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SECOND SERIES. Demy 8vo. Members' price in brackets.
138. Russian Embassies to the Georgian Kings (1589-1605) / Volume I. Edited by W. E. D. ALLEN. Texts translated by ANTHONY MANGO. 1970, pp xxxii, 368 + 6 maps, 11 illustrations. (Please check availability in advance of ordering)
139. Russian embassies to the Georgian Kings / Volume II. Cambridge, 1970. Pages ix, 369-640 + 2 maps, 7 illustrations. (Please check availability in advance of ordering)
140. Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas by Antonio de Morga. Translated and Edited by J. S. CUMMINS. 1971. Pp xi, 347 + 2 maps, 3 illustrations. (Please check availability in advance of ordering)
146. Yermak's Campaign in Siberia. Translated by TATIANA MINORSKY and DAVID WILEMAN. Ed. TERENCE ARMSTRONG. 1975. pp. x + 315. Frontispiece, 154 illustr., 2 maps. £50 (£30) ISBN 0 904180 03 4 (Please check availability in advance of ordering)
147. An Elizabethan in 1582. The Diary of Richard Madox, Fellow of All Souls. Edited by ELIZABETH STORY DONNO. 1977. pp. xvi + 365. Frontispiece, 14 illustrations, 4 maps. £50 (£30) ISBN 0 904180 04 2
149. François Valentijn's Description of Ceylon (Oud en Nieuw Oost-lndien, 1726). Edited by S. ARASARATNAM. 1978. pp. xvi + 395. Frontispiece, 12 illustrations, 1 map. £50 (£30) ISBN 0 904180 06 9
150. The Travel Journal of Antonio de Beatis through Germany, Switzerland, the Low Countries, France and Italy, 1517-18. Edited by J. R. HALE. 1979. pp. xii + 206. 2 illustrations, 1 map. £50 (£30) ISBN 0 904180 07 7
152-155. The Resolution Journal of Johann Reinhold Forster, 1772-1775. Edited by MICHAEL E. HOARE. Vol. I. 1982. pp. xvii + 182. 6 plates, 1 map. Vol. II. 1982. pp. viii + 183-370. 8 plates, 5 maps. Vol. III. 1982. pp. vii + 371-553. 9 plates, 5 maps. Vol. IV. 1982. pp. vii + 555-831. 9 plates, 6 maps. 4 vols together. £135 (£81) ISBN 0 904180 10 7
156-7. The Three Voyages of Edmond Halley in the Paramore, 1698-1701. Edited by N. J. W. THROWER. Vol. I. 1982. pp. 392. 15 illustr. Vol. II. 1982. 3 maps. 2 vols together. £50 (£30) ISBN 0 904180 02 6
158. The Expedition of the St Jean-Baptiste to the Pacific, 1769-1770. Edited by J. DUNMORE. 1981. pp. x + 310. Frontispiece, 9 illustrations, 4 maps. £50 (£30) 0 904180 11 5
159. The Voyage of Semen Dezhnev in 1648: Bering's precursor, with selected documents. Edited by RAYMOND H. FISHER. 1981. pp. xiii + 326. 3 illustrations, 22 maps. £50 (£30) ISBN 0 904180 12 3
