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The wonderful life and surprising adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, mariner: containing, a full and particular account how he lived eight and twenty years upon an uninhabited island on the coast of America: with a true relation how he was at last miracuously [sic] preserved. Adorned with cuts.
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.Date: 1800- Books
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A voyage round the world; but more particulary to the North-West coast of America. Performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon / [Edited] by Captain George Dixon. [Anon].
Beresford, William, active 1788.Date: 1789- Books
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The American pilot, containing the navigation of the sea coast of North America, from the streights [sic] of Belle-Isle to Cayenne, including the island and banks of Newfoundland, the West-India Islands, and all the islands on the coast. With particular directions for sailing to and entering the principal harbours, rivers, &c. ...
Norman, John, approximately 1748-1817.Date: MDCCXCIIII. [1794]- Books
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An account of two missionary voyages by the appointment of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. The one to New Jersey in North America, the other from America to the coast of Guiney. By Thomas Thompson, A. M. Vicar of Reculver in Kent.
Thompson, Thomas, 1708?-1773.Date: MDCCLVIII. [1758]- Books
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Voyages from Asia to America, For completing the discoveries of the north west coast of America. To which is prefixed. A summary of the voyages made by the Russians on the frozen sea, in search of a north east passage. Serving as an explanation of a map of the Russian discoveries, published by the Academy of Sciences at Petersburgh. Translated from the high dutch of S.Muller, of the Royal Academy of Petersburgh. With the addition of three new maps; 1. A copy of part of the Japanese map of the world. 2. A copy of De Lisle's and Buache's fictitious map. And 3. A large map of Canada, extending to the Pacific Ocean, containing the new discoveries made by the Russians and French. By Thomas Jefferys geographer to His Majesty.
Mueller, Gerard Fridrikh, 1705-1783.Date: 1761- Books
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Voyages from Asia to America, for completing the discoveries of the north west coast of America. To which is prefixed, a summary of the voyages made by the Rusians[sic] on the Frozen Sea, in search of a north east passage. ... Translated from the High Dutch of S. Muller, ... With the addition of three new maps; ... By Thomas Jefferys, ...
Mueller, Gerard Fridrikh, 1705-1783.Date: 1764- Books
Indians of the Northwest coast / Philip Drucker.
Drucker, Philip, 1911-1982.Date: 1963, ©1955- Archives and manuscripts
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M0000965: Chart showing the Northwest Passage
Date: 06 August 1930Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/9/20Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Books
Indians of the North Pacific Coast / Edward S. Rogers.
Rogers, Edward S.Date: [1970]- Books
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Remarks upon Capt. Middleton's defence: wherein his conduct during his late voyage for discovering a passage from Hudson's-Bay to the South-Sea is impartially examin'd; His Neglects and Omissions in that Affair fully Prov'd; The Falsities and Evasions in his Defence Expos'd; The Errors of his Charts laid open, and His Accounts of Currents, Streights, and Rivers, Confuted; Whereby it will appear, with the highest Probability, That there is such a Passage as he went in search of. With an appendix of original papers, and a map of the in-land and sea-coast of North-America in and about Hudson's-Bay. By Arthur Dobbs, Esq;
Dobbs, Arthur, 1689-1765.Date: MDCCXLIV. [1744]- Books
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Indians of the Northwest coast / Philip Drucker.
Drucker, Philip, 1911-1982Date: 1963, ©1955- Books
Indian art of the northwest coast : a dialogue on craftsmanship and aesthetics / Bill Holm, Bill Reid.
Holm, Bill, 1925-2020.Date: [1975], ©1975- Books
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Surveys of the coast and harbours of North America, intitled Atlantic Neptune; prepared engraved and published by command of government, for the use of the Royal Navy of Great Britain: by J.F.W. DesBarres, Esq; being a work of the highest benefit to navigation and commerce; ...
Date: 1781?]- Books
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A voyage round the world; but more particularly to the north-west coast of America: performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon. Dedicated, by Permission, to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. By Captain George Dixon.
Beresford, William, Supercargo of the "Queen Charlotte".Date: 1789- Books
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A voyage round the world; but more particularly to the north-west coast of America: performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon. Dedicated, by permission, to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. By Captain George Dixon.
Beresford, William, Supercargo of the 'Queen Charlotte'.Date: 1789- Books
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A voyage round the world; but more particularly to the north-west coast of America: performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon. Dedicated, by permission, to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. By Captain George Dixon.
