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EXPLORATION AND TRAVEL

"JEWISH TRAVELLERS 801-1755"

By Elkan Nathan Adler
Contains the texts of Jewish Travellers from the Middle ages through to the 18th Century. Illustrated.
Reprint of the 1930 edition.
Hard Back. 391 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0952-2) £19.95 plus F p&p *

"FOUR YEARS IN TIBET"

By Ahmad Shah,
Ahmad Shah's journey to Cashmere and into Lower Tibet. He also gives details of the History;
Government; Geography and People of Tibet. Reprint of the 1906 edition.
Hard Back. 76 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-1206-X) £8.50 plus F p&p *

"THE BOOK OF DURATE BARBOSA" Two Volume Set.

By Barbosa Durate (Mansel Longworth Dames)
An account of the Countries bordering on the Indian Ocean and their inhabitants and completed about
the year 1518 A.D. A reprint of the 1921 editions.
Volume One:- Including the Coasts of East Africa, Arabia, Persia, and Western India as far as the
Kingdom of Vijayanagar. 238 pages.
Volume Two:- Including the Coasts of Malabar, Eastern India, Further India, China, and the Indian Archipelago. 286 pages.
Both Hard Back. (ISBN: 81-206-0451-2) Set £32.95 plus G p&p *

"DESCRIPTION OF THE COASTS OF EAST AFRICA AND MALABAR IN THE BEGINNING OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY"

By Duarte Barbosa
A description of the East Indies and Countries on the seaboard of the Indian Ocean in 1514 by
the Portuguese national Duarte Barbosa. Translated from an early Spanish manuscript by H.E.J.Stanley. A reprint of the 1866 edition
Hard back. 233 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-1020-2) £19.95 plus E p&p

"TRAVELS OF FAH-HIAN and SUNG-YUN BUDDHIST PILGRIMS FROM CHINA
TO INDIA (400 ad. and 518 ad.)"

By Samuel Beal
This work contains two translations from Chinese of the Travels of Fah-Hian (400-415 ad.)
and the Mission of Sung-Yun both Buddhist pilgrims from China to India. A reprint of the 1869 edition.
Hard back. 208 pages (ISBN: 81-206-0824-0) £11.95 plus E p&p

"KASHMIR AND KASHGHAR"

By Surgeon Major H.W.Bellew C.S.I., Bengal Staff Corps
A narrative of the journey of the Embassy to Kashghar in 1873-74. Reprint of the 1875 edition.
Hard Back. 419 pages. (ISBN 81-206-0510-1) £19.95 plus F p&p *

"A JOURNEY OF LITERARY AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN NEPAL AND NORTHERN INDIA"

By Cecil Bendall
A detailed account of the Author's tour of Nepal and Northern India during the winter of 1884-85.
Originally published in 1886.
Hard Back. 100 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0615-9) £8.95 plus E p&p *

"THE TRAVELS OF MARCO POLO"

By L.F.Benedetto
Reprint of the 1931 edition. Illustrated.
Hard Back. 438 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0949-2) £19.95 plus F p&p *

"TRAVELS IN THE MOGUL EMPIRE, 1656-1668"

By Francois Bernier,
Gives the history of the Rebellion in the States of the Great Mogul; occurrences after the War;
and transcripts of letter describing Dehli, Agra, Hindoustan and a march made with the camp of Emperor Aureng-Zebe to Kashmir. Illustrated. Reprint of the 1891 edition.
Hard back. 497 pages (ISBN: 81-206-1169-1) £19.95 plus F p&p

"THE VOYAGE OF THOMAS BEST TO THE EAST INDIES, 1612-1614"

Edited by William Foster,
The voyage of Captain Thomas Best to the West Coast of India, Ceylon, Sumatra and Java with
extracts of Journals kept by Thomas Best and Robert Bonner on board the "Dragon"; Ralph Standish;
Ralph Croft and Nathaniel Salmon on board the "Hosiander". Reprint of the 1934 edition.
Hard Back. 314 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-1039-3) £19.95 plus F p&p *

