Act of searching or traveling around a terrain for the purpose of discovery

Newe Welt vnd americanische Historien : Inhaltende Warhafftige vnd vollkommene Beschreibungen aller west-indianischen Landschafften / Insulen / Königreichen vnd Provintzien / Seecusten / fliessenden vnd stehenden Wassern / Port vnd Anländungen / Gebürgen / Thälern / Stätt / Flecken vnd Wohnplätzen / zusampt der Natur vnd Eygenschafft dess Erdrichs / der Lufft / der Mineren vnd Metallen / der brennenden Vulcanen oder Schwefelbergen / der Siedenden vnd anderer heilsamen Quellen / wie auch der Thier / Vögel / Fisch vnd Gewürm in denselben / sampt andern wunderbaren Sreaturen vnd Miraculn der Natur / in diesem halben Theil dess Erdkreyes. Dess-gleichen gründlicher Bericht von der innwohner Beschaffenheit / Sitten / Qualitäten / Policey und Götzendienst / Leben vnd Wesen / barbarischer Unwissenheit vnd vnerhörter Grausankeit dess meisten Theils dieser wilden Leute / sampt Unterscheyd der Nationen / Sprachen vnd Gebräuchen. Item, historische vnd aussführliche Relation 38. fürnembster Schiffarten vnterschiedlicher Völcker in West-Indien / von der ersten Entdeckung durch Christophorum Columbum / in 150. Jahren / vollbracht / [Johann Ludwig Gottfried].

A map of Paraguay and surrounding area, illustrating where cinchona (quinine) was allegedly first discovered in 1626(?). Etching by D.V. Rossi.

[A voyage round the world, performed in the years 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788 / by Boussole and Astrolabe, under the command of J.F.G. de La Pérouse. Published by order of the National assembly under the superintendence of L.A. Milet-Mureau.] Charts and plates to La Pérouse's voyage. Tr. from the French.

The imaginary castle of the Countess of Chinchon, where cinchona (quinine) was allegedly discovered. Watercolour.

28 volumes : plates (some folded), portraits, folded maps (including folded frontispiece) ; (8vo)

A general collection of voyages and travels, including the most interesting records of navigators and travellers, from the discovery of America by Columbus, in 1492, to the travels of Lord Valentia / [William Fordyce Mavor].

Stanley, Sir Henry Morton (1841-1904), explorer.

224 unnumbered pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 23 cm

Explorers extraordinary / John Keay.

184 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, map ; 24 cm

Das Geheimnis des Drachenschwanzes : die Kenntnis Amerikas vor Kolumbus / Paul Gallez ; Vorwort von Hanno Beck ; [aus dem Französischen übertragen von Wolf-Dieter Grün].

493 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portrait ; 19 cm

The life of Col. John Charles Fremont, and his narrative of explorations and adventures, in Kansas, Nebraska, Oregon and California / the memoir by Samuel M. Smucker.

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A general collection of voyages and travels, including the most interesting records of navigators and travellers, from the discovery of America by Columbus, in 1492, to the travels of Lord Valentia / [William Fordyce Mavor].

Stanley, Sir Henry Morton (1841-1904), explorer.

Explorers extraordinary / John Keay.

Das Geheimnis des Drachenschwanzes : die Kenntnis Amerikas vor Kolumbus / Paul Gallez ; Vorwort von Hanno Beck ; [aus dem Französischen übertragen von Wolf-Dieter Grün].

The life of Col. John Charles Fremont, and his narrative of explorations and adventures, in Kansas, Nebraska, Oregon and California / the memoir by Samuel M. Smucker.

Discoveries in geography

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A general collection of voyages and travels, including the most interesting records of navigators and travellers, from the discovery of America by Columbus, in 1492, to the travels of Lord Valentia / [William Fordyce Mavor].

Stanley, Sir Henry Morton (1841-1904), explorer.

Explorers extraordinary / John Keay.

Das Geheimnis des Drachenschwanzes : die Kenntnis Amerikas vor Kolumbus / Paul Gallez ; Vorwort von Hanno Beck ; [aus dem Französischen übertragen von Wolf-Dieter Grün].

The life of Col. John Charles Fremont, and his narrative of explorations and adventures, in Kansas, Nebraska, Oregon and California / the memoir by Samuel M. Smucker.

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