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
India. Persian Boundary Commission., Zoology--Persian, Geology, Geology--Iran, Description and travel, Boundaries, DS258 .E37 1876
Vol. 1, The geography -- Vol. 2, The zoology and geology with narratives by Majors St. John, Lovett, and Euan Smith and an introduction by Major... Show moreVol. 1, The geography -- Vol. 2, The zoology and geology with narratives by Majors St. John, Lovett, and Euan Smith and an introduction by Major-General Sir Frederic John Goldsmid. Main Heritage Shelves General DS258 .E37 1876 Book vol.2 Item-ID: i10083893 BIB-ID: 1010024 Show less
Description and travel, DT469.P4 C7 1913, 467.81 C854p
by Captain J.E.E. Craster. "At the end of January, 1911 ... I was asked to undertake the survey of Pemba island for the Zanzibar government."--P. 13. ... Show moreby Captain J.E.E. Craster. "At the end of January, 1911 ... I was asked to undertake the survey of Pemba island for the Zanzibar government."--P. 13. "First published in 1913." 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. 2 Item-ID: i10230592 BIB-ID: 1024695 Show less
Description and travel, Description and travel, DS47.5 .F79 1698, 915.5043, 915.404258
by John Fryer ... Illustrated with maps, figures, and useful tables. Includes indexes. Title in red and black within line border. Main Heritage... Show moreby John Fryer ... Illustrated with maps, figures, and useful tables. Includes indexes. Title in red and black within line border. Main Heritage Shelves General DS47.5 .F79 1698 Book Item-ID: i10042015 BIB-ID: 1006004 Show less
by Thomas Fuller ... Signatures: A⁸B-2C⁶2D⁸. Pages [1] and [16] at front, and final leaf are blank. Added t.p., engraved by William Marshall, preceded... Show moreby Thomas Fuller ... Signatures: A⁸B-2C⁶2D⁸. Pages [1] and [16] at front, and final leaf are blank. Added t.p., engraved by William Marshall, preceded by "A declaration of the frontispice" in verse, signed: J.C. [i.e. John Cleveland]. Another "third edition" dated 1647 is known to exist, completely reset, with "warre" and "Williams" on t.p., and p. 204 misnumbered 240. Cf. Gibson. Main Heritage Shelves General D158 .F95 1647 Book Item-ID: i10203072 BIB-ID: 1021943 Includes index and bibliographical references. Show less
Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart) , 1809-1898, History, Politics and government, DA563.4 .M79 1904, 941.081092
v. 1. 1809-1859 -- v. 2. 1859-1880 -- v. 3. 1880-1898. by John Morley. Includes index. Show morev. 1. 1809-1859 -- v. 2. 1859-1880 -- v. 3. 1880-1898. by John Morley. Includes index. Show less
Smith, John , 1580-1631, Indians of North America, Indians of North America--Virginia, Navigation, History, History, History, F229 .S59 1907, 973.2 S75g
by John Smith. Includes index. Main Heritage Shelves General F229 .S59 1907 Book vol. 2 Item-ID: i2023773x BIB-ID: 1021730 Also available in digital form... Show moreby John Smith. Includes index. Main Heritage Shelves General F229 .S59 1907 Book vol. 2 Item-ID: i2023773x BIB-ID: 1021730 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Show less
by John Kitto. Main Heritage Shelves General DS107 .K56 1851 Book Item-ID: i10207934 BIB-ID: 1022429 Show moreby John Kitto. Main Heritage Shelves General DS107 .K56 1851 Book Item-ID: i10207934 BIB-ID: 1022429 Show less