"AMONG THE TIBETANS"

By Isabella L Bishop,
An account of a journey in Tibet including Tibetan customs, manners, climate and natural features.
Woodcut illustrations. Reprint of the 1904 edition.
Hard Back. 159 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-1147-0) £15.99 plus D p&p *

"MEMORABLE DESCRIPTION OF THE EAST INDIAN VOYAGE, 1618-1625"

By Willem Ysbranstsz Bontekoe
One of the most popular adventure books of seventeenth Century Holland. It describes the East
Indian Voyage of Captain Bontekoe made between December, 1618 and November, 1625 and the many wonderful and perilous happenings experienced. Illustrated. Reprint of the 1929 English translation.
Hard Back. 163 pages. (ISBN 81-206-0791-0) £12.95 plus E p&p *

"FOUR PILGRIMS"

By William Boulting,
Covers Hiuen Tsiang and his perilous journey to the sacred land of Buddha, A.D.627-643;
Saewulf, an English pilgrim to Palestine; Ibn Batuta, the greatest of Moslem travellers, A.D.1304-77; and Ludovico Varthema of Bologna, reivegade pilgrim to Mecca, foremost of Italian Travellers.
Hard back. 246 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0805-4) £13.95 plus E p&p *

"DIARY OF A JOURNEY ACROSS TIBET"

By Captain Hamilton Bower,
A plain unvarnished diary kept during his journey from Leh, Ladakh to Peking, China between
1891 to 1892. Together with a chapter covering the Country, Religion, Flora and Fauna. Reprint of
the 1894 edition. 31 illustrations.
Hard Back. 309 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-1901-8) £19.95 plus F p&p *

"A JOURNEY FROM MADRAS THROUGH THE COUNTRIES OF MYSORE,
CANARA AND MALABAR, 1800" Three Volume Set

By Francis Buchanan
Express purposes of investigating the state of Agriculture; Arts and Commerce; the Religion, Manners,
and Customs; the Natural and Civil History ; and Antiquities. Reprint of the 1807 edition.
Volume One:- From Madras via Seringapatam, Bangalore, Doda Bala-pura to Sira.
424 pages
Volume Two:- From Sira back to Seringapatam then onto part of Karnata, Coimbetore and to Malabar. 566 pages.
Volume Three:- Through Canara and back to Madras. 479 pages.
All Hard Back. (ISBN 81-206-0386-9) Set £65.95 plus G p&p *

"TRAVELS INTO BOKHARA" Three Volume Set

By Lieutenant Alexander Burnes H.E.I.C.
Being an account of a journey from India to Cabool, Tartary and Persia. Also narrative of a voyage on the Indus from the Sea to Lahore. Performed under orders of the Government of India in the years 1831-1833. Reprint of the 1834 edition.
Volume One:- The journey from Delhi to Lahore; Peshawur; Cabool; over the Hindoo Koosh;
Koondooz and Bokhara. 356 pages
Volume Two:- Journey in the Toorkmun Desert: a general and geographical memoir on part of
Central Asia: An historical sketch of the Countries between India and the Caspian Seas; and Commerce of Central Asia. 473 pages
Volume Three:- Memoir on the Indus and its tributary Rivers in the Punjab. 332 pages
Hard Back. (ISBN: 81-206-0792-9) Set £47.95 plus G p&p *

"PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF A PILGRIMAGE TO AL-MADINAH AND MECCAH" Two Volumes

By Richard F.Burton
Reprint of the 1893 edition.
Volume One:- covers Egypt and trip via Yambu to Al Madinah. Illustrated with 18 drawings and
maps. 436 pages.
Volume Two:- covers his journey from Al Madinah to Meccah. Illustrated with 29 drawings and
maps. 478 pages.
Both Hard Back. (ISBN: 81-206-0903-4) Set £38.95 plus G p&p *

"THE VOYAGE OF PEDRO ALVARES CABRAL TO BRAZIL AND INDIA"

Translated with an introduction and notes by William Brooks Greenlee,
Details from contemporary documents and narratives of Cabral's voyage in 1500 to Brazil and then
onto the Malabar Coast of India. Illustrated.
Hard Back. 228 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-1040-7) £19.95 plus E p&p *

"THE TRAVELS OF THE ABBE CARRE IN INDIA & THE NEAR EAST - 1672 to 1674"
Three Volume Set.

