Asia -- Description and travel
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Broader terms:Narrower terms:- Asia -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800
- Asia -- Description and travel -- Juvenile literature
- Asia, Central -- Description and travel
- Orient -- Description and travel
- Afghanistan -- Description and travel
- Bangladesh -- Description and travel
- Bhutan -- Description and travel
- Burma -- Description and travel
- Cambodia -- Description and travel
- China -- Description and travel
- India -- Description and travel
- Iran -- Description and travel
- Iraq -- Description and travel
- Israel -- Description and travel
- Japan -- Description and travel
- Kazakhstan -- Description and travel
- Korea -- Description and travel
- Malaysia -- Description and travel
- Mongolia -- Description and travel
- Nepal -- Description and travel
- Oman -- Description and travel
- Pakistan -- Description and travel
- Philippines -- Description and travel
- Saudi Arabia -- Description and travel
- Sri Lanka -- Description and travel
- Syria -- Description and travel
- Taiwan -- Description and travel
- Tajikistan -- Description and travel
- Thailand -- Description and travel
- Turkey -- Description and travel
- Vietnam -- Description and travel
- Yemen (Republic) -- Description and travel
- Asia -- Description and travel -- 1951-
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Heart of Asia (New York: Roerich Museum Press, 1930), by Nicholas Roerich (page images at HathiTrust)- In the Golden East: An Illustrated Journey in Eastern Wonderlands (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co., 1908), by Charlotte Chaffee Gibson (page images at HathiTrust)
- Ser Marco Polo: Notes and Addenda to Sir Henry Yule's Edition, Containing the Results of Recent Research and Discovery (London: J. Murray, 1920), by Henri Cordier
- Travels from St. Petersburg, in Russia, to Diverse Parts of Asia (1763), by John Bell
- Travels in Assyria, Media, and Persia (second edition, 2 volumes; London: H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1830), by James Silk Buckingham (page images at HathiTrust)
- À Travers l'Asie (in French; Brussels: Polleunis et Ceuterick, 1894), by Constant de Deken, contrib. by Jules Joseph Leclercq, illust. by Henri d' Orléans (page images at HathiTrust)
- À Travers l'Asie (in French; Anvers: C. Thibaut, 1902), by Constant de Deken, illust. by Henri d' Orléans
- Oriental and Western Siberia: A Narrative of Seven Years' Explorations and Adventures in Siberia, Mongolia, the Kirghis Steppes, Chinese Tartary, and Part of Central Asia (New York: Harper and Brothers, 1858), by Thomas Witlam Atkinson (page images at HathiTrust)
- Travels of a Philosopher: or, Observations on the Manners and Arts of Various Nations in Africa and Asia (Augusta: Reprinted by P. Edes, 1797), by Pierre Poivre (HTML at Evans TCP)
- The Travels of Ibn Batūta;: Translated from the Abridged Arabic Manuscript Copies Preserved in the Public Library of Cambridge, With Notes Illustrative of the History, Geography, Botany, Antiques, &c Occurring Throughout the Work (London: Printed for the Oriental Translation Committee, 1829), by Ibn Batuta, ed. by Samuel Lee (page images at HathiTrust)
- A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms, by Faxian, trans. by James Legge
- The History of Persia (London: J. Brown, 1715), by Pedro Teixeira, trans. by John Stevens, contrib. by Muḥammad ibn Khāvandshāh Mīr Khvānd and Turan Shah ibn Qutb al-Din
- Relations of the Most Famous Kingdomes and Common-Wealths Thorowout the World, Discoursing of Their Situations, Religions, Languages, Manners, Customes, strengths, Greatnesse, and Policies (London: Printed by I. Haviland for I. Partridge, 1630), by Giovanni Botero, ed. by Robert Johnson (HTML at EEBO TCP)
- Relations of the Most Famous Kingdoms and Common-Weales Thorough the World, Discoursing of Their Scituations, Manners, Customes, Strengthes and Pollicies (London: Printed for J. Jaggard, 1611), by Giovanni Botero, ed. by Robert Johnson
- Travels in India, by Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, Baron of Aubonne, Translated From the Original French Edition of 1676 With a Biographical Sketch of the Author, Notes, Appendices, &c. (second edition; London: Oxford University Press, H. Milford, 1925), by Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, ed. by William Crooke, trans. by V. Ball
- The Six Voyages of John Baptista Tavernier, Baron of Aubonne, Through Turky, Into Persia and the East-Indies, For the Space of Forty Years (London: Printed by W. Godbid for R. Littlebury and M. Pitt, 1677), by Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, trans. by John Phillips (HTML at EEBO TCP)
- Travels in India, by Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, Baron of Aubonne, Translated From the Original French Edition of 1676 With a Biographical Sketch of the Author, Notes, Appendices, &c. (London and New York: Macmillan and Co., 1889), by Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, trans. by V. Ball
- The Voyages and Adventures of Ferdinand Mendez Pinto, the Portuguese (popular edition; London: T. F. Unwin, 1897), by Fernão Mendes Pinto, trans. by Henry Cogan, contrib. by Ármin Vámbéry
