1—The Observations of Sir Richard Hawkins, Knt.,
In his Voyage into the South Sea in 1593. Reprinted from the edition of 1622, and edited by Admiral Charles Ramsay Drinkwater Bethune, C.B. pp. xvi. 246. Index.
(First Edition out of print. See No. 57.) Issued for 1847.
2—Select Letters of Christopher Columbus
With Original Documents relating to the Discovery of the New World. Translated and Edited by Richard Henry Major, F.S.A., Keeper of Maps, British Museum, Sec. R.G.S. pp. xc. 240. Index.
(First Edition out of print. See No. 43. Two copies only were printed on vellum, one of which is in the British Museum, C. 29. k. 14.)
Issued for 1847.
3—The Discovery of the Large, Rich, & Beautiful Empire of Guiana,
With a relation of the great and golden City of Manoa (which the Spaniards call El Dorado), &c., performed in the year 1595 by Sir Walter Raleigh, Knt.... Reprinted from the edition of 1596. With some unpublished Documents relative to that country. Edited with copious explanatory Notes and a biographical Memoir by Sir Robert Hermann Schomburgk, Ph. D. pp. lxxv. xv. 1 Map. Index.
(Out of print. Second Edition in preparation.) Issued for 1848.
4—Sir Francis Drake his Voyage, 1595,
By Thomas Maynarde, together with the Spanish Account of Drake's attack on Puerto Rico. Edited from the original MSS. by William Desborough Cooley. pp. viii. 65.
(Out of print.) Issued for 1848.
5—Narratives of Voyages towards the North-West,
In search of a Passage to Cathay & India, 1496 to 1631. With selections from the early Records of ... the East India Company and from MSS. in the British Museum. Edited by Thomas Rundall. pp. xx. 259. 2 Maps.
(Out of print.) Issued for 1849.
6—The Historie of Travaile into Virginia Britannia,
Expressing the Cosmographie and Commodities of the Country, together with the manners and customs of the people, gathered and observed as well by those who went first thither as collected by William Strachey, Gent., the first Secretary of the Colony. Now first edited from the original MS. in the British Museum by Richard Henry Major, F.S.A., Keeper of Maps, British Museum, Sec. R.G.S. pp. xxxvi. 203. 1 Map. 6 Illus. Glossary. Index.
(Out of print.) Issued for 1849.
7—Divers Voyages touching the Discovery of America,
And the Islands adjacent, collected and published by Richard Hakluyt, Prebendary of Bristol, in the year 1582. Edited, with notes & an introduction by John Winter Jones, Principal Librarian of the British Museum. pp. xci. 171. 6. 2 Maps. 1 Illus. Index.
(Out of print.) Issued for 1850.
8—Memorials of the Empire of Japon,
In the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. (The Kingdome of Japonia. Harl. MSS. 6249.—The Letters of Wm. Adams, 1611 to 1617.) With a Commentary by Thomas Rundall. pp. xxxviii. 186. 1 Map. 5 Illus.
(Out of print.) Issued for 185O.
9—The Discovery and Conquest of Terra Florida,
By Don Ferdinando de Soto, & six hundred Spaniards his followers. Written by a Gentleman of Elvas, employed in all the action, and translated out of Portuguese by Richard Hakluyt. Reprinted from the edition of 1611. Edited with Notes & an Introduction, & a Translation of a Narrative of the Expedition by Luis Hernandez de Biedma, Factor to the same, by William Brenchley Rye, Keeper of Printed Books, British Museum. pp. lxvii. 200. v. 1 Map. Index.
(Out of print.) Issued for 1851.
10—Notes upon Russia,
Being a Translation from the Earliest Account of that Country, entitled Rerum Muscoviticarum Commentarii, by the Baron Sigismund von Herberstein, Ambassador from the Court of Germany to the Grand Prince Vasiley Ivanovich, in the years 1517 and 1526. Translated and Edited with Notes & an Introduction, by Richard Henry Major, F.S.A., Keeper of Maps, British Museum, Sec. R.G.S. Vol. 1. pp. clxii. 116. 2 Illus.
(Vol. 2 = No. 12.)
(Out of print.) Issued for 1851.
11—The Geography of Hudson's Bay,
Being the Remarks of Captain W. Coats, in many Voyages to that locality, between the years 1727 and 1751. With an Appendix containing Extracts from the Log of Captain Middleton on his Voyage for the Discovery of the North-west Passage, in H. M. S. "Furnace," in 1741-3. Edited by John Barrow, F.R.S., F.S.A. pp. x. 147. Index.
