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An authentic account of Commodore Anson's expedition: containing all that was remarkable, curious and entertaining, during that long and dangerous voyage: Viz. The violent Storm they had in doubling Cape Horn. Their living on Sea Lyons and Seals. Their taking, plundering and burning of Payta. Their cruizing off Acapulco. Their landing on the uninhabited Island of Tinian, where the Commodore's Ship was drove out to Sea from her Anchors by a Storm for three Weeks, himself and 110 of the People being ashore all the while. Their proceeding to Macou. The Manner of engaging, and taking the rich Acapulco Ship, and their going to Canton in China, with their Reception by the Vice-King, &c. Taken from a private journal.
Date: [1744]
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Scenery, science and art : being extracts from the note-book of a geologist and mining engineer / by Professor D. T. Ansted.
Ansted, D. T. (David Thomas), 1814-1880.Date: 1854
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A narrative of the British embassy to China, in the years 1792, 1793, and 1794; containing the various circumstances of the embassy; with accounts of the customs and manners of the Chinese; and a Description of the Country, Towns, Cities, &c. &c. The second edition. By Æneas Anderson, Then in the Service of His Excellency Earl Macartney, K. B. Ambassador from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China.
Anderson, Aeneas.Date: 1795
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A correct statement of the grand cricket-match, played at Worksop, on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, the 3d, 4th, and 5th of November 1800, by eleven members of the Nottingham Club, against twenty-two members of the Sheffield Club, for two hundred guineas.
Date: [1800]
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Medical directions for the use of navigators and settlers in hot climates / by Thos. M. Winterbottom.
Winterbottom, Thomas Masterman, 1765-1859.Date: 1803
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A voyage to China and the East Indies, by Peter Osbeck, rector of Hasloef and Woxtorp, member of the Academy of Stockholm, and of the Society of Upsal. Together with a voyage to Suratte, by Olof Toreen, chaplain of the Gothic Lion East Indiaman. And an account of the Chinese husbandry, by Captain Charles Gustavus Eckeberg. Translated from the German, by John Reinhold Forster, F.A.S. To which are added, a faunula and flora Sinensis. In two volumes.
Osbeck, Pehr, 1723-1805.Date: MDCCLXXI. [1771]
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Alexander von Humboldt's translantic personae / edited by Vera M. Kutzinski.
Date: 2012
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[India Orientalis]. Pt. 3. Latin] [Voyages] Tertia pars Indiæ Orientalis. Qua continentur I. Secunda pars nauigationum à Ioanne Hvgone Lintschotano in Orientem susceptarum ... II. Nauigatio Hollandorum in insulas Orientales, Iavan & Svmatram ... III. Tres nauigationes Hollandorum in ... Indiam per Septentrionalem ... Oceanum [Gerardo de Veer auctore] ... De Germanico in Latinum. Translata, et bono ordine disposita à Bilibaldo Strobæo Silesio [etc.] Adiectæ svnt tabluæ, cum iconibus alijs, in æs incisæ per Ioan.
Date: 1601
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While resting on the flight into Egypt, a vision occurs to the holy family, of the cross looped by a crown of thorns. Etching by P. Testa after himself, c. 1650.
Testa, Pietro, 1611-1650.Date: 1600-1699Reference: 22291i
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A voyage to New South Wales; with a description of the country; the manners, customs, religion, &c. of the natives, in the vicinity of Botany Bay. By George Barrington, now Superintendant of the convicts at Paramatta.
Barrington, George, 1755-1804.Date: 1795
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A series of adventures in the course of a voyage up the Red-Sea, on the coasts of Arabia and Egypt; and of a route through the desarts of Thebais, hitherto unknown to the European traveller, in the year M.DCC.LXXVII. In letters to a lady. By Eyles Irwin, E S Q. In The Service Of The Honble. The East-India Company. Illustrated With Maps And Cuts. Illustrated with maps and cuts.
Irwin, Eyles, 1751?-1817.Date: M.DCC.LXXX. [1780]
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A collection of plans of ports in the East Indies. Published by A Dalrymple in 1774 and 1775
Dalrymple, Alexander, 1737-1808.Date: 1782
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Three voyages of a naturalist : being an account of many little- known islands in three oceans visited by the "Valhalla," R.Y.S / by M.J. Nicoll ; with an introduction by the ... Earl of Crawford.
