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Letters of the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montague. Written during her travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa. Which contain, Among other curious Relations, Accounts of the Policy and Manners of the Turks; drawn from sources that have been inaccessible to other travellers. In two volumes. ...
Montagu, Mary Wortley, Lady, 1689-1762.Date: MDCCXCIII. [1793]- Books
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Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M-y W--y M--e: written during her travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa, ... A new edition. To which are added, poems, by the same author. In two volumes. ...
Montagu, Mary Wortley, Lady, 1689-1762.Date: 1789 [1790]- Books
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Letters of a traveller, on the various countries of Europe, Asia, and Africa: containing sketches of their present state, government, religion, manners, and customs; with some original pieces of poetry. Edited By Alexander Thomson, M. D.
Thomson, Alexander, M.D.Date: 1798- Books
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The admirable travels of Messrs. Thomas Jenkins and David Lowellin; through the unknown tracts of Africa. With the manner how Lowellin lived five years on an uninhabited spot, and, having sustained many dangerous Attacks from the wild Beasts and Savages, returned safe to London in September 1781, after having been eleven years in those extensive Regions.
Lowellin, David, 1726-Date: [1782]- Books
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Letters of the Right Honourable Lady My W---y M---e; written during her travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa, to persons of distinction, men of letters, &c. in different parts of Europe. Which contain, amongst other curious relations, accounts of the policy and manners of the Turks. Drawn from Sources that have been inaccessible to other Travellers.
Montagu, Mary Wortley, Lady, 1689-1762.Date: M.DCC.XC. [1790]- Books
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Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M-y W-y M-e: written during her travels in Europe, Asia and Africa, To Persons of Distinction, Men of Letters, etc. in different Parts of Europe. Which Contain, Among other curious Relations, Accounts of the Policy and Manners of the Turks. Drawn from Sources that have been inaccessible to other Travellers. Complete In One Volume.
Montagu, Mary Wortley, Lady, 1689-1762.Date: MDCCXC. [1790]- Books
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Travels in the interior districts of Africa: performed under the direction and patronage of the African Association, in the years 1795, 1796, and 1797. By Mungo Park, Surgeon.
Park, Mungo, 1771-1806.Date: 1800- Books
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The admirable travels of Messieurs Thomas Jenkins and David Lowellin through the unknown tracts of Africa: with the manner how Lowellin lived five years on an uninhabited spot; and, having sustained many dangerous Attacks from the wild Beasts and Savages, returned safe to London, in September, 1781, after having been eleven Years in those extensive Regions.
Lowellin, David, 1726-Date: [1783]- Books
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Proceedings of the Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa.
Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa.Date: 1790- Books
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The polite traveller: being a modern view of part of Germany, France, and Italy. Containing, A Description of Berlin. Anecdotes of the King of Prussia. Visit to Potsdam and Sans-Souci, Palaces of the King of Prussia. Particulars respecting the Prussian Military Exercise and Discipline. Character and personal Description of the King of Prussia. Short Account of Vienna. Anecdotes of two amiable Court Ladies. Particulars of a Dinner on Mount Calenberg. Description of a German Hunt. Character of the Emperor of Germany. Contrast of Character between the French and Germans. Comparison between English, French, and German Ladies. Remarks on French Manners and Opinions. Short Account of Geneva, its Government, and Inhabitants. The Genevois Military Feast. Journey to the Glaciers of Savoy. Account of the Coast of Naples. Particulars respecting Messina. Journey along the Coast of Sicily. Visit to Mount Aetna, &c. Embellished with an elegant Frontispiece.
Date: [1783]- Books
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Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M--y W---y M---e; written during her travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa, to persons of distinction, men of letters, &c. in different parts of Europe. Which contain, among other curious relations, accounts of the policy and manners of the Turks. Drawn from Sources that have been inaccessible to other Travellers.
Montagu, Mary Wortley, Lady, 1689-1762.Date: M.DCC.XC. [1790]- Books
The roof of Africa on wheels / narrated by Derek Groves, commentary by Jon Amos. Forweword by Chris Bonington.
