16 results filtered with: Canada - Description and travel - Early works to 1800
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A concise account of North America: containing a description of the several British colonies on that continent, ... as to their situation, extent, climate, ... Also of the interior, or westerly parts of the country, ... To which is subjoined, an account of the ... Indian residing in those parts, ... By Major Robert Rogers.
Rogers, Robert, 1731-1795.Date: 1769- Books
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Travels through the interior parts of America; in a series of letters. By an officer. A new edition.
Anburey, Thomas.Date: M DCC XCI. [1791]- Books
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The natural and civil history of the French dominions in North and South America. Giving a particular Account of the Climate, Soil, Minerals, Animals, Vegetables, Manufactures, Trade, Commerce, and Languages, Together with The Religion, Government, Genius, Character, Manners and Customs of the Indians and other Inhabitants. Illustrated by maps and plans of the principal places, collected from the best authorities, and engraved by T. Jefferys, Geographer to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Part I. Containing A Description of Canada and Louisiana.
Jefferys, Thomas, -1771.Date: MDCCLX. [1760]- Books
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Travels into North America; containing its natural history, and a circumstantial account of its plantations and agriculture in general, With The Civil, Ecclesiastical And Commercial State Of The Country, The Manners of the Inhabitants, and several curious and Important Remarks on various Subjects. By Peter Kalm, Professor of Oeconomy in the University of Aobo in Swedish Finland, and Member of the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences. Translated into English by John Reinhold Forster, F. A. S. Enriched with a Map, several Cuts for the Illustration of Natural History, and some additional Notes. ...
Kalm, Pehr.Date: MDCCLXX. [1770]- Books
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A voyage to North America, perform'd by G. Taylor, of Sheffield, in the years 1768, and 1769; with an account of his tedious passage, ... The author's unhappy shipwreck, ...
Taylor, G., of Sheffield.Date: 1771- Books
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Travels through the interior parts of America. In a series of letters. By an officer. ...
Anburey, Thomas.Date: MDCCLXXXIX. [1789]- Books
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Travels through the states of North America, and the provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, during the years 1795, 1796, and 1797. By Isaac Weld, junior. Illustrated and Embellished with Sixteen Plates.
Weld, Isaac, 1774-1856.Date: 1799- Books
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Travels through the United States of North America, the country of the Iroquois, and Upper Canada, in the years 1795, 1796, and 1797; by the Duke de La Rochefoucault Liancourt. With an authentic account of Lower Canada. Three Maps, Several Tables, &c. ...
La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, François-Alexandre-Frédéric, duc de, 1747-1827.Date: 1800- 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 Author's 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 maps and cuts. Written in French by the Baron Lahontan, Lord Lieutenant of the French Colony at Placentia in Newfoundland, at that Time in England. Done into English.
Lahontan, Louis Armand de Lom d'Arce, Baron de, 1666-1715?.Date: M,DCC,XXXV. [1735]- Books
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A short narrative and justification of the proceedings of the committee appointed by the Adventurers, to prosecute the discovery of the passage to the western ocean of America; And to Open and Extend the Trade, and Settle the Countries beyond Hudson's Bay. With an Apology for their postponing at present their intended Application to Parliament. To which are annexed, the report and petitions referred to in the narrative; And the Papers prepared to be delivered to the Lords and Commons, upon presenting the Petition, as the Foundation for a Parliamentary Enquiry, and the Facts they were prepared to support: Now laid before the Publick, for their future Consideration.
Date: MDCCXLIX. [1749]- Books
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Travels through the states of North America, and the provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, during the years 1795, 1796, and 1797. By Isaac Weld, junior. Second edition. Illustrated and embellished with sixteen plates. In two volumes. ...
Weld, Isaac, 1774-1856.Date: 1799- Books
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The present state of Nova Scotia: with a brief account of Canada, and the British islands on the coast of North America.
Hollingsworth, S.Date: M,DCC,LXXXVII. [1787]- Books
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Histoire et commerce des colonies Angloises, dans L'Amérique septentrionale. Où l'on trouve l'état actuel de leur population, & des détails curieux sur la constitution de leur gouvernement, principalement sur celui de la Nouvelle-Angleterre, de la Pensilvanie, de la Carline, & de la Géorgie.
Butel-Dumont, George Marie, 1725-1788.Date: M.D.CC.LV. [1755]- Books
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A voyage to North-America: undertaken by command of the present King of France. Containing the geographical description and natural history of Canada and Louisiana. With The Customs, Manners, Trade and Religion of the Inhabitants; a Description of the Lakes and Rivers, with their Navigation and Manner of passing the Great Cataracts. By Father Charlevoix. Also, A Description and Natural History of the Islands in the West Indies belonging to the different Powers of Europe. Illustrated with a Number of curious Prints and Maps not in any other Edition. In two volumes.
Charlevoix, Pierre-François-Xavier de, 1682-1761.Date: MDCCLXVI. [1766]- Books
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The theatre of the present war in North America: with candid reflections on the great importance of the war in that part of the world. By A. Y****, Esq;
Young, Arthur, 1741-1820.Date: 1758- 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 dispossess 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 Author's 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 maps and cuts. Written in French by the Baron Lahontan, Lord Lieutenant of the French Colony at Placentia in Newfoundland, at that Time in England. Done into English.
Lahontan, Louis Armand de Lom d'Arce, baron de, 1666-1715?.Date: M,DCC,XXXV. [1735]