(Out of print.) Issued for 1852.
12—Notes upon Russia.
(Vol. I. = No. 10.) Vol. 2. pp. iv. 266. 2 Maps, 1 Illus. Index.
(Out of print.) Issued for 1852.
13—A True Description of Three Voyages by the North-East,
Towards Cathay and China, undertaken by the Dutch in the years 1594, 1595 and 1596, with their Discovery of Spitzbergen, their residence of ten months in Novaya Zemlya, and their safe return in two open boats. By Gerrit de Veer. Published at Amsterdam in 1598, & in 1609 translated into English by William Philip. Edited by Charles Tilstone Beke, Ph.D., F.S.A. pp. cxlii 291. 4 Maps. 12 Illus. Index.
(Out of print. See also No. 54.) Issued for 1853.
14-15—The History of the Great and Mighty Kingdom of China and the Situation Thereof.
Compiled by the Padre Juan Gonzalez de Mendoza, & now reprinted from the Early Translation of R. Parke. Edited by Sir George Thomas Staunton, Bart., M.P., F.R.S. With an Introduction by Richard Henry Major, F.S.A., Keeper of Maps, British Museum, Sec. R.G. S., 2 vols. Index.
(Vol. 14 out of print.) Issued for 1854.
16—The World Encompassed by Sir Francis Drake.
Being his next Voyage to that to Nombre de Dios. [By Sir Francis Drake, the Younger.] Collated with an unpublished Manuscript of Francis Fletcher, Chaplain to the Expedition. With Appendices illustrative of the same Voyage, and Introduction, by William Sandys Wright Vaux, F.R.S., Keeper of Coins, British Museum. pp. xl. 295. 1 Map. Index.
(Out of print.) Issued for 1855.
17—The History of the Two Tartar Conquerors of China,
Including the two Journeys into Tartary of Father Ferdinand Verbiest, in the suite of the Emperor Kang-Hi. From the French of PÈre Pierre Joseph d'OrlÉans, of the Company of Jesus, 1688. To which is added Father Pereira's Journey into Tartary in the suite of the same Emperor. From the Dutch of Nicolaas Witsen. Translated and Edited by the Earl of Ellesmere. With an Introduction by Richard Henry Major, F.S.A., Keeper of Maps, British Museum, Sec. R.G.S. pp. xv. vi. 153. Index.
(Out of print.) Issued for 1855.
18—A Collection of Documents on Spitzbergen and Greenland,
Comprising a Translation from F. Martens' Voyage to Spitzbergen, 1671; a Translation from Isaac de la PeyrÈre's Histoire du Groenland, 1663, and God's Power and Providence in the Preservation of Eight Men in Greenland Nine Moneths and Twelve Dayes. 1630. Edited by Adam White, of the British Museum, pp. xvi. 288. 2 Maps. Index.
Issued for 1856.
19—The Voyage of Sir Henry Middleton to Bantam and the Maluco Islands,
Being the Second Voyage set forth by the Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading into the East Indies. From the (rare) Edition of 1606. Annotated and Edited by Bolton Corney, M.R.S.L. pp. xi. 83. 52. viii. 3 Maps. 3 Illus. Bibliography. Index.
(Out of print.) Issued for 1856.
20—Russia at the Close of the Sixteenth Century.
Comprising the Treatise, "The Russe Commonwealth" by Dr. Giles Fletcher, and the Travels of Sir Jerome Horsey, Knt., now for the first time printed entire from his own MS. Edited by Sir Edward Augustus Bond, K.C.B., Principal Librarian of the British Museum, pp. cxxxiv. 392. Index.
Issued for 1857.
21—History of the New World. By Girolamo Benzoni, of Milan.
Showing his Travels in America, from A.D. 1541 to 1556, with some particulars of the Island of Canary. Now first Translated and Edited by Admiral William Henry Smyth, K.S.F., F.R.S., D.C.L. pp. iv. 280. 19 Illus. Index.
Issued for 1857.
22—India in the Fifteenth Century.
Being a Collection of Narratives of Voyages to India in the century preceding the Portuguese discovery of the Cape of Good Hope; from Latin, Persian, Russian, and Italian Sources. Now first Translated into English. Edited with an Introduction by Richard Henry Major, F.S.A., Keeper of Maps, British Museum, pp. xc. 49. 39. 32. 10. Index.
(Out of print.) Issued for 1858.
