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Voyage d'exploration en Indo-Chine : effectué pendant les années 1866, 1867 et 1868 / par une commission française présidée par M. le Capitaine de frégate, Doudart de Lagrée, et publié par les ordres du Ministre de la marine sous la direction de M. le Lieutenant de vaisseau, Francis Garnier, avec le concours de M. Delaporte, Lieutenant de vaisseau et de MM. Joubert et Thorel, médecins de la marine, membres de la commission ; ouvrage illustré de 250 gravures sur bois d'après les croquis de M. Delaporte et accompagné d'un atlas.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Midden-Sumatra : reizen en onderzoekingen der Sumatra-expeditie, uitgerust door het Aardrijkskundig genootschap, 1877-1879 / beschreven door de leden der expeditie, onder toezicht van P.J. Veth ; Atlas bij de aardrijkskundige beschrijving.

From Benguella to the territory of Yacca : description of a journey into Central and West Africa, comprising narratives, adventures, and important surveys of the sources of the rivers, Cunene, Cubango, Luando, Cuanza, and Cuango, and of great part of the course of the two latter, together with the discovery of the rivers Hamba, Cauali, Sussa, and Cugho, and a detailed account of the territories of Quiteca, N'bungo, Sosso, Futa, and Yacca / by H. Capello and R. Ivens, officers of the Royal Portuguese Navy. Expedition organized in the years 1877-1880. Translated by Alfred Elwes. With maps and numerous illustrations.

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.

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.

Personal narrative of travels to the equinoctial regions of the new continent, during the years 1799-1804, / by Alexander de Humboldt, and Aimé Bonpland; with maps, plans, &c. Written in French by Alexander de Humboldt, and translated into English by Helen Maria Williams ....

Exploring desert stone : John N. Macomb's 1859 expedition to the canyonlands of the Colorado / Steven K. Madsen.

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].

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

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.

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

A supplement to the appendix of Captain Parry's voyage for the discovery of a North-west Passage in the years 1819-20 containing an account of the subjects of natural history / Sir Edward Sabine, William Kirby, John Edward Gray, Robert Brown, Charles Konig.

Narrative of a voyage to the Polar Sea during 1875-6 in H. M. ships 'Alert̓ and 'Discovery̓ / by Capt. Sir G.S. Nares, commander of the expedition ; with notes on the natural history edited by H. W. Feilden, naturalist to the expedition.

Travels amongst the Great Andes of the Equator / by Edward Whymper. Edited with an introduction by F. S. Smythe.

Supplementary appendix to travels amongst the great Andes of the equator / by Edward Whymper ; with contributions by H. P. Bates ... [et al.].