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river exploration34% of collection
travel & exploration26% of collection
public domain candidates22% of collection
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A narrative of travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro : with an account of the native tribes, and observations on the climate, geology, and natural history of the Amazon ValleyAuthor: Classic Public Domain
A comparative grammar of the South African Bantu languages comprising those of Zanzibar, Mozambique, the Zambesi, Kafirland, Benguela, Angola, the Congo, the Ogowe, the Cameroons, the lake region, etcAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The Putumayo, the devil's paradise; travels in the Peruvian Amazon region and an account of the atrocities committed upon the Indians thereinAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The story of the Congo Free State; social, political, and economic aspects of the Belgian system of government in Central AfricaAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Account of the life and writings of James Bruce ... author of Travels to discover the source of the Nile, in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, & 1773Author: Classic Public Domain
A thousand miles up the Nile, with upwards of seventy illustrations engraved on woodAuthor: G. Pearson, after finished drawings executed on the spot by the author
A comparative grammar of the South African Bantu language, comprising those of Zanzibar, Mozambique, the Zambesi, Kafirland, Benguela, Angola, the Congo, the Ogowe, the Cameroons, the lake region, etcAuthor: Classic Public Domain
A narrative of travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro : with an account of the native tribes, and observations of the climate, geology, and natural history of the Amazon ValleyAuthor: Classic Public Domain
By Nile and Tigris : a narrative of Journeys in Egypt and Mesopotamia on behalf of the British Museum between the years 1886 and 1913Author: Classic Public Domain
A handbook for travellers in Egypt; including descriptions of the course of the Nile through Egypt and Nubia, Alexandria, Cairo, the pyramids and Thebes, the Suez Canal ..Author: Classic Public Domain
Missionary pioneering in Congo forests : a narrative of the labours of William F.P. Burton and his companions in the nativevillages of Luba-Land.Author: Classic Public Domain
Nile and Jordan, being the archaeological and historical inter-relations between Egypt and Canaan, from the earliest times to the Fall of Jerusalem in A.D. 70Author: Classic Public Domain
Through the dark continent : or, The sources of the Nile around the great lakes of equatorial Africa and down the Livingstone River to the Atlantic OceanAuthor: Classic Public Domain
A report of the Kingdom of Congo : and of the surrounding countries ; drawn out of the writings and discourses of the Portuguese, Duarte LopezAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Among Congo cannibals: experiences, impressions, and adventures during a thirty years' sojourn amongst the Boloki and other Congo tribes, with a description of their curious habits, customs, religion, [and] lawsAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The Amazon provinces of Peru as a field for European emigration. A statistical and geographical review of the country and its resources, including the gold and silver mines ..Author: Classic Public Domain
The wonderland of the Eastern Congo; the region of the snow-crowned volcanoes, the pygmies, the giant gorilla, and the okapiAuthor: Classic Public Domain
La France coloniale illustrée: Algérie, Tunisie, Congo, Madagascar, Tonkin et autres colonies françaises, considérées au point de vue historique, géographique, ethnographique et commercialAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Through the dark continent, or, The sources of the Nile around the great lakes of Equatorial Africa and down the Livingstone River to the Atlantic Ocean [microform]Author: Classic Public Domain
Central Africa : naked truths of naked people : an account of expeditions to the Lake Victoria Nyanza and the Makraka Niam-Niam, west of the Bahr-el-Abiad (White Nile)Author: Classic Public Domain
After big game in Central Africa; records of a sportsman from August 1894 to November 1897, when crossing the Dark Continent from the mouth of the Zambesi to the French CongoAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Land and peoples of the Kasai; being a narrative of a two years' journey among the cannibals of the equatorial forest and other savage tribes of the south-western CongoAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The River Congo from its mouth to Bólobó; with a general description of the natural history and anthropology of its western basinAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The Andes and the Amazon; or, Across the continent of South America ... containing notes of a second journey across the continent from Para to Lima and Lake TiticacaAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Congo life and folklore: part I, life on the Congo as describedAuthor: a brass rod; part II, thirty-three native stories as told round the evening fires
... Le Congo, historique, diplomatique, physique, politique, économique, humanitaire & colonial, ouvrage contenant une grande carte en quatre feuilles, tirée en couleursAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Lepidoptera of the Congo : being a systematic list of the butterflies and moths collectedAuthor: the American Museum of Natural History Congo Expedition : together with descriptions of some hitherto undescribed species
Among Congo cannibals: experiences, impressions, and adventures during a thirty years' sojourn amongst the Boloki and other Congo tribesAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The Rob Roy on the Jordan, Nile, Red Sea & Gennesareth, &c. : a canoe cruise in Palestine and Egypt, and the waters of DamascusAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Nile and Jordan, being the archæological and historical inter-relations between Egypt and Canaan from the earliest times to the fall of Jerusalem in A.D. 70Author: Classic Public Domain
Explore a carefully assembled historical library of 125 books devoted to river exploration. The selection prioritises useful, readable editions and substantial works.
