West Indies -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800
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The Rare Trauailes of Iob Hortop, an Englishman, Who Was Not Heard of in Three and Twentie Yeeres Space (1925 photostat reprint; originally published London: Printed for W. Wright, 1591), by Job Hortop (page images at HathiTrust)- Narrative of a Voyage to the West Indies and Mexico in the Years 1599-1602 (London: Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1859), by Samuel de Champlain (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Journal of a Lady of Quality: Being the Narrative of a Journey from Scotland to the West Indies, North Carolina, and Portugal, in the Years 1774 to 1776 (New Haven: Yale University Press, c1921), by Janet Schaw, ed. by Evangeline Walker Andrews and Charles McLean Andrews
- The History of the Caribby-Islands (London: Printed by J. M. for T. Dring and J. Starkey, 1666), by Charles de Rochefort, trans. by John Davies, contrib. by Raymond Breton
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Filed under: West Indies -- Description and travel- Lands of the Inner Sea: The West Indies and Bermuda (New York: Coward-McCann, c1948), by Walter Adolphe Roberts (page images at HathiTrust)
- Gardens of the Caribbees; Sketches of a Cruise to the West Indies and the Spanish Main (Boston: L. C. Page and Co., 1904), by Ida May Hill Starr
- Sailing Sunny Seas: A Story of Travel in Jamaica, Honolulu, Haiti, Santo Domingo, Porto Rico, St. Thomas, Dominica, Martinique, Trinidad and the West Indies (Chicago: W. B. Conkey Co., 1909), by Ella Wheeler Wilcox (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The West Indies and the Spanish Main (sixth edition; London: Chapman and Hall, 1867), by Anthony Trollope (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Wonders of the West Indies (London: Seeley, Jackson and Halliday, 1856), by Mrs. Henry Lynch
- Days and Nights in the Tropics (Toronto: Morang and Co., 1905), by W. R. Harris (multiple formats at archive.org)
- From Cape Cod to Dixie and the Tropics, by J. Milton Mackie (page images at MOA)
- In the Wake of the Buccaneers (New York and London: The Century Co., 1923), by A. Hyatt Verrill
- Texas and the Gulf of Mexico, or, Yachting in the New World (Philadelphia: G. B. Zieber and Co., 1845), by Mrs. Houstoun (page images at Mystic Seaport)
- A Brief Account, Together With Observations, Made During a Visit in the West Indies, and a Tour Through the United States of America, in Parts of the Years 1832-3; Together With a Statistical Account of Upper Canada (Dundas, ON: G. H. Hackstaff, 1836), by Thomas Rolph
- Froudacity, by J. J. Thomas (Gutenberg text)
- The West Indies: Being a Description of the Islands, Progress of Christianity, Education, and Liberty Among the Colored Population Generally (Boston: Dow and Jackson, 1841), by Nancy Prince
- Obeah: Witchcraft in the West Indies (London: S. Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1889), by Hesketh Bell (page images at HathiTrust)
- Obeah: Witchcraft in the West Indies (second and revised edition; London: S. Low, Marston and Co., 1893), by Hesketh Bell (page images at HathiTrust)
- A Ride Over the Rocky Mountains to Oregon and California, With a Glance at Some of the Tropical Islands, Including the West Indies and the Sandwich Isles (London: Richard Bentley, 1852), by Henry J. Coke (page images in Germany)
- Alone in the Caribbean: Being the Yarn of a Cruise in the Lesser Antilles in the Sailing Canoe "Yakaboo" (c1917), by Frederic A. Fenger
- The Curse of the Caribbean and the Three Guianas (Gehennas) (Minneapolis: Pioneer printers, c1920), by G. L. Morrill, illust. by Lowell L. Morrill (page images at HathiTrust)
- Wanderings in South America, by Charles Waterton (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Magic Portholes (New York : The Macmillan company, 1932), by Helen Follett, illust. by Armstrong Sperry (page images at HathiTrust)
- Emancipation of the West Indies: A Six Months' Tour in Antigua, Barbadoes, and Jamaica, in the Year 1837 (Anti-Slavery Examiner #7; New York: American Anti-slavery Society, 1838), by James A. Thome and J. Horace Kimball
- In the Trades, the Tropics, and the Roaring Forties (New York: H. Holt and Co., 1885), by Annie Brassey, illust. by G. Pearson, J. Cooper, and R. T. Pritchett (page images at HathiTrust)
- Froudacity, by J. J. Thomas (Gutenberg text)