160. Newfoundland Discovered by English Attempts at Colonisation, 1610-1630. Edited by GILLIAN T. CELL. 1982. pp. xviii + 310. 2 illustrations, 3 maps. £50 (£30) ISBN ) 0 904180 13 1
161. The English New England Voyages, 1602-1608. Edited by DAVID B. QUINN and ALISON M. QUINN. 1983. pp. xxiv + 580. 36 illustrations and maps. £50 (£30) ISBN 0 904180 14 X
162. The Itinererio of Jerónimo Lobo. Translated by DONALD M. LOCKHART from the Portuguese text established and edited by M. G. DA COSTA, introduction and notes by C. E. BECKINGHAM. 1983. pp. xxiv + 417. 9 illustrations, 4 maps. £50 (£30) ISBN 0 904180 15 8
167. Jerusalem Pilgrimage, 1099-1185. Edited by JOHN WILKINSON with JOYCE HILL and W. F. RYAN. 1988. pp. xi + 372. 24 maps and plans. £50 (£30) ISBN 0 904180 21 2
168. The Iceland Journal of Henry Holland, 1810. Edited by ANDREW WAWN. 1987. pp. xvii + 342. 24 illustrations, 3 maps. £50 (£30) ISBN 0 904180 22 0
169-70. The Journal of Rochfort Maguire, 1852-1854. Two years at Point Barrow, Alaska, aboard H.M.S. Plover in search for Sir John Franklin. Edited by JOHN BOCKSTOCE. Vol. I. 1988. pp. xiv + 318. 3 illustrations, 4 maps. Vol. II. 1988. pp. vi + 319-584. 2 illustrations, 1 map. £50 (£30) ISBN 0 904180 24 7
171. English and Irish Settlement on the River Amazon, 1550-1646. Edited by JOYCE LORIMER. 1989. pp. xv+499. 10 maps. £50 (£30) ISBN 0 904180 27 1
172. Agatharchides of Cnidus: On the Erythraean Sea. Translated and edited by STANLEY M. BURSTEIN. 1990. pp. xii + 202. 1 map. £50 (£30) ISBN 0 904180 28 X
174. Prutky's Travels to Ethiopia and Other Countries. Edited by HENRY ARROWSMITH-BROWN. 1991. pp. xxviii + 546. Frontispiece, 4 maps. £50 (£30) ISBN 0 904180 30 1
175-6. Barbot on Guinea. Edited by P. E. H. HAIR, ADAM JONES and ROBIN LAW. Vol. l. 1992. pp. xccviii+328. 26 plates, 1 map. Vol. II. 1992. pp. viii+329-916. 31 plates. 2 vols together. £90 (£54) ISBN 0 904180 34 4
177. Voyages to Hudson Bay in Search of a Northwest Passage, 1741-1747. Vol. I. The Voyage of Christopher Middleton, 1741-1742. Edited by WILLIAM BARR and GLYNDWYR WILLIAMS. 1994. pp. xii + 334. 3 plates, 8 maps. £50 (£30) ISBN 0 904180 36 0
178. The Travels of Ibn Battuta, AD 1325-1354. Translated from the Arabic text by C. Defrémery and B. R. Sanguinetti. Edited by H. A. R. GIBB and C. F. BECKINGHAM. Vol. IV. 1994. pp. xvi + 212. 5 plates. £50 (£30) ISBN 0 904180 37 9 [Volumes I-III are available in facsimile reprints. See the Note at the end of this section for details. Volume V (index volume, Series 2, no. 190) remains in print.]