Nicoll, M. J. (Michael John), 1880-1925.Date: 1908
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A general collection of the best and most interesting voyages and travels in all parts of the world / many of which are now first translated into English. Digested on a new plan by John Pinkerton ; illustrated with plates.
Date: 1808-1814
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The flowers of modern travels; being elegant, entertaining, and instructive extracts, selected from the works of the most celebrated travellers; such as, Lord Lyttelton, Sir W. Hamilton, Baron de Tott, Dr. Johnson, Dr. Moore, Dr. Troil, Addison, Brydone, Coxe, Wraxall, Savary, Topham, Sherlock, Douglas, Swinburne, Lady M. W. Montague, &c. &c. Intended chiefly for Young People of both Sexes. By the Rev. John Adams, A. M. ...
Date: 1788
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Voyage of the Othello taking 117 passengers from Liverpool to Australia in 1833 returning by Indonesia : journal kept by Surgeon Thomas Mitchell & A story of an emigrant family / [edited by] C.M. & N.B. Abbott.
Mitchell, Thomas, 1936-Date: 1988
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A collection of authentic, useful, and entertaining voyages and discoveries, digested in a chronological series. Performed by the following celebrated commanders, viz. Christopher Columbus. Vasco de Gama. Pedro Alvarez de Gabral. Sir Francis Drake. Sir Walter Raleigh. Sir Thomas Cavendish. Oliver Van Noort. George Spilbergen. W. Schooten and J. Le Maire. Captain Monk. The Sufferings of eight Seamen. Abel Tasman. - ---Dampier. Wafer's Journey across Darien. Captain Woodes Rogers and Courtney, including the History of Alexander Selkirk, who was found on the uninhabited Island of Juan Fernandes in the South Seas, after four years residence. Don George Juan, and Don Antonio de Ulloa. Lord Anson. Mr. Ellis. Narrative of the Doddington East-Indiaman. Martin's (and others) Description of St. Kilda. Russian Voyages for the Discovery of a North-East Passage. By John Barrow, Esq. Author of the Geographical Dictionary. ...
Barrow, John, teacher of mathematics.Date: MDCCLXV. [1765]
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The convict ship; a narrative of the results of scriptural instruction and moral discipline as these appeared on board the "Earl Grey" during the voyage to Tasmania. With brief notices of individual prisoners / By Colin Arrott Browning.
Browning, Colin Arrott, 1791-1856.Date: 1844
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A continuation of the Reverend Mr. Whitefield's journal, from His Arrival at London, to His Departure from thence on his Way to Georgia.
Whitefield, George, 1714-1770.Date: 1739
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Mary and Joseph ride to Egypt with the infant Jesus. Engraving by H. Wierix..
Wierix, Jeronimus, 1553-1619.Reference: 21438i
Part of: Vita divae Mariae virginis.
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The World displayed; Or, A curious collection of voyages and travels, selected from the writers of all nations. In which the conjectures and interpoltions of several vain editors and translators are expunged; every relation is made concise and plain, and the divisions of countries and kingdoms are clearly and distinctly noted. Illustrated and embellished with a variety of maps and prints by the best hands. The fourth edition, corrected. Vol. IV.
Date: 1788
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A history of a voyage to the coast of Africa, and travels into the interior of that country; containing particular descriptions of the climate and inhabitants, and interesting particulars concerning the slave trade. By Joseph Hawkins, of New York, who has since become blind; and for whose benefit it is now published by his friends.
Hawkins, Joseph, 1772-Date: 1797
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The world displayed; or, a curious collection of voyages and travels, selected from the writers of all nations. In which the Conjectures and Interpolations of Several vain Editors and Translators Are expunged; Every Relatin is made concise and plain, and The Divisions of Countries and Kingdoms are clearly and distinctly noted. Embellished with cuts.
Date: M.DCC.LXXIV. [1774]
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A history of the voyages and travels of Capt. Nathaniel Uring, with a new draught of the Bay of Honduras. ...
Uring, Nathaniel.Date: 1749
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The voiage and travayle of Sir John Maundeville kt. : which treateth of the way toward Hierusalem and of marvayles of Inde with other islands and countreyes / Reprinted from the edition of A.D. 1725 ; with an introduction, additional notes, and glossary, by J.O. Halliwell.
Mandeville, John, Sir.Date: 1883

