Scotland Collection of early travel narratives

North-West Passage Collection of travel narratives comprising: Franklin, Sir John. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea in the Years 1819, 20, 21, and 22. London: John Murray, 1823 [i

Bellin's highly detailed folding map of Taiwan (Formosa) and the coast of Fukien province, based on Jesuit sources, from Prevost d'Exiles' influential collection of travel narratives, Histoire General

Bellin's highly detailed folding map of Taiwan (Formosa) and the coast of Fukien province, based on Jesuit sources, from Prevost d'Exiles' influential collection of travel narratives, Histoire General

Carte de l'Islande. A dramatic, highly detailed and beautifully engraved folding map of Iceland, from Prevost d'Exiles' influential collection of travel narratives, Histoire Generale des Voyages. The

Carte de l'Empire du Japon. Bellin's wonderfully detailed map of Japan from the atlas of Prevost d'Exiles' influential collection of travel narratives, Histoire Generale des Voyages. Considered the be

The two "Indoustan" maps from Prevost d'Exiles' influential collection of travel narratives, Histoire Generale des Voyages, which together depict the entire Indian subcontinent. The first sheet encomp

Bellin's map of southern Africa ("Hottentot country"), from the atlas of Prevost d'Exiles' influential collection of travel narratives, Histoire Generale des Voyages. The map extends from Saint Helena

Bellin's plan of Fort Dauphin (today's Tôlanaro) "built by the French" on the southeastern tip of Madagascar, from the atlas of Prevost d'Exiles' influential collection of travel narratives, Histoire

Coastal profiles of the Canary Islands of Tenerife and Gomera on a single sheet from the German edition of Prevost d'Exiles' collection of travel narratives, Histoire Generale des Voyages.; Cochin / J

Collection of 18 Early Travel Postcards for Egypt - Mostly Unused

Columbus discovers pearls off Cubagua This fascinating and beautifully preserved engraving from the Grands Voyages, de Bry's landmark collection of early discovery narratives, depicts Columbus' vessel

This superb and beautifully preserved engraving from Volume X of the Grands Voyages, de Bry's landmark collection of early discovery narratives, describes the encounter between Vespucci and the native

How the natives of Paria coped with illness In this fascinating and beautifully preserved engraving from Volume X of the Grands Voyages, de Bry's landmark collection of early discovery narratives, the

This beautifully rendered and preserved engraving from Book VIII of the Grands Voyages, de Bry's landmark collection of early discovery narratives, depicts the rock- and tree-top dwellings built by th

Diego de Ocampo avenges the death of Spanish monks in Cumana In this scene from Book IV of the Grands Voyages, de Bry's landmark collection of early discovery narratives, Diego de Ocampo and his force

de Bry: The Dutch Pillage Chorrera, Cuba, near Havana A dramatic scene from deBry's landmark collection of American travel narratives in which the town of Chorrera, 5 miles west of Havana, is pillaged

The Spanish persuade the natives of Cubagua to defend the island from the French In this scene from Book V of the Grands Voyages, de Bry's landmark collection of early discovery narratives, a French p

The wife of a cacique of Cumana In this scene from Book IV of the Grands Voyages, de Bry's landmark collection of early discovery narratives, a meeting between the historian and voyager Benzoni and th

[Vespucci visits an Indian village near Cumana, Venezuela]. In an engraving from a later German edition of de Bry's landmark collection of early discovery narratives, Indian women are presented to Ves

Vespucci arrives on Lake Maracaibo In this magnificent and beautifully preserved engraving from Volume X of the Grands Voyages, de Bry's landmark collection of early discovery narratives, Vespucci rea

Collection of 25 Very Early Travel Postcards (Mostly Florida) + 5 Others

HAKLUYT (RICHARD) Hakluyt's Collection of the Early Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries of the English Nation, 5 vol., ONE OF 250 COPIES, lacks 5 leaves of volume 2 (supplied in facsimile), some spotti

[Travel/Exploration] Hakluyt, Richard. Hakluyt's collection of the early voyages, travels and discoveries of the English Nation. London: printed for R. H. Evans [and others], 1809-1812. 5 volumes. One

de Bry: The Spanish Seize a French Ship off Hispaniola This beautifully preserved engraving from the Grands Voyages, de Bry's monumental collection of history and travel narratives, depicts the Spanis