Travels in Nubia

TRAVELS in the INTERIOR DISTRICTS of AFRICA; performed in the Years 1795-6-7, and during a subsequent Mission in 1805. By Mungo Park. A New Edition, 2 vols. 8vo. 24s.

The Volumes may be had separately, price 12s.

A few Copies of the first Volume have been re-printed in Quarto, with (by permission) Major Rennell’s valuable Memoir on the Geography of Africa: with the Portrait, and all the Maps and Views, 2l. 2s.

Vol. 2, 4to. containing Park’s Last Journey, and Life, 1l. 11s. 6d.

An ACCOUNT of the MISSION from CAPE COAST CASTLE to the KINGDOM of ASHANTEE, in Africa; comprising its History, Laws, Superstitions, Customs, Architecture, Trade, &c. To which is added a Translation, from the Arabic, of an Account of Mr. Park’s Death, &c. By Thomas Edward Bowdich, Esq., Conductor and Chief of the Embassy. With a Map, and several Plates of Architecture, Costumes, Processions, &c. In one 4to. volume, 3l. 3s.

NARRATIVE of Robert Adams, a Sailor, who was wrecked on the Western Coast of Africa in the year 1810, was detained three years in Slavery by the Arabs of the Great Desert, and resided several months at Tombuctoo. With a Map. Printed uniformly with Park’s Travels in 4to. 25s.

LOSS of the AMERICAN BRIG COMMERCE, on the Western Coast of Africa, in 1815; with an Account of the sufferings of her surviving Crew, who were enslaved by the Wandering Arabs on the Great African Desert, or Zahahrah. By James Riley, with a Map. 4to. 36s.

NARRATIVE of an EXPEDITION to explore the River ZAIRE, usually called the CONGO, in South Africa, in 1816, under the direction of Captain J. K. Tuckey, R. N. Published by Permission of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Fourteen Engravings, 4to. 2l. 2s.

TRAVELS ABOVE the CATARACTS of EGYPT and in NUBIA. By Thomas Legh, Esq. M. P. Second Edition, with a Map, and eleven Plates, 8vo. 12s.

The PLATES, separately, to complete the 4to. edition, 3s. 6d.

A VOYAGE of DISCOVERY, made under the Orders of the Admiralty, in His Majesty’s Ships, Isabella and Alexander, for the purpose of exploring Baffin’s Bay, and of inquiring into the probability of a North-West Passage. By Captain John Ross, K. S. R. N. Commander of the Expedition. With Two and Thirty coloured Plates, Maps, &c. 4to. 3l. 13s. 6d.

A CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF VOYAGES into the POLAR REGIONS; undertaken chiefly for the purpose of discovering a North-East, or North-West Polar Passage between the Atlantic and Pacific; from the earliest period of Scandinavian Navigation, to the Departure of the recent Expeditions, under the orders of Captains Ross and Buchan. By John Barrow, F. R. S. To which are added, a Narrative of Captain Buchan’s Expedition into the Interior of Newfoundland, and a Relation of the Discovery of the Strait of Anian, made by Capt. L. F. Maldonado, in the Year 1588. With an original Map of the Arctic Regions. 8vo. 12s.

JOURNEY through ASIA MINOR, ARMENIA, and KOORDISTAN, in the years 1813 and 1814. With Remarks on the Marches of Alexander, and Retreat of the Ten Thousand, By John Macdonald Kenneir, Esq. 8vo. 18s.

JOURNEY from MOSCOW to CONSTANTINOPLE. With a Continuation of the Route to Jerusalem, the Dead Sea, Petra, Damascus, Balbec, Palmyra, &c.; By Wm. Macmichael, M. D. F. R. S., With six plates, 4to. 1l. 11s. 6d.

JOURNEY OVER LAND from INDIA, through Egypt to England, in the Year 1818. By Lieut.-Colonel Fitz-Clarence, with Maps, Plans, and Views, 4to. 2l. 18s.

JOURNAL of the PROCEEDINGS of the late EMBASSY to CHINA; By Henry Ellis, Esq., Secretary of Embassy, and Third Commissioner. Second Edition. 2 Vols. 8vo., 21s.

VOYAGE of His Majesty’s late Ship ALCESTE, along the Coast of Corea, to the Island of Lewchew: with an account of her Shipwreck. By John M‘Leod, Surgeon of the Alceste. With a Portrait of Sir Murray Maxwell, and Five coloured Engravings. Second Edition, 8vo. 12s.

ACCOUNT of a VOYAGE of DISCOVERY to the Western Coast of COREA and the Gerat LOO CHOO Island, in the Japan Sea, in H. M. S. Lyra. By Captain Basil Hall, R. N. Eight coloured Engravings. With Maps, &c. 4to. 2l. 2s.

JOURNAL of an EXPEDITION over Part of the hitherto TERRA INCOGNITA of AUSTRALASIA, performed by Command of the British Government of the Territory of New South Wales, in the Year 1817. By John Oxley, Esq. Surveyor-General of the Territory, and Lieutenant of the Royal Navy. With an entirely new Map, and other Plates, 4to. In the Press.

LETTERS from the NORTH of ITALY, relating principally to the Government, Statistics, Manners, Language, and Literature of that Country. Addressed to Henry Hallam, Esq., by William Stewart Rose. 2 vols. 8vo. 18s.

JOURNAL of a TOUR in GERMANY, SWEDEN, RUSSIA, POLAND, &c. during the Years 1813, and 1814. By J. T. James, A. M., Christ Church, Oxford. Third Edition, 2 vols. 8vo. with Twelve Plates, 1l. 10s.

A GEOGRAPHICAL, STATISTICAL, and HISTORICAL DESCRIPTION of HINDOSTAN, and the Adjacent Countries, composed from the most authentic printed documents, and from the manuscript records deposited at the Board of Controul; consisting of the official reports, and public correspondence of nearly all the most eminent Civil Servants at the three Presidencies, and also of many of the most distinguished Military and Medical Officers. By Walter Hamilton, Esq. 2 vol. 4to. with Maps by Arrowsmith. In the Press.

GEOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR of the PERSIAN EMPIRE; interspersed with Accounts of Manners and Customs. By John Macdonald Kenneir, Esq., Political Assistant to Brigadier-General Sir John Malcolm, late Envoy to the Court of Persia. 4to. 2l. 2s. or, with the Map, 3l. 13s. 6d.

SKETCH of the SIKHS; a singular Nation, who inhabit the Provinces of the Penjab, situated between the Rivers Jumna and Indus: By Sir John Malcolm, royal 8vo. 8s. 6d.

AN ACCOUNT of the ISLAND of JAVA, containing a General Description of the Country and its Inhabitants. By Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, Bart. 2 vols. 4to., with a Map and numerous Plates. 6l. 6s.

AN ACCOUNT of the KINGDOM of CAUBUL, and its Dependencies in Persia, Tartary, and India; comprising a View of the Afghan Nation, and a History of the Dooraunnee Monarchy. By the Hon. Mountstuart Elphinstone, of the Hon. East-India Company’s Service, Resident of the Court of Poona, and late Envoy to the King of Caubul. With Plates, and a Map, 4to. 3l. 13s. 6d. 8vo. 2l. 2s. A New Edition, in 2 vols.

LIFE and ADVENTURES of ANTAR, a celebrated Bedowen Chief, Warrior, and Poet, who flourished a few years prior to the Mahommedan Æra. Now first translated from the original Arabic, by Terrick Hamilton, Esq., Oriental Secretary to the British Embassy to Constantinople. 4 vols. Cr. 8vo. In the Press.