Mildred Cable & Francesca French. Main Heritage Shelves General DS712 .C25 1939 Book Item-ID: i10230671 BIB-ID: 1024703 Show moreMildred Cable & Francesca French. Main Heritage Shelves General DS712 .C25 1939 Book Item-ID: i10230671 BIB-ID: 1024703 Show less
Description and travel, Description and travel, DS785 K72 1939
by Gustav Krist ; translated by E.O. Lorimer. Translation of: Allein durchs verbotene Land. Main Heritage Shelves General DS785 K72 1939 Book Item-ID:... Show moreby Gustav Krist ; translated by E.O. Lorimer. Translation of: Allein durchs verbotene Land. Main Heritage Shelves General DS785 K72 1939 Book Item-ID: i10052379 BIB-ID: 1006873 Show less
Description and travel, Description and travel, DS207 .B58 1880
Account of a journey made by Blunt and his wife, Lady Anne, in the winter of 1878. The Blunts travelled in the company of Mohammed Ibn Aruk, a... Show moreAccount of a journey made by Blunt and his wife, Lady Anne, in the winter of 1878. The Blunts travelled in the company of Mohammed Ibn Aruk, a friend they had made in Palmyra whose family descended from a Nejd tribe. Mohammed wished to return to Nejd in order to find a wife and the Blunts seized the opportunity of accompanying him. The description of their journey is highly detailed, with details of villages they visited, careful topographical description, observations on local custom, descriptions of wildlife and an account the stud of Arab horses belonging to ibn Rashid, the reigning Emir of Hail. The account is followed by a transcript of a discussion that followed Blunt's presentation to the Royal Geographical Society. It includes observations by Sir Lewis Pelly, Mr Blanford and Sir H. Rawlinson. - The maps show Northern and Central Arabia (with the travel route taken by the Blunts) and a detailed sketch map of Jebel Shammar. by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt. Detached from Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and Monthly Record of Geography, vol. 2, no. 2. Main Heritage Compact General DS207 .B58 1880 Book Item-ID: i16598787 BIB-ID: 1494599 Show less
Description and travel, DT553.M2 D82 1937, 916.612
by Odette du Puigaudeau. "Translated from the French, Pieds nus à travers la Mauritanie, by Geoffrey Sainsbury." Main Heritage Shelves General DT553... Show moreby Odette du Puigaudeau. "Translated from the French, Pieds nus à travers la Mauritanie, by Geoffrey Sainsbury." Main Heritage Shelves General DT553.M2 D82 1937 Book Item-ID: i10063894 BIB-ID: 1008025 Show less
Description and travel, Description and travel, DT361 .P3 1935
Main Heritage Shelves General DT361 .P3 1935 Book Item-ID: i10087552 BIB-ID: 1010391 Show moreMain Heritage Shelves General DT361 .P3 1935 Book Item-ID: i10087552 BIB-ID: 1010391 Show less
Abū al-Ḥasan Khān , 1776-1845 or 1846, Description and travel, Description and travel, Description and travel, Description and travel, DS48.5 .M67 1812
Morrier's narrative became an important authority on a country little known to Englishmen. His work has been described as having an "admirable... Show moreMorrier's narrative became an important authority on a country little known to Englishmen. His work has been described as having an "admirable style and accurate observation, its humour and graphic power still holds a formenost place among early books of travel in Persia" by James Morier ... ; with twenty-five engravings from the designs of the author, a plate of inscriptions, and three maps, one from the observations of Captain James Sutherland, and two drawn by Mr. Morier, and Major Rennell. Main Heritage Shelves General DS48.5 .M67 1812 Book Item-ID: i10041084 BIB-ID: 1005911 Includes index and appendix (p. 409-426) Show less
Description and travel, DT310 .S68 1886, 964 S937e
