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The geographical structure of epidemics / Peter Haggett.
Haggett, Peter.Date: 2000- Books
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A new and easy guide to the use of the globes; and the rudiments of geography. Wherein The Knowledge of the Heavens and Earth is made easy to the meanest Capacity: First, by giving a concise Account of the Four Quarters of the World, with the Distance and Situation of the principal Islands, and inland Places; and Secondly, by the Solution of upward; of Seventy useful Problems, in Geography, Astronomy, Navigation, and Dialling. In which are inserted four useful tables. I. Shews the Latitude of the principal Places, and their Longitude from the Meridian of London. II. Shews the Number of Miles contained in a Degree of Longitude, at every Degree of Latitude. III. Shews where every Climate ends, with the length of the longest Day at the End of each. IV. Shews the Right Ascension, Declination, Latitude, and Longitude of the most eminent fixed Stars. To the whole are subjoined I. An appendix; Containing a short Account of the Solar System, and of the Comets and Fixed Stars: II. A supplement; Exhibiting a brief View of the Figure and Magnitude of the Earth, of the Nature of the Atmosphere, of the Theory of the Tides, and a concise System of Chronology. By Daniel Fenning.
Fenning, Daniel.Date: 1798
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Geography: a gigantic iceberg at sea, dwarfing a sailing ship. Coloured wood engraving by C. Whymper.
Whymper, Charles H., 1853-1941.Reference: 46566i- Books
Historical atlas of Canada / Geoffrey J. Matthews, cartographer/designer.
Date: 1987- Books
Epitome de la bibliotheca oriental, y occidental, nautica, y geografica / de Don Antonio de Leon Pinelo ... añadido, y enmendado nuevamente [by A. González de Barcia Carballido y Zuñiga] En que se contienen los escritores de las Indias orientales, y occidentales, y reinos convecinos, China, Tartaria, Japon, Persia, Armenia, Etiopia, y otras partes.
León Pinelo, Antonio de, 1590 or 1591-1660.Date: 1737-1738
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Three men in a library, one seated, two others using a large globe and charts. Pen and ink drawing.
Reference: 46986i
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Address to the Royal Geographical Society of London : delivered at the anniversary meeting on the 24th May, 1852 : preceded by observations on presenting the royal medals of the year / by Sir R.I. Murchison.
Murchison, Roderick Impey, 1792-1871.Date: 1852- Books
Krankheit und Raum : dem Pionier der Geomedizin Helmut Jusatz zum gedenken / Werner Fricke und Jürgen Schweikart (Hg.) [and others].
Date: 1995- Books
Cosmographia, sive descriptio vniversi orbis / auctoribus Petro Apiano, et Gemma Frisio, mathematicorum insignium ; cuius huic editioni additus est de Astrolabo catholico libellus, nunc primum à Martino Euerartho in epitomen contractus ; caetera vide pagina quinta ...jam demum integritati suae restituta. Adjecti sunt alii, tum Gemmae Frisii, tum aliorum auctorum ejus argumenti tractatus ac libelli varii.
Apian, Peter, 1495-1552.Date: 1584
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Observations on the means of preserving and restoring health in the West-Indies.
Rollo, John, -1809.Date: MDCCLXXXIII [1783]- Archives and manuscripts
Reclus, (Jean-Jacques) Elisée (1830-1905), French geographer and political radical
Reclus, Elisée, 1830-1905.Date: 1870-1905Reference: MS.7444
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A treatise on the climate amd meteorology of Madeira; / by the late J.A. Mason, M.D. ... edited by James Sheridan Knowles. To which are attached a review of the state of agricuture and of the tenure of land; by George Peacock. ... and an historical and descriptive account of the island, and guide to visitors; by John Driver.
Mason, J. A. (John Abraham), 1808?-1835 or 1836.Date: 1850
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The regions of vegetation : being an analysis of the distribution of vegetable forms over the surface of the globe in connexion with climate and physical agents / by Richard Brinsley Hinds.
Hinds, Richard Brinsley, 1812-1847.Date: 1843- Books
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A new sketch of civil and ecclesiastical history, from the creation to the present day. With a geographical description of many countries, illustrated with quotations from the most esteemed authors, ...
Date: 1781- Books
Vancouver Island and British Columbia : their history, resources and prospects / by Matthew Macfie.
Macfie, Matthew.Date: 1865
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Geography: the comparative height of various waterfalls. Coloured engraving by J. Emslie, 1846, after himself.
Emslie, John, 1813-1875.Date: 1846Reference: 46559i- Archives and manuscripts
Pickering, Percival Spencer Umfreville (1858-1920)
Pickering, Percival Spencer Umfreville, 1858-1920.Date: c.1875-c.1880Reference: MSS.3899-3901- Archives and manuscripts
Flour, Jean Baptiste
Flour, Jean BaptisteDate: 1805-1829Reference: MS.2387
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An expedition to the valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah : including a description of its geography, natural history, and minerals, and an analysis of its waters : with an authentic account of the Mormon Settlement : also, a reconnoissance of a new route through the Rocky Mountains.
Stansbury, Howard.Date: 1852- Books
Brazil, the River Plate, and the Falkland Islands : with the Cape Horn route to Australia, including notices of Lisbon, Madeira, the Canaries and Cape Verds / by William Hadfield ; illustrateds by permission, from the South American sketches of Sir W. Gore Ouseley and, by permission, from the drawings of Sir Charles Hotham during his recent mission to Paraguay, of which country much new information is supplied ; as also of the region of the Amazon.
Hadfield, William, 1806-1887.Date: 1854
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Geography: two rotating discs showing the hemispheres of the earth, fixed to a card giving details of their use. Engraving by J. Emslie, 1844, after himself.
Emslie, John, 1813-1875.Date: 1844Reference: 46551i
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Notes on local etymologies : abstract of paper / by R.N. Worth.
Worth, R. N. (Richard Nicholls), 1837-1896.Date: [1878]- Books
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Geography anatomiz'd: or, the geographical grammar. Being a short and exact analysis of the whole body of modern geography, after a new and curious method. Comprehending I. A general view of the terraqueous globe. Being a Compendious System of the true Fundamentals of Geography; Digested into various Definitions, Problems, Theorems, and Paradoxes: With a transient Survey of the Surface of the Earthly Ball, as it consists of Land and Water. II. A particular view of the terraqueous globe. Being a clear and pleasant Prospect of all remarkable Countries upon the Face of the Whole Earth; shewing their Situation, Extent, Division, Subdivision, Cities, Chief Towns, Name, Air, Soil, Commodities, Rarities, Archbishopricks, Bishopricks, Universities, Manners, Languages, Government, Arms, Religion. Collected from the best authors, and illustrated with divers Maps. The thirteenth edition, corrected, and somewhat enlarged; and a set of new maps, by Mr. Senex. By Pat. Gordon, M.A. F.R.S.
Gordon, Patrick, active 1700.Date: MDCCXXXIII. [1733]- Books
Bosquejo de geografía humana de América : la antigua Guarania / por Guillermo Tell Bertoni.
Bertoni, Guillermo Tell, 1880-Date: 1940
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Dictionnaire de géographie ancienne et moderne a l'usage du libraire et de l'amateur de livres ... / Par un bibliophile.
Brunet, Jacques-Charles, 1780-1867.Date: [1870]