TRAVELLERS AND EXPLORERS
BALBI, Gasparo
Venetian merchant. Aleppo - Ormuz - Goa - Moluccas, 1579-1588.
- "Viaggio..." 1590. Latin trans, pub. Frankfurt / 1594.
BALBOA, Vasco Nuñez de
With ENCISO to Darien, 1510. With ANDAGOYA to Darien and Pacific, 1513. See IRVING and - biog. by Jeannette Mirsky "Balboa, discoverer of the Pacific." London & NY / 1964 / Harper & Row.
BALDWIN, George
d. 1826
Mystical writer. Travelled in Near East and East Indies.
BALDWIN, William Charles
Solo crossing of the Kalahari. Second European to set eyes on Victoria Falls. Made captive by Makololo, freed by LIVINGSTONE.
- "African huntoing and adventure..... 1852 to 1860." 1863.
BALFOUR, Edward Green
1813-1889
Surgeon. Writer on India.
BALFOUR, F.H.
- "Leaves from my Chinese scrapbook." 1887.
BALFOUR, J.O.
- "A sketch of New South Wales by J.O.Balfour, Esq., for 6 years a settler in the Bathurst district." London / 1845 / Smith Elder.
BALL, John.
1818-1889
Scientist and politician. Wrote an - "Alpine Guide" and works on the natural history of Morocco and South America.
BANCROFT, Edward
1744-1821
Naturalist and chemist. America.
- "Natural history of Guiana." 1769.
BANISTER, John
d. -1692
Naturalist and missionary to E.Indies and Virginia