By Abbe Carre
Volume One :- From FRANCE through SYRIA, IRAQ, and the PERSIAN GULF to SURAT
GOA, and BIJAPUR with an account of his grave illness.
Volume Two:- From BIJAPUR to MADRAS and St.THOME.
Account of the CAPTURE of TRICONMALEE BAY and St.THOME
by De La Haye and of the SIEGE of St.THOME by the GOLCONDA Army
and HOSTILITIES with the DUTCH.
Volume Three:- Return journey to FRANCE with an account of the SICILIAN REVOLT against
SPANISH RULE of MESSINA.
Three Volume Set all Hard Back. (ISBN: 81-206-0596-9) Set £57.95 plus G p&p *

"THE DESERT ROUTE TO INDIA"

Edited by Douglas Carruthers
The journals of four travellers by the Great Desert Caravan Route between Aleppo and Basra, 1745-1751. Illustrated. Reprint of the 1929 edition.
Hard Back. 196 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-1191-8) £15.95 plus E p&p *

"UNKNOWN MONGOLIA" Two Volume Set

By D.Carruthers
A record of travel and exploration in North West Mongolia and Dzungeria in the years 1910 and 1911 (with three chapters on sport by J.H.Miller). Reprint of the 1913 edition.
Both Hard Back. 659 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0857-7) Set £39.95 plus G p&p *

"MANDELSLO'S TRAVELS IN WESTERN INDIA (1638-1639)"

By M.S.Commissariat
Details of Albert de Mandelslo travels from Surat, through Ahmadabad, to Goa, on to Ceylon and
then on to England. Reprint of the 1931 edition. Illustrated.
Hard back. 115 pages. (ISBN 81-206-0714-7) £8.95 plus E p&p

"AN ACCOUNT OF THE INTERIOR OF CEYLON AND OF ITS INHABITANTS
WITH TRAVELS IN THAT ISLAND"

By J.Davy
Detailing the History; Geology; Geography and People of Ceylon. Illustrated. Reprint of the
1821 edition.
Hard Back. 530 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0557-8) £19.95 plus G p&p *

"AN ACCOUNT OF TIBET - THE TRAVELS OF IPPOLITO DESIDERI, 1712 - 1727"
Revised edition.

Edited by Filippo De Filippi
Describes Ippolito Desideri's journey from Rome to his Jesuit Mission in Lhasa and his description
of Tibet, its people, customs etc. Reprint of the 1937 edition.
Hard back. 478 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-1019-9) £22.50 plus F p&p

"A VOYAGE IN THE INDIAN OCEAN AND TO BENGAL, 1789 - 1790" Two Volumes

By L.De Grandpre
An account of the Sechelles Islands and Trincomale; the character and arts of the people of India
with some remarkable religious rites of the inhabitants of Bengal. It also contains an account of a
Voyage in the Red Sea including a description of Mocha and of the trade of the Arabs of Yemen
with some particulars of their manners, customs, etc. A reprint of the 1803 translation.
Volume One: 280 pages
Volume Two. 303 pages.
Hard Back. (ISBN 81-206-1031-8) Set £29.95 plus G p&p *

"FROM PEKIN TO SIKKIM"

By Count De Lesdain,
Through the Ordos, the Gobi Desert, and Tibet. This book details the wedding tour of the Count and Countesse De Lesdain made between 1904 and 1905. Reprint of the 1908 Edition. Illustrated with b&w photographs.
Hard Back. 301 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-1046-6) £19.95 plus F p&p *

"MY INDIAN REMINISCENCES"

