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Travel and Exploration Reference Books
- The literature of travel and exploration: an encyclopedia
/ edited by Jennifer Speake. 3 vol. 2003. G465. L565 Lane Rm.
- Anderson's Travel companion: a guide to the best non-fiction
and fiction for travelling. Z6004.T6A53 1995.
- The Traveler's Reading Guide: ready-made reading list
for the armchair traveler. rev. ed., 1993. Z6004.T6.T73
1993. Includes a reading list about travel literature along with
guidebooks, background reading, & novels. The first edition (1987)
of this work may still prove useful.
- Reference Guide for Travelers. 1969, Z6011.N4.
Annotated.
- A Reference Guide to the Literature of Travel, including
voyages, travel descriptions, adventures, shipwrecks & expeditions.
3 vols. 1935-1949. Z6011.C87. The standard, scholarly, retrospective
bibliography.
- "Travel & Exploration" in The Reader's Advisor,
vol. 3, pp. 613-649, 13th ed., 1992. Z1035.R4. Annotated.
- Lexikon der Reise- und Abenteuerliteratur. 1988-,
Z5917.A39 L4 (Library has: Bd.1:T.1:A-F. Bd.2:T.1:G-Ko. Bd.3:T.1:Kr-Re.
Bd.4:T.1:Ri-Z. Bd.5:T.2. Bd.6:T.3-5). TOPICS: Adventure and adventurers
in literature--Bibliography. Travel in literature--Bibliography.
- Mountaineering Literature. Rev. ed. 1986. Z6016.M7.N4.
Annotated.
- Classics in the Literature of Mountaineering & Mountain
Travel. 1988. Z6016.N7.C69. Annotated.
- Baedeker's Reisehandbucher1832-1990. 1991. Z6011.H488.
- Books of the Sea: An introduction to nautical literature.
1943. Z6004.P6.L34.
- Atlantic Ocean, "History" section pp. 3-57. 1985.
Z6005.A78.K5.
- The Arctic, "History" pp.26-56. 1989. Z6005.P67.K56.
Most volumes in the World bibliographical series
include chapters on "discovery and exploration," and most
of the 125+ volumes to date are shelved in the Information Center,
Green Library.
Current Travel Guides: Reference
has a number of guides classed either with the history of the
country/place in question (classes D, E & F); in the GV1000
class; or in N6000-7000 & NA (art & architecture). Subject
headings include variously: London--Description and travel;
London--Description; Kenya--Game Parks-- Guidebooks;
Mexico City--Museums-- Guide-books. In SOCRATES use
the SUBJECT search: FIND S BORNEO and (guidebooks or guide-books
or description).
Fodor's Travel
Online | Lonely Planet
Online |
Globe Corner Bookstore including major travel guide
series titles
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- The literature of travel and exploration: an encyclopedia
/ edited by Jennifer Speake. 3 vol. 2003. G465. L565 Lane Rm.
- The Times Atlas of Exploration. 1991. G1036.T5
f. Also see the various general (G1030 DESK) and regional/country
historical atlases in the Reference Collection.
- Atlas of Maritime History. 1986. G1059.N3.
- Discovery & Exploration: a reference handbook: The
Old World. 1980. G80.D36. Includes regional indexes &
list of Hakluyt Society publications.
- The Discoverers: an encyclopedia of explorers & exploration.
1980. G200.D53.
- Dictionnaire illustré des explorateurs et grands
voyageurs français du XIXe siècle. IMPRINT:
Paris, 1988+. LOCATION: Green Library Gen Ref G255.B76 1988 f.
v.1 + (5 maps); v.2 + (8 maps). TOPICS: Explorers--France--Biography--Dictionaries--French.
- Friedman. 2000. Trade,
travel, and exploration in the Middle Ages : an encyclopedia
/ editors, John Block Friedman.
- Who Was Who in the World of Exploration. 1992.
G200.W24. Bibliography. Appendix: Explorers by Region of Exploration.
- Atlas of Columbus and the Great Discoveries. 1990.
G1100.N43.
- Explorers and Discoverers of the World. 1993. G200.E96.
References for further reading.
- World Explorers & Discoverers. 1992. G200.W67.
- Enzyklopaedie der Entdecker und Erforscher der Erder.
v.1, 1978-. G200.H37. Scholarly work with extensive bibliography.
Through "MOS" as of 1993.
- Travel Guide to Europe 1492. 1992. CB367.T73.
- Historical Dictionary of European Imperialism.
1991. D217.H57.
- Atlas of the Historical Geography of the U.S. G1201.S1P3
DESK. Sect: "Explorations of the Southwest;" "Cartography."
New World
- America in Maps dating from 1500-1856, G1100.A45
1976 ff. Facsimiles.
- The Christopher Columbus Encyclopedia. 2 vols.
1992. E111.O774.
- America: Early Maps of the New World. 1992. E178.5.A431.
- Early Printed maps of Canada. 1540-1703. 1993.
Z6027.C21.K47.
- Atlas of Columbus and the Great Discoveries. 1990.
G1100.N43.
- Who's Who in Pacific Navigation. 1991. DU19.D78.
- Rolling Rivers: an encyclopedia of America's rivers.
1984. GB1215.R64.
- The Exploration of South America: an annotated bibliography.
1983. Z1212.G66.
- Legends & Lore of the Americas before 1492: An Encyclopedia
of Visitors, Explorers, and Immigrants. 1993. E61.A72.
