Collection: Travel & Exploration Books
Discover vintage and antique travel and exploration books that bring the world’s adventures, discoveries, and wonders to life. Perfect for collectors, explorers at heart, and anyone inspired by journeys across time and place.
Embark on a journey through time and place with our collection of vintage and antique travel and exploration books. Discover tales of daring expeditions, classic travel writing, and fascinating accounts of explorers venturing into the unknown. Whether you’re passionate about geography, history, or simply love a good adventure, these books bring the world’s wonders and mysteries to your bookshelf.
The Spirit of Travel & Exploration
Our selection features travelogues, illustrated guides, and first-hand narratives from explorers, adventurers, and travellers. From epic voyages and mountain ascents to journeys across continents and cultures, each book captures the excitement and discovery that comes with exploring new lands.
Browse Our Travel & Exploration Books Collection
Looking for a particular country, explorer, or era? Use our search to find books by destination, author, or subject. You might also enjoy browsing our History Books or Scottish Books collections for more inspiration.
All of our travel and exploration books are clearly described and thoughtfully chosen, so you can buy with confidence from J.W.B Books.
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Voyagers to the West, Emigration from Britain to America on the Eve of the Revolution by Bernard Bailyn, 1987
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Inside Asia by John Gunther, 1942 War Edition
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A Traveller's Companion to Central Asia by Kathleen Hopkirk, 1993
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James Gilmour of Mongolia by Richard Lovett
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Cornwall's Railways A Pictorial Survey By Anthony Fairclough 1974
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The Railways Of Devon A Pictorial Survey By Anthony R. Kingdom 1974
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Austerity 2-8-0s & 2-10-0s By J.W.P. Rowledge 1987
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Great Central Remembered By D. L. Franks 1985
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Highland Railway Album - 2 By Anthony J. Lambert 1978
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Locomotive & Trains Of The Big Four By P. Ransome-Wallis 1978
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North Eastern Steam In Northumbria By Malcolm Dunnett 1973
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Narrow Gauge Country 1870-1970 By Mallory Hope Ferrell
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Border Country Branch Line Album By Neil Caplan 1981
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On Railways At Home and Abroad By P. Ramsome-Wallis
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North Eastern Steam Locomotive Album By P. J. Lynch 1975
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Scottish Main Line Steam Edited By Jack Kernahan For The Scottish Railway Preservation Society 1975
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A Mission to Bokhara by Joseph Wolff, 1969
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Land Of The Crested Lion A Journey Through Modern Burma By Ethel Mannin
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A General And Particular Description of America Antique Map C.1700 Page out of Book
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A Lapland Journey By Halliday Sutherland 1938 1st Edition
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The Kola Run, A Record of Arctic Convoys 1941-1945 by Vice-Admiral Sir Ian Campbell, 1958
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Sixty Years: Life and Adventure In The Far East By John Dill Ross 1912 Vol I & II
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In Search of the Primitive by Lewis Cotlow, 1967
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A Book of Discovery, The History of the World's Exploration from the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole by M. B. Synge
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