Voyages around the world -- Early works to 1800
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An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere (3 volumes; London: Printed for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1773), by John Byron, Samuel Wallis, Philip Carteret, James Cook, and Joseph Banks, ed. by John Hawkesworth- A Continuation of A Voyage to New-Holland, &c., in the Year 1699 (1709), by William Dampier (multiple formats at archive.org)
- A Cruising Voyage Round the World: First to the South-Seas, Thence to the East-Indies, and Homewards by the Cape of Good Hope, Begun in 1708, and Finish'd in 1711 (London: Printed for A. Bell and B. Lintot, 1712), by Woodes Rogers (page images at HathiTrust)
- A Journal of Captain Cook's Last Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, and in Quest of a North-West passage Between Asia & America, Performed in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, and 1779 (Hartford: Printed and sold by Nathaniel Patten, 1783), by John Ledyard (page images at LOC)
- A Voyage Round the World, But More Particularly to the Northwest Coast of America, Performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon (London: John Stockdale and George Goulding, 1789), by Nathaniel Portlock (Javascript-dependent page images at americanjourneys.org)
- A Voyage to New Holland, &c., in the Year 1699 (1703), by William Dampier (multiple formats at archive.org)
- A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean (1784), by James Cook and James King
- A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World: Performed in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Adventure, in the Years 1772, 1773, 1774 and 1775 (London: Printed for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1777), by James Cook and Tobias Furneaux
- Voyages and Descriptions (1699), by William Dampier (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Magellan's Voyage Around the World: Three Contemporary Accounts (Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 1962), ed. by Charles E. Nowell, contrib. by Antonio Pigafetta, Maximilian of Transylvania, and Gaspar Corrêa (page images at HathiTrust)
- A New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World (London: Printed for A. Hogg, ca. 1786), ed. by George William Anderson (page images with commentary at wdl.org)
- Anson's Voyage Round the World: The Text Reduced, With Introduction, Notes and Glossary (London: Rivingtons, 1901), by George Anson and Richard Walter, ed. by H. W. Household (Gutenberg text)
- Captain Cook's Journal During His First Voyage Round the World Made in H. M. Bark "Endeavour", 1768-71 (London; Elliot Stock, 1893), by James Cook, ed. by W. J. L. Wharton (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Dampier's Voyages: Consisting of a New Voyage Round the World, a Supplement to the Voyage Round the World, Two Voyages to Campeachy, a Discourse of Winds, a Voyage to New Holland, and a Vindication, in Answer to the Chimerical Relation of William Funnell (2 volumes; London: E. Grant Richards, 1906), by William Dampier, ed. by John Masefield (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Endeavour Journal of Sir Joseph Banks, 1768-1771, by Joseph Banks, ed. by J. C. Beaglehole (HTML and PDF at University of Sydney)
- Life Aboard a British Privateer in the Time of Queen Anne: Being the Journal of Captain Woodes Rogers, Master Mariner (London: Chapman and Hall, 1899), by Woodes Rogers, ed. by Robert Charles Leslie (multiple formats at archive.org)
- A Voyage Round the World in the Years 1740-4 (London: J. M. Dent; New York: E. P. Dutton, ca. 1911), by George Anson, contrib. by John Masefield (Gutenberg text)
- The Life of Captain James Cook (Basel, Switzerland: Printed by J.J. Tourneisen, 1788), by Andrew Kippis
- The World Encompassed by Sir Francis Drake, Being His Next Voyage to That to Nombre de Dios Formerly Imprinted (London: N. Bovrne, 1628), by Francis Drake (page images at LOC)
- The English Hero, or Sir Francis Drake Reviv'd (London: Printed for N. Crouch, 1695), by R. B. (page images at LOC)
- The First Voyage Round the World by Magellan, Translated From the Accounts of Pigafetta and Other Contemporary Writers (London: Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1874), ed. by Lord Stanley of Alderley, contrib. by Antonio Pigafetta (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Il Primo Viaggio Intorno al Globo di Antonio Pigafetta, e le Sue Regole sull'Arte del Navigare; Giraloamo Benzoni e la Sua Historia del Mondo Nuovo (in Italian; Rome: Auspice il Ministero della Pubblica Istruzione, 1894), by Antonio Pigafetta, ed. by Andrea Da Mosto, contrib. by Marco Allegri
- A Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas, in His Majesty's Ship, the Endeavour (London: Printed for Stanfield Parkinson, 1773), by Sydney Parkinson, ed. by Stanfield Parkinson (HTML at National Library of Australia)
- Magellan's Voyage Around the World (2 volumes plus an index; Cleveland: A. H. Clark Co., 1906), by Antonio Pigafetta, ed. by James Alexander Robertson (page images at HathiTrust)
- Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook, With an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods, by Andrew Kippis (Gutenberg text)
- A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World (London: Printed for John Stockdale, 1801), by George Vancouver
- The World Encompassed by Sir Francis Drake, Being His Next Voyage to That to Nombre de Dios, Collated With an Unpublished Manuscript by Francis Fletcher, Chaplain to the Expedition (London: Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1854), by Francis Drake, ed. by W. S. W. Vaux, contrib. by Francis Fletcher (page image at HathiTrust)
Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.