Main Heritage Shelves General DT310 .S68 1886 Book Item-ID: i15637438 BIB-ID: 1010326 Show moreMain Heritage Shelves General DT310 .S68 1886 Book Item-ID: i15637438 BIB-ID: 1010326 Show less
Main Heritage Shelves General DT309 .B9 1810 Book Item-ID: i10234056 BIB-ID: 1025041 Show moreMain Heritage Shelves General DT309 .B9 1810 Book Item-ID: i10234056 BIB-ID: 1025041 Show less
Description and travel, Description and travel, DT280 .W37 1922
by Lady Warren. Main Heritage Shelves General DT280 .W37 1922 Book Item-ID: i10230567 BIB-ID: 1024692 Show moreby Lady Warren. Main Heritage Shelves General DT280 .W37 1922 Book Item-ID: i10230567 BIB-ID: 1024692 Show less
Main Heritage Shelves General DT310 .B35 1938 Book Item-ID: i15639083 BIB-ID: 1010927 Show moreMain Heritage Shelves General DT310 .B35 1938 Book Item-ID: i15639083 BIB-ID: 1010927 Show less
Description and travel, DT310 .O8 1926, 964, 916.1 Os7
by Ferdinand Ossendowski ... English text by Lewis Stanton Palen ... Maps on lining-paper. Main Heritage Shelves General DT310 .O8 1926 Book Item-ID:... Show moreby Ferdinand Ossendowski ... English text by Lewis Stanton Palen ... Maps on lining-paper. Main Heritage Shelves General DT310 .O8 1926 Book Item-ID: i10199895 BIB-ID: 1021625 Bibliography: p. 343-344. Show less
Description and travel, Description and travel, DS94 .M35 1925, 915.69104
by the Countess Malmignati. Main Heritage Shelves General DS94 .M35 1925 Book Item-ID: i1023066x BIB-ID: 1024702 Show moreby the Countess Malmignati. Main Heritage Shelves General DS94 .M35 1925 Book Item-ID: i1023066x BIB-ID: 1024702 Show less
by the Rev. J. Segall. Main Heritage Shelves General DS94 .S44 1910 Book Item-ID: i22760118 BIB-ID: 1951335 Show moreby the Rev. J. Segall. Main Heritage Shelves General DS94 .S44 1910 Book Item-ID: i22760118 BIB-ID: 1951335 Show less
George Fisk. Main Heritage Shelves General DS107 .F57 1865 Book Item-ID: i1004226x BIB-ID: 1006029 Copy 2(s) with Prof. Jacob Wahrman's handwritten notes. ... Show moreGeorge Fisk. Main Heritage Shelves General DS107 .F57 1865 Book Item-ID: i1004226x BIB-ID: 1006029 Copy 2(s) with Prof. Jacob Wahrman's handwritten notes. Copy 2: photocopy. Show less
by Horatio B. Hackett. Main Heritage Shelves General DS107 .H33 1858 Book Item-ID: i15642318 BIB-ID: 1012209 Show moreby Horatio B. Hackett. Main Heritage Shelves General DS107 .H33 1858 Book Item-ID: i15642318 BIB-ID: 1012209 Show less
by Anis Charles Haddad. Main Heritage Shelves General DS112 .H33 1939 Book Item-ID: i10094519 BIB-ID: 1011087 Show moreby Anis Charles Haddad. Main Heritage Shelves General DS112 .H33 1939 Book Item-ID: i10094519 BIB-ID: 1011087 Show less
Description and travel, Description and travel, Description and travel, Description and travel, DS207 .L33 1838, DT137.S55 .L33 1838, 915.3
by Léon de Laborde. Publisher's advertisements: final 8 p. Main Heritage Shelves General DS207 .L33 1838 Book Item-ID: i15715619 BIB-ID: 1013487 Also... Show moreby Léon de Laborde. Publisher's advertisements: final 8 p. Main Heritage Shelves General DS207 .L33 1838 Book Item-ID: i15715619 BIB-ID: 1013487 Also issued online. Show less
Main Heritage Shelves General DS47 .C24 1784 Book Item-ID: i10154474 BIB-ID: 1017083 Show moreMain Heritage Shelves General DS47 .C24 1784 Book Item-ID: i10154474 BIB-ID: 1017083 Show less
Translation by Christopher Donauer of the author's Peregrinatio in Aegyptum, Arabiam, Palæstinam, et Syriam, Nuremberg, 1594. The original edition... Show moreTranslation by Christopher Donauer of the author's Peregrinatio in Aegyptum, Arabiam, Palæstinam, et Syriam, Nuremberg, 1594. The original edition in Latin was compiled by Christoph Donauer from the diaries of Baumgarten and his servant Gregory. Main Heritage Shelves General DS47 .B38 1752 Book Item-ID: i10226345 BIB-ID: 1024270 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