23—Narrative of a Voyage to the West Indies and Mexico,
In the years 1599-1602, with 4 Maps and 5 Illustrations. By Samuel Champlain. Translated from the original and unpublished Manuscript, with a Biographical Notice and Notes by Alice Wilmere. Edited by Norton Shaw. pp. xcix. 48.
Issued for 1858.
24—Expeditions into the Valley of the Amazons, 1539, 1540, 1639,
Containing the Journey of Gonzalo Pizarro, from the Royal Commentaries of Garcilasso Inca de la Vega; the Voyage of Francisco de Orellana, from the General History of Herrera; and the Voyage of Cristoval de AcuÑa. Translated and Edited by Sir Clements R. Markham, K.C.B., F.R.S., ex-Pres. R.G.S. pp. lxiv. 190. 1 Map. List of Tribes in the Valley of the Amazons.
Issued for 1859.
25—Early Voyages to Terra Australis,
Now called Australia. A Collection of documents, and extracts from early MS. Maps, illustrative of the history of discovery on the coasts of that vast Island, from the beginning of the Sixteenth Century to the time of Captain Cook. Edited with an Introduction by Richard Henry Major, F.S.A., Keeper of Maps, British Museum, Sec. R.G.S. pp. cxix. 200. 13. 5 Maps. Index.
(Out of print.) Issued for 1859.
class="center"26—Narrative of the Embassy of Ruy Gonzalez de Clavijo to the Court of Timour, at Samarcand, A.D., 1403-6.
Translated for the first time with Notes, a Preface, & an introductory Life of Timour Beg, by Sir Clements R. Markham, K.C.B., F.R.S., ex-Pres. R.G.S. pp. lvi. 200. 1 Map.
Issued for 1860.
27—Henry Hudson the Navigator, 1607-13.
The Original Documents in which his career is recorded. Collected, partly Translated, & annotated with an Introduction by George Michael Asher, LL.D. pp. ccxviii. 292. 2 Maps. Bibliography. Index.
Issued for 1860.
28—The Expedition of Pedro de Ursua and Lope de Aguirre,
In search of El Dorado and Omagua, in 1560-61. Translated from Fray Pedro Simon's "Sixth Historical Notice of the Conquest of Tierra Firme," 1627, by William Bollaert, F.R.G.S. With an Introduction by Sir Clements R. Markham, K.C.B., F.R.S., ex-Pres. R.G.S. pp. lii. 237. 1 Map.
Issued for 1861.
29—The Life and Acts of Don Alonzo Enriquez de Guzman,
A Knight of Seville, of the Order of Santiago, A.D. 1518 to 1543. Translated from an original & inedited MS. in the National Library at Madrid. With Notes and an Introduction by Sir Clements R. Markham, K.C.B., F.R.S., ex-Pres. R.G.S. pp. xxxv. 168. 1 Illus.
Issued for 1862.
30—The Discoveries of the World,
From their first original unto the year of our Lord 1555. By Antonio Galvano, Governor of Ternate. [Edited by F. de Sousa Tavares.] Corrected, quoted, & published in England by Richard Hakluyt, 1601. Now reprinted, with the original Portuguese text (1563), and edited by Admiral Charles Ramsay Drinkwater Bethune, C.B. pp. iv. viiii. 242.
Issued for 1862.
31—Mirabilia Descripta. The Wonders of the East.
By Friar Jordanus, of the Order of Preachers & Bishop of Columbum in India the Greater, circa 1330. Translated from the Latin Original, as published at Paris in 1839, in the Recueil de Voyages et de MÉmoires, of the SociÉtÉ de GÉographie. With the addition of a Commentary, by Col. Sir Henry Yule, K.C.S.I., R.E., C.B. pp. iv. xviii. 68. Index.
Issued for 1863.
32—The Travels of Ludovico di Varthema.
In Egypt, Syria, Arabia, Persia, India, & Ethiopia, A.D. 1503 to 1508. Translated from the original Italian edition of 1510, with a Preface, by John Winter Jones, F.S.A., Principal Librarian of the British Museum, & Edited, with Notes & an Introduction, by the Rev. George Percy Badger. pp. cxxi. 321. 1 Map. Index.
(Out of print.) Issued for 1863.
33—The Travels of Pedro de Cieza de Leon, A.D. 1532-50,
From the Gulf of Darien to the City of La Plata, contained in the first part of his Chronicle of Peru (Antwerp, 1554). Translated & Edited, with Notes & an Introduction, by Sir Clements R. Markham, K.C.B., F.R.S., ex-Pres. R.G.S. pp. xvi. lvii. 438. Index.
(Vol. 2 = No. 68.)
