Library of geographic journeys and discoveries, both ancient and modern

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The library of geographical journeys and discoveries of older and more recent times is a series of books with travel works translated into German, which was published by Hermann Costenoble in Jena from 1868 to 1886 . A total of fifteen volumes were published.

Overview

  • 1 Isaak Israel Hayes : The open polar sea; A journey of discovery to the North Pole; from the English by JEA Martin (1868)
  • 2 Fernand Mendez Pinto : Fernand Mendez Pinto's adventurous journey through China, Tartary, Siam, Pegu and other countries in Eastern Asia. Revised by Ph. H. Külb, 1868.
  • 3 Samuel White Baker : The Albert Nyanza the great basin of the Nile and the exploration of the Nile springs authorized complete edition for Germany, from the English by JEA Martin, 2nd edition; one-volume edition, 1868
  • 4 Albert Smith Bickmore : Travels in the East Indian Archipelago in 1865 and 1866, authorized complete edition for Germany; Translated from the English by JEA Martin, 1869
  • 6 John Ross Browne ,: Travel and Adventure in the Apache Country, translated from English into German by H. Hertz; 1871
  • 7 Charles Martins : From Spitzbergen to the Sahara. Stations of a naturalist in Spitsbergen, Lapland, Scotland, Switzerland, France, Italy, the Orient, Egypt and Algeria. From the French, 1872
  • 8 David and Charles Livingstone : New Mission Journeys to South Africa undertaken on behalf of the British Government. Research on the Zambesi and its tributaries, together with discoveries of the Shirwa and Nyassa lakes in the years 1858 to 1864. Translated from the English by JEA Martin, 1874. Second edition.
  • 9 Robert Shaw : Journey to the High Tatarei, Yarkand and Kashghar and return journey over the Karakoram Pass. With 14 illustrations (including title vignette) and 2 maps (not quite complete here!), 1876.
  • 10 Arthur Morelet : Travels in Central America. In German adaptation by H. Hertz, 1876.
  • 11 George Chaworth Pattern : Among the Patagonians; Walks on unsurfaced ground from the Magahaes Strait to the Rio Negro, authorized complete edition for Germany, translated from the English by JEA Martin, 1877
  • 12 Nicolai Michailowitsch von Prschewalski : Travels to Inner Mongolia, the Tangut region and the deserts of Northern Tibet from 1870 to 1873, authorized edition for Germany, from Russian and with annotations by Albin Kohn, published in the series of Bibliothekischer Geographischer Reisen und Discoveries of Older and Modern Times, 1881
  • 14 Josef Thomson : Expedition to the lakes of Central Africa from 1878 to 1880, on behalf of the Royal Brit. Geographer. Society. - 2nd edition, 1886
  • 15 Isabella Lucy Bird : Untrodden Paths in Japan; a trip inland to the holy sites of Nikko and Nezo; by the author of "Six Months on the Sandwich Islands", "The Life of a Lady in the Rocky Mountains"; authorized German edition, from the English, 1886

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