TRAVELLERS AND EXPLORERS
ABOUT, Edmond François Valentin
1828-1885
French writer. Trained as archaeologist in Athens.
- "La Grèce contemporaine." 1854.
- "De Pontoise à Stamboul." 1884.
ABREU DE GALINDO, Juan de
- "History of the discovery and conquest of the Canary Is, tr. from a Spanish ms. by G. Glas." London / 1764.
Extracts in PINKERTON2 vol. 16.
ABREU, Antonio de
fl. 1511
With Francisco SERR-O was sent by ALBUQUERQUE with 3 vessels to explore the Moluccas after the Portugese occupation of Malacca in 1511.
ABU DOLAF
His report on a journey to the frontiers of China was embodied in the geographical dictionary of YAKUT
ACOSTA, Christoval
In India 1578.
ACOSTA, Father José de
- "Historia natural y moral de las Indias." Seville / 1509.
- London / 1604 (tr. Edward Grimston).
- Tr. Grimston, ed. C.R. Markham, 1880 / Hakluyt Society (Series I, nos. 60, 61a, 61b).
ACUñA, Father Cristobal de
Missionary. Amazon expedition 1639.
- See Markham, Sir C.R.: "Expeditions into the valley of the Amazons." 1859 / Hakluyt Society (Series I, no. 24)
ADAIR, James
Georgia, Carolina
- "History of American Indians." 1775.
ADAMS, Andrew Leith
d. 1882
Zoologist and army surgeon. Left account of travels in India.
ADAMS, Andy
- "Log of a Cowboy." 1903. New ed. New York / 1931.
