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Encyclopedia of exploration : invented and apocryphal narratives of travel : a comprehensive guide to invented, imaginary, apocryphal and plagiarized narratives of travel by land, sea and air, from the earliest times to the twentieth century / Raymond John Howgego.
Howgego, Raymond John, 1946-Date: 2013
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The World displayed; or, A curious collection of voyages and travels, selected and compiled from the writers of all nations; by Smart, Goldsmith, & Johnson.
Date: 1795-1796
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The tropics of empire : why Columbus sailed south to the Indies / Nicolás Wey Gómez.
Wey Gómez, NicolásDate: [2008], ©2008
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The first three English books on America : (?1511)-1555 A.D. : being chiefly translations, compilation, etc., by Richard Eden, from the writings, maps, &c., of Pietro Martire, of Anghiera, Sebastian Münster, and Sebastian Cabot : with extracts, &c., from the works of other Spanish, Italian, and German writers of the time / edited by Edward Arber.
Date: 1885
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New Granada : twenty months in the Andes / by Isaac F. Holton.
Holton, Isaac F. (Isaac Farwell)Date: 1857
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McClintock, Admiral Sir Francis Leopold, (1819-1907), polar explorer
McClintock, Leopold, Sir, 1819-1907.Date: 1859-1894Reference: MS.7879
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The history of America. By William Robertson, D. D. Principal of the University of Edinburgh, and Historiographer to his Majesty for Scotland. ...
Robertson, William, 1721-1793.Date: MDCCLXXVII. [1777]
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Labrador : its discovery, exploration, and development / by W.G. Gosling.
Gosling, William Gilbert, 1863-Date: 1910
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Navegaciones y descubrimientos de los Portugueses anteriores al viaje de Colon / conferencia del Sr. D.J.P. Oliveira Martins, leída el día 24 de Febrero de 1892.
Oliveira Martins, J. P. (Joaquim Pedro), 1845-1894.Date: 1892
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Medicina e descobrimentos / Alfredo Rasteiro.
Rasteiro, Alfredo, 1936-Date: 1992
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Decle, Lionel (fl. 1893-1906), African traveller and journalist
Lionel Decle, fl. 1893-1906, African traveller and journalistDate: 1893-1900Reference: MSS.6017-6024
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The history of America. By William Robertson, D. D. Principal of the University of Edinburgh, and Historiographer to his Majesty for Scotland. ...
Robertson, William, 1721-1793.Date: MDCCLXXVII. [1777]
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Last voyages--Cavendish, Hudson, Ralegh : the original narratives / introduced and edited by Philip Edwards.
Date: 1988
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Les littératures de voyage : la découverte du monde (XIVe-XVe-XVIe siècles) / Jean-Pierre Duteil.
Duteil, Jean-Pierre.Date: [2007], ©2007
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Materialien der Brasilien-Expedition 1821-1829 des Akademiemitgliedes Georg Heinrich Freiherr von Langsdorff (Grigorij Ivanovič Langsdorff) : vollständige wissenschaftliche Beschreibung / D. E. Berthels, B. N. Komissarov, T. I. Lysenko.
Date: 1979
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A voyage round the world, in the years 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, by J. F. G. de la Pérouse: published Conformably to the Decree of the National Assembly, of the 22d of April, 1791, and edited by M. L. A. Milet-Mureau, Brigadier General in the Corps of Engineers, Director of Fortifications, Ex-Constituent, and Member of Several Literary Societies at Paris. In three volumes. Translated from the French. ...
La Pérouse, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de, 1741-1788.Date: 1798
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Alexandre Yersin (1863-1943)
Yersin, Alexandre, 1863-1943Date: c.1892-1894Reference: MSS.8607-8608
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Livingstone, David (1813-1873), medical missionary and explorer
Livingstone, David, 1813-1873Date: 1840-1959Reference: MS.7329
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The discoverers : a history of man's search to know his world and himself / Daniel J. Boorstin.
Boorstin, Daniel J. (Daniel Joseph), 1914-2004.Date: [1984], ©1983
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Gordon, Charles George (1833-1885), Major-General
Gordon, Charles George, 1833-1885Date: 1856-1884Reference: MSS.6894-6901
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The age of reconnaissance / J.H. Parry.
Parry, J. H. (John Horace), 1914-1982.Date: [1981], ©1981
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Lateinamerika in Niedersachsen : von Kolumbus zu Bolívar Ausstellung der Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel und des Niedersächsischen Landesmuseums Hannover im Auftrag der niedersächsischen Simon-Bolívar-Gesellschaft, Sommer 1985 / Wulf Piper.
Piper, Wulf.Date: 1985
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Descubrimicuto y conquista del Río de la Plata / conferencia de D. Juan Zorrilla de San Martín, leída el día 25 de enero de 1892.
Zorrillia de San Martin, Juan, 1855-1931.Date: 1892
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A map of Paraguay and surrounding area, illustrating where cinchona (quinine) was allegedly first discovered in 1626(?). Etching by D.V. Rossi.
Reference: 16306i
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Miscellany: Scandinavia, 18th-20th centuries
Date: 1768-1913Reference: MS.7427