By Dr Paul Deussen
Reminisces of a tour of India by a famous German Sanskrit Professor during the winter of 1892-93.
Reprint of the 1934 edition.
Hard Back. 272 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-1054-7) £8.95 plus E p&p *

"THE REAL CEYLON"

By C.Brooke Elliott K.C.
Travel in Ceylon - where, how and when to go. Illustrated. A reprint of the 1938 edition.
Hard Back. 136 pages. (IBSN: 81-206-1135-7) £12.99 plus E p&p *

"THE HIGHLANDS OF CENTRAL INDIA"

By Captain J Forsyth, Bengal Staff Corps
This book details a tour, whilst a forestry officer, of the highlands of Central India made by the
author shortly after the Indian Mutiny in 1858. As well as giving details of the natural history and
tribes of the region it also covers his hunting expeditions. Illustrated. Reprint of the 1919 edition.
Hard Back. 387 pages. £15.95 plus F p&p *

"ANTIQUITIES OF INDIAN TIBET - THE CHRONICLES OF LADAKH AND MINOR CHRONICLES" Two Volume Set

By A.H.Francke
Volume One:- A personal narrative of a journey in 1910 from Simla to Srinagar, through Kinnaur,
Spiti and Ladakh, for the express purpose of investigating the Buddhist Antiquities.
133 pages.
Volume Two:- The Chronicles of Ladakh and Minor Chronicles. 310 pages.
Reprints of the 1926 edition
Both Hard Back. (ISBN: 81-206-0769-4) Set £45.95 plus G p&p *

"A NEW ACCOUNT OF EAST INDIA AND PERSIA - BEING NINE YEARS TRAVELS, 1672 to 1681" Three Volume Set By John Fryer

Edited with notes and an introduction by William Crooke.
Volume One:- Twelve months voyage; an historical account of Bombain and adjacent parts; a
description of Surat and his journey into Deccan. 353 pages. Reprint of 1909 edition.
Volume Two:- A relation of the Canatick Country; a special chorography and History of East India; Collections of the Coins, weights, and precious stones; and Travels into Persia.
371 pages. Reprint of 1912 edition.
Volume three:- The present state of Persia; a further discovery of India; and the return to England.
271 pages. Reprint of 1915 edition.
All Hard Back. (ISBN: 81-206-0796-1) Set £41.95 plus G p&p *

"A VISIT TO CEYLON"

By Ernest Haeckel,
A naturalist's voyage to India and on to Ceylon, followed by a tour of the Island.
Reprint of the 1883 English translation.
Hard Back. 223 pages. (ISBN 81-206-1042-3) £15.95 plus E p&p *

"TRAVELS IN INDIA, CEYLON AND BORNEO"

By Basil Hall,
An edited selection from Captain Basil Hall's "Fragments of Voyages and Travels in 9 volumes" covering the authors experiences in India, Ceylon and Borneo. Reprint of the 1931 edition.
Hard Back. 272 pages. (ISBN 81-206-1022-9) £19.95 plus E p&p

"A NEW ACCOUNT OF THE EAST INDIES BEING THE OBSERVATIONS AND REMARKS OF CAPTAIN ALEXANDER HAMILTON, 1688-1723"
Second edition in Two Volumes By Captain A.Hamilton

Trading and travelling, by Sea and Land, to most of the Countries and Islands of Commerce and
Navigation, between the Cape of Good-Hope and the Islands of Japan. Reprint of the 1739 edition.
With maps and some illustrations.
Volume One:- 396 pages.
Volume Two:- 317 pages.
Hard back. (ISBN 81-206-1010-5) Set £29.95 plus G p&p

"NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY THROUGH THE UPPER PROVINCES OF INDIA FROM CALCUTTA TO BOMBAY, 1824-1825 with NOTES UPON CEYLON; and an ACCOUNT OF A JOURNEY TO MADRAS AND THE SOUTHERN PROVINCES, 1826 and LETTERS WRITTEN IN INDIA" Three Volumes

