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1. A hut on the west coast of America, Lat. 65° 30' N [graphic]

Creator:: Ellis, William, 1747-1810, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:: [1 March 1785]
Call Number:: 785.03.01.03
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A hut with a door at the front, with logs next to the door and in a pile in front of the hut to the right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title engraved below image.
Publisher:: Published March 1st, 1785, by G. Robinson
Subject (Geographic):: Alaska and Alaska.
Subject (Topic):: Discovery and exploration, Indians of North America, and Huts
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A hut on the west coast of America, Lat. 65° 30' N [graphic]

2. A new discovery of a vast country in America : extending above four thousand miles, between New France and New Mexico : with a description of the great lakes, cataracts, rivers, plants, and animals : also, the manners, customs, and languages of the several native Indians, and the advantage of commerce with those different nations : with a continuation, giving an account of the attempts of the Sieur de la Salle upon the mines of St. Barbe, &c. : the taking of Quebec by the English, with the advantages of a shorter cut to China and Japan : both parts illustrated, with maps and figures, and dedicated to His Majesty K. William

Creator:: Hennepin, Louis, 17th cent
Published / Created:: 1698 (8vo)
Call Number:: Zc20 697heg
Image Count:: 7
Alternative Title:: Nouvelle découverte d'un très grand pays situé dans l'Amérique entre le Nouveau Mexique et la mer Glaciale. English and New discovery of a large country in America by Father Lewis Hennepin
Description:: BEIN Vanderbilt 75: Imperfect: Map for part II wanting. Unidentified armorial bookplate. Autograph: Lib. [Giwn]? Lloyd. Booklabel: W.S. Hiltz.
Publisher:: Printed for M. Bentley, J. Tonson, H. Bonwick, T. Goodwin, and S. Manship
Subject (Geographic):: Mississippi River Valley, Great Lakes (North America), Canada, and Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)
Subject (Name):: La Salle, Robert Cavelier, sieur de, 1643-1687.
Subject (Topic):: Indians of North America, Discovery and exploration, History, and Description and travel
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A new discovery of a vast country in America : extending above four thousand miles, between New France and New Mexico : with a description of the great lakes, cataracts, rivers, plants, and animals : also, the manners, customs, and languages of the several native Indians, and the advantage of commerce with those different nations : with a continuation, giving an account of the attempts of the Sieur de la Salle upon the mines of St. Barbe, &c. : the taking of Quebec by the English, with the advantages of a shorter cut to China and Japan : both parts illustrated, with maps and figures, and dedicated to His Majesty K. William

3. A view in Coal Harbour in Cook's River

Creator:: Woodcock, Joseph, active 1786. artist
Published / Created:: June 17, 1789.
Call Number:: BrSides Zc86 789wo
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image and text
Abstract:: View of sailing ship and canoes in Coal Harbour, near Port Graham, Alaska, on the southern end of Kenai Peninsula
Description:: Title from caption below image.
Publisher:: Publish'd by J. Stockdale & G. Goulding
Subject (Geographic):: Kenai Peninsula (Alaska) and Northwest Coast of North America
Subject (Topic):: Discovery and exploration and British
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A view in Coal Harbour in Cook's River

4. A view in Goulding's Harbour, North West coast of America

Published / Created:: May 1, 1789.
Call Number:: BrSide4o Zc70 789vi
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image and text
Abstract:: Print shows a view of a settlement at Goulding's Harbor, a side channel of Portlock's Harbor between Sitka and Juneau in Alaska, visited by the ships King George and Queen Charlotte and Captains Portlock and Dixon. Two men holding rope, pulling small ...
Description:: BEIN BrSide4o Zc70 789vi: On sheet 18.3 x 23,0 cm.
Publisher:: Publish'd by J. Stockdale & G. Goulding
Subject (Geographic):: Northwest Coast of North America and Alaska
Subject (Topic):: Indians of North America, Voyages around the world, and Discovery and exploration
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A view in Goulding's Harbour, North West coast of America

5. Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains : performed in the years 1819 and '20, by order of the Hon. J.C. Calhoun, Sec'y of War ; under the command of Major Stephen H. Long : from the notes of Major Long, Mr. T. Say, and other gentlemen of the exploring party

Creator:: James, Edwin, 1797-1861, compiler
Published / Created:: 1822-1823.
Call Number:: Zc20 +822ja
Image Count:: 41
Resource Type:: text and still image
Alternative Title:: Major Long's Expedition to the Rocky Mountains and Expedition to the Rocky Mountains
Description:: Spine title, on publisher's printed labels: Major Long's Expedition to the Rocky Mountains.
Publisher:: H.C. Carey and I. Lea, Chesnut St.
Subject (Geographic):: West (U.S.), Ohio River, Missouri River, and United States
Subject (Topic):: Discovery and exploration, Indians of North America, Languages, Geology, Discoveries in geography, and Glossaries, vocabularies, etc
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains : performed in the years 1819 and '20, by order of the Hon. J.C. Calhoun, Sec'y of War ; under the command of Major Stephen H. Long : from the notes of Major Long, Mr. T. Say, and other gentlemen of the exploring party

6. Chart of the N.W. coast of America and the N.E. coast of Asia, explored in the years 1778 and 1779

Creator:: Roberts, Henry, 1757-1796, cartographer
Published / Created:: July 24, 1784.
Call Number:: 1982 Folio 10
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: cartographic image
Alternative Title:: Chart of the northwest coast of America and the northeast coast of Asia, explored in the years 1778 and 1779
Description:: BEIN 23 1784: Sheet measures 53 x 80.5 cm.
Publisher:: Published by Wm. Faden, geographer to the King, Charing Cross
Subject (Geographic):: North America, Russian Far East (Russia), Bering Strait Region, and Pacific Coast (North America)
Subject (Name):: Cook, James, 1728-1779.
Subject (Topic):: Discovery and exploration and Discoveries in geography
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Chart of the N.W. coast of America and the N.E. coast of Asia, explored in the years 1778 and 1779

7. Exploration and survey of the valley of the Great salt lake of Utah, including a reconnoissance of a new route through the Rocky mountains

Creator:: United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers
Published / Created:: 1852.
Call Number:: Zc58 852uo 1
Image Count:: 12
Alternative Title:: Stansbury's expedition to the Great Salt Lake
Description:: BEIN Zc58 852uo Copy 2: Imperfect: portfolio with maps wanting.
Publisher:: Lippincott, Grambo & co.
Subject (Geographic):: Utah., Great Salt Lake (Utah), West (U.S.), and United States
Subject (Topic):: Natural history, Description and travel, and Discovery and exploration
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Exploration and survey of the valley of the Great salt lake of Utah, including a reconnoissance of a new route through the Rocky mountains

8. Harvey Clark correspondence concerning missionaries in Oregon, 1840-1852

Creator:: Clark, Harvey, 1807-1858
Call Number:: WA MSS S-3252
Container / Volume:: Box
Image Count:: 12
Abstract:: 11 manuscript letters, most signed, documenting the work of early missionaries in Oregon. Most of the letters from Harvey Clark are addressed to fellow unaffiliated missionary Alvin T. Smith. Clark describes his overland journey to Oregon Territory,...
Description:: Harvey Clark (1807-1858) was a missionary and pioneer in Oregon. Born in Vermont, Clark trained as a stone mason before studying theology at Oberlin College. Clark and his wife Emmeline Caldwell Clark went to Oregon as unaffiliated missionaries in 18...
Subject (Geographic):: Oregon. and Oregon
Subject (Name):: Clark, Emmeline Caldwell., Clark, Harvey, 1807-1858., Littlejohn, P. B., Munger, Asahel., Smith, Alvin Thompson, 1802-1888., Spalding, Henry Harmon, 1803-1874., Whitman, Marcus, 1802-1847., and Tualatin Academy.
Subject (Topic):: Frontier and pioneer life, Indians of North America, Education, Missions Oregon, Missionaries, Missions, Overland journeys to the Pacific, Pioneers, and Discovery and exploration
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Harvey Clark correspondence concerning missionaries in Oregon, 1840-1852