Filed under: Voyages around the world- The Circumnavigators: Small Boat Voyagers of Modern Times (c1974), by Don Holm (illustrated HTML at stexboat.com)
- A Journey to the East: Li Gui's A New Account of a Trip Around the Globe (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, c2004), by Li Gui, trans. by Charles Desnoyers (page images at HathiTrust)
- Poet on a Scooter (New York: Dial Press, 1958), by Harry Roskolenko (page images at HathiTrust)
- Round the World on a Penny (seventh edition; revised; 1946), by Anita Willets-Burnham (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Footsteps in the Sea (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, c1935), by Julius Fleischmann (page images at HathiTrust)
- Round the World on a Penny (New York: Covici-Friede, 1933), by Anita Willets-Burnham (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Around the World at Seventeen (Rahway, NJ: Quinn and Boden Co., c1928), by Charles F. C. Ladd (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Round the World with a Psychologist (San Francisco: J. W. Stacey, 1927), by Lillien Jane Martin (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Student-Magellan: In Which You Will Find Written and Pictured Something of the Story of the Ryndam and the First Annual College Cruise Around the World, 1926-1927 (New York: Printed by Voelcker Bros., 1927) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Jesting Pilate: An Intellectual Holiday (New York: G. H. Doran Co., c1926), by Aldous Huxley (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Aanteekeningen Gehouden op Eene Reis om de Wereld, Met het Fregat de Maria Reigersberg en de Korvet de Pollux, in de jaren 1824, 1825, en 1826 (in Dutch; Rotterdam: W. J. Allart, 1829), by P. Troost
- The Antipodes and Round the World: or, Travels in Australia, New Zealand, Ceylon, China, Japan, and California (second edition, corrected; London: Hatchards, 1870), by Alice M. Frere (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Around the World on Wheels for the Inter Ocean: The Travels and Adventures in Foreign lands of Mr. and Mrs. H. Darwin McIlrath (Chicago: Inter Ocean Pub. Co., c1898), by H. Darwin McIlrath (page images at HathiTrust)
- A Boy's Voyage Round the World (London: J. Murray, 1905), by Samuel Smiles, ed. by Samuel Smiles (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World (Hartford: The American Pub. Co., 1898), by Mark Twain
- Greater Britain: A Record of Travel in English-Speaking Countries During 1866-7 (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott and Co.; London: Macmillan and Co., 1869), by Charles Wentworth Dilke
- Greater Britain: A Record of Travel in English-Speaking Countries During 1866 and 1867 (third edition; London, Macmillan and Co., 1869), by Charles Wentworth Dilke
- Greater Britain: A Record of Travel in English-Speaking Countries During 1866 and 1867 (New York: Harper and Bros., 1869), by Charles Wentworth Dilke
- Greater Britain: A Record of Travel in English-Speaking Countries, With Additional Chapters on English Influence in Japan and China, and on Hong Kong and the Straits Settlements (London: Macmillan and Co., 1907), by Charles Wentworth Dilke (multiple formats at archive.org)
- In Seven Stages: A Flying Trip Around the World (New York: Harper and Bros., 1891), by Elizabeth Bisland (illustrated HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
- James Cook's Journal of Remarkable Occurrences aboard His Majesty's Bark Endeavour, 1768-1771 (transcription from original manuscript copy, Manuscript 1, National Library of Australia; with related journals), by James Cook (HTML at National Library of Australia)
- Journal of a Lady's Travels Round the World (London: J. Murray, 1883), by F. D. Bridges
- A Lady's Second Journey Round the World: From London to the Cape of Good Hope, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Celebes, Ceran, the Moluccas. Etc., California, Panama, Peru, Ecuador, and the United States (2 volumes; London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855), by Ida Pfeiffer (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Last Voyage, to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' (London and New York: Longmans, Green, 1889), by Annie Brassey, contrib. by Lady Barker and Thomas Brassey Brassey, illust. by R. T. Pritchett (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Meeting the Sun: A Journey All Round the World, Through Egypt, China, Japan, and California; Including an Account of the Marriage Ceremonies of the Emperor of China (London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1874), by William Simpson (multiple formats at Google)