By Lord Bishop Reginal Heber, of Calcutta.
The journals of the Bishop of Calcutta covering his travels around India. Illustrated. A reprint of the 1828 edition.
Volume One:- 450 pages
Volume Two:- 564 pages
Volume Three:- 530 pages
All Hard back. (ISBN: 81-206-0990-5) Set £59.95 plus G p&p

"TIBET THE MYSTERIOUS"

By Thomas H Holdich
This book illustrates the sequence of exploration in that great wilderness which lie far beyond Lhasa.
After a short outline of Tibetan history and geography, Holdich records the exploration of Tibet
from the Mogul invasion through to the 1903-04 British Expedition.
Illustrated. Reprint of the 1906 edition.
Hard Back. 356 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-1146-2) £22.50 plus F p&p *

"TRAVELS IN TARTARY, THIBET AND CHINA, 1844-1846" Two Volume Sets

By Huc and Gabit
Translated by William Hazlitt. Reprint of 1928 edition.
Hard Back. Volume One:-387 pages.
Hard Back. Volume Two:-406 pages (ISBN: 81-206-0396-6) Set £27.95 plus G p&p *

"TRAVELS IN KASHMIR AND THE PANJAB"

By Baron Charles Hugel
Translated from German by Major T.B.Jervis this book contains a particular account of the
Government and Character of the Sikhs. Describes the author's journey to Kashmir, the people,
scenery etc followed by details of his trip through the Punjab to Lahore. Illustrated.
Reprint of the 1845 edition.
Hard Back. 423 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-1047-4) £19.95 plus F p&p *

"TRAVEL IN ASIA AND AFRICA, 1325-1354"

By Ibn Battuta
The selected travels of Ibn Battuta in Persia; Anatolia; India and West Africa between 1325 & 1354
translated by H.A.R.Gibb. Reprint of 1929 edition.
Hard Back. 398 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0809-7) £18.95 plus F p&p *

"LETTERS FROM INDIA" Two volumes.

By Victor Jacquemont
Letters from India describing a journey in the British dominions of India, Tibet, Lahore and Cashmere
during the years, 1828 to 1831. Reprint of the 1834 edition.
Volume One:- 409 pages
Volume Two:- 378 pages
Hard back. (ISBN: 81-206-0830-5) Set £35.95 plus G p&p

"WHERE THREE EMPIRES MEET"

By E.F.Knight
A narrative of recent travel in Kashmir, Western Tibet, Gilgit, and adjoining Countries.
Reprint of the 1905 edition.
Hard Back. 528 pages. (ISBN 81-206-0828-3) £14.95 plus D p&p *

"INTIMATE GLIMPSES OF MYSTERIOUS TIBET AND NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES"

By George Knight
Leader of the British Expedition to Tibet in 1922-23. Reprint of the 1930 edition.
Hard Back. 72 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0752-X) £6.50 plus D p&p *

"TIBET AND NEPAL PAINTED AND DESCRIBED"

By A.H.S.Landor
A journey through Nepal and Tibet. Well illustrated. Reprint of the 1905 edition.
Hard Back. 233 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0852-6) £25.95 plus F p&p *

"A RECORD OF BUDDHISTIC KINGDOMS"

By J.Legge
An account by the Chinese Monk Fa-Hien of his travels in India and Ceylon (AD 399 to 414) in
search of the Buddhist Books of Discipline. Reprint of the 1886 edition.
Hard Back. 123 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0826-7) £8.95 plus E p&p *

"THE VOYAGE OF JOHN HUYGHEN VAN LINSCHOTEN TO THE EAST INDIES (1583-1592)" Two Volume Set

By John H.V.Linschoten
From the old English translation of 1598. Reprint of the 1885 edition.
Volume One:- 307 pages.
Volume Two:- 338 pages.
Both Hard Back. (ISBN: 81-206-0420-2) Set £29.95 plus G p&p *