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Scenery, science and art : being extracts from the note-book of a geologist and mining engineer / by Professor D. T. Ansted.

A correct statement of the grand cricket-match, played at Worksop, on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, the 3d, 4th, and 5th of November 1800, by eleven members of the Nottingham Club, against twenty-two members of the Sheffield Club, for two hundred guineas.

Medical directions for the use of navigators and settlers in hot climates / by Thos. M. Winterbottom.

Alexander von Humboldt's translantic personae / edited by Vera M. Kutzinski.

While resting on the flight into Egypt, a vision occurs to the holy family, of the cross looped by a crown of thorns. Etching by P. Testa after himself, c. 1650.

A voyage to New South Wales; with a description of the country; the manners, customs, religion, &c. of the natives, in the vicinity of Botany Bay. By George Barrington, now Superintendant of the convicts at Paramatta.

A collection of plans of ports in the East Indies. Published by A Dalrymple in 1774 and 1775

Three voyages of a naturalist : being an account of many little- known islands in three oceans visited by the "Valhalla," R.Y.S / by M.J. Nicoll ; with an introduction by the ... Earl of Crawford.

A general collection of the best and most interesting voyages and travels in all parts of the world / many of which are now first translated into English. Digested on a new plan by John Pinkerton ; illustrated with plates.

Voyage of the Othello taking 117 passengers from Liverpool to Australia in 1833 returning by Indonesia : journal kept by Surgeon Thomas Mitchell & A story of an emigrant family / [edited by] C.M. & N.B. Abbott.

The convict ship; a narrative of the results of scriptural instruction and moral discipline as these appeared on board the "Earl Grey" during the voyage to Tasmania. With brief notices of individual prisoners / By Colin Arrott Browning.

A continuation of the Reverend Mr. Whitefield's journal, from His Arrival at London, to His Departure from thence on his Way to Georgia.

Mary and Joseph ride to Egypt with the infant Jesus. Engraving by H. Wierix..

A history of the voyages and travels of Capt. Nathaniel Uring, with a new draught of the Bay of Honduras. ...

The voiage and travayle of Sir John Maundeville kt. : which treateth of the way toward Hierusalem and of marvayles of Inde with other islands and countreyes / Reprinted from the edition of A.D. 1725 ; with an introduction, additional notes, and glossary, by J.O. Halliwell.

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Scenery, science and art : being extracts from the note-book of a geologist and mining engineer / by Professor D. T. Ansted.

A correct statement of the grand cricket-match, played at Worksop, on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, the 3d, 4th, and 5th of November 1800, by eleven members of the Nottingham Club, against twenty-two members of the Sheffield Club, for two hundred guineas.

Medical directions for the use of navigators and settlers in hot climates / by Thos. M. Winterbottom.

Alexander von Humboldt's translantic personae / edited by Vera M. Kutzinski.

While resting on the flight into Egypt, a vision occurs to the holy family, of the cross looped by a crown of thorns. Etching by P. Testa after himself, c. 1650.

A voyage to New South Wales; with a description of the country; the manners, customs, religion, &c. of the natives, in the vicinity of Botany Bay. By George Barrington, now Superintendant of the convicts at Paramatta.

A collection of plans of ports in the East Indies. Published by A Dalrymple in 1774 and 1775

Three voyages of a naturalist : being an account of many little- known islands in three oceans visited by the "Valhalla," R.Y.S / by M.J. Nicoll ; with an introduction by the ... Earl of Crawford.

A general collection of the best and most interesting voyages and travels in all parts of the world / many of which are now first translated into English. Digested on a new plan by John Pinkerton ; illustrated with plates.

Voyage of the Othello taking 117 passengers from Liverpool to Australia in 1833 returning by Indonesia : journal kept by Surgeon Thomas Mitchell & A story of an emigrant family / [edited by] C.M. & N.B. Abbott.

The convict ship; a narrative of the results of scriptural instruction and moral discipline as these appeared on board the "Earl Grey" during the voyage to Tasmania. With brief notices of individual prisoners / By Colin Arrott Browning.

A continuation of the Reverend Mr. Whitefield's journal, from His Arrival at London, to His Departure from thence on his Way to Georgia.

Mary and Joseph ride to Egypt with the infant Jesus. Engraving by H. Wierix..

A history of the voyages and travels of Capt. Nathaniel Uring, with a new draught of the Bay of Honduras. ...

The voiage and travayle of Sir John Maundeville kt. : which treateth of the way toward Hierusalem and of marvayles of Inde with other islands and countreyes / Reprinted from the edition of A.D. 1725 ; with an introduction, additional notes, and glossary, by J.O. Halliwell.