Title: Historical view of the progress of discovery on the more northern coasts of America: from the earliest period to the present time.Author: Patrick Fraser TytlerPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, ...
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Title: Historical view of the progress of discovery on the more northern coasts of America: from the earliest period to the present time.Author: Patrick Fraser TytlerPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP03470300CollectionID: CTRG00-B1981PublicationDate: 18320101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: Added t.-p. engraved: Progress of discovery on the more northern coasts of America.Collation: 444 p., [1] leaf of plates: ill., map (fold.), port
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Good+ 8vo. Wear to spine ends and corners. Light marks to boards. Owners label to front pastedown. Foxing to first and last few pages, also map, half title page and tissue guard.
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Acceptable. 1833. Rec cloth with gilt-stamped lettering and decoration. 8vo. 444 pp. Second edition. Some shelf wear, scuffing, and noticeable moisture damage to boards, with chipping & fraying to head of spine, otherwis eprotected by mylar jacket. Rear hinge cracked. Previous owner's inscription to ffep. Altogether a sound working copy. (Subject: Exploration. )
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16mo. 444 pp. Illustrated with 9 engravings and a folded frontis. map. Gilt-stamped red cloth with embossed spine and boards. Very good, with uncut pages.
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Good. No Jacket. 16mo. Number 53 of the "Family Library" series. Folding map of "Northern Coasts of America." Covers show a little rubbing and very light wear. Scattered foxing. Volume remains tight and otherwise clean.
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Very Good+ No Jacket-Issued. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Appendix Containing Remarks On A Late Memoir Of Sebastian Cabot, With A Vindication Of Richard Hakluyt [Harper's Family. pp. [2]ads, 2, 360, [12]ads. folding engraved frontis. map & 9 wood-engraved text illus. (incl. title vignette). original printed bds. (covers foxed, joints partly split & chipping, periodic light foxing). First American Edition. Outlining the Arctic and northern explorations and discoveries of Cabot, Verazzano, Behring, Cook, Meares, Vancouver, Kotzebue, Mackenzie, Hearne, Beechey, Franklin, &c., and with chapters on the natural history and geological features of these regions. Rebound with leather. Minimal foxing. Text clean.
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