Description and travel, Antiquities, DS48.3 .N49 1865, 915.6
by C.T. Newton. Main Heritage Shelves General DS48.3 .N49 1865 Book vol.2 Item-ID: i20235252 BIB-ID: 1024919 Includes bibliographical references. Show moreby C.T. Newton. Main Heritage Shelves General DS48.3 .N49 1865 Book vol.2 Item-ID: i20235252 BIB-ID: 1024919 Includes bibliographical references. Show less
Description and travel, Antiquities, DS109 .P54 1864
v. 1. Text -- v. 2. Plates. by Ermete Pierotti ... translated by Thomas George Bonney. Translated from Pierotti's Italian ms.--Vol. 1, p. viii. Imprin... Show morev. 1. Text -- v. 2. Plates. by Ermete Pierotti ... translated by Thomas George Bonney. Translated from Pierotti's Italian ms.--Vol. 1, p. viii. Imprint on lithographic plates (some printed with tan background tint) reads: "Cambridge, Deighton, Bell & Co. -- Day & Son Lithrs. to the Queen." The plans and elevations read: "E. Pierotti, mest. & delt."; on most of the other plates, drawn by Pierotti, the lithographer is identified as T. Picken, E. Walker, R.M. Bryson, A. Newman, or L. Cornelissen. "Cambridge : Printed by C.J. Clay, M.A. at the University Press" (with printer's device)--Vol. 1 & 2, verso of half t.p.; printer statement repeated in colophon, v. 1, p. [340]. Vol. 1 xxi, 339, [1] p.; v. 2 [8] p., 63 leaves, 63 leaves of plates (some folded). Title and publisher's device in red and black in both vols. Vol. 1 includes "Passages from Josephus's Antiquities of the Jews", translated by William Whiston (v. 1, p. [323]-326), and "Passages from Josephus's History of the Jewish War", translated by Robert Traill (v. 1, p. [327]-332). Main Heritage Shelves General DS109 .P54 1864 Book vol. 2 Item-ID: i2023563x BIB-ID: 1013288 Includes bibliographical references and index. Show less
Mayer, Luigi, Description and travel, History, Social life and customs, NC257.M388 V54 1801, 916.2043 M468v
by Luigi Mayer ; engraved by and under the direction of Thomas Milton ; with historical observations, and incidental illustrations of the manners... Show moreby Luigi Mayer ; engraved by and under the direction of Thomas Milton ; with historical observations, and incidental illustrations of the manners and customs of the natives of that country. Signatures: Pi² [A]-2D². Includes index of plates. Main Heritage Compact General NC257.M388 V54 1801 Book Item-ID: i15961989 BIB-ID: 1025530 Show less
Description and travel, Description and travel, DS107.3 .C43 1931
by Thomas Mitchell Chalmers ; with a foreword by Dr. I.M. Haldeman. "God's ownership of the sea, by Rev. Leonard Swain" : p. [200]-224. Show moreby Thomas Mitchell Chalmers ; with a foreword by Dr. I.M. Haldeman. "God's ownership of the sea, by Rev. Leonard Swain" : p. [200]-224. 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, DS785 .H43 1903, 915
by Sven Hedin ... Includes index. Main Heritage Shelves General DS785 .H43 1903 Book vol 1 Item-ID: i10070989 BIB-ID: 1008734 Translated from the Swedish... Show moreby Sven Hedin ... Includes index. Main Heritage Shelves General DS785 .H43 1903 Book vol 1 Item-ID: i10070989 BIB-ID: 1008734 Translated from the Swedish by J.T. Bealby. Show less
translated out of Latin into English by Thomas Tymme ... Signatures: [par.]⁴ A-P⁴ Q². Show moretranslated out of Latin into English by Thomas Tymme ... Signatures: [par.]⁴ A-P⁴ Q². Show less
Description and travel, DT220 .T46 1912, 916.5/04, 965 T463a
by Charles Thomas-Stanford, F.S.A. With a map and thirty-two illustrations from drawings by F. Dorrien Thoroton and from photographs. Show moreby Charles Thomas-Stanford, F.S.A. With a map and thirty-two illustrations from drawings by F. Dorrien Thoroton and from photographs. Show less
"This edition is a reprint of the original ed. of 1611."-Pref. Includes Coryate, George. Posthume fragments poematum. London, 1611. Show more"This edition is a reprint of the original ed. of 1611."-Pref. Includes Coryate, George. Posthume fragments poematum. London, 1611. Show less
"This edition is a reprint of the original ed. of 1611."-Pref. Includes Coryate, George. Posthume fragments poematum. London, 1611. Show more"This edition is a reprint of the original ed. of 1611."-Pref. Includes Coryate, George. Posthume fragments poematum. London, 1611. Show less
by Lieutenant Thomas Lumsden ... Main Heritage Shelves General DS48.5 .L96 1822 Book Item-ID: i15530723 BIB-ID: 1171565 Show moreby Lieutenant Thomas Lumsden ... Main Heritage Shelves General DS48.5 .L96 1822 Book Item-ID: i15530723 BIB-ID: 1171565 Show less
by Margaret Thomas ; with sixteen illustrations reproduced in colours in facsimile of the original paintings by the author. Plates accompanied by... Show moreby Margaret Thomas ; with sixteen illustrations reproduced in colours in facsimile of the original paintings by the author. Plates accompanied by guard sheets with caption texts. Also has title: Two years in Palestine and Syria. Includes index. Show less
Contains fold-out map. by Major T.I. Dun; a narrative, followed by illuminated pages of the history and customs of the inhabitants of that country,... Show moreContains fold-out map. by Major T.I. Dun; a narrative, followed by illuminated pages of the history and customs of the inhabitants of that country, a photographic brochure, a map. Foreword by Field Marshal Sir William Birdwood, bt. Illustrated lining-paper. Show less
Description and travel, Description and travel, Description and travel, DS103 .T46 1934, 915.69 E49c
Formerly published under title: Cook's tourists' handbook for Palestine and Syria. Advertising matter, p. 497-512. Show moreFormerly published under title: Cook's tourists' handbook for Palestine and Syria. Advertising matter, p. 497-512. Show less
by Major Skinner, 31st Reg. Main Heritage Shelves General DS48 .S55 1837 Book vol.2 Item-ID: i20240028 BIB-ID: 1006471 Show moreby Major Skinner, 31st Reg. Main Heritage Shelves General DS48 .S55 1837 Book vol.2 Item-ID: i20240028 BIB-ID: 1006471 Show less