Issued for 1864.
34—Narrative of the Proceedings of Pedrarias Davila
In the Provinces of Tierra Firme or Castilla del Oro, & of the discovery of the South Sea and the Coasts of Peru and Nicaragua. Written by the Adelantado Pascual de Andagoya. Translated and Edited, with Notes & an Introduction, by Sir Clements R. Markham, K.C.B., F.R.S., ex-Pres. R.G.S. pp. xxix. 88. 1 Map. Index.
Issued for 1865.
35—A Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar
In the beginning of the Sixteenth Century, by Duarte Barbosa, a Portuguese. Translated from an early Spanish manuscript in the Barcelona Library, with Notes & a Preface, by Lord Stanley of Alderley. pp. xi. 336. 2 Illus. Index.
Issued for 1865.
36-37—Cathay and the Way Thither.
Being a Collection of mediÆval notices of China, previous to the Sixteenth Century. Translated and Edited by Colonel Sir Henry Yule, K.C.S.I., R.E., C.B. With a preliminary Essay on the intercourse between China & the Western Nations previous to the discovery of the Cape Route. 2 vols. 3 Maps. 2 Illus. Bibliography. Index.
(Out of print; see also Ser. II., Vol. 33.) Issued for 1866.
38—The Three Voyages of Sir Martin Frobisher,
In search of a Passage to Cathaia & India by the North-West, A.D. 1576-8. By George Best. Reprinted from the First Edition of Hakluyt's Voyages. With Selections from MS. Documents in the British Museum & State Paper Office. Edited by Admiral Sir Richard Collinson, K.C.B. pp. xxvi. 376. 2 Maps. 1 Illus. Index.
Issued for 1867.
39—The Philippine Islands,
Moluccas, Siam, Cambodia, Japan, and China, at the close of the 16th Century. By Antonio de Morga, 1609. Translated from the Spanish, with Notes & a Preface, and a Letter from Luis Vaez de Torres, describing his Voyage through the Torres Straits, by Lord Stanley of Alderley. pp. xxiv. 431. Illus. Index.
(Out of print.) Issued for 1868.
40—The Fifth Letter of Hernan Cortes
To the Emperor Charles V., containing an Account of his Expedition to Honduras in 1525-26. Translated from the original Spanish by Don Pascual de Gayangos. pp. xvi. 156. Index.
Issued for 1868.
41—The Royal Commentaries of the Yncas.
By the Ynca Garcilasso de la Vega. Translated and Edited, with Notes & an Introduction, by Sir Clements R. Markham, K.C.B. F.R.S., ex-Pres. R.G.S. Vol. 1. (Books I.-IV.) pp. xi. 359. 1 Map. Index.
(Vol. 2. = No. 45.)
Issued for 1869.
42—The Three Voyages of Vasco da Gama.
And his Viceroyalty, from the Lendas da India of Gaspar Correa; accompanied by original documents. Translated from the Portuguese, with Notes & an Introduction, by Lord Stanley of Alderley. pp. lxxvii. 430. xxxv. 3 Illus. Index.
(Out of print.) Issued for 1869.
43—Select Letters of Christopher Columbus,
With other Original Documents relating to his Four Voyages to the New World. Translated and Edited by Richard Henry Major, F.S.A., Keeper of Maps, British Museum, Sec. R.G.S. Second Edition. pp. iv. 142. 3 Maps. 1 Illus. Index.
(First Edition = No. 2.)
Issued for 1870.
44—History of the ImÂms and Seyyids of 'OmÂn,
By SalÎl-Ibn-RazÎk, from A.D. 661-1856. Translated from the original Arabic, and Edited, with a continuation of the History down to 1870, by the Rev. George Percy Badger, F.R.G.S. pp. cxxviii. 435. 1 Map. Bibliography. Index.
Issued for 1870.
45—The Royal Commentaries of the Yncas.
By the Ynca Garcilasso de la Vega. Translated & Edited with Notes, an Introduction, & an Analytical Index, by Sir Clements R. Markham, K.C.B., F.R.S., ex-Pres. R.G.S. Vol. II. (Books V.-IX.) pp. 553.
(Vol. I. = No. 41.)
Issued for 1871.
46—The Canarian,
Or Book of the Conquest and Conversion of the Canarians in the year 1402, by Messire Jean de BÉthencourt, Kt. Composed by Pierre Bontier and Jean le Verrier. Translated and Edited by Richard Henry Major, F.S.A., Keeper of Maps, British Museum, Sec. R.G.S. pp. lv. 229. 1 Map. 2 Illus. Index.
