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Travellers' tales and explorers' journals from deserts, oceans, mountains and cities as they once were. Each one is a ticket to a place, and to a time, you can no longer visit.

12 books, free to read online or download.

The texts and versions of John de Plano Carpini and William de Rubruquis, as printed for the first time by Hakluyt in 1598, together with some shorter pieces; edited by C. Raymond Beazley
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The texts and versions of John de Plano Carpini and William de Rubruquis, as printed for the first time by Hakluyt in 1598, together with some shorter pieces; edited by C. Raymond Beazley

Richard Hakluyt

A journal of the first voyage of Vasco da Gama, 1497-1499
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A journal of the first voyage of Vasco da Gama, 1497-1499

Hakluyt Society

The principal navigations, voyages, traffiques & discoveries of the English nation made by sea or over-land to the remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth at any time within the compasse of these 1600 yeeres
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The principal navigations, voyages, traffiques & discoveries of the English nation made by sea or over-land to the remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth at any time within the compasse of these 1600 yeeres

Richard Hakluyt

The journey of William of Rubruck to the eastern parts of the world, 1253-55
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The journey of William of Rubruck to the eastern parts of the world, 1253-55

Willem van Ruysbroeck

Mirabilia descripta: the wonders of the East
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Mirabilia descripta: the wonders of the East

Jordanus Catalani

The Uganda protectorate; an attempt to give some description of the physical geography, botany, zoology, anthropology, languages and history of the territories under British protection in East Central Africa, between the Congo Free State and the Rift Valley and between the first degree of south latitude and the fifth degree of north latitude
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The Uganda protectorate; an attempt to give some description of the physical geography, botany, zoology, anthropology, languages and history of the territories under British protection in East Central Africa, between the Congo Free State and the Rift Valley and between the first degree of south latitude and the fifth degree of north latitude

Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston

The principal navigations, voyages, traffiques and discoveries of the English nation
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The principal navigations, voyages, traffiques and discoveries of the English nation

Richard Hakluyt

The principal navigations, voyages, traffiques and discoveries of the English nation
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The principal navigations, voyages, traffiques and discoveries of the English nation

Richard Hakluyt

The book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian: concerning the kingdoms and marvels of the East
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The book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian: concerning the kingdoms and marvels of the East

Marco Polo

The principal navigations, voyages, traffiques and discoveries of the English nation
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The principal navigations, voyages, traffiques and discoveries of the English nation

Richard Hakluyt

Het eiland Seran en zijne bewoners
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Het eiland Seran en zijne bewoners

F. J. P. Sachse

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 45, 1736: Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century
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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 45, 1736: Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century

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