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A concise historical account of all the British colonies in North-America, comprehending their rise, progress, and modern state; particularly of the Massachusets-Bay, (the Seat of the present Civil War,) together with the other provinces of New-England. To which is annexed, An accurate descriptive table of the several countries; Exhibiting, at One View, their respective Roundaries, Dimensions, Longitudes, Latitudes, Divisions, or Counties, Chief Towns, Capes, Harbours, Bays, Rivers, Various Productions, Animals, &c. &c. interspersed with Particulars relative to the different Soils and Climates, Capital Cities, &c. &c.
Date: 1775- Books
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A gazetteer of France, containing every city, town, and village, in that extensive country, Shewing the Distances of the Cities and great Towns from Paris: and at the End of the small Towns and Villages noting the Post-Offices through which Letters, &c. are conveyed to each. With a descriptive Account of every country; boundaries, extent, and natural produce. Including the chief Harbours, Bays, Rivers, Canals, Forests, Mines, Hills, Vales, and Medicinal Springs. The Whole including above Forty Thousand Places. Illustrated with a Map, divided into Departments. In three volumes. ...
Cruttwell, Clement, 1743-1808.Date: M,DCC,XCIII. [1793]- Books
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The description and use of the current logg; or, an instrument to try a current when a ship is under sail; by which The true Distance may be measured, and the Direction and Velocity of the Current at any Time found. To which is added, the use of Hadley's quadrant. for Taking of Angles and Heights in surveying of Land, Bays, Harbours, &c. or taking the Distances of Capes and Headlands when at Sea. By William Orcherton, M. A. A Teacher of Mathematics in the Royal Navy during the late War.
Orcherton, William.Date: MDCCLXIV. [1764]- Archives and manuscripts
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British Association Young Scientists (BAYS)
Date: 1975-1977Reference: SB/1/2/91Part of: Sydney Brenner Collection- Books
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A geographical history of Nova Scotia. Containing an account of the situation, extent and limits thereof. As also Of the various Struggles between the Two Crowns of England and France for the Possession of that Province. Wherein is shewn, The Importance of it, as well with Regard to our Trade, as to the securing of our other Settlements in North America. To which is added, An Accurate Description of the Bays, Harbours, Lakes, and Rivers, the Nature of the Soil, and the Produce of the Country. Together with the Manners and Customs of the Indian Inhabitants.
Date: [1749]- Books
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French policy defeated. Being, an account of all the hostile proceedings of the French, against the inhabitants of the British colonies in North America, for the last seven years. Also, The vigorous Measures pursued both in England and America, to vindicate the Rights of the British Subjects, and the Honour of the Crown, from the Insults and Invasions of their perfidious Enemies. With an Authentic Account of the Naval Engagement off Newfoundland, and the Taking of the Forts in the Bay of Fundy. Embellished with two curious maps, Describing all the Coasts, Bays, Lakes, Rivers, Soundings, principal Towns and Forts, confining on the British Plantations in America.
Date: MDCCLV. [1755]- Books
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Cosmography in four books. Containing the chorography and history of the whole world: and all the principal kingdoms, provinces, seas, and the isles thereof. By Peter Heylyn, D. D. Improv'd with an Historical Continuation to the Present Times, By Edmund Bohun, Esq; With a large and more Accurate Index, than was in any of the former Editions, of all the Kingdoms, Provinces, Countries, Inhabitants, Peoples, Cities, Mountains, Rivers, Seas, Islands, Forts, Bays, Capes, Forests, &c. of any Remarque in the whole World: Revised and cleared from a multitude of Mistakes, which had crept into former Impressions. And Five New-Engrav'd Maps, according to the best and most exact Projection.
Heylyn, Peter, 1600-1662.Date: MDCCIII. [1703]- Books
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The antient and present state of the county of Kerry. Being a natural, civil, ecclesiastical, historical, and topographical description thereof. Illustrated With Remarks made on the Baronies, Parishes, Towns, Villages, Seats, Mountains, Rivers, Harbours, Bays, Roads, Medicinal Waters, Fossils, Animals and Vegetables; with useful Notes and Observations, on the further Improvement of this part of Ireland. Embellished with a large map of the County from an actual Survey; a perspective view of the lake of Killarney, and other plates. Undertaken with the approbation of the Physico-Historical Society. By Charles Smith, Author of the Natural and Civil Histories of the Counties of Cork and Waterford.
