Explorers of Africa and the Middle East
- Richard Burton
- Mary Kingsley: Demystifying Africa
- David Livingstone (gallery of images)
- John ‘Rob Roy’ MacGregor (1825-1892): Explorer, Evangelist and Philanthropist
- John Hanning Speke
- From Travel to Text: Reverends Wolff and Lansdell's missions to Bokhara (abstract)
Explorers and Travellers in the Far East
- Isabella Bird (1832-1904), Traveller, Travel Writer and Photographer, Part I
- Isabella Bird (1832-1904), Traveller, Travel Writer and Photographer, Part II
- The Travels and Travel-Writing of Maria, Lady Callcott (1785-1842)
- Christina Herringham and the Ajanta Frescoes
- Juliana Hervey, author of The Adventures of a Lady in Tartary, Thibet, China, & Kashmir (1853)
- Marianne North, Botanical Painter and Traveller (in many countries, including India, Ceylon and Japan)
- Fact or Fiction in the Forbidden Land: the questionable travels of Arnold Henry Savage Landor (in Tibet — abstract)
Explorers of Polar Regions
- Joseph René Bellot
- Sir John Franklin
- Dr. John Rae
- Robert Falcon Scott (monument)
- Ernest H. Shackleton (monument)
British Explorers and the Visual Arts
Related Material
- Cannibals on the Northern Ice: Nationalist Ideals, the Big Lie, and the Franklin Expedition
- The Search for the North-West Passage: 1497-1845
- The Mary Slessor ("Queen of the Okoyong") window in the McManus, Dundee
- "Hitting the Road! Travel Experiences and Narratives of the Victorian and Edwardian Era" (conference announcement with select bibliogrpahy) University of Tours, France (2-3 February 2023)
Related Material on Other Sites
Bibliography
Note: See also under individual explorers.
Bridges, Roy. "Speke, John Hanning (1827-1864). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Online ed. Web. 5 Dec. 2011.
Hanbury-Tenison, Robin. Exploration. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005
Jeal, Tim. Explorers of the Nile: The Triumph and Tragedy of a Great Victorian Adventure.. London: Faber, 2011. 510pp. £25.00. ISBN 978-0-571-24975-6. [review]
Speke, John Hanning. Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile. New York: Harper, 1864. Internet Archive. Web. 5 Dec. 2011.
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