Maritime history

Translated from the Spanish, with Notes and a Preface, and a Letter from Luis Vaez de Torres describing his Voyage through the Torres Straits.

Translated from the Spanish, with Notes and a Preface, and a Letter from Luis Vaez de Torres describing his Voyage through the Torres Straits.

The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea is a short work of uncertain date and unknown authorship, written in very difficult Greek.

The French entered the Pacific in the late 17th century, but the ocean remained largely a Spanish preserve until British navigators began to cross its vast expanse in the mid 1760s.

The French entered the Pacific in the late 17th century, but the ocean remained largely a Spanish preserve until British navigators began to cross its vast expanse in the mid 1760s.

Edited with introduction and notes.

Edited with introduction and notes.

Translated and edited, with notes and an introduction, continuing the narrative from First Series 33.

Translated and edited, with notes and an introduction, continuing the narrative from First Series 33.

Containing the translated Books I-V of the Suma Oriental: An Account of the East, from the Red Sea to Japan, written in Malacca and India in 1512-1515, and The Book of Francisco Rodrigues, Rutter of a Voyage in the Red Sea, Nautical Rules, Almanack and Maps, Written and Drawn in the East before 1515.

Containing the translated Books I-V of the Suma Oriental: An Account of the East, from the Red Sea to Japan, written in Malacca and India in 1512-1515, and The Book of Francisco Rodrigues, Rutter of a Voyage in the Red Sea, Nautical Rules, Almanack and Maps, Written and Drawn in the East before 1515.

Friar Domingo Navarrete, A Dominican missionary, travelled round the world and spent the best part of his life (1658-69) in China, where he became a determined opponent of the evangelical methods of the 'Jesuit mandarins'.

Friar Domingo Navarrete, A Dominican missionary, travelled round the world and spent the best part of his life (1658-69) in China, where he became a determined opponent of the evangelical methods of the 'Jesuit mandarins'.

Almost everything that is known of the life and personality of Ibn Battuta is derived from his own narrative of his travels.

Almost everything that is known of the life and personality of Ibn Battuta is derived from his own narrative of his travels.

This volume completes the translation of Ibn Battuta's narrative.

This volume completes the translation of Ibn Battuta's narrative.

Translated and edited from the German account by Gabriel Tetzel, with supplementary passages from the Latin versions (printed in 1577, 1843 and 1951) of the lost account in Czech by VA!

Translated and edited from the German account by Gabriel Tetzel, with supplementary passages from the Latin versions (printed in 1577, 1843 and 1951) of the lost account in Czech by VA!

Various translators, especially Edward Bullough and N.

Various translators, especially Edward Bullough and N.

The text is translated into English from the Third French edition of 1619, and edited, with notes.

The text is translated into English from the Third French edition of 1619, and edited, with notes.

A new and enlarged edition, with an Introduction and Notes.

A new and enlarged edition, with an Introduction and Notes.

This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1899.

This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1899.

Journals, extracts from journals, and narratives, written on board the Dragon and Hosiander by Best and various other persons, including Ralph Standish and Ralph Croft, with Best's correspondence and extracts from the Court minutes of the East India Company.

Journals, extracts from journals, and narratives, written on board the Dragon and Hosiander by Best and various other persons, including Ralph Standish and Ralph Croft, with Best's correspondence and extracts from the Court minutes of the East India Company.

Translation and edition.

Translation and edition.

Containing part of the text of North-west Fox, London, 1635.

Containing part of the text of North-west Fox, London, 1635.

New edition, with introduction and notes; for the previous edition, by Sir Clements Markham, see First Series 56 (1877).

New edition, with introduction and notes; for the previous edition, by Sir Clements Markham, see First Series 56 (1877).

The Italian text of the Zenos' narrative (compiled from the letters of Nicolo Zeno by Nicolo Zeno the Younger), and the Danish and Latin texts of Ivar Bardsen's description of Greenland in the fourteenth century, with English translation.

The Italian text of the Zenos' narrative (compiled from the letters of Nicolo Zeno by Nicolo Zeno the Younger), and the Danish and Latin texts of Ivar Bardsen's description of Greenland in the fourteenth century, with English translation.

Edited, with notes and an introduction from narratives and journals by John Gatonbe, Robert Fotherby, and others, with Baffin's letters, journals, and other observations, and various treatises on the probability of a North-West Passage.

Edited, with notes and an introduction from narratives and journals by John Gatonbe, Robert Fotherby, and others, with Baffin's letters, journals, and other observations, and various treatises on the probability of a North-West Passage.

Book III (1543-44) of Cieza's 'Civil Wars of Peru', translated and edited.

Book III (1543-44) of Cieza's 'Civil Wars of Peru', translated and edited.

A revised edition of the First Edition Edited by Charles T.

A revised edition of the First Edition Edited by Charles T.

Translated from the Portuguese, with Notes and an Introduction.

Translated from the Portuguese, with Notes and an Introduction.

In addition to the main text, this also has Edward Sellman's account of the third voyage, and a list of artefacts from Frobisher encampments, etc, found by C.

In addition to the main text, this also has Edward Sellman's account of the third voyage, and a list of artefacts from Frobisher encampments, etc, found by C.

A journey in the history of science across the shifting religious, epistemic, and technical practices on a remarkable sixteenth-century voyage.

A journey in the history of science across the shifting religious, epistemic, and technical practices on a remarkable sixteenth-century voyage.

An investigation of the Atlantic origins of the American Revolution, focusing on the British navy''s impressment of American ships and mariners.