Smith, Charles, 1715?-1762.Date: MDCCLVI. [1756]- Books
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The candidates for the bays. A poem. Written by Scriblerus Tertius.
Cooke, Thomas, 1703-1756.Date: 1730- Books
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A view of the coasts, countrys & islands within the limits of the South-Sea Company. Containing A Relation of the Discoveries, Settlements, and present State; the Bays, Ports, Harbours, Rivers, &c. the Product, People, Manufactures, Trade, and Riches of the several Places: With an Account of Former Projects in England for a Settlement, and the Accomplishment of the Last in the Present Company. As also Lists of the Commissioners, Governours, and Directors Names appointed by Her Majesty. With Some Useful Observations on the several Voyages hitherto publish'd. Illustrated with a general map,and particular draughts of the most important places, by Herman Moll, geographer. The whole collected from the best authors, as well manuscript as printed.
Moll, Herman, -1732.Date: [1712?]- Books
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The new description and state of England, containing the maps of the counties of England and Wales, in fifty three copper-plates, newly design'd by Mr. Robert Morden, Exactly Drawn and Engraven by the Best Artists. The several Counties described, the Account of their Ancient and Modern Names, Soil, Former and Present Inhabitants, their Number, Rarities, Market-Towns, and Days whereon Markets are kept, Hundreds, Rivers, Bays, Harbours, Bridges, Minerals, Commodities, Number of Acres, what Proportion each Country pays to the Land-Tax, Archbishopticks, Bishopricks, Cathedrals, Parish-Churches, Schools, Hospitals, Roads and Distances, Roman Ways, Post-Towns, Men of Note, Memorable Battles and Actions, the Houses of the Nobility and Gentry, an Account of Fairs, &c.
Morden, Robert, -1703.Date: 1704- Books
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A bavin of bays: containing various original essays in poetry. By a minor poet.
Perfect, William, 1737-1809.Date: M.DCC.LXIII. [1763]- Books
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A complete channel pilot: comprehending the English and French coasts, from the Thames mouth to the Bay of Biscay; including the north sea: with sailing directions. From actual surveys and observations of experienced navigators. Engraved on Twenty-Eight copper-plates; 1 The Channel at large 2 Mouth of the Thames 3 Sands and Channels from the Nore to Margate Road 4 The Downs 5 Rye Harbour 6 Portsmouth, Spithead, &c. 7 Portland Race, &c. 8 Guernsey, Jersey, and Alderney 9 Guernsey, Sark, Herm and Jethou 10 Jersey 11 Coast of Devon, and Torbay 12 Plymouth Sound 13 Fowey Road and Harbour 14 Polkerries and Mevegezy Bays 15 Falmouth and Carreg Roads 16 Mounts Bay 17 Entrance of the Channel 18 Scilly Isles 19 Milford Haven 20 North Sea 21 Tide Table
Date: [1781?]- Books
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An abstract of several clauses in an act of Parliament passed in the twelfth year of King George the Second, intituled, An act for taking off the duties upon woollen and bay yarn imported from Ireland to England, and for the more effectual preventing the Exportation of Wooll from Great Britain, and of Wooll, and Wooll manufactured, from Ireland to foreign Parts, so far as the same relate to the Exportation of Wooll, Woollen or Bay Yarn, Wooll-Sells, Shortings, Mortlings, Wooll-Flocks, Worsted Yarn, from Great Britain to foreign Parts, and of the said Goods, as also Cloth, Serge, Bays, Kerseys, Says, Frizes, Druggets, Cloth-Serges, Shalloons, Stuffs, and other Draperies, and Woollen Manufactures, or mixed with Wooll, or Wooll-Flocks, from Ireland, to foreign Parts (except certain Ports in England.),
Great Britain. Parliament.Date: M.DCC.XLII. [1742]- Books
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Remarks on an act of Parliament, passed in the 15th year of His Majesty's reign, on the Credit Of Vice Admiral Sir Hugh Palliser's Information, intituled, "an act for the encouragement of the fisheries "carried on from Great Britain, Ireland, " &c. to Newfoundland, &c. For the Repeal or Amendment of which, A Petition from the Merchants concerned has this Session been presented to the House of Commons. To which is annexed an authentic and complete state of the fishery in 1771. Shewing at One View The Number of Ships, Vessels, Boats, and Men, employed; the Quantity of Fish caught, and Oil made that Year, at each of the different Ports, Harbours, and Bays, in Newfoundland, and the Isles adjacent. By William Augustus Miles.