- The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, Concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the East (second edition, 2 volumes; London: J. Murray, 1875), by Marco Polo, ed. by Henry Yule (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Travels of Marco Polo: The Complete Yule-Cordier Edition (2 volumes), by Marco Polo, ed. by Henry Yule and Henri Cordier
- Travels of Rabbi Petachia of Ratisbon (London: Trubner, 1856), by Pethahiah of Regensburg and Judah ben Samuel, trans. by A. Benisch, contrib. by William Ainsworth (PDF at seforimonline.org)
- Far Off: or, Asia and Australia Described, With Anecdotes and Illustrations, by Favell Lee Mortimer (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Travels of Rolando, or, A Tour Round the World: Second Series, Containing a Journey Through Mesopotamia, Persia, Siberia, Kamschatka, China, and Thibet (London: G. Routledge, 1853), by Anne Bowman, illust. by William Harvey (page images at HathiTrust)
- East of the Sun and West of the Moon (New York: Blue ribbon books, c1926), by Theodore Roosevelt and Kermit Roosevelt (page images at HathiTrust)
- Across Coveted Lands: or, A Journey From Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta, Overland (London: Macmillan and Co., 1902), by Arnold Henry Savage Landor (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Altai-Himalaya: A Travel Diary, by Nicholas Roerich (at roerich.org)
- Central Asia: Travels in Cashmere, Little Thibet and Central Asia (New York: C. Scribner's Sons, c1892), by Bayard Taylor, ed. by Thomas Stevens
- Central Asia: Travels in Cashmere, Little Tibet and Central Asia (New York: Scribner, Armstrong and Co., 1874), by Bayard Taylor
- Explorations in Turkestan, by Raphael Pumpelly
- The Face of Manchuria, Korea, and Russian Turkestan (New York: Duffield, 1911), by E. G. Kemp (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Heart of Asia, by Nicholas Roerich (HTML at roerich.org)
- In Russian Turkestan: A Garden of Asia and its People (London: G. Allen, 1903), by Annette M. B. Meakin (page images at Wisconsin)
- Reconnoitring Central Asia: Pioneering Adventures in the Region Lying Between Russia and India (third edition; London: S. Sonnenschein, Le Bas and Lowrey, 1886), by Charles Marvin
- Russian Central Asia, Including Kuldja, Bokhara, Khiva, and Merv (2 volumes; Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1885), by Henry Lansdell
- Through Russian Central Asia (New York: Macmillan, 1916), by Stephen Graham (page images at Wisconsin)
- Narrative of a Mission to Bokhara, in the Years 1843-1845, to Ascertain the Fate of Colonel Stoddart and Captain Conolly (fourth edition; London: Pub. for the author by J. W. Parker, 1846), by Joseph Wolff
- Through Deserts and Oases of Central Asia (London: Macmillan and Co., 1920), by Ella Sykes and Percy Sykes (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Road to the Grey Pamir (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co., 1931), by Anna Louise Strong (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Merv Oasis: Travels and Adventures East of the Caspian During the Years 1879-80-81, Including Five Months' Residence Among the Tekkés of Merv (2 volumes; New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1883), by Edmond O'Donovan
- A Ride to Khiva: Travels and Adventures in Central Asia (New York: Harper and Brothers, 1877), by Fred Burnaby (page images at Wisconsin)
- Travels in the Regions of the Upper and Lower Amoor, and the Russian Acquisitions on the Confines of India and China (London: Hurst and Blackett, 1860), by Thomas Witlam Atkinson (page images at HathiTrust)
- Shambhala, by Nicholas Roerich (HTML at roerich.org)
- Cabool: A Personal Narrative of a Journey to, and Residence in That City, in the Years 1836, 7, and 8 (from the second edition; Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1843), by Alexander Burnes
- Life in an Indian Outpost (London: T. W. Laurie, ca. 1914), by Gordon Casserly (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Bhotan and the Story of the Dooar War (London: John Murray, 1866), by D. F. Rennie (page images with commentary at wdl.org)
- A Bachelor Girl in Burma (London: Adam and Charles Black, 1907), by G. E. Mitton (page images at Google; US access only)
- An English Girl's First Impressions of Burmah (Wigan: R. Platt; London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co., 1899), by Beth Ellis (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Picturesque Burma, Past and Present (London: J. M. Dent, 1897), by Mrs. Ernest Hart
- Through Burmah to Western China, Being Notes of a Journey in 1863 to Establish the Practicability of a Trade-Route Between the Irawaddi and the Yang-Tse-Kiang (Edinburgh and London: W. Blackwood and Sons, 1868), by Clement Williams
- The Kachins: Their Customs and Traditions (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press, 1913), by O. Hanson (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Siam (London: T. W. Laurie, ca. 1914), by Pierre Loti, trans. by W. P. Baines (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Siam (Philadelphia: D. McKay, ca. 1914), by Pierre Loti, trans. by W. P. Baines
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