- The West Indies and the Spanish Main (sixth edition; London: Chapman and Hall, 1867), by Anthony Trollope (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Worlds Within Worlds (c1928), by Stella Benson (HTML at Gutenberg Canada)
- The Marchants Avizo: Verie Necessarie for Their Sonnes and Servants, When They First Send Them Beyond The Seas, as to Spayne and Portingale, or Other Countreyes (London: Impr. by T. Orwin, 1590), by J. B. (page images at Yale)
- The Whole Art of the Stage: Containing Not Only the Rules of the Drammatick Art, But Many Curious Observations About It, Which May Be of Great Use to the Authors, Actors, and Spectators of Plays, Together With Much Critical Learning About the Stage and Plays of the Antients (London: Printed for the author and sold by W. Cadman et al., 1684), by François-Hédelin Aubignac (HTML at EEBO TCP)
- Select Works of Sri Sankaracharya (English translations only; 1921), by Śaṅkarācārya, trans. by S. Venkataramanan (HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com)
- The Analysis of Beauty: Written With a View of Fixing the Fluctuating Ideas of Taste (London: J. Reeves, 1753), by William Hogarth (page images at Wisconsin)
- A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful (London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1757), by Edmund Burke (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Indagación Filosófica Sobre el Orígen de Nuestras Ideas Acerca de lo Sublime y lo Bello (in Spanish; Alcalá: Oficina de la Real Universidad, 1807), by Edmund Burke, trans. by Juan de la Dehesa (page images at HathiTrust)
- An Essay on the Beautiful (From the Greek of Plotinus) (London: J. M. Watkins, 1917), by Plotinus, trans. by Thomas Taylor (Gutenberg text)
- Laocoon: An Essay Upon the Limits of Painting and Poetry, With Remarks Illustrative of Various Points in the History of Ancient Art (Boston: Roberts Bros., 1887), by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, trans. by Ellen Frothingham
- A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful, by Edmund Burke (HTML at Bartleby)
- Aristotle on the Art of Poetry (aka Poetics), by Aristotle, trans. by Ingram Bywater, contrib. by Gilbert Murray (Gutenberg text)
- Poetics, by Aristotle, trans. by S. H. Butcher (Gutenberg text)
- Poetics, by Aristotle, trans. by W. Hamilton Fyfe (HTML with commentary at Perseus)
- The Art of Poetry: An Epistle to the Pisos (in Latin and English), by Horace, ed. by George Colman (Gutenberg text)
- Rhetoric, by Aristotle, trans. by W. Rhys Roberts (HTML at Internet Classics)
- Rhetoric, by Aristotle, trans. by John Henry Freese (HTML with commentary at Perseus)
- A Geographical Historie of Africa (London: G. Bishop, 1600), by Leo Africanus, trans. by John Pory
- The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, Written by Himself (London: The author, 1789), by Olaudah Equiano
- Volume I: HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC
- Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
- volume I, second edition: HTML at ECCO TCP
- volume II: HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC
- Volume II: multiple formats at archive.org
- volume II: HTML at ECCO TCP
- 2 volumes in 1: page images at HathiTrust
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- 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 Caution to Great Britain and Her Colonies, in a Short Representation of the Calamitous State of the Enslaved Negroes in the British Dominions (new edition; London: J. Phillips, 1785), by Anthony Benezet
- 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 Voyage of Hanno: Translated, and Accompanied With the Greek text, Explained From the Accounts of Modern Travellers, Defended Against the Objections of Mr. Dodwell and Other Writers, and Illustrated by Maps from Ptolemy, d'Anville, and Bougainville (in Greek and English; London: Sold by T. Cadell, jun. and Davies, 1797), by Hanno, ed. by Thomas Falconer (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Periplus of Hanno: A Voyage of Discovery Down the West African Coast, by a Carthaginian Admiral of the Fifth Century B.C. (Philadelphia: Commercial Museum, 1912), by Hanno, trans. by Wilfred H. Schoff (page images at HathiTrust)
- A Discourse Intended to Commemorate the Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus: Delivered at the Request of the Historical Society in Massachusetts, on the 23d day of October, 1792, Being the Completion of the Third Century Since That Memorable Event; To Which Are Added Four Dissertations (Boston: Belknap and Hall, 1792), by Jeremy Belknap
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