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Memoirs of the British fleets and squadrons in the Mediteranean, Anno 1708 and 1709. Wherein an account is given of the reduction of Sardignia, Minorca, the late Sieges of Port Maon, Alicant and Denia. With Descriptions Of the most unfrequented Places touch'd by the Fleets, of the Court of Barcelona, their Majesties residing in it, and of our Neighbouring Royal Allies their Majesties of Portugal. To which is annex'd, a cursory view of Naples, the Curiosities near Baiæ and Cardinal Grimani's Reception of the Officers belonging to the British Fleet. By the Revd. Mr. Nathaniel Taubman, Chaplain in the Royal Navy
Taubman, Nathaniel, -1720?.Date: 1710- Books
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Holidays on high lands, or, Rambles and incidents in search of Alpine plants / by Hugh Macmillan.
Date: 1869- Books
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China from a medical point of view in 1860 and 1861 : to which is added a chapter on Nagasaki as a sanitarium / by Charles Alexander Gordon.
Gordon C. A. (Charles Alexander), Sir, 1821-1899.Date: 1863- Books
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Wintering at Menton on the Riviera : a compagnon de voyage, with hints to invalids / by Alexander M. Brown.
Date: 1872- Books
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The general history of Europe; and entertaining traveller. Comprising an historical and geographical account of all the empires, kingdoms, &c. in Europe, viz. Great-Britain, Ireland, Germany, Turkey, Russia, Sweden, France, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Bohemia, Prussia, Italy, Denmark, Hungary, Sardinia, Tuscany, Norway, Venice, United Provinces, Switzerland, Austria, Genoa, Geneva, Piedmont, Montserrat, Milan, Parma, Modena, and Tartary in Europe, From their first Establishment to the End of the present Year; Including a Circumstantial Relation of the Origin, Progress, and Present State of Every Kingdom; Together with their Religion, Laws, Manners, Arts, and Sciences: also the Particulars of the War Between Russia, Sweden, Germany, and the Porte; Displaying Likewise the Contest Between the French King and his Subjects; and the Late Disturbances in Holland. The Geographical Department is Illustrated with A Complete Set of Whole Sheet Maps of all the Kingdoms, on so Large a Scale as to Entitle them to the Appellation of the European Atlas. The Topography of every Country in Europe is ample and complete, giving not only an Account of Cities and Capital Towns, but also every Thing remarkable in Villages and inferior Places, their Ruins, Rivers, Lakes, Mountains, Curiosities, &c. By Percival Barlow, Esq. assisted by several gentlemen who have made the tour of Europe, and Furnished him with the Most Valuable and Authentic Informations to Enrich his Work.
Barlow, Percival.Date: [1791?]- Books
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Sotheran's York guide; including a description of the public buildings, antiquities, &c. &c. in and about that ancient city. Illustrated with nine copperplates.
Sotheran, Henry.Date: [1799]- Books
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On sledge and horseback to the outcast Siberian lepers / by Kate Marsden.
Date: 1892- Books
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New voyages to North-America. Containing An Account of the several Nations of that vast Continent; their Customs, Commerce, and Way of Navigation upon the Lakes and Rivers; the several Attempts of the English and French to disposses one another; with the Reasons of the Miscarriage of the former; and the various Adventures between the French, and the Iroquese Confederates of England, from 1683 to 1694. A Geographical Description of Canada, and a Natural History of the Country, with Remarks upon their Government, and the Interest of the English and French in their Commerce. Also a Dialogue between the Author and a General of the Savages, giving a full View of the Religion and strange Opinions of those People: With an Account of the Authors Retreat to Portugal and Denmark and his Remarks on those Courts. To which is added, A Dictionary of the Algonkine Language, which is generally spoke in North-America. Illustrated with Twenty Three Mapps and Cutts. Written in French By the Baron Lahontan, Lord Lievtenant of the French Colony at Placentia in Newfoundland, now in England. Done into English. In Two volumes. A great part of which never Printed in the Original.
Lahontan, Louis Armand de Lom d'Arce, Baron de, 1666-1715?.Date: 1703- Books
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Letters written during a short residence in Spain and Portugal, by Robert Southey. With some account of Spanish and Portugueze poetry.
Southey, Robert, 1774-1843.Date: 1797- Books
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Dr. Stearns's tour from London to Paris. Containing, a description of the kingdom of France. - The customs, manners, polity, science, commerce, and agriculture of the inhabitants -Its ancient form of Government, and the new - Particulars concerning the Royal Family - Causes of the late Revolution - Proceedings and Decrees of the National Assembly - An Account of the Destruction of the Bastille, and of many dreadful Commotions which have happened in the Nation - With a minute Detail of the late grand Proceedings at the Champ de Mars. - The whole interspersed with a Variety of Reflections, humourous, moral, critical, and philosophical. After which is delineated, a new constitution: with a description of the road to liberty.
Stearns, Samuel, 1741-1809.Date: MDCCXCI. [1791]- Books
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A journey from London to Genoa, through England, Portugal, Spain, and France. By Joseph Baretti, Secretary for Foreign Correspondence to the Royal Academy of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture. ...
Baretti, Giuseppe, 1719-1789.Date: MDCCLXX. [1770]- Books
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Winters abroad : some information respecting places visited by the author on account of his health : intended for the use of invalids / by R.H. Otter.