- Narrative of a Journey Round the World, During the Years 1841 and 1842 (2 volumes; London: H. Colburn, 1847), by George Simpson (page images at HathiTrust)
- Round the Wonderful World (London and Edinburgh: T. C. and E. C. Jack, n.d.), by G. E. Mitton, illust. by A. S. Forrest (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Round the World, by Andrew Carnegie (Gutenberg text)
- Rund um die Erde: Erlebtes aus Amerika, Japan, Korea, China, Indien und Arabien (in German; Bern: A. Francke A.G., c1921), by Eduard Büchler
- Sailing Alone Around the World (New York: The Century Company, 1900), by Joshua Slocum, illust. by Thomas Fogarty and George Varian (illustrated HTML at ibiblio.org)
- Sailing Alone Around the World, by Joshua Slocum, illust. by Thomas Fogarty and George Varian (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Sir Francis Drake's Famous Voyage Round the World, by Francis Pretty (Gutenberg text)
- A Social Departure: How Orthodocia and I Went Round the World By Ourselves (London: Chatto & Windus, 1890), by Sara Jeannette Duncan (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Three Voyages of Captain James Cook Around the World (1821), by James Cook
- volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
- volume II: multiple formats at archive.org
- volume III: multiple formats at archive.org
- volume IV: multiple formats at archive.org
- volume V: multiple formats at archive.org
- volume VI: multiple formats at archive.org
- volume VII: multiple formats at archive.org
- À Travers le Monde: La Vie Orientale, la Vie Créole (in French; Paris: Didier, 1870), by Adèle Hommaire de Hell (page images at HathiTrust)
- Viaggio di Circumnavigazione della Regia Corvetta "Caracciolo" (Comandante C. de Amezaga), Negli Anni 1881-82-83-84 (4 volumes in Italian; Rome: Forzani e Comp., 1885-1887)
- A Voyage in the Sunbeam: Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months (New York: John Wurtele Lovell, 1881), by Annie Brassey (multiple formats at archive.org)
- A Woman's Journey Round the World, From Vienna to Brazil, Chili, Tahiti, China, Hindostan, Persia, and Asia Minor, by Ida Pfeiffer (Gutenberg text)
- Around the World on a Bicycle, by Thomas Stevens
- Around the World on a Bicycle (2 volumes; London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1887-1888), by Thomas Stevens
- Around the World with General Grant: A Narrative of the Visit of General U.S. Grant, Ex-President of the United States, to Various Countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa, in 1877, 1878, 1879; To Which are Added Certain Conversations With General Grant on Questions Connected with American Politics and History (2 volumes (originally issued in 20 parts); New York: The American News Co., c1879), by John Russell Young
- Captain Cook: His Life, Voyages and Discoveries, by William Henry Giles Kingston (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Descripción de los Reinos, Costas, Puertos e Islas que hay Desde el Cabo de Buena Esperanza Hasta los Leyquios; Libro que Trata del Descubrimiento y Principio del Estrecho que se Llama de Magallanes; y Descrición de Parte del Japón (in Spanish; first part variously attributed to Barbosa or Magalhaes (Magellan); Madrid: Estab. Tip. de Torrent y Compañía, 1920), ed. by Antonio Blázquez y Delgado Aguilera, contrib. by Duarte Barbosa, Fernão de Magalhães, and Ginés de Mafra (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Nellie Bly's Book: Around the World in Seventy-Two Days (Bretano's: London, 1890. Pictorial Weeklies: New York, 1890), by Nellie Bly (HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
- The Autobiography of Nicholas Said, A Native of Bournou, Eastern Soudan, Central Africa (Memphis, TN: Shotwell and Co., Publishers, 1873), by Nicholas Said
- Man-of-War Life: A Boy's Experience in the United States Navy, During a Voyage Around the World, in a Ship of the Line (New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., c1855), by Charles Nordhoff
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