Issued for 1871.
47—Reports on the Discovery of Peru.
I. Report of Francisco de Xeres, Secretary to Francisco Pizarro. II. Report of Miguel de Astete on the Expedition to Pachacamac. III. Letter of Hernando Pizarro to the Royal Audience of Santo Domingo. IV. Report of Pedro Sancho on the Partition of the Ransom of Atahuallpa. Translated and Edited, with Notes & an Introduction, by Sir Clements R. Markham, K.C.B., F.R.S., ex-Pres. R.G.S. pp. xxii. 143. 1 Map.
Issued for 1872.
48—Narratives of the Rites and Laws of the Yncas.
Translated from the original Spanish MSS., & Edited, with Notes and an Introduction, by Sir Clements R. Markham, K.C.B., F.R.S., ex-Pres. R.G.S. pp. xx. 220. Index.
Issued for 1872.
49—Travels to Tana and Persia,
By Josafa Barbaro and Ambrogio Contarini. Translated from the Italian by William Thomas, Clerk of the Council to Edward VI., and by E. A. Roy, and Edited, with an Introduction, by Lord Stanley of Alderley. pp. xi. 175. Index. A Narrative of Italian Travels in Persia, in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth centuries. Translated and Edited by Charles Grey. pp. xvii. 231. Index.
Issued for 1873.
50—The Voyages of the Venetian Brothers, Nicolo & Antonio Zeno,
To the Northern Seas in the Fourteenth century. Comprising the latest known accounts of the Lost Colony of Greenland, & of the Northmen in America before Columbus. Translated & Edited, with Notes and Introduction, by Richard Henry Major, F.S.A., Keeper of Maps, British Museum. Sec. R.G.S. pp. ciii. 64. 2 Maps. Index.
Issued for 1873.
51—The Captivity of Hans Stade of Hesse in 1547-55,
Among the Wild Tribes of Eastern Brazil. Translated by Albert Tootal, of Rio de Janiero, and annotated by Sir Richard Francis Burton, K.C.M.G. pp. xcvi. 169. Bibliography.
Issued for 1874.
52—The First Voyage Round the World by Magellan. 1518-1521.
Translated from the Accounts of Pigafetta and other contemporary writers. Accompanied by original Documents, with Notes & an Introduction, by Lord Stanley of Alderley. pp. lx. 257. xx. 2 Maps. 5 Illus. Index.
Issued for 1874.
53—The Commentaries of the Great Afonso Dalboquerque,
Second Viceroy of India. Translated from the Portuguese Edition of 1774, and Edited by Walter de Gray Birch, F.R.S.L., of the British Museum. Vol. I. pp. lx. 256. 2 Maps. 1 Illus. (Index in No. 69.)
(Vol. 2 = No. 55. Vol. 3 = No. 62. Vol. 4 = No. 69.)
Issued for 1875.
54—The Three Voyages of William Barents to the Arctic Regions, in 1594, 1595, & 1596.
By Gerrit de Veer. Edited, with an Introduction, by Lieut. Koolemans Beynen, of the Royal Netherlands Navy. Second Edition, pp. clxxiv. 289. 2 Maps. 12 Illus.
(First Edition = No. 13.)
Issued for 1876.
55—The Commentaries of the Great Afonso Dalboquerque,
Second Viceroy of India. Translated from the Portuguese Edition of 1774, with Notes and an Introduction, by Walter de Gray Birch, F.R.S.L., of the British Museum. Vol. 2. pp. cxxxiv. 242. 2 Maps. 2 Illus. (Index in No. 69.)
(Vol. 1 = No. 53. Vol. 3 = No. 62. Vol. 4 = No. 69.)
Issued for 1875.
56—The Voyages of Sir James Lancaster, Knt., to the East Indies,
With Abstracts of Journals of Voyages to the East Indies, during the Seventeenth century, preserved in the India Office, & the Voyage of Captain John Knight, 1606, to seek the North-West Passage. Edited by Sir Clements R. Markham, K.C.B., F.R.S., ex-Pres. R.G.S. pp. xxii. 314. Index.
Issued for 1877.
57—The Hawkins' Voyages
During the reigns of Henry VIII, Queen Elizabeth, and James I. [Second edition of No. 1.] Edited by Sir Clements R. Markham, K.C.B., F.R.S., ex-Pres. R.G.S. pp. lii. 453. 1 Illus. Index.
(First Edition = No. 1).
Issued for 1877.
58—The Bondage and Travels of Johann Schiltberger, a Native of Bavaria, in Europe, Asia, & Africa.
