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From East to West
A Picturesque Tour along the Rivers Ganges and Jumna in India is a beautifully illustrated cornerstone work documenting Colonel Charles Ramus Forrest’s travels on the Indian sub-continent. His colored maps and illustrations painted a picture of foreign lands for the Western audiences that likely acquired them.

The Early Tribes of Florida
Flemish editor and engraver Theodor de Bry published the most widely disseminated texts and illustrations documenting the land and people of the New World. Indorum Floridam provinciam inhabitantium eicones…from 1591 includes illustrations by French cartographer Jacques Le Moyne which are among the best early images of Native American tribes in Florida.

“Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind.”
- Seneca

Custom Account
In 1792, George Leonard Staunton was appointed Secretary to the British Embassy in China. An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China offers a most interesting look at Chinese manners and customs at the close of the 18th century.

“Travel is as much a passion as ambition or love.”
- L.E. Landon

Mapping the Unknown
Russian explorer Urey Lisiansky was the commander of the Neva, the first Russian ship to voyage around the world under legendary Imperial Russian admiral A.J. von Krusenstern. A Voyage Round the World…charts the ships explorations and discoveries along the Northwest coast of America.