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The physiography of the river Nile and is basin
Exploration of the valley of the Amazon
The Nile quest, a record of the exploration of the Nile and its basin
Up the Amazon and Madeira rivers, through Bolivia and Peru
The Amazon and Madeira rivers, sketches and descriptions from the note-book of an explorer
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A narrative of travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro : with an account of the native tribes, and observations on the climate, geology, and natural history of the Amazon Valley
Red rubber : the story of the rubber slave trade which flourished on the Congo for twenty years, 1890-1910
A comparative grammar of the South African Bantu languages comprising those of Zanzibar, Mozambique, the Zambesi, Kafirland, Benguela, Angola, the Congo, the Ogowe, the Cameroons, the lake region, etc
The Putumayo, the devil's paradise; travels in the Peruvian Amazon region and an account of the atrocities committed upon the Indians therein
Travels to discover the source of the Nile, in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773
Journal of the Congo expedition : containing narrative of the journey personal notes, geographical notes
The crime of the Congo
King Leopold's soliloquy; a defense of his Congo rule
The fall of the Congo Arabs
The story of the Congo Free State; social, political, and economic aspects of the Belgian system of government in Central Africa
A method of transliteration of the proper names of Scripture into Congo languages
Account of the life and writings of James Bruce ... author of Travels to discover the source of the Nile, in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, & 1773
A thousand miles up the Nile, with upwards of seventy illustrations engraved on wood by G. Pearson, after finished drawings executed on the spot by the author
A comparative grammar of the South African Bantu language, comprising those of Zanzibar, Mozambique, the Zambesi, Kafirland, Benguela, Angola, the Congo, the Ogowe, the Cameroons, the lake region, etc
A narrative of travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro : with an account of the native tribes, and observations of the climate, geology, and natural history of the Amazon Valley
The Congo and the founding of its free state; a story of work and exploration
Along the Andes and down the Amazon
By Nile and Tigris : a narrative of Journeys in Egypt and Mesopotamia on behalf of the British Museum between the years 1886 and 1913
The life of George Grenfell, Congo missionary and explorer
A Thousand Miles up the Nile
Travels in West Africa, Congo Français, Corisco and Cameroons
Les belges au Congo; notices biographiques
Congo : revue générale de la Colonie belge = Congo : Algemeen tiidschrift van de Belgische Kolonje
Les Baluba (Congo Belge). Avec une préface de Cyr. van Overbergh
A handbook for travellers in Egypt; including descriptions of the course of the Nile through Egypt and Nubia, Alexandria, Cairo, the pyramids and Thebes, the Suez Canal ..
Presbyterian pioneers in Congo
Missionary pioneering in Congo forests : a narrative of the labours of William F.P. Burton and his companions in the nativevillages of Luba-Land.
The Nile. Notes for travellers in Egypt and in the Egyptian Sûdân
Les poissons du basin du Congo
The Nile. Notes for travellers in Egypt
Les Baluba (Congo Belge)
The Andes and the Amazon : or, Across the continent of South America
The Andes and the Amazon :|bor across the continent of South America
Nile and Jordan, being the archaeological and historical inter-relations between Egypt and Canaan, from the earliest times to the Fall of Jerusalem in A.D. 70
The Belgian Congo and the Berlin act
Travels to discover the source of the Nile, in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773 : in five volumes
Through the dark continent : or, The sources of the Nile around the great lakes of equatorial Africa and down the Livingstone River to the Atlantic Ocean
A report of the Kingdom of Congo : and of the surrounding countries ; drawn out of the writings and discourses of the Portuguese, Duarte Lopez
Five years with the Congo cannibals
Narrative of an expedition to explore the river Zaire, usually called the Congo, in South Africa, in 1816
Among Congo cannibals: experiences, impressions, and adventures during a thirty years' sojourn amongst the Boloki and other Congo tribes, with a description of their curious habits, customs, religion, [and] laws
Le Congo illustré
A bibliography of Congo languages
Hunting and hunted in the Belgian Congo
The Amazon provinces of Peru as a field for European emigration. A statistical and geographical review of the country and its resources, including the gold and silver mines ..
