Shan -- Wang-Yeh-Fu and Ning-Sha -- To Peking and home. by Sven Hedin ; with nearly three hundred illustrations from sketches and photographs by the author. Translated from the Swedish by J.T. Bealby. Includes index. Main Heritage Shelves General DS8 .H44 1898 Book vol. 1 Item-ID: i2343739x BIB-ID: 1024695 Show less
Turkish poetry--History and criticism, PL217 .G53 1958
by E.J.W. Gibb ; edited by Edward G. Browne. Main Heritage Compact General PL217 .G53 1958 Reference vol. 4 Item-ID: i2196404x BIB-ID: 2347073 Includes... Show moreby E.J.W. Gibb ; edited by Edward G. Browne. Main Heritage Compact General PL217 .G53 1958 Reference vol. 4 Item-ID: i2196404x BIB-ID: 2347073 Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Vols. 1-5 in English; vol. 6 in Turkish. Show less
TravelBriggs, John Patrick, Description and travel, Description and travel, Description and travel, Description and travel, DS48 .B75 1859, 915/.043
by Captain J.P. Briggs. Murray file copy no. 551. Main Heritage Shelves General DS48 .B75 1859 Book Item-ID: i10100404 BIB-ID: 1011676 Show moreby Captain J.P. Briggs. Murray file copy no. 551. Main Heritage Shelves General DS48 .B75 1859 Book Item-ID: i10100404 BIB-ID: 1011676 Show less
Browne, J. Ross (John Ross) , 1821-1875, Description and travel, DS48 .B76 1867
by J. Ross Browne. Publisher's advertisements (6 p.) at end. Main Heritage Shelves General DS48 .B76 1867 Book Item-ID: i10245066 BIB-ID: 1026142 Show moreby J. Ross Browne. Publisher's advertisements (6 p.) at end. Main Heritage Shelves General DS48 .B76 1867 Book Item-ID: i10245066 BIB-ID: 1026142 Show less