Date: 1882- Books
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A journey from London to Genoa, through England, Portugal, Spain, and France. By Joseph Baretti, Secretary for foreign correspondence to the Royal Academy of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture. In two volumes. ...
Baretti, Giuseppe, 1719-1789.Date: MDCCLXX. [1770]- Books
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County curiosities, Or, a New Description of Gloucestershire. Containing I. A particular survey of the county, both geographical and historical. II. An Ample and Accurate Account of all the Boroughs, Market Towns, Villages, Rivers, Royal - Places Noblemen's and Gentlemen's Seats. III. The Fairs, Trade, Commerce, and Product of the Same. IV Of the Rarities both Natural and Artificial. V. Of the eminent persons born, or who have resided in them, and of the extraordinary events that have happened there.
Date: 1757- Books
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A medical guide to Nice : containing every information necessary to the invalid and resident stranger : with separate remarks on all those diseases to which its climate is calculated to prove injurious or beneficial, especially consumption and scrofula. Also observations on the climate of Bagnères de Bigorre, as the most eligible residence for consumptive patients / by William Farr.
Date: 1841- Books
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The cambrian directory, or, cursory sketches of the Welsh territories. With a chart, comprehending at one view, the advisable route - best inns - distances - and objects most worthy of attention.
Cliff, of Worcester.Date: 1800- Books
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A tour through Spain and Portugal, &c. Giving an account of the most remarkable places and curiosities in those kingdoms, many of which were never published before. Also the names of all their cities, towns, villages, &c as they stand on the roads, with their exact distances, after a new and accurate method. Together with two alphabetical tables to the whole. By Udal ap Rhys.
Ap Rhys, Udal.Date: 1750- Books
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Travels into Turkey: containing the most accurate account of the Turks, and neighbouring nations, Their Manners, Customs, Religion, Superstition, Policy, Riches, Coins, &c. The whole being a series of remarkable observations and events, interspers'd with great variety of entertaining incidents, never before printed. Translated from the original latin of the learned A. G. Busbequius. With Memoirs of the Life of the Illustitious Author.
Busbecq, Ogier Ghislain de, 1522-1592.Date: M.DCC.XLIV. [1744]- Books
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The curiosities of London and Westminster described. In four volumes. Embellished with elegant copper plates. Volume I. Containing a Description of The Tower of London The Monument London Bridge The Custom House The Royal Exchange Bethlem Hospital St. Luke's Hospital The Magdalen House Gresham College Sion College And The South Sea House.
Date: [1799]- Books
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The merchants miscellany, and travellers complete compendium; containing a mercantile state and public view of the county of Bedford for 1785. Being a short description of each market town, list of tradesmen, the conveyances, &c. by John Franklin Henington, auctioneer an printer, at Northampton. Price 6 d.
Henington, John Franklin.Date: [1785]- Books
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A New description of Spain. Containing an account of its kingdoms, Islands, cities, court, royal palaces of Aranjuez, and the Escurial, the nature of the country, products, customs, language, manners, habits, way of travelling, diet, and coins. As also their religion, Inquisition, ecclesiasticks, forts of devotion, councils, and administration of justice; their orders of the golden fleece, &c. With an account of their grandees, and nobility, of their indies, revenues and forces; their bull-fights and other divertisements. To which is added, a brief account of Portugal.
Date: 1701- Archives and manuscripts
Harman, Katherine, (fl.1935), wife of Harman, Nathaniel Bishop, F.R.C.S. (1869-1945)
Harman, Katherine, fl.1935Date: July 1935 - November 1935Reference: MS.7394- Books
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A description, and historical account, of the places, now the theatre of war in the Low Countries; viz. Charlemont, Givet, Arras, - St. Omer, - Bethune, Aire, Lens, Bapaume, Hedin, St. - Venant, Lillers, St. - Paul, Dunkirk, - Berg-St. - Vinox, Cassel, Bourbourg, Gravelines, Lisle, Douay, St. - Amand, Armentieres, Orchies, Comines, La Bassee, Tourcoing, Valenciennes, Maubeuge, Conde, Le Quesnoy, Bouchain, Landrecies, Philippeville, Avesnes, Chimay, Bavay, Cambray, Cateau-Cambresis, Thionville, Montmedi, &c. Embellished with a frontispiece, and plans of the principal fortified places. By Philip Astley, Esq; Of Peter-Street, Dublin, and of Hercules-Hall, Lambeth, London.
Astley, Philip, 1742-1814.Date: 1794- Books
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Dr. Stearns's tour from London to Paris. Containing, A description of the Kingdom of France - the customs, manners, polity, science, commerce, and agriculture of the inhabitants -Its Ancient form of Government,-And the New-Particulars concerning the Royal Family-Causes of the late Revolution-Proceedings and Decrees of the National Assembly-An Account of the Destruction of the Bastille, and of many dreadful Commotions which have happened in the Nation-With a minute Detail of the late grand Proceedings at the Champ De Mars. - The whole interspersed with a Variety of Reflections, humourous, moral, critical, and philosophical. After which is delineated, a new constitution: with a description of the road to liberty.
Stearns, Samuel, 1741-1809.Date: MDCCXC. [1790]- Books
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Mentone, the Riviera, Corsica and Biarritz as winter climates / by J. Henry Bennet.
Date: 1862