Historical geography books

In 1868 the wealthy Smith sisters, Agnes and Margaret, set out with a companion across Europe to fulfil their dream...  Read More >>

Published in 1889, this journal recounts the voyage made by Richard Collinson (1811–83) in 1850–5 to discover the...  Read More >>

In this two-volume 1841 work, Sir George Grey (1812–98) writes about two expeditions to North-West Australia that...  Read More >>

This detailed eye-witness account, first published anonymously in 1819, describes Sir John Ross' abortive expedition...  Read More >>

James Burney was a Fellow of the Royal Society and experienced naval officer who served on Cook's second and third...  Read More >>

Published in 1792, this is the last of three volumes describing the author's experiences as a trader and explorer...  Read More >>

Prolific journalist, satirist and author Henry Duff Traill published books on a wide range of subjects from politics...  Read More >>

The botanist Robert Fortune (1813–80) first went to China as a plant collector for the Royal Horticultural Society,...  Read More >>

Published in 1788 by Andrew Kippis (1725–95), this was the first biography of Captain James Cook (1728–79), although...  Read More >>

Clergyman and ornithologist H. B. Tristram's 1873 work recounts his discoveries, in archaeology and natural science,...  Read More >>

Published in 1792, this is the first of three volumes describing the author's experiences as a trader and explorer...  Read More >>

This manuscript account of a pilgrimage to the Holy Land by the Florentine Leonardo Frescobaldi (fl. 1384–1405)...  Read More >>

First published in 1823, this book recounts the harrowing expedition led by Sir John Franklin up the Arctic Coppermine...  Read More >>

The diplomat and M.P. William Hamilton (1805–67) was also a keen geologist and a protégé of Sir Roderick Murchison....  Read More >>

Ornithologist and clergyman H. B. Tristram's 1865 account of a journey through Palestine, is written with the aim...  Read More >>

Published in Danish in 1885, and translated into English in 1889, this is a sympathetic biography of the great Danish...  Read More >>

The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early...  Read More >>

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This new book in the series of Practical Handbooks from the Council for British Archaeology tackles the subject...  Read More >>

Utah's Canyon Country Place Names documents more than 4,000 place name derivations and place name changes over time....  Read More >>

Utah's Canyon Country Place Names documents more than 4,000 place name derivations and place name changes over time....  Read More >>