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Account of a voyage to the western coast of Africa; performed by His Majesty's sloop Favourite, in the year 1805. Being a journal of the events which happened to that vessel, from the time of her leaving England till her capture by the French, and the return of the author in a cartel.
Account of a voyage to the western coast of Africa; performed by His Majesty's sloop Favourite, in the year 1805. Being a journal of the events which happened to that vessel, from the time of her leaving England till her capture by the French, and the return of the author in a cartel.
Creator:
Spilsbury, F. B ( Francis B )
Publication Date:
1807
Publisher:
printed for Richard Phillips ... by J.G. Barnard ( London )
Type:
Book
Format:
iv, [5]-43, [1] p. : ill. (3 folded) ; 22 cm.
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Subject Keyword:
Description and travel -- Africa, West
Spatial Coverage:
Africa, West
Africa -- Sierra Leone -- Western Area Urban District -- Western Area -- Freetown
Genre:
non-fiction (marcgt)
Language:
English
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Album ayant appartenu au Précepteur du Duc de Bordeaux
Album ayant appartenu au Précepteur du Duc de Bordeaux
Creator:
Preaulx, Michel François (French painter, draftsman, and illustrator, 1796-1827)‏ ( Illustrator )
Publication Date:
1816 CE
Type:
Book
Format:
46 folio leaves
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
SOAS, University of London
Subject Keyword:
Turkey -- Description and travel
France -- Description and travel
Greece -- Description and travel
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- Turkey -- Istanbul -- Istanbul
Europe -- Greece -- Attica -- Central Athens -- Athens
Europe -- France -- Corsica -- Ajaccio
Europe -- Turkey -- Istanbul -- Istanbul
Asya -- Türkiye -- İstanbul -- İstanbul
Language:
French
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An account of the kingdom of Nepaul
An account of the kingdom of Nepaul
Creator:
Kirkpatrick, William, 1754-1812 ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:
1811
Publisher:
W. Miller ( London )
Type:
Book
Format:
xix, 386 pages, 15 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, facsimile, folded map ; 30 cm
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Nepal -- Description and travel
Nepal -- History
नेपाल -- विवरण र यात्रा
नेपाल -- इतिहास
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- Nepal
एसिया -- नेपाल
Language:
English
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An authentic account of an embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China
An authentic account of an embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China
Creator:
Staunton, George, Sir, 1737-1801 ( Author, Primary )
Macartney, George Macartney, Earl, 1737-1806 ( contributor )
Gower, Erasmus, Sir, 1742-1814 ( contributor )
Publication Date:
1797
Publisher:
G. Nicol
Type:
Book
Format:
3 vol.
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Voyages and travels -- Early works to 1800
English imprints -- Early works to 1800
China -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800
China -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century -- Early works to 1800
航海与旅行 -- 1800 年前的早期作品
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- China
Language:
English
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As the Chinese see us
As the Chinese see us
Creator:
Selby, Thomas G. (Thomas Gunn), 1846-1910 ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:
1901
Publisher:
T. Fisher Unwin
Type:
Book
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Subject Keyword:
China -- Social life and customs -- History -- 20th century
China -- Description and travel
China -- Foreign relations -- History -- 20th century
Europeans -- China -- History -- 20th century
亚洲 -- 中国
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- China
Language:
English
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Batangas y su provincia
Batangas y su provincia
Creator:
Sastrón, Manuel, -1919
Publication Date:
1895
Publisher:
Establecimiento Tipolitográfico des Asilo de Huérfanos de Malabong ( Malabong )
Type:
Book
Format:
373 p : maps
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
SOAS, University of London
Subject Keyword:
Batangas (Philippines) -- Description and Travel
Batangas (Filipinas) -- Descripción y viajes
Batangas (Pilipinas) -- Paglalarawan at Paglalakbay
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- Philippines -- Batangas
Asya -- Pilipinas -- Batangas
Asia -- Filipinas -- Batangas
Language:
Spanish
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Bible in Spain or the journeys, adventures, and imprisonments of an Englishman in an attempt to circulate the scriptures in the Peninsula
Bible in Spain or the journeys, adventures, and imprisonments of an Englishman in an attempt to circulate the scriptures in the Peninsula
Creator:
Borrow, George, 1803-1881
Publication Date:
1906
Publisher:
J.M. Dent ( London )
E.P. Dutton ( New York )
Type:
Book
Format:
XIV, 510 p. : ill. ; 18 cm
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
SOAS University of London
Subject Keyword:
Spain -- Description and travel
Travel
Spain
España
España - Descripción y viajes
Spatial Coverage:
Europe -- Spain
Europa - España
Language:
English
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Dragon at close range
Dragon at close range
Creator:
McGrath, William C. (William Cecil), 1896-
Publication Date:
1937
Publisher:
St. Francis Xavier seminary ( Scarboro Bluffs, Ont. )
Printed by A.B.C. Press, S.A. ( Shanghai, China )
Type:
Book
Format:
1 preliminary leaf, v pages, 2 leaves, 13-209, [2] pages, 1 leaf illustrations (including portrait) : 23 cm
Source Institution:
SOAS, University of London
Subject Keyword:
China -- Description and travel
Missions -- China
Catholic Church -- Missions
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- China
亞洲 -- 中國
亚洲 -- 中国
Language:
English
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Exploration in Tibet
Exploration in Tibet
Creator:
Pranavananda
Publication Date:
1939
Publisher:
The University of Calcutta ( Calcutta )
Type:
Book
Format:
xx p., 1 l., 160 p., 1 l. incl. tables : front. (port.) plates, maps (2 fold. in pocket) ; 24cm
Source Institution:
SOAS, University of London
Subject Keyword:
Description and travel -- Tibet (China)
Spatial Coverage:
Tibet (China)
Asia -- China -- Tibet
亚洲 -- 中国 -- 西藏
亞洲 -- 中國 -- 西藏
Language:
English
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Fort William 1756
Fort William 1756
Creator:
W. Newman & Co.
Publication Date:
[1892]
Publisher:
W. Newman & Co. ( Calcutta )
Type:
Map
Format:
1 map
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
SOAS University of London
Subject Keyword:
Kolkata (India) -- Description and travel
Fort William (Kolkata, India)
ফোর্ট উইলিয়াম (কলকাতা, ভারত)
কলকাতা (ভারত)
कोलकाता (भारत)
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- India -- West Bengal -- Presidency Division -- Kolkata -- Fort William
एशिया -- भारत -- पश्चिम बंगाल -- प्रेसिडेंसी डिवीजन -- कोलकाता -- फोर्ट विलियम -- फोर्ट विलियम
এশিয়া - ভারত - পশ্চিমবঙ্গ - প্রেসিডেন্সি বিভাগ - কলকাতা - ফোর্ট উইলিয়ম -- ফোর্ট উইলিয়াম
Language:
English
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Guide au Caucase
Guide au Caucase
Creator:
Mourier, J. (Jules), 1846-
Publication Date:
1894
Publisher:
Maisonneuve ( Paris )
Type:
Book
Format:
2 v (in one) : ;
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
SOAS University of London
Subject Keyword:
Caucasus -- Description and travel
Caucase
Կովկաս
Qafqaz
კავკასია
Spatial Coverage:
Europe -- Caucasus
Europe -- Caucase
Եվրոպա -- Կովկաս
Avropa -- Qafqaz
ევროპა -- კავკასია
Language:
French
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Hand-book to Calcutta, historical and descriptive, with a plan of the city
Hand-book to Calcutta, historical and descriptive, with a plan of the city
Creator:
W. Newman & Co.
Publication Date:
1892
Publisher:
W. Newman & Co. ( Calcutta )
Type:
Book
Format:
xiii, [i], 344, ix, [i], [x] : colour maps ; 18.4 cm.
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
SOAS University of London
Subject Keyword:
Kolkata (India) -- Description and travel
কলকাতা (ভারত)
कोलकाता (भारत)
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- India -- West Bengal -- Presidency Division -- Kolkata
एशिया -- भारत -- पश्चिम बंगाल -- प्रेसिडेंसी डिवीजन -- कोलकाता -- फोर्ट विलियम
এশিয়া - ভারত - পশ্চিমবঙ্গ - প্রেসিডেন্সি বিভাগ - কলকাতা - ফোর্ট উইলিয়ম
Genre:
travel guide
Language:
English
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The Himalayan districts of Kooloo, Lahoul, and Spiti
The Himalayan districts of Kooloo, Lahoul, and Spiti
Creator:
Harcourt, A.F.P
Publication Date:
1874
Publisher:
Government Civil Secretariat Press ( Lahore )
Type:
Book
Format:
iv, 119p : ;
Source Institution:
SOAS, University of London
Subject Keyword:
Description and travel -- Himachal Pradesh (India)
Spatial Coverage:
Himachal Pradesh (India)
Asia -- India -- Himachal Pradesh -- Lāhul and Spiti -- Kooloo
Asia -- India -- Himachal Pradesh -- Lāhul and Spiti -- Lāhul
Asia -- India -- Himachal Pradesh -- Lāhul and Spiti -- Spiti
Language:
English
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Historia delas cosas mas notables, ritos y costvmbres del gran reyno dela China : sabidas assi por los libros delos mesmos Chinas, como por relacion de religiosos y otras personas que a estado en el dicho reyno
Historia delas cosas mas notables, ritos y costvmbres del gran reyno dela China : sabidas assi por los libros delos mesmos Chinas, como por relacion de religiosos y otras personas que a estado en el dicho reyno
Creator:
González de Mendoza, J ( Juan ), 1545-1618
Loyola, M. I ( Martin Ignacio de ), fl.1585-1606
Publication Date:
1585
Publisher:
Bartholome Grassi ( Roma )
Type:
Book
Format:
[29], 440 p. : ;
Source Institution:
SOAS, University of London
Subject Keyword:
Missions -- History -- Early works to 1800 -- Philippines -- 16th century
Missions -- History -- Early works to 1800 -- China -- 16th century
Spanish imprints -- Early works to 1800
Description and travel -- Early works to 1800 -- China
Description and travel -- Early works to 1800 -- Philippines
Spatial Coverage:
Philippines
China
Latin America
Asia -- Philippines
Asia -- China
Genre:
non-fiction (marcgt)
Language:
Spanish
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Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon, in the East-Indies: Together with an Account of the Detaining in Captivity the Author and divers other Englishmen now Living there, and of the Author’s Miraculous Escape : exemplars
Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon, in the East-Indies: Together with an Account of the Detaining in Captivity the Author and divers other Englishmen now Living there, and of the Author’s Miraculous Escape : exemplars
Creator:
Knox, Robert, 1640?-1720
Publication Date:
1681
Publisher:
Printed by Richard Chiswell
Type:
Artifact
Source Institution:
SOAS, University of London
Subject Keyword:
British -- Sri Lanka -- History -- 17th century -- Early works to 1800
Sri Lanka -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800
Sri Lanka -- Social life and customs -- History -- 17th century -- Early works to 1800
ஆப்பிரிக்கா -- இலங்கை
අප්රිකාව -- ශ්රී ලංකා
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- Sri Lanka
Language:
English
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Irak
Irak
Creator:
Muʼassasah al-ʻĀmmah lil-Siyāḥah (Iraq)
Publication Date:
[1975?]
Publisher:
State Organization for Tourism ( Baghdad )
Type:
Book
Format:
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations, map ; 18 x 25 cm + 60 color slides
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
SOAS University of London
Subject Keyword:
Iraq -- Pictorial works
Iraq -- Description and travel
Travel
Iraq
العراق
Spatial Coverage:
Iraq
العراق
Irak
Asia -- Iraq
Asie -- Irak
Genre:
Pictorial works
Language:
English
Arabic
French
German
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Japonica
Japonica
Creator:
Arnold, Edwin, Sir, 1832-1904 ( Author, Primary )
Blum, Robert Frederick, 1857-1903 ( contributor )
Publication Date:
1891
Publisher:
James R. Osgood, McIlvaine, & Co.
Type:
Book
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Subject Keyword:
Japan -- Description and travel
Japan -- Social life and customs
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- Japan
Language:
English
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Koempfer's Account of Japan
Koempfer's Account of Japan
Creator:
Kaempfer, Engelbert, 1651-1716 ( Author, Primary )
Scheuchzer, John Gaspar, 1702-1729 ( Author, Secondary )
Publication Date:
1853
Publisher:
Richard Griffin and Company ( London )
Type:
Book
Format:
xvi, 105 p : frontis. ;
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Description and travel -- Early works to 1800 -- Japan
Religion -- History -- Early works to 1800 -- Japan -- 17th century
Spatial Coverage:
Japan
Asia -- Japan
Language:
English
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Map and short description of Tientsin
Map and short description of Tientsin
Creator:
Drake, N. F. (Noah Fields), 1864-1945
Publication Date:
1900
Type:
Book
Format:
10 pages, [6] leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Source Institution:
SOAS, University of London
Holding Location:
SOAS, University of London
Subject Keyword:
Tianjin (China) -- Description and travel
Travel
China -- Travel
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- China -- Tianjin -- Tianjin
亚洲 -- 中国 -- 天津 -- 天津市
亞洲 -- 中國 -- 天津 -- 天津市
Language:
English
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Mathias Alexander Castren, travels in the north containing a journey in Lapland in 1838; journey in russian Karelia in 1839; journey in Lapland, northern Russia, and Siberiam in 1841-44. Translated into German (from the Swedish), by Henrik Helms Leipzig, Avenarius and Medelsohn. 1853 : [review]
Mathias Alexander Castren, travels in the north containing a journey in Lapland in 1838; journey in russian Karelia in 1839; journey in Lapland, northern Russia, and Siberiam in 1841-44. Translated into German (from the Swedish), by Henrik Helms Leipzig, Avenarius and Medelsohn. 1853 : [review]
Creator:
test author
Publication Date:
1853
Type:
Book
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Europe -- Russia -- Karelia
Sami (European people) -- History
Description and travel
Castrén, M. Alexander (Matthias Alexander), 1813-1852
Spatial Coverage:
Europe -- Finland -- Karelia
Language:
English