179-80. The Journal of Jean-François de Galaup de la Pérouse, 1785-1788. Translated and edited by JOHN DUNMORE. Vol. 1. 1994. pp. ccxl + 232. 3 plates, 8 maps. Vol. II. 1995. pp. vi + 380. 16 plates, 5 maps. 2 vols Available as two-volume set only. £90 (£54) ISBN 904180 40 9
181. Voyages to Hudson Bay in Search of a Northwest Passage, 1741-1747. Vol. II. The Voyage of William Moor and Francis Smith, 1746-1747. Edited by by WILLIAM BARR and GLYNDWR WILLIAMS. 1995. pp. xvi + 394. 17 plates, 3 maps. £50 (£30) ISBN 0 904180 41 7
182. Olaus Magnus, A Description of the Northern Peoples, 1555. Edited by PETER FOOTE. Transl. PETER FISHER and HUMPHREY HIGGINS. Vol. I. 1996. pp. xciii + 281. 50 woodcuts, 2 maps. £50 (£30) ISBN 0 904180 43 3
183. Compassing the Vaste Globe of the Earth: Studies in the History of the Hakluyt Society 1846-1996 with Listing of Hakluyt Society Publications 1847-1995. Edited by R. C. BRIDGES and P. E. H. HAIR. 1996. pp. xi + 336. 30 plates. £50 (£30) ISBN 0 904180 44 1 (Please check availability in advance of ordering)
184. Juan Maria Schuver's Travels in North East Africa, 1880-1883. Edited by WENDY JAMES, GERD BAUMANN and DOUGLAS H. JOHNSON. 1996. pp. xciii + 379. 14 plates, 4 maps (2 in colour). £50 (£30) ISBN 0 904180 45 X
185-6. The Purchas Handbook: Studies of the Life, Times and Writings of Samuel Purchas 1577-1626. Edited by L. E. PENNINGTON. Vol. 1. 1997. pp. xvii + 380. 11 plates. Vol. II. 1997. pp. vii + 431. 18 plates. 2 vols together £90 (£54) ISBN 0 904180 54 9
187. Olaus Magnus. A Description of the Northern Peoples 1555. Edited by PETER FOOTE. Translated by PETER FISHER and HUMPHREY HIGGENS. Vol. II. 1998. pp. vi + 481. 191 woodcuts. £50 (£30) ISBN 0 904180 48 1 (Very few copies left)
188. Olaus Magnus. A Description of the Northern Peoples 1555. Vol. III. 1998. pp. vi + 476. 139 woodcuts. £50 (£30) ISBN 0 904180 59 X
189. Peter Petrovich Semenov. Travels in the Tian'-Shan' 1856-1857. Edited by COLIN THOMAS. Translated by LIUDMILA GILMOUR, COLIN THOMAS and MARCUS WHEELER. 1998. pp. xliii + 270. 15 colour plates, 4 maps. £50 (£30) ISBN 0 904180 60 3
190. The Travels of Ibn Battuta, AD 1325-1354. Vol. V: index. Compiled by A. D. H. BIVAR. 2000. pp. x + 153. £45 (£27) ISBN 0 904180 67 0
Note:The Travels of Ibn Battuta, volumes I, II and III (2nd series 110, 117 and 141) are available as facsimile reprints in Society binding from The Erskine Press, The White House, Sandfield Lane, Eccles, Norwich, Norfolk, NR16 2PB (tel: 01953 887277; email: ). The price per volume (including surface mail) is £24 / US$44 to members, or £30 / US$55 to non-members. Volume IV, above, is still available from Ashgate.
THIRD SERIES. Format large 8vo. Members' price in brackets.
1. Searching for Franklin: the Land Arctic Searching Expedition 1855. James Anderson's and James Stewart's Expedition via the Black River. Edited by WILLIAM BARR. 1999. pp. xv + 292. 13 half tone plates. £50 (£30) ISBN 0 904180 61 1.
2. The Discovery of River Gambra (1623) by Richard Jobson. Edited, with additional material, by DAVID P. GAMBLE and P. E. H. HAIR. 1999. pp. xvi + 341. 2 colour plates, 13 half tone plates and illustrations, 8 line drawings, 3 maps. £50 (£30) ISBN 0 904180 64 6.
3. The Travel Diary of Robert Bargrave Levant Merchant (1647-1656). Edited by MICHAEL G. BRENNAN. 1999. pp. xix + 288. 17 illustrations. £50 (£30) ISBN 0 904180 63 8.
4. The Discovery of the South Shetland Islands. The Voyage of the Brig Williams, 1819-1820 and The Journal of Midshipman C.W. Poynter. Edited by R. J. CAMPBELL. 2000. pp. xv + 248. 16 colour plates, 6 monochrome plates, 9 maps. £50 (£30) ISBN 0 904180 62 X.
5. Pieter van den Broecke's Journal of Voyages to Cape Verde, Guinea and Angola (1605-1612). Edited by JAMES D. LA FLEUR. 2000. pp. xv + 139. 1 colour plate, 1 illustration, 7 maps. £50 (£30) ISBN 0 904180 68 9.