Miles, William Augustus, 1753?-1817.Date: [1779]- Books
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Topographia Hibernica; or the topography of Ireland, antient and modern. Giving a complete view of the civil and Ecclesiastical State of that Kingdom with its Antiquities, Natural Curiosities, Trade, Manufactures, Extent and Population. Its Counties, Baronies, Cities, Boroughs, Parliamentary Representation and Patronage; Antient Districts and their original Proprietors. Post, Market, and Fair Towns; Bishopricks, Ecclesiastical Benefices, Abbies, Monasteries, Castles, Ruins, Private-Seats, and remarkable Buildings. Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Mineral-Springs, Bays and Harbours, with the Latitude and Longitude of the principal Places, and their Distances from the Metropolis, and from each other. Historical Anecdotes, and remarkable Events. The whole Alphabetically arranged and carefully collected. With an Appendix, Containing some additional Places and Remarks, and several useful Tables. By Wm. Wenman Seward, Esq;
Seward, William Wenman.Date: 1795- Books
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A deduction of the right and title of the Crown of Great Britain, and therein of ... Queen Anne, to all the streights, bays, seas, ... and places whatsoever, within Hudsons-Streights and Hudsons-Bay, and of the right and property of the Hudsons-Bay Company, ...
Date: 1705?]- Books
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The general gazetteer: or, compendious geographical dictionary. Containing a description of all the empires, Kingdoms, States, Republics, Provinces, Cities, chief towns, Forts, Fortresses, Castles, Citadels, Seas, harbours, Bays, Rivers, Lakes, Mountains, Capes, and promontories in the known world; together with the government, policy, Customs, Manners, and Religion of the inhabitants; The Extent, Bounds, and Natural Productions of each Country; and the Trade, Manufactures, and Curiosities, of the Cities and Towns; their Longitude, Latitude, Bearing and Distances in English Miles from remarkable Places; As also, The Sieges they have undergone, and the Battles fought near them. Including An Authentic Account of the Counties, Cities, and Market-Towns in England and Wales; as also the Villages, with the Days on which the Fairs are kept. Embellished with nine maps. By R. Brookes, M.D.
Brookes, R. (Richard), active 1721-1763.Date: MDCCLXXXII. [1782]- Books
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The general gazetteer: or, compendious geographical dictionary. Containing a description of all the empires, kingdoms, States, Republics, Provinces, Cities, Chief Towns, Forts, Fortresses, Castles, Citadels, Seas, Harbours, Bays, Rivers, Lakes, Mountains, Capes, and promontories in the known world; together with the government, policy, customs, manners, and religion of the inhabitants; The Extent, Bounds, and Natural Productions of each Country; and the Trade, Manufactures, and Curiosities, of the Cities and Towns; their Longitude, Latitude, Bearing and Distances in English Miles from remarkable Places; AS Also, The Sieges they have undergone, and the Battles fought near them. Including An Authentic Account of the Counties, Cities, and Market-Towns in England and Wales; as also the Villages, with the Day-on which the Fairs are kept. Embellished with nine maps. By R. Brookes, M.D.
