The Voyages of Cadamosto and Other Documents on Western Africa in the Second Half of the Fifteenth Century

• Hardcover | Engels | Hakluyt Society, Second
• Translation and edition. The additional documents, in translation, comprise a letter by Antoine Malfante, 1447, an account of the voyages of Diogo Gom... Lees meer

Prutky's Travels to Ethiopia and Other Countries

• Hardcover | Engels | Hakluyt Society, Second
• Remedius Prutky, Franciscan missionary, was in 1751 appointed vice-prefect of a mission sent to Ethiopia in response to an invitation by the then empe... Lees meer

Missions to the Niger

• Hardcover | Engels | Hakluyt Society, Second
• This is the first of several volumes on the exploration of the Niger following its discovery by Mingo Park. It begins with the travels of Friedrich Ho... Lees meer

The Prester John of the Indies

G W B Huntingford

• Hardcover | Engels | Hakluyt Society, Second
• This is an account of the Portuguese mission which landed at Massawa on the west coast of the Red Sea in April 1520 and re-embarked 6 years later. It ... Lees meer

The Expedition of the St John-Baptiste to the Pacific, 1769-1770

• Hardcover | Engels | Hakluyt Society, Second
• The St Jean-Baptiste expedition sailed at a crucial time in Pacific exploration. The voyages of Bougainville and Wallis had just ended, James Cook's f... Lees meer

Olaus Magnus, a Description of the Northern Peoples, 1555

• Hardcover | Engels | Hakluyt Society, Second
• The Swedish scholar and prelate, Olaus Magnus (1490-1557), last Catholic archbishop of Uppsala, lived the latter half of his life in exile. His devoti... Lees meer

The Voyage of George Vancouver, 1791 - 1795

• Hardcover | Engels | Hakluyt Society, Second
• Four of the greatest maritime exploring expeditions were crammed into two decades late in the 18th century - Cook's third voyage, the French expeditio... Lees meer

The Book of Duarte Barbosa: An Account of the Countries Bordering on the Indian Ocean and Their Inhabitants

• Hardcover | Engels | Hakluyt Society, Second
• 'Translated from the Portuguese Text First Published in 1812 A.D. by the Royal Academy of Sciences at Lisbon, in Vol. II of its Collection of Document... Lees meer

The Travels of Ibn Battuta, Ad 1325-1354

H A R Gibb, C F Beckingham

• This volume completes the translation of Ibn Battuta's narrative. Volume III ended with Ibn Battuta's appointment by the Sultan of Delhi to accompany ... Lees meer