"TRAVELS OF THE JESUITS" Two Volumes

By J.Lockman,
The travels of the Jesuits into various parts of the World, compiled from their letters including details of the Manners, Government, Religion etc of several Nations visited. With maps and some illustrations.
Reprint of the 1743 edition.
Volume One 487 pages.
Volume Two 508 pages.
Hard Back. (ISBN 81-206-1060-1) Set £29.95 plus G p&p *

"THE GLOBE TROTTER IN INDIA"

By Michael MacMillan
Details of a visit to India by an Italian Gemelli Careri on a World wide tour begun in 1693.
Reprint of the 1895 edition.
Hard back. 213 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0865-8) £12.95 plus E p&p

"INDIA IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY"

By R.H.Major
Being a collection of narratives of voyages to India in the Century preceding the Portuguese discovery
of the Cape of Good Hope from latin, Persian, Russian and Italian Sources.
Reprint of the 1858 edition.
Hard Back. (ISBN 81-206-0768-6) £11.95 plus E p&p *

"RECONNOITRING CENTRAL ASIA"

By Charles Marvin,
Pioneering adventures in the region lying between Russia and India. Popular accounts of travels and
adventures of British and Russian Agents/ Explorers made between the 1860's and 1880's.
Reprinted from the 1885 second Edition. Illustrated.
Hard Back. 421 pages (ISBN: 81-206-1149-7) £19.95 plus E p&p *

"THE COMMENTARY OF FATHER MONSERRATE S.J. ON HIS JOURNEY TO THE
COURT OF AKBAR"

By Father Monserrate
Father Monserrate was with the first Jesuit mission to the Court of Akbar in 1579 and it sheds much
light upon the character and reign of Akbar who was by far the greatest of all musalman rulers of India. Translated from the original latin by J.S.Hoyland. Reprint of the 1922 edition.
Hard back. 267 pages. (ISBN 81-206-0807-0) £11.95 plus E p&p *

"TRAVELS IN INDIA; HIMALAYAN PROVINCES OF HINDUSTAN and the PUNJAB. in LADAKH and KASHMIR. In PESHWAR, KABUL, KUNDUZ and BOKHARA from 1819-1825"
Two Volume Set

By W.Moorcroft and Trebeck
Reprint of the 1841 edition.
Volume One:- 459 pages
Volume Two:- 508 pages
Both Hard Back, (ISBN 81-206-0497-0) Set £35.95 plus G p&p*

"JOURNAL OF A TOUR IN INDIA"

By General Godfrey Charles Mundy
A personal narrative of tour of India describing scenes and characters as appeared, incidents as they
occurred and anecdotes as they were related to him. Illustrated. Reprint of the 1858 edition.
Hard Back. 367 pages. (ISBN 81-206-1041-5) £19.95 plus E p&p *

"EUROPEAN TRAVELLERS IN INDIA DURING THE 15th, 16th & 17th CENTURIES"

By E.F.Oaten
The evidence afforded by them with respect to Indian Social Institutions and the nature and influence
of Indian Governments. Reprint of the 1909 edition.
Hard Back. 274 pages. (ISBN 81-206-0710-4) £8.95 plus E p&p *

"A JOURNEY TO KATMANDU"

By Laurence Oliphant,
Tales of a journey from Celyon to Katmandu with the Camp of Jung Bahadoor including a sketch of the Nepalese Ambassador at home. Reprint of the 1852 edition.
Hard back. 214 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0941-7) £8.99 plus D p&p *

"A VOYAGE TO SURAT IN THE YEAR 1689"

By J.Ovington,
Gives an account of the City, its inhabitants and the English factory. Also includes descriptions of Maderia, St.Jago, Annobon, Cabenda, Malemba, St.Helena, Johanna, Bombay, Muscatt, Arabia Felix, Mocha and
other maritime towns by the Red Sea, Cape of Good Hope and the isle of Ascension. Illustrated.
Reprint of the 1929 edition.
Hard back. 313 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0945-X) £11.95 plus E p&p *

"VIJAYANAGAR, CHRONICLES OF DOMINGOS PAES AND NUNIZ"