From his capture at the battle of Nicopolis in 1396 to his escape and return to Europe in 1427. Translated from the Heidelberg MS., Edited in 1859 by Professor Karl Fr. Neumann, by Commander John Buchan Telfer, R.N.; F.S.A. With Notes by Professor P. Bruun, & a Preface, Introduction, & Notes by the Translator & Editor. pp. xxxii. 263. 1 Map. Bibliography. Index.
Issued for 1878.
59—The Voyages and Works of John Davis the Navigator.
Edited by Admiral Sir Albert Hastings Markham, K.C.B. pp. xcv. 392. 2 Maps. 15 Illus. Bibliography. Index.
Issued for 1878.
The Map of the World, A.D. 1600.
Called by Shakspere "The New Map, with the Augmentation of the Indies." To illustrate the Voyages of John Davis.
Issued for 1878.
60-61—The Natural & Moral History of the Indies.
By Father Joseph de Acosta. Reprinted from the English Translated Edition of Edward Grimston, 1604; and Edited by Sir Clements R. Markham, K.C.B., F.R.S., ex-Pres. R.G.S. Vol. 1, The Natural History Books, I.-IV. pp. xlv. 295. Vol. 2, The Moral History Books, V.-VII. pp. xiii. 295-551. Index.
Issued for 1879.
Map of Peru.
To Illustrate Nos. 33, 41, 45, 60, and 61.
Issued for 1879.
62—The Commentaries of the Great Afonso Dalboquerque,
Second Viceroy of India. Translated from the Portuguese Edition of 1774, with Notes & an Introduction, by Walter de Gray Birch, F.S.A., of the British Museum. Vol. 3. pp. xliv. 308. 3 Maps. 3 Illus. (Index in No. 69.)
Issued for 1880.
63—The Voyages of William Baffin, 1612-1622.
Edited, with Notes & an Introduction, by Sir Clements R. Markham, K.C.B., F.R.S., ex-Pres. R.G.S. pp. lix. 192. 8 Maps, 1 Illus. Index.
Issued for 1880.
64—Narrative of the Portuguese Embassy to Abyssinia,
During the years 1520-1527. By Father Francisco Alvarez. Translated from the Portuguese & Edited, with Notes & an Introduction, by Lord Stanley of Alderley. pp. xxvii. 416. Index.
Issued for 1881.
65—The History of the Bermudas or Summer Islands.
Attributed to Captain Nathaniel Butler. Edited from a MS. in the Sloane Collection, British Museum, by General Sir John Henry Lefroy, R.A., K.C.M.G., C.B., F.R.S. pp. xii. 327. 1 Map. 3 Illus. Glossary. Index.
Issued for 1881.
66-67—The Diary of Richard Cocks,
Cape-Merchant in the English Factory in Japan, 1615-1622, with Correspondence (Add. MSS. 31,300-I, British Museum). Edited by Sir Edward Maunde Thompson, K.C.B., Director of the British Museum. Vol. 1. pp. liv. 349. Vol. 2, pp. 368. Index.
Issued for 1882.
68—The Second Part of the Chronicle of Peru, 1532-1550,
By Pedro de Cieza de Leon. 1554. Translated and Edited, with Notes & an Introduction, by Sir Clements R. Markham, K.C.B., F.R.S., ex-Pres. R.G.S. pp. lx. 247. Index.
(Vol. 1 = No. 33.)
Issued for 1883.
69—The Commentaries of the Great Afonso Dalboquerque,
Second Viceroy of India. Translated from the Portuguese Edition of 1774, with Notes & an Introduction, by Walter de Gray Birch, F.S.A., of the British Museum. Vol. 4. pp. xxxv. 324. 2 Maps. 2 Illus. Index to the 4 vols.
(Vol. 1 = No. 53. Vol. 2 = No. 55. Vol. 3 = No. 62.)
Issued for 1883.
70-71—The Voyage of John Huyghen van Linschoten to the East Indies.
From the Old English Translation of 1598. The First Book, containing his Description of the East. In Two Volumes, Edited, the First Volume, by the late Arthur Coke Burnell, Ph.D., C.I.E., Madras C. S.; the Second Volume, by Pieter Anton Tiele, of Utrecht. Vol 1. pp. lii. 307. Vol. 2. pp. XV. 341. Index.
Issued for 1884.
