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PaperbackEngels9781108074841
6-11-2014
Albert Hastings Markham (1841–1918) was the cousin of the subject of this biography, published in 1917, and greatly admired his older relative, who had acted as his mentor. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781108011471
20-5-2010
The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781108011488
20-5-2010
The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781108071451
20-3-2014
First published in 1906, this work was one of the first and most important Ricardian apologias for a general readership. A distinguished geographer, whose long career had involved voyaging to the Arctic in search of Sir John Franklin, as well as travels in Peru and India, Sir Clements Markham (1830–1916) had played a crucial role in launching Scott's first expedition to Antarctica in 1901. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781036521103
10-10-2024
PaperbackEngels9781108004602
24-9-2009
In 1880, the Royal Geographical Society commissioned Sir Clements R. Markham, a noted British geographer and the Society's secretary, to write a history of its formation, and of the many expeditions it had supported since 1830, to celebrate its fiftieth anniversary. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781108011556
20-5-2010
The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781108048385
7-6-2012
Clement Robert Markham (1830–1916) was a geographer who took part in one of the many Arctic expeditions launched to search for missing explorer John Franklin (1786–1847). Meer
PaperbackEngels9781108079921
5-3-2015
Sir Clements R. Markham (1830–1916), the doyen of historical geography in the late nineteenth century, published this comprehensive work on British surveys of India in 1871, at the request of the Indian Office. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781108075077
6-11-2014
This biography of polar explorer Sir Leopold McClintock (his name is also spelled M'Clintock) was published in 1909 by his 'old messmate' Sir Clements Markham (1830–1916), later more famous as a historian. Meer
Tractatus de globis et eorum usu. A Treatise descriptive of the Globes constructed by Emery Molyneux
GebondenEngels9781409413462
28-7-2010
The text is edited, with 'Annotated Indices and an Introduction'. In addition to the treatise, the volume contains 'Sailing Directions for the Circumnavigation of England, and for a Voyage to the Straits of Gibraltar, from a 15th Century MS' which originally appeared as Volume 79(b) in the series. Meer
GebondenEngels9781409413578
28-7-2010
Contains the following items, translated with notes and an introduction: Letter of Amerigo Vespucci to a 'magnificent lord' - Letter of Amerigo Vespucci to Lorenzo Pietro F. Meer
GebondenEngels9781409412908
28-7-2010
Includes the following accounts: Expedition of Gonzalo Pizarro to the land of Cinnamon, A.D. 1539-42, translated from the 2d pt. of Garcilasso Inca de la Vega's 'Royal commentaries of Peru'; The voyage of Francisco de Orellana down the river of the Amazons, A. Meer
GebondenEngels9781409412922
28-7-2010
Translated, for the First Time, with Notes, a Preface, and an Introductory Life of Timour Beg. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1859. Meer
GebondenEngels9781409412953
28-7-2010
Translated from an Original and Inedited Manuscript in the National Library at Madrid; with Notes and an Introduction'. Includes accounts of travel in Europe and Peru. Meer
GebondenEngels9781409412991
28-7-2010
Translated and Edited, with Notes and an Introduction, from the 1554 Antwerp edition. Continued from another source in First Series 68. The supplementary material includes the 1864 annual report. Meer
GebondenEngels9781409413004
28-7-2010
Translated and Edited, with Notes and an Introduction, from the Text written c. 1514. The supplementary material includes the 1865 annual report. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1865. Meer
GebondenEngels9781409413073
28-7-2010
Translated and Edited, with Notes and an Introduction, From the 1609 Lisbon edition. Continued in First Series 45. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1869. Meer
GebondenEngels9781409413110
28-7-2010
Translated and Edited, with Notes and an Introduction, From the 1609 Lisbon edition. Continues First Series 41. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1871. Meer
GebondenEngels9781409413141
28-7-2010
Translated from the Original Spanish Manuscripts, and Edited, with Notes and an Introduction. Texts include: An account of the fables and rites of the Yncas, by Cristóbal de Molina, c. Meer