By Domingos Paes and Nuniz
Being the narrative of Domingos Paes written between 1520 & 1522 and the Chronicle of
Fernao Nuniz written between 1535 & 1537.
Hard Back. 411 pages. (ISBN 81-206-0684-1) £6.95 plus E p&p *

"THE SUMA ORIENTAL OF TOME PIRES & THE BOOK OF FRANCISCO RODRIGUES"
Two Volume Set

by Tome Pires
An account of the East from the Red Sea to Japan, written in Malacca and India in 1512-1515, and
the book of Francisco Rodrigues-Rutter of a voyage in the Red Sea, Nautical Rules, Almanac and Maps, written and drawn in the East before 1515. Reprint of the 1944 edition.
Both Volumes Hard Back. 578 Pages. (ISBN 81-206-0535-7) Set £29.95 plus G p&p *

"MONGOLIA, THE TANGUT COUNTRY AND SOLITUDES OF NORTHERN
TIBET" Two Volume Set

By N.Prejevalsky, Russian Staff Corps.
Being a narrative of three years travel in Eastern High Asia. Reprint of the 1876 edition. Illustrated.
Hard Back. Volume One:-287 pages
Hard Back. Volume Two:-320 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0680-9) Set £30.95 plus G p&p *

"A JOURNAL OF THE FIRST VOYAGE OF VASCO DA GAMA, 1497-1499"

Translated and edited by E.G.Ravenstein
Details Vasco Da Gama's voyage around the Cape of Good Hope and up to Mombassa via Mozambique, across the Arabian Sea to Calecut. This followed with details of his voyage home. Illustrated.
Reprint of the 1898 edition.
Hard Back. 250 pages. (ISBN 81-206-1136-5 £19.95 plus E p&p *

"ANCIENT ACCOUNTS OF INDIA AND CHINA"

By Eusebius Renaudot,
An ancient account of India and China written by two Mohammedan Travellers, who visited these
countries during the 9th Century. Translated from Arabic. Reprint of the 1733 edition.
Hard back. 260 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-1021-0) £19.95 plus E p&p

"LAND OF THE LAMAS"

By W.W.Rockhill
Notes of a journey through China, Mongolia and Tibet. Illustrated. Reprint of the 1891 edition.
Hard Back. 397 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0354-0) £19.95 plus F p&p *

"TRAVELS IN INDIA IN THE 17th CENTURY"

By Sir Thomas Roe and Dr. John Fryer
Reprint of the 1873 edition.
Hard Back. 474 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0867-4) £19.95 plus F p&p *

"A JOURNEY THROUGH THE KINGDOM OF OUDE, 1849-1850"
Two Volumes

By Major General Sir W.H.Sleeman, K.C.B.
The object of this diary of Sleeman's tour through Oude was to prepare, for submission to the
Government of India, as fair and full a picture of the real state of the Country, Condition and Feeling
of the People of all classes, and the character of the Government under which they lived. Complete
with Private Correspondence relative to the annexation of Oude to British India. An interesting insight
into the land that erupted in open rebellion during the "Indian Mutiny, 1857-58".
Reprint of the 1858 edition.
Both Hard Back. 337 and 424 pages (ISBN: 81-206-1104-7) Set £25.95 plus G p&p *

"ON ALEXANDER'S TRACK TO THE INDUS"

By Aurel Stein,
A personal narrative of explorations on the North West Frontier of India. Illustrated.
Reprint of the 1929 edition.
Hard Back. 182 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0978-6) £25.99 plus F p&p *

"RUINS OF DESTERT CATHAY" Two Volumes

By M.Aurel Stein,
Personal narrative of explorations in Central Asia and Western most China. Together with numerous
illustrations; Colour plates; Panoramas and maps from the original surveys. Reprint of the 1912 edition.
Volume One:- 546 pages
Volume Two:-517 pages
Hard Back. (ISBN 81-206-1207-8) Set £44.95 plus G p&p *

