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Encyclopedia of Exploration Volume II | ||
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John Hemming: The Book Collector | |
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"This really is an essential work of reference. Every library should have it." | ||
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Alberto Manguel: The Spectator | |
| This delightful encyclopaedia reads more like Waugh and Firbank than Rand McNally… a marvellously rich, punctiliously researched, ambitiously wide-reaching reference work, unrivalled in accuracy and scope. That these two imposing volumes should be the work of only one man is astonishing. | ||
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Robert J. Chandler: Book Club of California | |
| Ray Howgego’s magnificent labor of love... a massive exploration of exploration... The boxed “Double H” press mark signifies quality publications. Period. ... | ||
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Milton E. Osborne: Quadrant | |
| No less than its predecessor, the appearance of this volume is a publishing event of real consequence... Once again, a reader cannot fail to be impressed by the energy and scholarly achievement of Raymond Howgego, who has turned the exact skills acquired in his training as a physicist into the meticulous scanning of literally thousands of sources in order to provide this overview of one of the great periods of travelling and exploration. | ||
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Merrill Distad: Bulletin of the Pacific Circle | |
| In reviewing volume one I described Howgego's brilliant and Herculean achievement as "monumental and now indispensable"... Volume two is no less so, and should earn the respect and gratitude of all who consult it. | ||
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Brian Marshall: Datum Magazine | |
| ... continues the fine standards set by Howgego in volume 1. It is an amazing achievement for one person to accomplish, and it is going to be a basic work of reference for many years to come. The body of travel and exploration literature for the period 1800 to 1850 is immense, and for one person to distil it into a single volume is indeed a fine achievement. Howgego deserves both our thanks and our congratulations. ... | ||
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R. Fritze: Choice Magazine USA | |
| The volume, like its predecessor, is beautifully produced and a browser’s delight. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All collections. | ||
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Colin Steele: Rare Book Review | |
| Howgego... combines an enthusiasm for travel with an ability to convey that enthusiasm to a wide audience... The Encyclopedia of Exploration is a truly global production in that it is written in England, published in Sydney, Australia, typeset in Scotland, printed in China and distributed around the world. No research library worth its name should be without a copy of this massive reference work, a topographical feature in itself. | ||
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John Wright: Brisbane Courier-Mail | |
| Howgego's success in capturing through the stories of these 19th-century wanderers and explorers the indomitability of the human spirit... He astonished the academic world with Encyclopedia of Exploration to 1800... a definitive reference work on the history of exploration... The author maintains this enthusiasm and meticulous attention to detail and accuracy in his follow-up work covering exploration between 1800 and 1850... | ||
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Ian Morrison: Australian Book Review | |
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Here’s hoping that there is a Volume Three. The depth and breadth of Howgego’s scholarship is awe-inspiring. | ||
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Brian Turner: The Weekend Australian | |
| Volume I drips with erudition, panache and wit and is the first port of call for research on exploration and travel up to 1800. Hordern House has released the second volume of Howgego’s prodigious Encyclopedia, also of Himalayan proportions. The maverick publishers deserve an award themselves – for daring to go where no publisher has gone before. | ||
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