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
herausgegeben durch Adam Olearium. Mit desselben unterschiedlichen ... First edition of this famous travel report, containing "many interesting... Show moreherausgegeben durch Adam Olearium. Mit desselben unterschiedlichen ... First edition of this famous travel report, containing "many interesting details of the eternally plentiful oriental world" (cf. Henze). While the engraved maps depicts Southeast Asia from Persia to Japan and Java, the remaining engravings mainly illustrate the customs of the Arab world, of Persia and India. "Mandelslo was a German traveller and adventurer (1616-44). Originally a page at the court of the Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, in 1635 Mandelslo was attached to the duke's embassy to Moscow and Persia, a mission intended to open trade negotiations. The Duke's librarian and mathematician, Adam Olearius accompanied the embassy as its secretary. The ambassadors themselves remained in Persia, but in 1638 Mandelslo, feeling the need for wider travel, obtained permission to travel on to India. Sailing from Hormuz, he landed at Surat in April 1638 then travelled through Gujarat to Agra, Lahore, Goa, Bijapur and Malabar. He sailed for England from Surat in January 1639, calling at Ceylon and Madagascar, but was to die of smallpox five years later. Before his death, Mandelslo had entrusted his rough notes to Olearius, who subsequently published them bound with his numerous official accounts of the embassy" (Howgego I, 677). - This present edition is significantly rarer than its later reworkings and translations; ABPC lists a single complete copy at auctions of the last decades (Sotheby's, Oct 11, 2005, lot 177, £3,400). - Bookplate of Thomas Christian Wöhler on front pastedown; library stamp on t. p.; bottom of hinge weakened. Binding slightly rubbed and bumped; still, a fine copy. Main Heritage Shelves General DS7 .M36 1658 Book Item-ID: i16873415 BIB-ID: 1510756 Show less
Voyages and travels, Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800, DS7 .O44 1727
par Adam Olearius, dans lesquels on trouve une description curieuse & la situation exacte des pays & etats, par-où il a passé, tels que sont la... Show morepar Adam Olearius, dans lesquels on trouve une description curieuse & la situation exacte des pays & etats, par-où il a passé, tels que sont la Livonie, la Moscovie, la Tartaire, la Medie & la Perse ; trad. de l'original [allemand] & augm. par le Sr. de Wicquefort, divisez en deux parties. Main Heritage Shelves General DS7 .O44 1727 Book vol. 1 and 2 bond together Item-ID: i2279458x BIB-ID: 1951320 Show less
Main Heritage Shelves General DS7 .D45 1665 Book Item-ID: i15958760 BIB-ID: 1024271 Show moreMain Heritage Shelves General DS7 .D45 1665 Book Item-ID: i15958760 BIB-ID: 1024271 Show less
TravelVarthema, Lodovico de , active 15th century, Varthema, Lodovico de , active 15th century, Voyages and travels, Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800, Travel, Voyages and travels, DS7 .V313 1928
by John Winter Jones, F.S.A., in 1863 for the Hakluyt Society ; with a Discourse on Varthema and his travels in southern Asia, by Sir Richard... Show moreby John Winter Jones, F.S.A., in 1863 for the Hakluyt Society ; with a Discourse on Varthema and his travels in southern Asia, by Sir Richard Carnac Temple. With reproduction of text of original t.p. and colophon. Main Heritage Shelves General DS7 .V313 1928 Book Item-ID: i15864492 BIB-ID: 2502452 Show less
Voyages and travels, Description and travel, DS7 .V37 1655
wyt het Italiaens in Hoogh-duyts vertaelt, door Hieronimum Megiserium ... ; en wyt den selven nu eerst-mael in't Neder-duytsch gebraght, door F.S. S... Show morewyt het Italiaens in Hoogh-duyts vertaelt, door Hieronimum Megiserium ... ; en wyt den selven nu eerst-mael in't Neder-duytsch gebraght, door F.S. Signatures: A-S⁴ [$1-3 ( -A1, 2 signed)]. Title vignette. Added engraved t.p. Includes index. Main Heritage Display General DS7 .V37 1655 Book Item-ID: i15634838 BIB-ID: 2526833 Show less
Voyages and travels, Description and travel, Description and travel, Description and travel, DS7 .D4413 1665, 915.4
Translation by George Havers of the third part of the author's Viaggi ... cioè la Tvrchia, la Persia, e l'India. Errors in paging: 34, 295, 313,... Show moreTranslation by George Havers of the third part of the author's Viaggi ... cioè la Tvrchia, la Persia, e l'India. Errors in paging: 34, 295, 313, 323 numbered 36, 294, 213, 233 respectively. Show less
Description and travel, Description and travel, Description and travel, Description and travel, Description and travel, Description and travel, DS7 .V37 1863
translated from the original Italian edition of 1510 with a preface by John Winter Jones ; and edited with notes and an introduction by George... Show moretranslated from the original Italian edition of 1510 with a preface by John Winter Jones ; and edited with notes and an introduction by George Percy Badger ; with a map. Main Heritage Shelves General DS7 .V37 1863 Book Item-ID: i15958747 BIB-ID: 1024267 Include (p. [299]-320) Index Show less
Seydî Ali Reis , -1562, Seydî Ali Reis , -1562, Tsunami, Travel, Description and travel, DS7 .S513 1899
Translated from the Turkish, with notes, by A. Vambéry. Issued in parts. Translation of Mirʼāt al-mamālik. Show moreTranslated from the Turkish, with notes, by A. Vambéry. Issued in parts. Translation of Mirʼāt al-mamālik. Show less
Voyages and travels, Description and travel, DS7 .V3 1929, 910.4 V43i, 1929
a cura di Paolo Giudici. Includes bibliographical references and index. Show morea cura di Paolo Giudici. Includes bibliographical references and index. Show less