Brookes, R. (Richard), active 1721-1763.Date: MDCCLXXIII, [1773]- Books
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The american geography; or, a view of the present situation of the United States of America. Containing astronomical geography; geographical definitions, discovery, and general description Of their Boundaries; Mountains; Lakes; Bays, and Rivers; Natural History; Production; Population; Government; Agriculture; Commerce; Manufactures; and History. - A concise account of the War, and of the important Events which have succeeded: A Particular Description of Kentucky, the Western Territory, the Territory South of Ohio, and Vermong: Of their Extent; Civil Divisions; Chief Towns; Climates; Soils; Trade; Character; Constitutions; Courts of Justice; Colleges; Academies; Religion; Islands; Indians; Literary and Humane Societies; Springs; Curiosities; Histories; Mines; Minerals; Military Strength, &c. With a view of the British, Spanish, French, Portuguese, and Dutch Dominions, on the Continent, and in the West Indies. By Jedidiah Morse, A.M.
Morse, Jedidiah, 1761-1826.Date: 1794- Books
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The english pilot. Describing the West-India navigation, from Hudson's Bay to the River Amazones. Particularly Delineating The Coasts, Capes, Headlands, Rivers, Bays, Roads, Havens, Harbours, Streights, Rocks, Sands, Shoals, Banks, Depths of Water, and Anchorage, with all the Islands therein; as Jamaica, Cuba, Hispaniola, Barbadoes, Antigua, Bermudas, Porto Rico, and the rest of the Caribbee and Bahama Islands. Also A new Description of Newfoundland, New England, New York, East and West New Jersey, Dellawar Bay, Virginia, Maryland, Carolina, &c. Shewing The Courses and Distances from one Place to another; the Ebbing and Flowing of the Sea, the Setting of the Tides and Currents, &c. With many other Things necessary to be known in Navigation. The whole being much enlarged and corrected, with the additions of several new charts and descriptions. By the information of divers able navigators of our own and other nations.
Date: M,DCC,LXXXIX. [1789]- Books
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The american geography; or, a view of the present situation of the United States of America: containing astronomical geography; geographical definitions, discovery, and general description Of their Boundaries; Mountains; Lakes; Bays, and Rivers; Natural History; Production; Population; Government; Agriculture; Commerce; Manufactures, and History. - A concise Account of the War, and of the important Events which have succeeded: A Particular Discription Of Kentucky, The Western Territory, The Territory South Of Ohio, And Vermont: Of their Extent; Civil Divisions; Chief Towns; Climates; Soils; Trade; Character; Constitutions; Courts of Justice; Colleges; Academies; Religion; Islands; Indians; Literary and Humane Societies; Springs; Curiosities; Histories; Mines; Minerals; Military Strength, &c. With A View Of The British, Spanish, French, Portuguese, And Dutch Dominions, ON The Continent, And In The West Indies, And Of Europe, Asia, And Africa. By Jedidiah Morse, A.M.
Morse, Jedidiah, 1761-1826.Date: 1794- Journals
Annual report / Queen Victoria Memorial Cottage Hospital, Herne Bay.
Queen Victoria Memorial Cottage Hospital (Herne Bay, England)- Journals
Annual report / Colwyn Bay and West Denbighshire Hospital.
Colwyn Bay and West Denbighshire Hospital.Date: 1900-- Books
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The english pilot. The fourth book. Describing the West-India navigation, from Hudson's-Bay to the River Amazones. Particularly Delineating The Sea-Coasts, Capes, Head-Lands, Rivers, Bays, Roads, Havens, Harbours, Straits, Rocks, Sands, Shoals, Banks, Depths of Water, and Anchorage With all the Islands therein, as Jamaica, Cuba, Hispaniola, Barbados, Antigua, Bermudas, Porto-Rico, and the rest of the Caribbee and Bahama Islands Also A New Description of Newsound-Land, New-England, New-York, East and West New Jersey, Dellevar-Bay, Virginia, Mary Land and Carolina, &c. Shewing The Courses and Distances from one Place to another, the Ebbing and Flowing of the Sea, the Setting of the Tides and Currens, &c. With many other Things necessary to be known in Navigation. The whole being much enlarged and corrected, with the additions of several new charts and descriptions, not published before this edition. By the information of divers able navigators of our own and other nations.
Date: MDCCXXIX [1729]