1st Edition
Cyclopaedia of Modern Travel: A Record of Adventure, Exploration and Discovery
Edited By Bayard Taylor
2700 Pages
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This work is comprised of narratives by the most distinguished nineteenth-century travellers. It is embellished with fine engravings on steel by Buttre, and illustrated by over forty wood engravings by Orr, with thirteen authentic maps by Schonberg. It is a facsimile reprint of the revised and enlarged edition published in two volumes by Moore, Wilstach, Keys in New York in 1860.
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Volume 1
Life and Travels of Alexander von Humboldt
Mungo Park’s Travels in Western Africa
Lewis and Clarke’s Journey to the Pacific Ocean
Buckhardt’s Travels in Syria, Africa, and Arabia
Belzoni’s Explorations in Egypt
Caillaiaud’s Journey to the Libyan Oases, Ethiopia, and Sennaar
Franklin’s Overland Journey to Bokhara
Timkovski’s Journey from Siberia to Pekin
Cochrane’s Pedestrian Journey through Siberia
Golownin’s Captivity in Japan
De Lascaris’s Secret Mission among the Bedouins
Denham and Clapperton’s Expedition to Central Africa
Clapperton’s Second Journey to Sackatoo
Explorations of the Niger
Volume 2
Moffat’s Life in Southern Africa
Sturt’s Explorations in Australia
Back’s Arctic Land Expedition
Wellsted’s Travels in Oman
Explorations of the White Nile
Major Harris’s Mission to Shoa
Parkyns’s Life in Abyssinia
Wood’s Journey to the Oxus
Fremont’s Explorations of the Rocky Mountains and California
Huc’s Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China
Fortune’s Journeys to the Tea-Countries of China
Recent Exploration in Australia
Lynch’s Exploration of the Dead Sea
Layard’s Explorations at Niveveh and Babylon
Travels of Ida Pfeiffer
Explorations of the Amazon River
Richardson and Barth’s Expedition to Central Africa
Burton’s Pilgrimage to Mecca
Exploration of Loo-Choo
Appendix
Conclusion of Dr. Barth’s Travels in Central Africa
Livingstone’s Travels in Southern and Central Africa
Atkinson’s Travels in Siberia and Chinese Tartary
Index
Life and Travels of Alexander von Humboldt
Mungo Park’s Travels in Western Africa
Lewis and Clarke’s Journey to the Pacific Ocean
Buckhardt’s Travels in Syria, Africa, and Arabia
Belzoni’s Explorations in Egypt
Caillaiaud’s Journey to the Libyan Oases, Ethiopia, and Sennaar
Franklin’s Overland Journey to Bokhara
Timkovski’s Journey from Siberia to Pekin
Cochrane’s Pedestrian Journey through Siberia
Golownin’s Captivity in Japan
De Lascaris’s Secret Mission among the Bedouins
Denham and Clapperton’s Expedition to Central Africa
Clapperton’s Second Journey to Sackatoo
Explorations of the Niger
Volume 2
Moffat’s Life in Southern Africa
Sturt’s Explorations in Australia
Back’s Arctic Land Expedition
Wellsted’s Travels in Oman
Explorations of the White Nile
Major Harris’s Mission to Shoa
Parkyns’s Life in Abyssinia
Wood’s Journey to the Oxus
Fremont’s Explorations of the Rocky Mountains and California
Huc’s Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China
Fortune’s Journeys to the Tea-Countries of China
Recent Exploration in Australia
Lynch’s Exploration of the Dead Sea
Layard’s Explorations at Niveveh and Babylon
Travels of Ida Pfeiffer
Explorations of the Amazon River
Richardson and Barth’s Expedition to Central Africa
Burton’s Pilgrimage to Mecca
Exploration of Loo-Choo
Appendix
Conclusion of Dr. Barth’s Travels in Central Africa
Livingstone’s Travels in Southern and Central Africa
Atkinson’s Travels in Siberia and Chinese Tartary
Index
Biography
Bayard Taylor
