Clements Markham - Writings

Writings

Markham was a prolific writer and diarist; his first published work, an account of his voyage with HMS Assistance in search of Franklin, had appeared in 1853. After his retirement from the India office in 1877 writing became his chief source of income. In addition to papers and reports for the Royal Geographical Society and other learned bodies, Markham wrote histories, biographies and travel accounts, many as full-length books. He also translated many works from Spanish to English, and compiled a grammar and dictionary for the Quichua language of Peru.

His books include the following:

  • Franklin's Footsteps (1852) London, Chapman and Hall
  • Cuzco ... and Lima (1856) London, Chapman and Hall
  • Travels in Peru and India (1862) London, John Murray
  • Contribution Toward a Grammar and Dictionary of Quichua (1864) London, Trubner & Co,
  • A History of the Abyssinian Expedition (1869) London, Macmillan
  • A Life of the Great Lord Fairfax (1870) London, Macmillan
  • Ollanta: an ancient Ynca drama (1871) London, Trubner & Co
  • The Countess of Chinchon and the cinchona genus (1874) London, Trubner & Co
  • General Sketch of the History of Persia (1874) London, Longman Green
  • The Threshold of the Unknown Regions(1875) London, Samson Low
  • Narrative of the mission of George Bogle to Tibet (1877) London, Trubner & Co
  • A Memoir of the Indian Surveys (1878) London, W.H. Allen
  • Peruvian Bark (1880) London, John Murray
  • The Voyages of William Baffin, 1612–1622 (1881) London, Hakluyt Society
  • The War between Peru and Chile (1881) London, Samson Low
  • A narrative of the life of Admiral John Markham (1883) London, Low Marston Searle & Rivington
  • The Sea Fathers (1885) London, Cassell
  • Life of Robert Fairfax of Steeton, Vice-admiral (1885) London, MacMillan & Co,
  • The Fighting Veres (1888) London, Samson Low
  • The Life of John Davis the Navigator (1889) London, George Philip and Son
  • The Life of Christopher Columbus (1892) London, George Philip and Son
  • The History of Peru (1892) Chicago, Charles H Sergel
  • Major James Rennel and the Rise of Modern English Geography (1895) London, Cassell & Co
  • The paladins of Edwin the Great (1896) London, Adam & Charles Black
  • Richard III: his life and character (1906) London, Smith, Elder & Co
  • The Story of Minorca and Majorca (1909) London, Smith, Elder & Co
  • The Incas of Peru (1912) London, John Murray
  • The Lands of Silence (completed by F.H.H. Guillemard, 1921) Cambridge, Cambridge University Press

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