Description, Travel, and History

Challes, Robert, 1659-ca.1720. Journal d'un Voyage Fait aux Indes Orientales, par une Escadre de Six Vaisseaux Commandez par Mr. Du Quesne, Depuis le 24 Fevrier 1690, Jusqu'au 20 Aout 1691, par Ordre de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales. La Haye, 1721. 3 v.
[Text in French. Vol. 1 contains a b & w folding illustration of a mariner's compass; Vol. 2 discusses Siam, Pegu, Bengal, etc.; Vol. 3 discusses China, Japan, Siam, etc..]
DS411.5.C4

Colquhoun, Archibald R, 1848-1914. Across Chryse; Being a Narrative of a Journey of Exploration Through the South China Border Lands from the Canton to Mandalay. New York: Scribner, Welford, & C., 1883
[This two volume set is a narrative of the author's journey, comprised of personal journal entries. The two volumes contain two folding maps, 30 facsimiles of native drawings, and 300 illustrations, along with a glossary of terms and an index.]
DS709.C71

Symes, Michael, 1753?-1809. Relation de l'Ambassade Anglaise, Envoyee en 1795 dans le Royaume d'Ava, ou l'Empire des Birmans. Paris: F. Buisson, 1800. 3 v.
[Text in French. Vol. 3 contains a table of vocabulary, and an index.]
DS485.B81S85

Varthema, Lodovico de, 15th century. The Itinerary of Ludovico di Varthema of Bologna from 1502 to 1508. London: The Argonaut Press, 1928.
[Includes India, Ceylon, Bengal, Pegu, Malacca, Sumatra, the Spice Islands, Java, Calicut. Contains maps of the author's itinerary through the Bay of Bengal, and in the Malay Archipelago.]
DS7.V313