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The Voyages and Travels of the Ambassadors from the Duke of Holstein, to the Great Duke of Muscovy, and the King of Persia, Begun in the Year M.DC.XXXIII and Finish'd in M.DC.XXXIX: Containing a Compleat History of Muscovy, Tartary, Persia, and Other Adjacent Countries (2 volumes in 1, second with a somewhat different title by Mandelslo; London: Printed for T. Dring and J. Starkey, 1662), by Adam Olearius and Johann Albrecht von Mandelslo, trans. by John Davies (page images at HathiTrust)
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Filed under: Asia, Central -- Description and travel- 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)
- 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)
- A Voyage to the East Indies: Containing Authentic Accounts of the Mogul Government in General, the Viceroyalties of the Decan and Bengal, With Their Several Subordinate Dependencies (with A Journey From Aleppo to Busserah; London: Printed for S. Hooper, 1772), by John Henry Grose, contrib. by John Carmichael (page images with commentary at wdl.org)
- Voyage dans l'Inde et au Bengale, Fait dans les Années 1789 et 1790 (2 volumes in French; Paris: Dentu, 1801), by L. de Grandpré (page images at HathiTrust)
- A Voyage in the Indian Ocean and to Bengal, Undertaken in the year 1790: Containing an Account of the Sechelles Islands and Trincomale (with A Voyage in the Red Sea; Boston: Printed by D. Carlisle for W. Pelham and and W. P. and L. Blake, 1803), by L. de Grandpré
- A Voyage in the Indian Ocean and to Bengal, Undertaken in the Years 1789 and 1790: Containing an Account of the Sechelles Islands and Trincomale (with A Voyage in the Red Sea, in 2 volumes; London: Printed for G. and J. Robinson, 1803), by L. de Grandpré (both volumes :page images at loc.gov)
- A Narrative of the Military Operations of the Coromandel Coast, Against the Combined Forces of the French, Dutch and Hyder Ally Cawn, From the Year 1780 to the Peace in 1784 (London: Printed for the author by T. Bensley, 1789), by Innes Munro (page images at HathiTrust)
- 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
- 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. (second edition; London: Oxford University Press, H. Milford, 1925), by Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, ed. by William Crooke, trans. by V. Ball
- 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 Voyage of Nearchus; and The Periplus of the Erythrean Sea (Greek text with English translation and notes; Oxford: At the University Press, 1809), by Arrian, trans. by William Vincent (page images at HathiTrust)
- 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)
- 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
- The Voyages and Travels of the Ambassadors from the Duke of Holstein, to the Great Duke of Muscovy, and the King of Persia, Begun in the Year M.DC.XXXIII and Finish'd in M.DC.XXXIX: Containing a Compleat History of Muscovy, Tartary, Persia, and Other Adjacent Countries (2 volumes in 1, second with a somewhat different title by Mandelslo; London: Printed for T. Dring and J. Starkey, 1662), by Adam Olearius and Johann Albrecht von Mandelslo, trans. by John Davies (page images at HathiTrust)
- Early Voyages and Travels to Russia and Persia, by Anthony Jenkinson and Other Englishmen; With Some Account of the First Intercourse of the English with Russia and Central Asia by Way of the Caspian Sea (reprint of the 2-volume Hakluyt Society edition of 1886), ed. by E. Delmar Morgan and C. H. Coote, contrib. by Anthony Jenkinson
- The History of Japan (2 volumes; London: Printed for the translator, 1727), by Engelbert Kaempfer, trans. by John Gaspar Scheuchzer
- The History of Japan, Together With a Description of the Kingdom of Siam, 1690-92 (3 volumes; includes an appendix on a 1673 voyage to Japan by Delboe, Gibben, and Ramsden; Glasgow: J. MacLehose and Sons; New York: Macmillan, 1906), by Engelbert Kaempfer, trans. by John Gaspar Scheuchzer, contrib. by Simon Delboe, Hamond Gibben, and William Ramsden
- The History of Japan, Together With a Description of the Kingdom of Siam, 1690-92 (3 volumes; includes an appendix on a 1673 voyage to Japan by Delboe, Gibben, and Ramsden; Glasgow: J. MacLehose and Sons; New York: Macmillan, 1906), by Engelbert Kaempfer, trans. by John Gaspar Scheuchzer, contrib. by Simon Delboe, Hamond Gibben, and William Ramsden
- 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)
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