Beresford, William, Supercargo of the 'Queen Charlotte'.Date: 1789- Books
Medicine-men on the North Pacific coast / [Charles Marius Barbeau].
Barbeau, Marius, 1883-1969.Date: 1958- Books
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A voyage of discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and round the world; in which the coast of north-west America has been carefully examined and accurately surveyed. Undertaken by His Majesty's command, principally with a view to ascertain the existence of any navigable communication between the north Pacific and north Atlantic oceans; and performed in the years 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, and 1795, in the Discovery sloop of war, and armed tender Chatham, under the command of Captain George Vancouver. In three volumes.
Vancouver, George, 1757-1798.Date: 1798- Books
España en California y en el Noroeste de América / conferencia de D. Rafael Torres Campos, leída el el día 17 de mayo de 1892.
Torres Campos, Rafael, 1853-1904.Date: 1892- Books
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(inscribed to the British land and sea officers.) The British Mars. Containing several schemes and inventions, to be practised by land or sea against the enemies of Great-Britain. Shewing more plainly, the great advantage Britain has over other nations, by being masters at sea. In Two Parts. Part I. contains. The Construction of Boats both to stow in less room in Ships, and goswiftly, to discover an Enemy's Coast, and to land and embark Troops with greater Safety; also to construct Vessels to lye nearer the Shore, to better protect the Troops in landing or embarking; also rolling Defences to be used as floating Batteries, or as Floats for landing Cannon, &c. and for making Defences and Batteries on Shore more expeditiously, and for filling up Ditchee, &c. Also contains a Method to fit old Ships of War and small floating Batteries, to batter land Defences with greater Force; and another Method to fit old Ships of War (that cannot be sunk by Shot) to lye before Batteries and receive the Shot, while other Ships pass by; with Remarks and Observations. Part II. contains Methods to fortify dwelling Houses, that even Women and Children may defend themselves from Indians with small Arms, designed for our Settlements in America, and other Places. Also a new Method of Fortification, and making Batteries. To which is added, an appendix, Containing a Scheme for Manning the British Navy, with less Grievance to the Subject; And a Scheme to employ Seamen: Of a Copper Mine near Hudson's Bay: And of discovering the North-West Passage, or determine there is no such Passage; with Cautions and Directions. By Joseph Robson, engineer. The whole illustrated by eleven plates.
Robson, Joseph.Date: MDCCLXIII. [1763]- Books
Donnervogel und Raubwal : die indianische Kunst der Nordwestküste Nordamerikas : Katalog der Ausstellung zum 100jährigen Bestehen des Hamburgischen Museums für Völkerkunde / von Wolfgang Haberland.
Haberland, Wolfgang.Date: 1979- Books
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The great probability of a North West Passage: deduced from observations on the letter of Admiral de Fonte, who sailed from the Callao of Lima on the discovery of a communication between the South Sea and the Atlantic Ocean; And to intercept some Navigators from Boston in New England, whom he met with, Then in Search of a North West Passage. Proving the authenticity of the Admiral's letter. With three explanatory maps . 1st. A Copy of an authentic Spanish Map of America, published in 1608. 2d. The Discoveries made in Hudson's Bay, by Capt. Smith, in 1746 and 1747. 3d. A General Map of the Discoveries of Admiral de Fonte. By Thomas Jefferys, Geographer to the King. With an appendix. Containing the account of a discovery of part of the coast and inland country of Labrador, made in 1753. The Whole intended for The Advancement of Trade and Commerce.
Date: MDCCLXVIII. [1768]- Books
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Tradition & change on the Northwest Coast : the Makah, Nuu-chah-nulth, southern Kwakiutl, and Nuxalk / Ruth Kirk.
Kirk, Ruth, 1925-2018Date: [1986], ©1986- Books
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Journal of a voyage in 1775. To explore the coast of America, Northward of California, By the second Pilot of the Fleet, Don Francisco Antonio Maurelle, in the King's Schooner, called the Sonora, and commanded by Don Juan Francisco de la Bodega.
Mourelle de la Rúa, Francisco Antonio, 1750-1820.Date: 1780?]- Books
The reindeer botanist : Alf Erling Porsild, 1901-1977 / Wendy Dathan.
Dathan, Patricia Wendy, 1934-Date: [2012], ©2012