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A New Royal Authentic and Complete System of Universal Geography Antient and Modern.
Including All the late important Discoveries made by the English, and other celebrated Navigators of the various Nations, in the different Hemispheres …
The singular adventures and captivity of Thos. Barry, among the Monsipi Indians, in the unexplored regions of North America: including the manners, customs, etc. of that tribe.
A particular account of his escape, accompanied by an Indian female; the extraordinary hardships they encountered in their flight; and their safe arrival in London, December the 6th, 1799. Written by himself.
This is a second edition of a…
This is a second edition of a…
An account of the first voyages and discoveries made by the Spaniards in America. Containing the most exact relation hitherto publish'd, of their unparallel'd cruelties on the Indians.
By Don Bartholomew de las Casas, bishop of Chiapa ... Illustrated with cuts. To which is added, The art of travelling
Bartolomé de las Casas was a Spanish missionary and historian often referred to as "the defender of the Indians." He came to…
Bartolomé de las Casas was a Spanish missionary and historian often referred to as "the defender of the Indians." He came to…
Letters and notes on the manners, customs, and condition of the North American Indians.
Written during eight years' travel amongst the wildest tribes of Indians in North America. In 1832, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, and 39.
George Catlin began his career in law but had always wanted to be a painter and when he decided to pursue this said…
George Catlin began his career in law but had always wanted to be a painter and when he decided to pursue this said…
O-kee-pa, a religious ceremony ; and other customs of the Mandans.
Catlin visited the Mandan in 1832. His month-long, in-depth ethnographic study of the Mandans and their O-kee-pa ceremony is particularly valuable as only a few years after his visit in 1838 the group was decimated by a smallpox epidemic. Only 40…
Omai, first Polynesian ambassador to England.
The true story of his voyage there in 1774 with Captain Cook, of how he was feted by Fanny Burney, approved by Samuel Johnson, entertained by Mrs. Thrale & Lord Sandwich, and painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds.
Le Miroir de la Cruelle, & horrible tyrannie espagnole perpetree au Pays Bas, par le Tyran Duc de Albe, & aultres Comandeurs de par le roy Philippe le deuxiesme.
On a adjoinct la deuxiesme partie de les tyrannies commises aux Indes Occidentales par les Espagnols. Nouvellement exorne avec taille douce en cuyvre.
Bound with Casas, Bartolome de las. Le Miroir de la Tyrannie.
Bound with Casas, Bartolome de las. Le Miroir de la Tyrannie.
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 …
On Captain James Cook's final voyage to the South Seas on January 15, 1779 Cook's ships, the Resolution and the Discovery approached the…
On Captain James Cook's final voyage to the South Seas on January 15, 1779 Cook's ships, the Resolution and the Discovery approached the…
Historia de Nueva-Espana, escrita por su esclarecido conquistador Hernan Cortes.
Aumentada con otros docvmentos, y notas, por el ilustrissimo Senor Don Francisco Antonio Lorenzana, arzobispo de Mexico. Con las licencias necesarias
Herman Cortes arrived in the West Indies in 1504, traveled on to Cuba in 1511 and marched into…
Herman Cortes arrived in the West Indies in 1504, traveled on to Cuba in 1511 and marched into…
A Description Of the English Province of Carolana
By the Spaniards call'd Florida, And by the French La Louisiane. As also of the Great and Famous River Meschacebe or Missisipi, The Five vast Navigable Lakes of Fresh Water, and the Parts Adjacent. Together With an Account of the Commodities of the…