72-73—Early Voyages and Travels to Russia and Persia,
By Anthony Jenkinson and other Englishmen, with some account of the first Intercourse of the English with Russia and Central Asia by way of the Caspian Sea. Edited by Edward Delmar Morgan, and Charles Henry Coote, of the British Museum. Vol. 1. pp. clxii. 176. 2 Maps. 2 Illus. Vol. 2. pp. 177-496. 2 Maps. 1 Illus. Index.
Issued for 1885.
74-75—The Diary of William Hedges, Esq.,
Afterwards Sir William Hedges, during his Agency in Bengal; as well as on his Voyage out and Return Overland (1681-1687). Transcribed for the Press, with Introductory Notes, etc., by R. Barlow, and Illustrated by copious Extracts from Unpublished Records, etc., by Col. Sir Henry Yule, K.C.S.I., R.E., C.B., LL.D. Vol. 1. The Diary, with Index, pp. xii. 265. Vol. 2. Notices regarding Sir William Hedges, Documentary Memoirs of Job Charnock, and other Biographical & Miscellaneous Illustrations of the time in India. pp. ccclx. 287. 18 Illus.
(Vol. 3 = No. 78.)
Issued for 1886.
76-77—The Voyage of FranÇois Pyrard, of Laval, to the East Indies,
The Maldives, the Moluccas and Brazil. Translated into English from the Third French Edition of 1619, and Edited, with Notes, by Albert Gray, K.C., assisted by Harry Charles Purvis Bell, Ceylon C. S. Vol. 1. pp. lviii. 1 Map. 11 Illus. Vol. 2. Part 1. pp. xlvii. 287. 7 Illus.
(Vol. 2. Part II. = No. 80.)
Issued for 1887.
78—The Diary of William Hedges, Esq.
Vol. 3. Documentary Contributions to a Biography of Thomas Pitt, Governor of Fort St. George, with Collections on the Early History of the Company's Settlement in Bengal, & on Early Charts and Topography of the HÚglÍ River. pp. cclxii. 1 Map. 8 Illus. Index to Vols. 2, 3.
(Vols. 1, 2 = Nos. 74, 75.)
Issued for 1888.
79—Tractatus de Globis, et eorum usu.
A Treatise descriptive of the Globes constructed by Emery Molyneux, and Published in 1592. By Robert Hues. Edited, with annotated Indices & an Introduction, by Sir Clements R. Markham, K.C.B., F.R.S., ex-Pres. R.G.S. To which is appended,
Sailing Directions for the Circumnavigation of England,
And for a Voyage to the Straits of Gibraltar. From a Fifteenth Century MS. Edited, with an Account of the MS., by James Gairdner, of the Public Record Office; with a Glossary by Edward Delmar Morgan. pp. l. 229. 37. 1 Illus. 1 Map.
Issued for 1888.
80—The Voyage of FranÇois Pyrard, of Laval, to the East Indies, the Maldives, the Moluccas, and Brazil.
Translated into English from the Third French Edition of 1619, and Edited, with Notes, by Albert Gray, K.C., assisted by Harry Charles Purvis Bell, Ceylon Civil Service. Vol 2. Pt. II. pp. xii. 289-572. 2 Maps. Index.
(Vol 1. Vol. 2. Pt. I. = Nos. 76, 77.)
Issued for 1889.
81—The Conquest of La Plata, 1535-1555.
I.—Voyage of Ulrich Schmidt to the Rivers La Plata and Paraguai, from the original German edition, 1567. II. The Commentaries of Alvar NuÑez Cabeza de Vaca. From the original Spanish Edition, 1555. Translated, with Notes and an Introduction, by H. E. Don Luis L. Dominguez, Minister Plenipotentiary of the Argentine Republic. pp. xlvi. 282. 1 Map, Bibliography Index.
Issued for 1889.
82-83—The Voyage of FranÇois Leguat, of Bresse, 1690-98.
To Rodriguez, Mauritius, Java, and the Cape of Good Hope. Transcribed from the First English Edition, 1708. Edited and Annotated by Capt. Samuel Pasfield Oliver, (late) R.A. Vol 1. pp. lxxxviii. 137. 1 Illus. 6 Maps. Bibliography. Vol. 2. pp. xviii. 433. 5 Illus. 5 Maps. Index.
Issued for 1890.
84-85—The Travels of Pietro della Valle to India.
From the Old English Translation of 1664, by G. Havers. Edited, with a Life of the Author, an Introduction & Notes by Edward Grey, late Bengal C. S. Vol. 1. pp. lvi. 192. 2 Maps. 2 Illus. Bibliography. Vol. 2. pp. xii. 193-456. Index.
Issued for 1891.
