TRAVELLERS AND EXPLORERS
BIRD
With James Clark ROSS on second Arctic exploration 1848-49.
BIRON, Jean de Gontaut, Baron de Salignac
- "Ambassade en Turquie... 1605-1610..." Paris / 1888.
BISCOE, John
1794-1843
Whaler. See ENDERBY.
BISHOP, Capt. Charles
Trader and merchant seaman. Ex-RN.
- "The journals and letters of Captain Charles Bishop on the NW coast of America, in the Pacific, and in New South Wales, 1794-1799." 1966 / Hakluyt Society (Series II, no. 131).
BISHOP, Mrs Isabella
See BIRD, Isabella Lucy
BISSON, Raoul, Comte du
French adventurer amd gun-runner.
- "Les femmes, les eunuques, et les guerriers du Soudan." Paris / 1868.
BITTER, Pieter de
With Dutch fleet to E. Indies, 1664-65. - Acc (in Dutch) The Hague / 1929 / Linschoten Soc.
BLACKWOOD, Lady Alicia
- "Narrative of personal experiences and impressions during a residence on the Bosphorus throughout the Crimean War." London / 1881 / Hatchard.
BLAKISTON, Thomas Wright
1832-1891
Soldier, explorer, ornithologist. With PALLISER expedition in Canada 1857. Served Crimea and and China (war of 1859). Organised exploration of middle and upper Yangtse. Settled as merchant in Japan. Died in California.
- "Five months on the Yang-Tze." 1862.
BLANC, Edouard
1858-1923
Engineer and Fr. colonial official. Explorer of desert regions (Sahara, Cent. Asia).
