ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EXPLORATION. INVENTED AND APOCRYPHAL NARRATIVES OF TRAVEL de [Imaginary Voyages]: Howgego, Raymond John - 2013].

[Potts Point, New South Wales: Hordern House, 2013].. xi,543pp. Quarto. Cloth. New, in pictorial dust jacket. First edition. A fine reference, and the most important bibliographical contribution to the genre in decades, published by our colleagues at Hordern House in Australia, presenting "a comprehensive guide to invented, imaginary, apocryphal and plagiarized narratives of travel by land, sea and air, from the earliest times to the twentieth century," and tangentially to many utopian narratives as well. In 640 articles, Howgego treats over 1000 narratives, with indices of 2800 editions in all languages, extensive annotations, analyses and bibliographical citations. An additional 6000 citations to secondary sources are included. Published as the free-standing fifth volume in Howgego's extraordinary ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EXPLORATION. Published at $145, and offered NOW for a limited time at:.