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Tables of Contents for Travels, Explorations and Empires
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgements
viii
General Introduction
ix
Introduction
xix
Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile in the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773 (1790)
James Bruce
1
58
Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa: Performed under the Direction and Patronage of the African Association, in the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797 (1799)
Mungo Park
59
34
Travels through the Interior of Africa, from the Cape of Good Hope to the Empire of Morocco, Between the Years 1781 and 1797 (1801)
Christian Friedrich Damberger
93
66
An Account of Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa, in the Years 1797 and 1798 (1801)
John Barrow
159
12
Narrative of an Expedition to Explore the River Zaire, Usually Called the Congo, in South Africa, in 1816 (1818)
James Hingston Tuckey
171
88
A Narrative of Travels in North Africa in the Years 1818, 1819, and 1820 (1821)
George Francis Lyon and Joseph Ritchie
259
44
Narrative of Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa, in the Years 1822, 1823 and 1824 (1828)
Hugh Clapperton Dixon Denham and Walter Oudney
303
72
Journal of a Second Expedition into the Interior of Africa, from the Bight of Benin to Soccatoo (1829)
Hugh Clapperton
375
44
Journal of an Expedition to Explore the Course and Termination of the Niger; with a Narrative of a Voyage Down that River to its Termination (1832)
Richard and John Lander
419
12
Further Reading
431
4
Notes
435
Acknowledgements
vii
Introduction
ix
An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and Successively Performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour (1773)
John Hawkesworth
1
40
A Voyage towards the South Pole and Round the World, Performed in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Adventure, in the Years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775 (1777)
James Cook
41
20
A Voyage Round the World in His Britannic Majesty's Sloop, Resolution, Commanded by Captain James Cook, During the Years 1772, 3, 4, and 5 (1777)
George Forster
61
24
Observations Made During a Voyage Round the World, on Physical Geography, Natural History, and Ethic Philosophy (1778)
Johann Reinhold Forster
85
28
A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken, by Command of His Majesty, for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere (1784)
James Cook
113
28
A Narrative of the Death of Captain James Cook (1786)
David Samwell
141
22
An Account of the Pelew Islands, Situated in the Western Part of the Pacific Ocean (1788)
George Keate
163
30
A Voyage to the South Sea, Undertaken by Command of His Majesty, for the Purpose of Conveying the Breadfruit Tree to the West Indies, in His Majesty's Ship the Bounty (1792)
William Bligh
193
24
A Voyage Round the World in His Majesty's Frigate Pandora. Performed under the Direction of Captain Edwards in the Years 1790, 1791, and 1792 (1793)
George Hamilton
217
30
An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales: with Remarks on the Dispositions, Customs, Manners, &c. of the Native Inhabitants of that Country (1798-1802)
David Collins
247
32
A Voyage Round the World in the Gorgon Man of War: Captain John Parker (1795)
Mary Ann Parker
279
20
Review of Transactions of the Missionary Society in the South Sea Islands (1809)
Robert Southey
299
18
An Authentic Narrative of Four Years' Residence at Tongataboo, one of the Friendly Islands, in the South Sea (1810)
George Vason
317
22
A Voyage to Terra Australis, Undertaken for the Purpose of Completing the Discovery of that Vast Country, and Prosecuted in the Years 1801, 1802 and 1803, in His Majesty's Ship the Investigator, and Subsequently in the Armed Vessel Porpoise and Cumberland Schooner (1814)
Matthew Flinders
339
20
An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands, in the South Pacific Ocean, with an Original Vocabulary of their Language (1817)
John Martin
359
18
Review of Polynesian Researches, During a Residence of Nearly Six Years, in the South Sea Islands (1830)
Robert Southey
377
12
Further reading
389
12
Notes
401
20
Index
421
Introduction
ix
Oriental Memoirs: Selected from a Series of Familiar Letters Written During Seventeen Years Residence in India (1813)
James Forbes
1
54
Original Letters from India (1821)
Eliza Fay
55
76
Travels in India, During the Years 1780, 1781, 1782, and 1783 (1793)
William Hodges
131
26
Journal of a Residence in India (1812)
Maria Graham Lady Callcott
157
30
Narrative of a Journey through the Upper Provinces of India, from Calcutta to Bombay, 1824-5 (1828)
Reginald Heber
187
58
Scenes and Characteristics of Hindostan, with Sketches of Anglo-Indian Society (1835)
Emma Roberts
245
80
Further Reading
325
6
Notes
331
74
Introduction
vii
A Voyage to South America. Describing at Large, the Spanish Cities, Towns, Provinces, &c. on that Extensive Continent (1772)
Antonio de Ulloa and Jorge Juan
1
18
An Account of the Abipones, an Equestrian People of Paraguay (1822)
Martin Dobrizhoffer
19
32
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctal Regions of the New Continent, during the Years 1799-1804(1814-29)
Alexander von Humboldt and Aime Bonpland
51
68
Travels in the Interior of Brazil, Particularly in the Gold and Diamond Districts of that Country, by Authority of the Prince Regent of Portugal (1812)
John Mawe
119
12
Wanderings in South America, in the Years 1812, 16, 20 and 24 (1825)
Charles Waterton
131
32
Extracts from a Journal Written on the Coasts of Chili, Peru, and Mexico, in the Years 1820-21-22 (1824)
Basil Hall
163
36
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil, and Residence there, during Part of the Years 1821, 22, 23 (1824)
Maria Graham
199
30
Six Months' Residence and Travels in Mexico (1824)
William Bullock
229
46
Rough Notes Taken during Some Rapid Journeys across the Pampas and among the Andes (1826)
Francis Bond Head
275
42
Narrative of a Journey across the Cordilleras of the Andes, and Other Parts of Peru in the Years 1823 and 1824 (1825)
Robert Proctor
317
18
A View of the Past and Present State of the Island of Jamaica; with Remarks on the Moral and Physical Condition of the Slaves, and on the Abolition of Slavery in the Colonies (1823)
John Stewart
335
16
Six Months in the West Indies in 1825 (1826)
Henry Nelson Coleridge
351
26
Notes on Haiti, Made during a Residence in that Republic (1830)
Charles Mackenzie
377
28
Further reading
405
2
Notes
407
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