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And Observers Travelers and Observers
Pictures of Rhode Island in the Past, 1642-1833 is a historical book published in 1899. It features a collection of descriptions and illustrations of Rhode Island during the colonial and…
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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
Peter Moran
This anthropological study examines the encounter between Western travellers and Tibetan exiles in Bodhanath, on the outskirts of Kathmandu and analyses the importance of Buddhism in discussions of political, cultural…
This anthropological study examines the encounter between Western travellers and Tibetan exiles in Bodhanath, on the outskirts of Kathmandu and analyzes the importance of Buddhism in discussions of political, cultural…
Thomas Shaw, Bar
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfectionssuch as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part…
John Smith
The True Travels, Adventures, and Observations of Captain John Smith into Europe, Asia, Africa, and America From Ann. Dom. 1593 to 1629, a classical book, has been considered important throughout…
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This study contains 18 articles by different authors on examples of travel writing, ranging from Heroditus in classical antiquity to the early 19th century. Central themes are fiction, literary tradition…
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Michael Katakis
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A fascinating travelogue of 19th-century Europe and the Middle East, this book offers a vivid firsthand account of the sights, sounds, and people encountered by French writer and journalist Louis…
Louis Lombard
Observations of a traveler This book, Observations of a traveler, by Louis Lombard, is a replication of a book originally published before 1894. It has been restored by human beings…
Thomas Shaw
This travelogue from the 18th century describes the author's journey through the Barbary Coast (modern-day Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya) and the eastern Mediterranean. The book offers descriptions of people…
First published in 1738, this classic travelogue follows the adventures of eighteenth-century scholar Thomas Shaw as he travels through the Middle East and North Africa. Shaw's keen eye for detail…
Walter Harriman
Title: Travels and observations in the Orient, and a hasty flight in the countries of Europe.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United…
This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the…
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the…
Travels or Observations: Relating to Several Parts of Barbary and the Levant is a travelogue written by Thomas Shaw in 1757. The book is a detailed account of the author's…
William Stukeley
Itinerarium Curiosum - Or, An account of the antiquities, and remarkable curiosities in nature or art, observed in travels through Great Britain is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original…
Selah Merrill
East of the Jordan - A Record of Travel and Observation in the Countries of Moab, Gilead and Basham is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1881…
First published in 1881, East of the Jordan recounts the results of an archaeological expedition organised by the American Palestine Exploration Society in 1875-77.
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the…
Comprising Choice Selections From Standard Authors, In Prose And Poetry, With The Essential Rules Of Elocution.
Charles Mason Remey
Charles Mason Remey (1874-1974) was the son of Admiral George Collier Remey and grew up in the house at 1527 New Hampshire Avenue, which is the headquarters of Westphalia Press…
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the "public…
Professor of History Julian Jackson, BS, CFT
Michael Retsina
Michael and Susan are now collaborating together on whether there could be any other travellers. Could that be likely, considering that her pet dog Fido had come through the same…
This book, from the series Primary Sources: Historical Books of the World (Asia and Far East Collection), represents an important historical artifact on Asian history and culture. Its contents come…
Sidney 1837-1880 Andrews
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the public…
Sidney Andrews
Five months after the end of the Civil War, northern journalist Sidney Andrews toured the former Confederacy to report on the political, economic, and social conditions in the aftermath of…
Sidney Andrews,Heather Cox Richardson
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to…
John Lough
Before the Terror and then the Napoleonic Wars made it impracticable to travel through France, many young British men and women were able to watch at first hand the changes…
Engelbert Kaempfer
One off the most important sources on the history and culture of seventeenth-century Iran, Engelbert Kaemper’s Amoenitatum Exoticarum was first published in Latin in 1712 but would not be translated…
Caspar Whitney
This is a facsimile reprint of the original book by Caspar Whitney, rebuilt using the latest technology. There are no poor, missing or blurred pages and all photographic images have…
Lola Akinmade Aring;kerstroem
Due North is a collection of travel observations, reflections, and snapshots across colors, cultures, and continents by award-winning travel writer and photographer Lola Akinmade Akerstroem. EXCERPT: I know what’s coming…
Frederick Law Olmsted
The cotton kingdom - a traveller’s observations on cotton and slavery in the American slave states is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1861. Hansebooks is editor…