- Early Printed Maps of Canada 1540-1703. 1993. Z6027.C21.K47.
- Atlas of the Historical Geography of the U.S. G1201.S1P3
DESK. Sect: "Explorations of the Southwest;" "Cartography."
- The Frontier Experience: a reader's guide. 1984.
Z1251.W5.F76.
- Travels in the Old South. 2 vols. Z1251.S7.C4.
- Travels in the New South. 2 vols. Z1251.S7.C38.
- Overland Passages: A Guide to Overland Documents in the
Oregon Historical Society. 1992. Z1251.W5094.
There are works on specific nationalities and ethnic groups, e.g.:
- The Spanish in America 1513-: a chronology and factbook.
1980. E123.N37.
- Hispanic Experience in North America: sources...
1992. E184.S7.
- A Tentative Guide to Historical Materials on the Spanish
Borderlands. 1943. Z1251.S8.S8.
- Russian America: 16th-18th centuries. 1943. Z1207.Y3.
- The French in North America. 1957. Z1361.F8.B4.
- The Scandinavians in America 986-. E184.S18.F87.
- Blacks in America 1492-. E185.S57. Useful for names
and dates of black explorers.
- Chronology of African-American History. 1991. E185.H64.
Useful for names and dates of black explorers.
- Also see the various general historical atlases (G1030 DESK),
and also regional (e.g., Atlas historico de America,
2 vols., 1968, G1541.S2.C6) and national atlases (listed in Native
American Reference Works in Green Library, section B.3.).
- Women into the Unknown: a sourcebook on women explorers
and travelers. 1989. G200.T55.
- Wayward Women: a guide to women travellers. 1990.
Z6011.R65.
Mountaineering
No Guts, No Glory: Stanford
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Peakware
World Mountain Encyclopedia | Highest
Peaks from Peakware
- Standard Encyclopedia of the World's Mountains.
1962. GB501.H8.
- Encyclopaedia of Mountaineering. 1992. GV199.85.U57.
- Mountaineering Literature. Rev. ed. 1986. Z6016.M7.N4.
Annotated.
- Classics in the Literature of Mountaineering & Mountain
Travel. 1988. Z6016.N7.C69.
- Climber's and Hiker's Guide to the World's Mountains.
3rd ed. 1990. GV200.K44.
Map
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National Geographic Atlas
- Cartographical Innovation... 1987. GA102.2.C3.
- The Earliest Printed Maps 1472-1500. 1988. GA231.C36.
- Editing early and historical atlases. IMPRINT: Toronto,
c1995. LOCATION: Green Library Stacks GA300.C65.
- Facsimilie-Atlas to the early history of cartography with
reproductions of the most important maps printed in the xv &
xvi centuries. 1889. G1025.N72 1961 ff.
- Maps of the Holy Land: cartobibliography of printed maps,
1475-1900. LOCATION: Green Library Gen Ref Z6027.P15L36
1986.
- Maps of the Holy Land: images of Terra Sancta through
two millenia. LOCATION: Green Library Stacks G2230.N33
1986 f.
- Shedding the Veil: mapping the European discovery of America
and the world. 1993. E121.S87.
- PERIPLUS: the early history of charts and sailing directions.
1897. G1025.N73 1897a ff.
- Tabularum geographicarum Lusitanorum Specimen.
1960. G1025.C62 ff. Early Portuguese nautical charts.
- Atlas of Columbus and the Great Discoveries. 1990.
G1100.N43.
- Mapas de America en los Libros Españoles 1503-
1798. 1955. G1100.V5 f.
- Cartografia de Ultramar. 2 vols. 1953. G1100.S7
f.
- Early Printed Maps of Canada 1540-1703. 1993. Z6027.C21.K47.
- Oxford Companion to Ships & the Sea. 1976.
V23.O9. Browse other reference books in the V classification.
- Atlas of Maritime History. 1986. G1059.N3.
- Atlas of Treasure Maps. 1957. G1101.E75.C6 f.
- Shipwrecks & Disasters at Sea to 1860. Z6016.S55.
- Shipwrecks in the Americas. 1983. VK1250.M36.
- Unfinished Voyages: Western Australian shipwrecks 1622-1850.
VK1291.W3.H45.
- Dictionary of Disasters at Sea During the Age of Steam
1824-1962. 2 vols. VK1250.H6.
- The Pirates Who's Who. 1924. G35.G5. No bibliography.
- Periplus: the early history of charts and sailing directions.
1897. G1025.N73 1897a ff.
- Tabularum geographicarum Lusitanorum Specimen.
1960. G1025.C62 ff. Early Portuguese nautical charts.
- Books of the Sea: An introduction to nautical literature.
1943. Z6004.P6.L34.
- Atlantic Ocean, "History" section pp. 3-57. 1985.
Z6005.A78.K5.
- Chronological List of Antarctic Expeditions and Related
Historical Events. 1989. G860.H36.
- Dictionary Catalog of the Stefansson Collection...
8 vols. 1967. Z6005.P7.D3f.
- The Arctic. 1989. Z6005.P67.K56.
- Arctic Exploration and Development ... Encyclopedia.
1994. G606.H66.
- Greenland / Kenneth E. Miller, compiler. LOCATION:
Green Library Gen Ref Z6005.P7 M48 1991. NOTES: "Explorations,"
p.6-19.
library purchase requests: John Rawlings, rawlings@stanford.edu,
SSRC, Green Library
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