Atlas geographique et physique des regions equinoxiales du nouveau continent, fonde sur des
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1
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Maps, Atlases & Globes
Description:
At foot: Dessine par E.H. Michaelis, d'apres les croquis de Mr. de Humboldt. / Grave a Paris par Pierre Tardieu fils, Place de l'Estrapade No. 34. / l'Ecriture par L. Aubert pere.
Subject (Geographic):
Magdalena River (Columbia) and South America
Subject (Topic):
Discoveries in geography, Explorers, Scientific expeditions, and Voyages and travels
Holograph diary kept by Porcher while commander of the HMS Sparrowhawk during its voyage from England to British Columbia by way of South America, through the Straits of Magellan, from Callao to the Hawaiian Islands, and from Honolulu to Esquimalt Har...
Description:
British naval officer who entered the service in 1837, was appointed captain in 1868, retired in 1872, and died in Germany in 1878. Porcher served on various ships on voyages to Australia, the Orient, and the Middle East, where he prepared drawings fo...
Subject (Geographic):
British Columbia., British Columbia, Vancouver Island (B.C.), Esquimalt (B.C.), and Northwest Coast of North America
Subject (Name):
Porcher, Edwin Augustus., Seymour, Frederick, 1820-1869., Great Britain. Royal Navy., and Sparrowhawk (Ship)
Subject (Topic):
Voyages and travels, Voyages to the Pacific coast, Mines and mineral resources, Coal mines and mining, Gold mines and mining, Lumber trade, Indians of North America, Commerce, Description and travel, Politics and government, Social life and customs, Missionaries, and Fur trade
Holograph diary kept by Porcher while commander of the HMS Sparrowhawk during its voyage from England to British Columbia by way of South America, through the Straits of Magellan, from Callao to the Hawaiian Islands, and from Honolulu to Esquimalt Har...
Description:
British naval officer who entered the service in 1837, was appointed captain in 1868, retired in 1872, and died in Germany in 1878. Porcher served on various ships on voyages to Australia, the Orient, and the Middle East, where he prepared drawings fo...
Subject (Geographic):
British Columbia., British Columbia, Vancouver Island (B.C.), Esquimalt (B.C.), and Northwest Coast of North America
Subject (Name):
Porcher, Edwin Augustus., Seymour, Frederick, 1820-1869., Great Britain. Royal Navy., and Sparrowhawk (Ship)
Subject (Topic):
Voyages and travels, Voyages to the Pacific coast, Mines and mineral resources, Coal mines and mining, Gold mines and mining, Lumber trade, Indians of North America, Commerce, Description and travel, Politics and government, Social life and customs, Missionaries, and Fur trade
Holograph diary kept by Porcher while commander of the HMS Sparrowhawk during its voyage from England to British Columbia by way of South America, through the Straits of Magellan, from Callao to the Hawaiian Islands, and from Honolulu to Esquimalt Har...
Description:
British naval officer who entered the service in 1837, was appointed captain in 1868, retired in 1872, and died in Germany in 1878. Porcher served on various ships on voyages to Australia, the Orient, and the Middle East, where he prepared drawings fo...
Subject (Geographic):
British Columbia., British Columbia, Vancouver Island (B.C.), Esquimalt (B.C.), and Northwest Coast of North America
Subject (Name):
Porcher, Edwin Augustus., Seymour, Frederick, 1820-1869., Great Britain. Royal Navy., and Sparrowhawk (Ship)
Subject (Topic):
Voyages and travels, Voyages to the Pacific coast, Mines and mineral resources, Coal mines and mining, Gold mines and mining, Lumber trade, Indians of North America, Commerce, Description and travel, Politics and government, Social life and customs, Missionaries, and Fur trade
Extract from a diary of the second mate on a Spanish voyage to explore the northern coast of California
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Juan Pantoja y Arriaga, second mate of the frigate la Princesa, one of two ships (the other, la Favorita)on a voyage headed by Ignacio Arteaga to discover a Northwest passage north of San Francisco in 1779. La Princesa was commanded by Juan Francis de...
Subject (Geographic):
Northwest Passage
Subject (Name):
Arteaga y Bazán, Ignacio., Bodega y Cuadra, Juan de la, 1743-1794., Pantoja y Arriaga, Juan., Favorita (frigate), and Princesa (Ship)
Subject (Topic):
Discovery and exploration, Voyages and travels, and History
Itinerario, voyage ofte schipvaert van Jan Huygen van Linschoten naer Oost ofte Portugaels Indien. English, Iohn Hvighen van Linschoten, his Discours of Voyages into ye Easte & West Indies, John Huighen van Linschoten, his Discours of Voyages into ye Easte & West Indies, and Discours of voyages into ye Easte & West Indies
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BEIN 1976 +273: Imperfect: all maps and 2 plates ("The island of St. Helena ..." and "The true description and scituation ...") wanting. This copy has the port. (bound as front.) with French caption, plates 1-5, 7-32, 35 of the Dutch edition of 1596 (...
Publisher:
Printed at London by [John Windet for] Iohn Wolfe, printer to ye Honorable Cittie of London
Itinerario, voyage ofte schipvaert van Jan Huygen van Linschoten naer Oost ofte Portugaels Indien. English, Iohn Hvighen van Linschoten, his Discours of Voyages into ye Easte & West Indies, John Huighen van Linschoten, his Discours of Voyages into ye Easte & West Indies, and Discours of voyages into ye Easte & West Indies
Description:
BEIN 1976 +273: Imperfect: all maps and 2 plates ("The island of St. Helena ..." and "The true description and scituation ...") wanting. This copy has the port. (bound as front.) with French caption, plates 1-5, 7-32, 35 of the Dutch edition of 1596 (...
