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Modern history: or, the present state of all nations. Describing their respective situations, persons, habits, Buildings, Manners, Laws and Customs, Religion and Policy, Arts and Sciences, Trades, Manufactures and Husbandry, Plants, animals and minerals. By Mr. Salmon. Vol.VI. Containing The Present State of the Russian, or Muscovite Empire; and of the Kingdoms of Sweden, Denmarr and Norway: Treating also of Greenland, and other Countries near the Pole; and shewing that Greenland is probably contiguous both to Asia and America, and that there is Land and not Sea about the Pole. It contains also some Account of the Whale and Herring Fisheries; and shews the Advantage that would accrue to Britain by the Encouragement of them. Illustrated with cuts and maps, accurately Drawn, according to the Geographical Part of this Work, by Herman Moll.
Salmon, Thomas, 1679-1767.Date: 1727- Books
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A voyage towards the South Pole, and round the world. Performed in His Majesty's ships the Resolution and Adventure, in the years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775. Written by James Cook, commander of the Resolution. ...
Cook, James, 1728-1779.Date: 1777- Digital Images
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Report on the cholera outbreak in the Parish of St. James...
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Report on the cholera outbreak in the Parish of St. James...
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Charles James Fox, holding a lantern and a bundle of matches, is carried in a chair resting on two poles by two of his political supporters, the apothecary, Hall and Sam House. Engraving by W. Dent, 1783.
Dent, W., active 1793.Date: [March 31 1784]Reference: 585317i- Digital Images
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Report on the cholera outbreak in the Parish of St. James...
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A triumphant American slave woman representing quassia (ingredient in acoholic drinks) is carried aloft by two brewers; representing the outcry against a tax on private brewing (?). Etching by J. Gillray, 1806.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 10 June 1806Reference: 25938i- Digital Images
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Report on the cholera outbreak in the Parish of St. James...
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Travellers resting in wooded countryside. Engraving by J. Peake, 1784, after T. Jones.
Jones, Thomas, 1742-1803.Date: Jan.y 1st 1784Reference: 3043151i- Books
Smithsonian at the poles : contributions to International Polar Year science / Igor Krupnik, Michael A. Lang, and Scott E. Miller, editors.
Date: 2009- Books
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Narrative of a second voyage in search of a north-west passage, and of a residence in the Arctic regions during the years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833 / By Sir John Ross ... Including the reports of ... Captain James Clark Ross ... and the discovery of the northern magnetic pole.
Ross, John, Sir, 1777-1856.Date: 1835- Pictures
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John the Baptist indicates Jesus as the Messiah to two of his disciples. Engraving by J. Outrim, 1847, after T. Uwins.
Uwins, Thomas, 1782-1857.Date: 1847Reference: 22434i- Archives and manuscripts
English Language Autograph Letters: HOP-HOW
Date: 1777-1937Reference: MS.8917- Books
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The theory of navigation demonstrated: and its rudiments clearly and plainly proved, from the first and most simple principles of the mathematicks. With all the Rules and Tables Useful in the Practice. And A Catalogue of the Right Ascensions, and Distances from the Pole Of some Eminent Fixed Stars. Also A Collection of the Latitudes of several Ports and Cities; with their Longitudes from Her Majesty's Observatory, Deduced from Coelestial Observations. By James Hodgson, F. R. S.
Hodgson, James, 1672-1755.Date: 1706- Videos
Edge of life. Part 3, Is this baby's life worth living?.
Date: 2004- Videos
Your life in their hands. Pt. 3.
Date: 2004- Videos
Edge of life. Part 2, To change my child's face.
Date: 2004- Books
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A true copy of a poll of the burgesses of the borough of Derby, taken at the said Borough, on Saturday the 6th, and Monday the 8th days of March, 1741, in the exact Order they voted. Before Samuel Fox, Esq; Mayor. For the electing a member to serve in Parliament, in the room of the Lord James Cavendish. Candidates, The Right Honourable William Lord Visct. Duncannon. German Pole, of Radborne, Esq; With an Alphabetical Index for the [readier] finding, any Person's Name.
Derby (England)Date: 1741- Books
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A voyage towards the South Pole, and round the world. Performed in His Majesty's ships the resolution and adventure, in the years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775. Written by James Cook, commander of the resolution. In which is included, Captain Furneaux's narrative of his proceedings in the adventure during the separation of the ships. In two volumes. Illustrated with maps and charts, and a variety of portraits of persons and views of places, drawn during the voyage by Mr. Hodges, and engraved by the most eminent masters.
Cook, James, 1728-1779.Date: MDCCLXXVII. [1777]- Books
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A voyage towards the South Pole, and round the world. Performed in His Majesty's ships the Resolution and Adventure, in the years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775. Written by James Cook, commander of the Resolution. In which is included, Captain Furneaux's Narrative of his Proceedings in the Adventure during the Separation of the Ships. In two volumes. Illustrated with Maps and Charts, and a Variety of Portraits of Persons and Views of Places, drawn during the Voyage by Mr. Hodges, and engraved by the most eminent Masters. ...
Cook, James, 1728-1779.Date: MDCCLXXXIV. [1784]- Books
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A voyage towards the South Pole, and round the world. Performed in His Majesty's ships the Resolution and Adventure, in the years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775. Written by James Cook, commander of the Resolution. In which is included, Captain Furneaux's Narrative of his Proceedings in the Adventure during the Separation of the Ships. In two volumes. Illustrated with Maps and Charts, and a Variety of Portraits of Persons and Views of Places, drawn during the Voyage by Mr. Hodges, and engraved by the most eminent Masters. ...
Cook, James, 1728-1779.Date: MDCCLXXIX. [1779]- Videos
The polio story. : The vaccine that changed the World.
Date: 2015- Books
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A collection of voyages to the southern hemisphere. Vol. I. Contains 1. Sir Richard Hawkins, to Magellanica 2. Ferdinand de Quiros, to Polynesia and Australasia 3. George Spilberg, to Magellanica and Polynesia 4. James Le Maire, and William Schouten, to Magellanica, Polynesia, and Australasia 5. Garcia de Nodal, to Magellanica 6. Account of the Dutch navigations to the Terra Australis 7. Jaques Le Hermite, to Polynesia and Australasia 8. Francis Pelsart, to Australasia 9. Gerard Pool, to Australasia 10. Abel Tasman, to Australasia 11. Henry Brewer, to Magellanica 12. A Dutch frigate to the Isle of Tristan Acunha 13. Vink, to Australasia 14. Sir John Narborough, to Magellanica 15. Keyts, to Australasia 16. Bartholomew Sharp, to Magellanica 17. Cowley, to Magellanica and Polynesia 18. William Dampier, to Magellanica and Polynesia 19. Lionel Wafer, to Magellanica Vol. II. Contains. 20. De Gennes, to Magellanica 21. Ulaming, to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope 22. History of the New Phillippine Islands 23.Anthony Cantova to the Caroline Islands in the East Indies 24. Manners and customs of the inhabitants of the Marian or Ladrone Islands in the East Indies ... 36. Lozier Bouvet, to Magellanica 37. Commodore Anson's voyage round the world 38. Hon. George Murray's account of the separation of the ships Severn and Pearl from Anson's squadron 39. Don Antonio Ulloa, to the South Seas 40. Hen Brignon, to Magellanica 41. Byron, to the South Seas, &c.
Brosses, Charles de, 1709-1777.Date: MDCCLXXXVIII. [1788]