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Encyclopedia of exploration : invented and apocryphal narratives of travel : a comprehensive guide to invented, imaginary, apocryphal and plagiarized narratives of travel by land, sea and air, from the earliest times to the twentieth century / Raymond John Howgego.

The World displayed; or, A curious collection of voyages and travels, selected and compiled from the writers of all nations; by Smart, Goldsmith, & Johnson.

The tropics of empire : why Columbus sailed south to the Indies / Nicolás Wey Gómez.

New Granada : twenty months in the Andes / by Isaac F. Holton.

McClintock, Admiral Sir Francis Leopold, (1819-1907), polar explorer

The history of America. By William Robertson, D. D. Principal of the University of Edinburgh, and Historiographer to his Majesty for Scotland. ...

Labrador : its discovery, exploration, and development / by W.G. Gosling.

Navegaciones y descubrimientos de los Portugueses anteriores al viaje de Colon / conferencia del Sr. D.J.P. Oliveira Martins, leída el día 24 de Febrero de 1892.

Medicina e descobrimentos / Alfredo Rasteiro.

Decle, Lionel (fl. 1893-1906), African traveller and journalist

The history of America. By William Robertson, D. D. Principal of the University of Edinburgh, and Historiographer to his Majesty for Scotland. ...

Last voyages--Cavendish, Hudson, Ralegh : the original narratives / introduced and edited by Philip Edwards.

Les littératures de voyage : la découverte du monde (XIVe-XVe-XVIe siècles) / Jean-Pierre Duteil.

Materialien der Brasilien-Expedition 1821-1829 des Akademiemitgliedes Georg Heinrich Freiherr von Langsdorff (Grigorij Ivanovič Langsdorff) : vollständige wissenschaftliche Beschreibung / D. E. Berthels, B. N. Komissarov, T. I. Lysenko.

Alexandre Yersin (1863-1943)

Livingstone, David (1813-1873), medical missionary and explorer

The discoverers : a history of man's search to know his world and himself / Daniel J. Boorstin.

Gordon, Charles George (1833-1885), Major-General

The age of reconnaissance / J.H. Parry.

Lateinamerika in Niedersachsen : von Kolumbus zu Bolívar Ausstellung der Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel und des Niedersächsischen Landesmuseums Hannover im Auftrag der niedersächsischen Simon-Bolívar-Gesellschaft, Sommer 1985 / Wulf Piper.

Descubrimicuto y conquista del Río de la Plata / conferencia de D. Juan Zorrilla de San Martín, leída el día 25 de enero de 1892.

A map of Paraguay and surrounding area, illustrating where cinchona (quinine) was allegedly first discovered in 1626(?). Etching by D.V. Rossi.

Miscellany: Scandinavia, 18th-20th centuries