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Bibliographies and Reference

Find travel accounts in HOLLIS by searching advanced search for the subject term “Description and Travel” AND the relevant geographical terms: Central America OR Belize OR Guatemala OR Salvador OR Honduras OR Mexico

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Bibliography of natural history travel narratives, by A.S. Troelstra. Utrecht: KNNV Publishing, 2016, 460 pages
--Well-annotated entries arranged alphabetically by author. All known editions and translations are cited. Offers references to biographical information on each author.  Index by region then country.
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Travel accounts and descriptions of Latin America and the Caribbean, 1800-1920: a selected bibliography, by Thomas L. Welch and Myriam Figueras. Washington, DC: Columbus Memorial Library, Organization of American States, 1982, 293 p.
Widener | WID-LC | F1409.Z99 W44 x, 1982

English interpreters of the Iberian new world from Purchas to Stevens: a bibliographical study, 1603-1726, by Colin Steele. Oxford: Dolphin Book Co., 1975, 206 p.
Widener | WID-LC | E141 .S82

Latin America in the nineteenth century; a selected bibliography of books of travel and description published in English, by A. Curtis Wilgus. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1973, 174 p.
Widener | SA 879.73

American travelers to Mexico, 1821-1972: a descriptive bibliography, by Garold Cole. Troy, NY: Whitston Pub. Co., 1978, 139 p.
Not at Harvard; obtain via Borrow Direct

Mexico in American and British letters: a bibliography of fiction and travel books, citing original editions, by Drewey Wayne Gunn. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1974, 150 p.
Widener | Harvard Depository | AL 75.194

Encyclopedia of exploration, by Raymond John Howgego. Sydney: Hordern House, 2003-2006, 3 v.
Widener | RR 4004.3
v. 1. to 1800; v. 2. 1800-1850; vol. 3, 1850-1940.

Literature of travel and exploration: an encyclopedia, ed. by Jennifer Speake. NY: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2003. 3 v.
Fine Arts | Reading Room | RFA74.50
Widener | RR 4006.10