Publisher:
Printed at London by [John Windet for] Iohn Wolfe, printer to ye Honorable Cittie of London
Itinerario, voyage ofte schipvaert, Reys-gheschrift vande navigatien der Portugaloysers in Orienten ..., and Beschryvinghe van de gantsche custe van Guinea
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BEIN Taylor 207: Imperfect: map "Orbis terrarum typus de integro ..." mutilated, with no loss of text; map Exacta & accurate delineatio cùm orarum maritimarum ..." mutilated, with some loss of text. Bookplate: John Jay Paul [1914 in ms.]. All illustra...
Publisher:
By Cornelis Claesz. op't vvater, in't schrijf-boeck, by de oude brugghe
Subject (Geographic):
America
Subject (Topic):
Discoveries in geography, Voyages and travels, and Discovery and exploration
The volume also includes Kelso family accounts dated 1789-1806, and one page of accounts in Louisiana in 1782; two verses of an untitled patriotic poem by H. Thomas; and a brief entry dated January 24, 1798, noting the plan of Joseph Kelso to go to th...
Description:
Gift of Frederick W. Beinecke.
Subject (Geographic):
Baton Rouge (La.)--Description and travel, Fort Pitt (Pa.), Mississippi River--Description and travel, Mississippi River--Navigation, Natchez (La.)--Description and travel, New Orleans (La.)--Description and travel, Ohio River--Description and travel, and Ohio River--Navigation
Subject (Name):
Kelso family, Kelso, Joseph, Kelso, William, and Simpson, Michael, Captain
Subject (Topic):
Commerce--Louisiana, Feed industry--Louisiana, Flatboats, Flour industry--Louisiana, Indians of North America--Mississippi River Valley, and Voyages and travels
A daily journal of the voyage of the brig Otter, commanded by Samuel Hill from Boston to the Alaskan coast by way of the Sandwich Islands. Samuel Furgerson describes places visited, natives, and trade with the Indians, particularly along the Alaskan c...
Description:
Samuel Furgerson: ship's carpenter on trading voyage to the Pacific Northwest.
Subject (Geographic):
Alaska., British Columbia., Hawaii, Pacific Coast (Alaska), Pacific Coast (B.C.), and Queen Charlotte Islands (B.C.)
Subject (Name):
Furgerson, Samuel., Hill, Samuel., and Otter (Brig)
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Seafaring life, Voyages and travels, History, and Description and travel
A daily journal of the voyage of the brig Otter, commanded by Samuel Hill from Boston to the Alaskan coast by way of the Sandwich Islands. Samuel Furgerson describes places visited, natives, and trade with the Indians, particularly along the Alaskan c...
Description:
Samuel Furgerson: ship's carpenter on trading voyage to the Pacific Northwest.
Subject (Geographic):
Alaska., British Columbia., Hawaii, Pacific Coast (Alaska), Pacific Coast (B.C.), and Queen Charlotte Islands (B.C.)
Subject (Name):
Furgerson, Samuel., Hill, Samuel., and Otter (Brig)
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Seafaring life, Voyages and travels, History, and Description and travel
Twenty-five ALS (three of which are manuscript copies) written by Barna N. Upton to his father Nehemiah, his brother Elias, his sister Susan, and other family members and friends, dating from July 7, 1842 to August 7, 1847. With the exception of his ...
Description:
Gift of Lewis S. Beach, 1945.
Subject (Geographic):
Ciudad Camargo (Tamaulipas, Mexico)--Description and travel, Corpus Christi (Tex.)--Description and travel, Fort Jesup (La.)--Description and travel, Governors Island (New York County, N.Y.)--Description and travel, Jalapa (Mexico)--Description and travel, Matamoros (Tamaulipas, Mexico)--Description and travel, and Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave, Mexico)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Fogg, William W, Goetzmann, William H, Patterson, Jerry E., fl. 1959, Powers, Zara, United States. Army Military life History 19th century, United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 3rd. Company E, Upton family, Upton, Barna N., 1820-1847, Upton, Eleanor Stuart, 1886, Upton, Elias, Upton, Nehemiah Newhall, and Upton, Susan
Subject (Topic):
Cerro Gordo, Battle of, 1847, Mexican War, 1846-1848--Campaigns--Mexico, Mexican War, 1846-1848--Military life, Monterrey, Battle of, Monterrey, Mexico, 1846, Palo Alto, Battle of, 1846, Resaca de la Palma, Battle of, 1846, Soldiers--United States--19th century, and Voyages and travels
Scrapbook compiled by Sir Edwin Arnold possibly for a projected publication titled "North and south, being an account of the coronation at Moscow and a description of the island of Teneriffe, reprinted with permission from The Daily Telegraph, by Sir ...
Description:
Sir Edwin Arnold (1832-1904) was an English writer best known for his work as a journalist, his translations of Asian literature, and for his poetical works, including The Light of Asia (London: Trubner, 1879).
Subject (Geographic):
Russia., Great Britain., Canary Islands., Moscow (Russia), and Tenerife (Canary Islands)
Subject (Name):
Arnold, Edwin, Sir, 1832-1904., Burnham, Edward Levy-Lawson, 1833-1916., and Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1868-1918.
Subject (Topic):
Coronations, Journalists, Travel writing, Voyages and travels, and Description and travel
