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Voyage dans les quatre principales îles des mers d'Afrique, fait par ordre du gouvernement, pendant les années neuf et dix de la République (1801 et l802) : avec l'histoire de la traversée du capitaine Baudin jusqu'au Port-Louis de l'île Maurice / par J. B. G. Bory de St-Vincent, officier d'etat-major, naturaliste en chef sur la corvette le Naturaliste, dans l'expédition de découvertes commandée par le Capitaine Baudin ; avec une collection de 58 planches, grand in-4⁰, dessinées sur les lieux par l'auteur, et gravées en taille-douce.

Gatherings of a naturalist in Australasia : being observations principally on the animal and vegetable productions of New South Wales, New Zealand, and some of the Austral Islands / by George Bennett

Viaggio intorno al globo della r. pirocorvetta italiana Magenta negli anni 1865-66-67-68 sotto il comando del capitano di fregata V.F. Arminjon. Relazione descrittiva e scientifica, pubblicata sotto gli auspici del Ministero di agricoltura, industria e commercio dal dottore Enrico Hillyer Giglioli ... Con una introduzione etnologica di Paolo Mantegazza.

Narrative of travels and discoveries in Northern and Central Africa : in the years 1822, 1823, and 1824 / by Major Denham, Captain Clapperton, and the late Doctor Oudney, extending across the great desert to the tenth degree of northern latitude, and from Kouka in Bornou, to Sackatoo, the capital of the Fellatah Empire. With an appendix, published by authority of the Right Honourable Earl Bathurst, one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, and dedicated by permission to His Lordship, by Major Dixon Denham, of His Majesty's 17th Regiment of Foot, and Captain Hugh Clapperton, of the Royal Navy, the survivors of the expedition.

Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle round the world / by Charles Darwin.

Personal narrative of travels to the equinoctial regions of America, during the years 1799-1804 / by Alexander von Humboldt and Aimé Bonpland ; written in French by Alexander von Humboldt ; translated and edited by Thomasina Ross.

Narrative of an expedition to explore the river Zaire : usually called the Congo, in South Africa, in 1816 / under the direction of Captain J. K. Tuckey, R.N. To which is added, The journal of Professor Smith ; some general observations on the country and its inhabitants ; and an appendix : containing the natural history of that part of the kingdom of Congo through which the Zaire flows. Published by permission of the Lords commissioners of the Admirality.

A manual of scientific enquiry : prepared for the use of Her Majesty's navy : and adapted for travellers in general / edited by Sir John F.W. Herschel ; published by authority of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.

Eastern Persia : an account of the journeys of the Persian Boundary Commission, 1870-71-72 / with narratives by Majors St. John, Lovett, and Evan Smith and an introd. by Frederic John Goldsmid ...

The Kilima-Njaro Expedition : A record of scientific exploration in eastern equatorial Africa. And a general description of the natural history, languages, and commerce of the Kilima-Njaro district / By H. H. Johnston. With six maps and over eighty illustrations by the author.

Narrative of a second expedition to the shores of the polar sea, in the years 1825, 1826, and 1827 / by John Franklin, Captain R.N., F.R.S., &c. and commander of the expedition ; including an account of the progress of a detachment to the eastward, by John Richardson, M.D., F.R.S., F.L.S., &c., surgeon and naturalist to the expedition ; illustrated by numerous plates and maps ; Published by authority of the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs.

Narrative of a journey to the shores of the Polar Sea : in the years 1819-20-21-22 / By John Franklin, Capt. R.N., ... and commander of the expedition. Published by the authority of ... Earl Bathurst.

Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle between the years 1826 and 1836 describing their examination of the southern shores of South America and the Beagle's circumnavigation of the globe / [dedication signed: Robert Fitz-Roy].

Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle / by Charles Darwin, facsimile reprint of the 1st ed.

A route for the overland stage : James H. Simpson's 1859 trail across the Great Basin / Jesse G. Petersen ; foreword by David L. Bigler.

Narrative of a journey to the shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819, 20, 21, and 22. / By John Franklin, captain R.N., F.R.S. and commanding officer of the expedition. With an appendix on various subjects relating to science and natural history. Illustrated by numerous plates and maps. Published by authority of the right honourable the Earl of Bathurst..

Discoveries in the ruins of Nineveh and Babylon : with travels in Armenia, Kurdistan and the desert : being the result of a second expedition undertaken for the Trustees of the British Museum / by Austen H. Layard, M.P. author of "Nineveh and its remains." With maps, plans, and illustrations.

The Arctic voyages of Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, 1858-1879 / [with a preface and edited by Alex Leslie].

Exploring Desert Stone : John N. Macomb's 1859 Expedition to the Canyonlands of the Colorado / Steven K. Madsen.

Narrative of an expedition to the shores of the Arctic Sea, in 1846 and 1847 / by John Rae, Hudson Bay Company's service, commander of the expedition ; with maps.

Narrative of the voyage of H. M. S. Samarang : during the years 1843-46 : employed surveying the islands of the Eastern archipelago : accompanied by a brief vocabulary of the principal languages / by Captain Sir Edward Belcher, R.N., C.B., F.R.A.S., F.G.S., &c., commander of the expedition ; with notes on the natural history of the islands by Arthur Adams, assistant-surgeon, R.N.; in two volumes.

Lahore to Yārkand : incidents of the route and natural history of the countries traversed by the expedition of 1870, under T.D. Forsyth, Esq. C.B. / by George Henderson, M.D., F.L.S., F.R.G.S., medical officer to the expedition, officiating superintendent of the Botanic Gardens, Calcutta, and Allan O. Hume, Esq., C.B., F.Z.S., secretary to the government of India, for the Department of Agriculture, Revenue and Commerce.