Lot #6: 4 Exploration and Travel : Cook's Voyages, Amazon, Tibet and Marco Polo Folio Society Books in Slipcases

4 Exploration and Travel : Folio Society Books in Slipcases. Cover conditions as shown. Bindings tight and page blocks intact. Text and illustrations clean throughout. Captain Cook's Voyages 1768–1779 by Captain James Cook: This firsthand narrative compiles the journals and logs from Captain Cook's three historic circumnavigations of the globe aboard HMS Endeavour and Resolution. It documents groundbreaking geographical discoveries, early encounters with Pacific island cultures, and the mapping of uncharted waters across Australia, New Zealand, and the Antarctic Circle. In Trouble Again: A Journey Between the Orinoco and the Amazon by Redmond O'Hanlon This hair-raising travel memoir recounts British author Redmond O'Hanlon's four-month expedition deep into the South American rainforest in search of the remote Yanomami tribe. Blending self-deprecating humor with natural history, it details his survival against dangerous wildlife, tropical diseases, and absurd misadventures alongside his reluctant companions. Lamas of the Western Heavens by Régis-Évriste Huc: This travel narrative documents the daring 1840s journey of two French Vincentian missionaries who disguised themselves as lamas to cross Tartary and Tibet. It provides a fascinating, eyewitness account of Buddhist monastic life, local customs, and the harsh landscapes of Inner Asia leading to their arrival in the forbidden city of Lhasa. The Travels of Marco Polo by Marco Polo: This classic travelogue details the Venetian merchant's extraordinary 24-year journey across Asia and his service at the court of Mongol Emperor Kublai Khan during the 13th century. It offers a vivid historical record of medieval China, Silk Road trade routes, exotic court luxuries, and eastern cultures previously unknown to Western Europe. Pickup category timeslot {A}