Contributions to an insect fauna of the Amazon Valley : Lepidoptera : Heliconidae
Palm trees of the Amazon and their uses
The rubber industry of the Amazon and how its supremacy can be maintained
A walk across Africa : or, Domestic scenes from my Nile journal
The wonderland of the Eastern Congo; the region of the snow-crowned volcanoes, the pygmies, the giant gorilla, and the okapi
General Act of the Conference of Berlin Concerning the Congo
La France coloniale illustrée: Algérie, Tunisie, Congo, Madagascar, Tonkin et autres colonies françaises, considérées au point de vue historique, géographique, ethnographique et commercial
Through the dark continent, or, The sources of the Nile around the great lakes of Equatorial Africa and down the Livingstone River to the Atlantic Ocean [microform]
Central Africa : naked truths of naked people : an account of expeditions to the Lake Victoria Nyanza and the Makraka Niam-Niam, west of the Bahr-el-Abiad (White Nile)
Journal of the discovery of the source of the Nile
After big game in Central Africa; records of a sportsman from August 1894 to November 1897, when crossing the Dark Continent from the mouth of the Zambesi to the French Congo
On the Banks of the Amazon
The fishes of the Nile
Land and peoples of the Kasai; being a narrative of a two years' journey among the cannibals of the equatorial forest and other savage tribes of the south-western Congo
The River Congo from its mouth to Bólobó; with a general description of the natural history and anthropology of its western basin
Yakusu, the very heart of Africa : being some account of the Protestant mission at Stanley Falls, Upper Congo
Congo natives : an ethnographic album
Savage man in Central Africa; a study of primitive races in the French Congo
Red rubber : the story of the rubber slave trade flourishing on the Congo in the year of grace 1906
Travels on the Amazon
In savage Africa; or, Six years of adventure in Congo-land
George Grenfell and the Congo; v 2
The Nile tributaries of Abyssinia, and the sword hunters of the Hamran Arabs
From the Niger to the Nile
My second journey through equatorial Africa from the Congo to the Zambesi in the years 1886 and 1887
L'État indépendant du Congo; historique, géographie physique, ethnographie, situation économique, organisation politique
The Andes and the Amazon; or, Across the continent of South America ... containing notes of a second journey across the continent from Para to Lima and Lake Titicaca
With the camel corps up the Nile
Grammar and dictionary of the Buluba-Lulua language as spoken in the upper Kasai and Congo basin
The physiography of the river Nile and is basin
The truth about the Congo : the Chicago tribune articles
L'expansion coloniale au Congo français
Triumphs of the Gospel in the Belgian Congo
Exploration of the valley of the Amazon
Congo life and folklore: part I, life on the Congo as described by a brass rod; part II, thirty-three native stories as told round the evening fires
The Nile quest, a record of the exploration of the Nile and its basin
The Congo Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History
Egyptian birds : for the most part seen in the Nile Valley
Le Congo, les noirs et nous
... Le Congo, historique, diplomatique, physique, politique, économique, humanitaire & colonial, ouvrage contenant une grande carte en quatre feuilles, tirée en couleurs
From the Congo to the Niger and the Nile; an account of the German Central African expedition of 1910-1911
Verbatim report of the five days' Congo debate in the Belgian House of Representatives (February 20, 27, 28; Marth 1, 2)
Results of the Swedish zoological expedition to Egypt and the White Nile, 1901, under the direction of L.A. Jägerskiöld
L'oeuvre civilisatrice au Congo belge
The lower Amazon; a narrative of explorations in the little known regions of the state of Pará, on the lower Amazon
The Amazon and Madeira rivers, sketches and descriptions from the note-book of an explorer
Lepidoptera of the Congo : being a systematic list of the butterflies and moths collected by the American Museum of Natural History Congo Expedition : together with descriptions of some hitherto undescribed species
Du Congo au Lac Tchad : la brousse telle qu'elle est : les gens tels qu'ils sont : carnet de route
Abstract of the report of the Commission of enquiry into the administration of the Congo Free State
The White Nile (1960)
A visit to Stanley's rear-guard at Major Barttelot's camp on the Aruhwimi with an account of the river-life on the Congo
The dwellers on the Nile, or, Chapters on the life, literature, history and customs of the ancient Egyptians
An enquiry into M. Antoine d'Abbadie's journey to Kaffa, in the years 1843 and 1844, to discover the source of the Nile
Annales du Musée du Congo belge
Histoire politique du Congo Belge
Among Congo cannibals: experiences, impressions, and adventures during a thirty years' sojourn amongst the Boloki and other Congo tribes
Suggestions for a grammar of "Bangala," the "lingua franca" of the Upper Congo : with dictionary
Head Hunters Of The Amazon
A manual of Belgian Congo
Travels to discover the source of the Nile : in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773. In six volumes
Four months in a dahabëéh, or, Narrative of a winter's cruise on the Nile
Pioneering in the Congo
Sur le Haut-Congo
The Rob Roy on the Jordan, Nile, Red Sea & Gennesareth, &c. : a canoe cruise in Palestine and Egypt, and the waters of Damascus
La traversée de l'Afrique : du Zambèze au Congo français : de l'Océan Indien à l'Océan Atlantique
From Ruwenzori to the Congo : a naturalist's journey across Africa
A voice from the Congo : comprising stories, anecdotes, and descriptive notes
Portugal and the Congo: a statement
Heures africaines. Algérie, Sahara, Congo, Iles de l'Atlantique
Nile and Jordan, being the archæological and historical inter-relations between Egypt and Canaan from the earliest times to the fall of Jerusalem in A.D. 70
Up the Amazon and Madeira rivers, through Bolivia and Peru
Notes on the folklore of the Fjort (French Congo)
The upper reaches of the Amazon
Les pêcheries et les poissons du Congo
The cradle of the Blue Nile. A visit to the court of King John of Ethiopia
Les Mayombe (État Ind. du Congo) par Cyr. van Overbergh avec la collaboration de Éd. de Jonghe
The Blue Nile
The Congo; a report of the Commission of enquiry appointed by the Congo Free State government;
D'Alger au Congo par le Tchad
Great Britain and the Congo : the pillage of the Congo basin
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