Groves, DerekDate: 1999- Books
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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- Books
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The admirable travels of Messieurs Thomas Jenkins and David Lowellin through the unknown tracts of Africa: with the manner how Lowellin lived eight years on an uninhabited spot; and, having sustained many dangerous attacks from the wild Beasts and Savages, returned safe to London, in September, 1784, after having been fourteen Years in those extensive Regions.
Lowellin, David, 1726-Date: [1785]- Books
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Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M--y W-----y M------e: written, during her travels in Europe, Asia and Africa, to persons of distinction, men of letters. &c. in different parts of Europe. Which contain, among other curious relations, accounts of the policy and manners of the Turks; drawn from sources that have been inaccessible to other travellers.
Montagu, Mary Wortley, Lady, 1689-1762.Date: MDCCLXVI. [1766]- Books
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The admirable travels of Messieurs Thomas Jenkins and David Lowellin through the unknown tracts of Africa; with the manner how Lowellin lived eight years on an uninhabited spot; and having sustained many dangerous Attacks from the wild Beasts and Savages, returned safe to London, in September, 1791, after having been a eleven Years in those extensive Regions.
Lowellin, David, 1726-Date: [1792]- Books
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Travels in the interior districts of Africa: performed under the direction and patronage of the African Association, in the years 1795, 1796, and 1797; by Mungo Park, surgeon: with an appendix, containing geographical illustrations of Africa: by Major Rennell. [[One line i Latin from Virgil]
Park, Mungo, 1771-1806.Date: 1800- Books
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Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M--y W--y M--e: written during her travels in Europe, Asia and Africa, to Persons of Distinction, Men of Letters, etc. in different Parts of Europe. Which contain, Among other curious Relations, Accounts of the policy and manners of the Turks, Drawn from Sources that have been inaccessible to other Travellers.
Montagu, Mary Wortley, Lady, 1689-1762.Date: M.DCC.XC. [1790]- Books
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The admirable travels of Messrs. Thomas Jenkins and David Lowellin; containing a Tour of 3000 Miles through the unknown Tracts of Africa; describing the manner how they were driven on the western Coast by a storm, Sept. 1. 1770, and taken Prisoners by some hundreds of Negroes, sold to an Indian Chief, carried to Court 500 miles inland, raised to great honours by the sovereign Prince, with their strange mode of obtaining leave to quite his Dominions. Together with the Manners, Customs, Fashions, Complexion of the Inhabitants, their Diet, Produce, Traffick, Wealth, and Religion; as also, the numerous wild Beasts, Serpents, Fowls, Hills, Mountains, Valleys, Rivers, Plains of the Country, lying between 16 South latitude, 21 East long. and the Equator. Likewise, Their mode of travelling, and loss of Jenkins through fatigue, in attempting to cross the extensive Sands; with the manner how D. Lowellin lived full five Years on an uninhabited Spot, and his providential Delivery on the 11th of April 1779, by a company of Merchants, who blindfolded his Eyes on the Journey, to prevent him from discovering the Situation of their Country. His elegant Account of their opulent Capital, and arrival at Grand Cairo in Egypt, on the 10th of May 1780, with his substance; and a short Account of some remarkable Things in Turkey, as taken on his return to Britain in September 1781.
Lowellin, David, 1726-Date: [1782]- Books
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The admirable travels of Messieurs Thomas Jenkins and David Lowellin through the unknown tracts of Africa: With he manner how Lowellin lived eight year on an uninhabited spot; and, having sustained many dangerous attacks from the wild beasts and savages, returned safe to London, in September, 1784, after having been fourteen-years in those extensive regions.
Lowellin, David, 1726-Date: [1786]- Books
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The life of David Hume, Esq; the philosopher and historian, written by himself. To which are added, The travels of a philosopher, containing observations on the manners and arts of various nations, in Africa and Asia. From the French of M. Le Poivre, late envoy to the King of Cochin-China, and now intendant of the isles of Bourbon and Mauritius.
Hume, David, 1711-1776.Date: M,DCC,LXXVIII. [1778]- Books
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A historical & philosophical sketch of the discoveries & settlements of the Europeans in northern & western Africa, at the close of the eighteenth century.
Leyden, John, 1775-1811.Date: 1799- Books
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Proceedings of the Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa.
Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa.Date: 1791