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'Northern Regions, Vol. III: Asiatic Russia'

Itinerary (quoted from title page): 'Deminions bordering on the volga. Circuit of the Caspian sea. Mountains of Caucasus. Ghilan. Mazendaran. From the North End of the Caspian Sea to the Urallian Chain'
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'India Extra Gangem' ['India beyond the Ganges']. A version of this volume published posthumously under the direction of Pennant's son David, as part of the 'Outlines of the Globe, Vol. III: The View of Inda Extra Gangem, China, and Japan' (London, 1800).…

Full title: 'Spain Portugal and Southern France: [Part] I Spain and Portugal'. Elaborate title page incorporating plants and antiquarian coins, dated 1791.
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Itinerary (grouped under the headings 'Arabia Petræa', 'Arabia Deserta', 'Arabia Felix', and 'Persia') roughly follows the coast from the Gulf of Suez to the Persian Gulf (including Medina and Mecca), then covers Mesopotamia via the river Tigris, and continues…

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This item contains a range of material associated with or extracted from the other volumes in the collection, along with a catalogue listing each individual item.

Items are organised in order of the volumes from which they were extracted, and include:
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Eastern Hindostan. An updated version published as The View of Hindoostan: Vol. II. Eastern Hindoostan (London, 1798).
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'The Empires of China and Japan'. A version of this volume published posthumously under the direction of Pennant's son David, as part of the 'Outlines of the Globe, Vol. III: The View of India Extra Gangem, China, and Japan' (London, 1800).
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'Northern Regions, Vol. II: Norway: Sweden: Spitsbergen: Russia'. These areas noted on title page, illustrated with an ermine.
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