6. The Third Voyage of Martin Frobisher to Baffin Island, 1578. Edited by JAMES McDERMOTT. 2001. pp. x + 268. 5 half tone plates, 1 map £50 (£30) ISBN 0 904180 69 7.
7. João Rodrigues's Account of Sixteenth-Century Japan. Edited by MICHAEL COOPER. 2001. pp. xli + 428. 30 monochrome plates. £55 (£33) ISBN 0 904180 73 5.
8. The Malaspina Expedition 1789-1794. The Journal of the Voyage by Alejandro Malaspina. Vol. I. Cadiz to Panama. Edited by ANDREW DAVID, FELIPE FERNANDEZ-ARMESTO, CARLOS NOVI and GLYNDWR WILLIAMS. 2001. pp. xcviii + 338. 39 colour and monochrome plates, 9 maps. £55 (£33) ISBN 0 904180 72 7.
9. The Pacific Journal of Louis-Antoine de Bougainville, 1767-1768. Edited by JOHN DUNMORE. 2002. pp. lxxvii + 322. 2 colour plates, 3 illustrations, 6 maps. £55.00 (£33.00) ISBN 0 904180 78 6.
10. The Central Australian Expedition 1844-1846. The Journals of Charles Sturt. Edited by RICHARD C. DAVIS. 2002. pp. lxxi + 366. Colour frontispiece, 1 colour plate, 3 half tone plates, map. £55 (£33) ISBN 0 904180 80 8.
11. The Malaspina Expedition 1789-1794. The Journal of the Voyage by Alejandro Malaspina. Vol. II. Panama to the Philippines. Edited by ANDREW DAVID, FELIPE FERNANDEZ-ARMESTO, CARLOS NOVI and GLYNDWR WILLIAMS. 2003. pp. xx + 511. 44 colour and monochrome plates, 7 maps. £55 (£33) ISBN 0 904180 81 6.
12. The Arctic Whaling Journals of William Scoresby the Younger. Vol. I. The Voyages of 1811, 1812 and 1813. Edited by C. IAN JACKSON. 2003. pp. lxi + 242. 9 monochrome illustrations, 5 maps. £50 (£30). ISBN 0 904180 82 4.
13. The Malaspina Expedition 1789-1794, The Journal of the Voyage by Alejandro Malaspina, Vol. III Manila to Cadiz. Translated by Sylvia Jamieson. Edited by ANDREW DAVID, FELIPE FERNANDEZ-ARMESTO, CARLOS NOVI and GLYNDWR WILLIAMS. 2004, pp. xxi + 487, colour frontispiece, 4 colour half-tones, 13 sepia half-tones, 41 black and white half-tones, 6 maps. £55 (£33) ISBN 0 904 180 84 0
14. The Origins of the Grand Tour; 1649-1663, The Travels of Robert Montagu, Lord Mandeville, William Hammond and Banaster Maynard. Edited by MICHAEL BRENNAN. 2004, pp. xvii + 331, 49 plates. £50 (£30) ISBN 0 904 180 85 9
15. Sir Walter Ralegh's Discoverie of Guiana Edited by JOYCE LORIMER. 2006 (issued for 2005), pp. xcvii + 360, 6 plates, 5 maps. £55 (£33) ISBN-13: 978-0-904180-87-9 and ISBN-10: 0-904180-87-5
16. The Guiana Travels of Robert Schomburgk: 1835–1844, Volume I: Explorations on behalf of the Royal Geographical Society, 1835–1839 Edited by PETER RIVIÈRE. 2006, pp. xiii + 406, 13 plates, 3 maps. £55 (£33) ISBN-13: 978-0-904180-86-2 and ISBN-10: 0-904180-86-7
17. The Guiana Travels of Robert Schomburgk: 1835–1844, Volume II: The Boundary Survey, 1840–1844 Edited by PETER RIVIÈRE. 2006, pp. xii + 266, 12 plates, 3 maps. £50 (£30) ISBN-13: 978-0-904180-88-6 and ISBN-10: 0-904180-88-3
18. Four Travel Journals: The Americas, Antarctica and Africa, 1775-1874 Edited by HERBERT K. BEALS, R. J. CAMPBELL, ANN SAVOURS, ANITA MCCONNELL & ROY BRIDGES. 2007, pp. x + 404, 50 plates, 8 maps. £55 (£35) ISBN-13 978-0-904180-90-9 and ISBN-10: 0-904180-90-5
19. A Traveller in Thirteenth-Century Arabia: Ibn al-Mujawir's Tarikh al-Mustabsir Trans. & edited by G. REX SMITH. 2008, pp. xix + 341, 1 plate, 15 plans & maps. £50 (£30) ISBN 978-0-904180-91-6.
