London: John Murray, 1878. Life on Ascension Island with her husband Scottish Astronomer David Gill to measure the solar parallax-the distance between the Earth and the Sun-by observing Mars, which was then the closest to Earth than it had been for a century. Read More about Six Months in Ascension. A Unscientific Account of a Scientific Expedition

London: Wm. H. Allen and Co. Leadenhall Street, 1837. First edition. "An officer in the Bengal Horse Artillery, Bacon recounts his assignment to India with vivid descriptions of life in the cantonments, travels along the Ganges River, and observations of the peoples he encountered. He also enjoyed hunting wild boar..... Read More about First Impressions and Studies from Nature in Hindostan; embracing an outline of the voyage to...

London: C. Kegan Paul & Co, 1878. First edition. In 1877, Burton sought to raise money from the Khedive of Egypt for a project to revive the gold mines at Midian near the Red Sea cost. “Burton took a ‘preliminary canter’ into Midian to size up the ground and assess..... Read More about The Gold Mines of Midian and the Ruined Midianite Cities. A Fortnight’s Tour in North-western...

London: C. Kegan Paul & Co, 1879. First Edition. This is Burton's second expedition to Midian (Saudi Arabia). He mapped and explored over 600 miles of territory and discovered many sites. The hope of a gold discovery didn't happen and Burton lost his potential backer, the Egyptian Khedive. Read More about The Land of Midian (Revisited

London: sold by A. Manson, P. Denham, W. Robertson, and F. Nicholson, n.d. [ca. 1766-69?]. First edition. This Journal of the circumnavigation of the Dolphin in 1764-6 starts out as a seafaring account of travel from Plymouth to Madeira to Brazil, and the claiming of the Falkland Islands for the..... Read More about A Journal of a Voyage round the world, in His Majesty’s ship the Dolphin, commanded by the...

London: Printed for Stanfield Parkinson, 1773. First edition with the very rare "Explanatory Remarks" by Fothergill and postscript. With The Rare Explanatory Remarks by Fothergill. First edition of this important account of Cook's first voyage, based on the journal of Parkinson, who had been engaged by Sir Joseph Banks to..... Read More about A Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas, in His Majesty's Ship, The Endeavour. Faithfully...

Germany: Early 19th century. Read More about Frauenspersohn aus der Infel Unalashka

London: Longman, Hurst [&c.], 1810. First edition. Thomas Daniell, accompanied by his nephew William, left England on the China-bound Indiaman in 1785, returning to England by way of India in 1794. The journey, financed in part by the sale of oil paintings of their travels, was documented in William’s journal..... Read More about A Picturesque Voyage to India, by the Way of China

London: Edward Stanford, 55, Charing Cross Road, 1877. First edition of the book originally published as The Jummoo and Kashmir Territories. Frederick Drew was an English geologist,FGS, famous for his geographical study of Kashmir. He was in Maharaja Ranbir Singh's government for 10 year and was the Governor of Ladakh..... Read More about The Northern Barrier of India. A Popular Account of the Jummoo and Kashmir Territories

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1953. First edition in English. Read More about Seven Years in Tibet. Translated from German by Richard Graves. With an introduction by Peter...

London: Henry Hughes, 1798. First edition. "This tireless naturalist and antiquary reached out to the ends of the world to gather in knowledge" (Cox). These are volumes one and two on India and Ceylon of an intended 14-volume series entitled "Outlines of the Globe." Welshman Pennant died in 1798, the..... Read More about The View of Hindoostan - Western Hindoostan, Vol. II The View of Hindoostan - Eastern Hindoostan

London: Henry S. King, 1874. First edition. ‘The Land where all things are forgotten’: with Photographs. Ker travelled to the newly conquered lands of Russian Central Asia to report for the London Telegraph. Delays prevented him from joining the invading forces but he made an interesting trip. Read More about On the Road to Khiva