"AN ACCOUNT OF AN EMBASSY TO THE COURT OF THE TESHOO LAMA IN TIBET"

By Samuel Turner
Containing a narrative of a journey through Bootan and part of Tibet. Reprint of the 1800 edition.
Hard Back. 473 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0687-6) £19.95 plus F p&p *

"VOYAGES AND TRAVELS TO INDIA, CEYLON, THE RED SEA, ABYSSINIA AND
EGYPT IN THE YEARS, 1802-1806" Four Volume Set

By Viscount George Valentia
Reprint of the 1811 edition.
Volume One:- India and Ceylon. 439 pages.
Volume Two:- India; Red Sea and Abyssinia. 499 pages.
Volume Three:- Abyssinia, Red Sea and Egypt. 495 pages.
Volume Four:- Plates.
All Hard Back. (ISBN 81-206-0870-4) Set £79.95 plus G p&p*

"THE TRAVELS OF PIETRO DELLA VALLE IN INDIA"Two Volumes

By Pietro Della Valle
Translated by G.Havers in 1664. Edited with a note on the life of the author together with an
introduction by Edward Grey. Reprint of the 1892 edition.
Both Hard Back. 453 pages. (ISBN 81-206-0676-0) Set £29.95 plus G p&p *

"FOUR MONTHS' CAMPING IN THE HIMALAYAS"

By W.G.N.Van der Sleen.
A selection of recollections of a four month tour of the Himalayas, on an expedition under taken
from a general interest in this region. Well illustrated. Reprint of the 1929 edition.
Hard back. 212 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0880-1) £19.95 plus E p&p

"THE HAPPY VALLEY - SKETCHES OF KASHMIR AND THE KASHMIRIS"

By W.Wakefield,
A general description, following a short tour of Kashmir by the author in 1877, of the routes to
Srinagar; the History; Manners and Customs of the inhabitants of the beautiful province and a
sketch of the various places and objects of interest to be met with. Illustrated.
Reprint of the 1879 edition.
Hard Back. 300 pages. (ISBN 81-206-1100-4) £15.99 plus E p&p *

"ON YUAN CHWANG'S TRAVELS IN INDIA (629-645A.D.)" Two Volumes

By Thomas Watters
Reprint of the 1905 edition.
Volume One:- 401 pages
Volume Two:- 357 pages.
Both Hard Back. (ISBN 81-206-0676-0) Set £29.95 plus G p&p *

"THROUGH UNKNOWN TIBET"

By Captain M.S.Wellby, 18th Hussars
An account of a journey across Tibet and China including hunting stories and details of the Mohammedan Rebellion in China, 1895-6. Illustrated. Reprint of the 1898 edition.
Hard Back. 440 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-1058-X) £22.50 plus F p&p *

"EARLY JESUIT TRAVELLERS IN CENTRAL ASIA (1603-1721)"

By C.Wessels
Including Bento de Goes (1602-07); Antonio De Andrade (1624); the Tsaparang Mission (1625-1640); Francisco De Azevedo (1631-1632); Stephen Cacella & John Cabral (1626-1632); John Grueber and Albert D'Orville (1661-1664); and Hippolyte Desideri (1714-1722). Reprint of the 1924 edition.
Hard Back. 344 pages. (ISBN 81-206-0741-4) £19.95 plus F p&p *

"THE HEART OF A CONTINENT"

By F.E.Younghusband
A narrative of travels in Manchuria, across the Gobi Desert, through the Himalayas, the Pamirs, and Hunza, 1884-1894. Reprint of the 1904 edition.
Hard Back. 332 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0850-X) £19.95 plus F p&p *

"EIGHTEEN HUNDRED MILES IN A BURMESE TAT"

By Lt G.J.Younghusband, Queen's own Corps of Guides.
A Journey through Burmah, Siam, and the Eastern Shan States.
Reprint of the 1888 edition.
Hard Back. 162 pages. (ISBN 81-206-1083-0) £12.95 plus E p&p *

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