20. The Arctic Whaling Journals of William Scoresby the Younger. Vol. II. The Voyages of 1814, 1815 and 1816. Edited by C. IAN JACKSON. Appendix by George Huxtable. 2008. pp. xxxvii + 308. 8 monochrome illustrations, 3 maps. £50 (£30). ISBN 978-0-904180-92-3.
21. The Arctic Whaling Journals of William Scoresby the Younger/ Volume III / The Voyages of 1817, 1818 and 1820. Edited by C. IAN JACKSON. Appendix by Fred M. Walker. 2009, pp. xlii + 245, 2 plates, 3 maps, 6 line drawings. £50. ISBN 978-0-904180-95-4.
EXTRA SERIES. Various formats. Members' price in brackets.
34, 35, 36. The Journals of Captain James Cook on his Voyages of Discovery. Edited by J. C. BEAGLEHOLE. Vols I, II, and III parts i & ii, together with the portfolio of charts and views, have been reprinted by Boydell & Brewer (Woodbridge, Suffolk) in association with Hordern House (Sydney, Australia). Please contact these publishers for availability and prices. The reprint does not include Extra Series 37, The Life of Captain James Cook.
40. The Diary of A. J. Mounteney Jephson. Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, 1887-1889. Edited by DOROTHY MIDDLETON. With preface, prologue and epilogue compiled by the editor in collaboration with MAURICE DENHAM JEPHSON. 1969. pp. xii + 456. 16 plates, 2 maps. £55 (£33) ISBN 0 521010 21 7
44. The Charts and Coastal Views of Cook's Voyages. Volume 2. The Voyage of the Resolution and Adventure, 1772-1775. With a descriptive catalogue of all the known original and coastal views and the original engravings associated with them. Chief Editor ANDREW DAVID. Assistant editors for the views RÜDIGER JOPPIEN and BERNARD SMITH. 1992. pp. c + 332. Colour frontispiece, 23 colour plates, 320 half tone plates. £225 (£135) ISBN 0 904180 31 X (Please check availability in advance of ordering)
45. A Particuler Discourse Concerning the Greate Necessitie and Manifolde Commodyties that are like to Growe to this Realm of Englande by the Westerne Discoueries lately Attempted, Written in the Yere 1584. By Richarde Hackluyt of Oxforde / Known as / Discourse of Western Planting Edited by DAVID B. QUINN and ALISON M. QUINN. 1993. Pages xxxi, 229 + 69 half tone plates, 6 other illustrations. (Please check availability in advance of ordering)
46. The Charts and Coastal Views of Cook's Voyages. Volume 3. The Voyage of the Resolution and Discovery, 1776-1780. With a descriptive catalogue of all the known original and coastal views and the original engravings associated with them, together with the running journal of James King 1779-80. Chief Editor ANDREW DAVID. Assistant editors for the views RÜDIGER JOPPIEN and BERNARD SMITH. 1997. pp. cxxxvi + 319. Colour frontispiece, 22 colour plates, 298 half tone plates. (Please check availability in advance of ordering) £225 (£135) ISBN 0 904180 55 7
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