86—The Journal of Christopher Columbus
During his First Voyage (1492-93), and Documents relating to the Voyages of John Cabot and Gaspar Corte Real. Translated, with Notes & an Introduction, by Sir Clements R. Markham, K.C.B., F.R.S., ex-Pres. R.G.S. pp. liv. 259. 3 Maps, 1 Illus. Index.
Issued for 1892.
87—Early Voyages and Travels in the Levant.
I.—The Diary of Master Thomas Dallam, 1599-1600. II.—Extracts from the Diaries of Dr. John Covel, 1670-1679. With some Account of the Levant Company of Turkey Merchants. Edited by James Theodore Bent, F.S.A., F.R.G.S. pp. xlv. 305. Illus. Index.
Issued for 1892.
88-89—The Voyages of Captain Luke Foxe, of Hull, and Captain Thomas James, of Bristol,
In Search of a N.-W. Passage, 1631-32; with Narratives of the Earlier North-West Voyages of Frobisher, Davis, Weymouth, Hall, Knight, Hudson, Button, Gibbons, Bylot, Baffin, Hawkridge, & others. Edited, with Notes & an Introduction, by Robert Miller Christy, F.L.S. Vol. 1. pp. ccxxxi. 259. 2 Maps. 2 Illus. Vol. 2. pp. viii. 261-681. 3 Maps, 1 Illus. Index.
Issued for 1893.
90—The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci
And other Documents illustrative of his Career. Translated, with Notes & an Introduction, by Sir Clements R. Markham, K.C.B., F.R.S., ex-Pres. R.G.S. pp. xliv. 121. 1 Map. Index.
Issued for 1894.
91—Narratives of the Voyages of Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa to the Straits of Magellan, 1579-80.
Translated and Edited, with Illustrative Documents and Introduction, by Sir Clements R. Markham, K.C.B., F.R.S., ex-Pres. R.G.S. pp. xxx. 401. 1 Map. Index.
Issued for 1894.
92-93-94—The History and Description of Africa,
And of the Notable Things Therein Contained. Written by Al-Hassan Ibn-Mohammed Al-Wezaz Al-Fasi, a Moor, baptized as Giovanni Leone, but better known as Leo Africanus. Done into English in the year 1600 by John Pory, and now edited with an Introduction & Notes, by Dr. Robert Brown. In 3 Vols. Vol. 1. pp. viii. cxi. 224. 4 Maps. Vol. 2. pp. 225-698. Vol. 3. pp. 699-1119. Index.
Issued for 1895.
95—The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea.
Written by Gomes Eannes de Azurara. Now first done into English and Edited by Charles Raymond Beazley, M.A., F.R.G.S., and Edgar Prestage, B.A. Vol. 1. (Ch. i.—xl.) With Introduction on the Life & Writings of the Chronicler. pp. lxvii. 127. 3 Maps. 1 Illus.
(Vol. 2 = No. 100.)
Issued for 1896.
96-97—Danish Arctic Expeditions, 1605 to 1620. In Two Books.
Book 1. The Danish Expeditions to Greenland, 1605-07; to which is added Captain James Hall's Voyage to Greenland in 1612. Edited by Christian Carl August Gosch. pp. xvi. cxvii. 205. 10 Maps. Index.
Issued for 1896.
Book 2. The Expedition of Captain Jens Munk to Hudson's Bay in search of a North-West Passage in 1619-20. Edited by Christian Carl August Gosch. pp. cxviii. 187. 4 Maps. 2 Illus. Index.
Issued for 1897.
98—The Topographia Christiana of Cosmas Indicopleustes, an Egyptian Monk.
Translated from the Greek and Edited by John Watson McCrindle, LL.D., M.R.A.S. pp. xii. xxvii. 398. 4 Illus. Index.
Issued for 1897.
99—A Journal of the First Voyage of Vasco da Gama, 1497-1499.
By an unknown writer. Translated from the Portuguese, with an Introduction and Notes, by Ernest George Ravenstein, F.R.G.S. pp. xxxvi. 250. 8 Maps. 23 Illus. Index.
Issued for 1898.
100—The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea.
Written by Gomes Eannes de Azurara. Now first done into English and Edited by Charles Raymond Beazley, M.A., F.R.G.S., and Edgar Prestage, B.A. Vol. 2. (Ch. xli.—xcvii.) With an Introduction on the Early History of African Exploration, Cartography, &c. pp. cl. 362. 3 Maps. 2 Illus. Index.
(Vol. 1 = No. 95.)
Issued for 1898.
