Sale 557 - Fine Americana & the Exploration of the West - Asian-American History & Art - Travel

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(Argonaut Press)
Author
Drake, Sir Francis
Headline
The World Encompassed and Analogous Contemporary Documents Concerning Sir Francis Drake's Circumnavigation of the World
Publisher
The Argonaut Press
Date Published
1926

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437

-WITHDRAWN-The Discoverie of the large and bewtiful Empire of Guiana

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(Argonaut Press)
Author
Relegh, Sir Walter
Headline
Sir Walter Ralegh's discovery of Guinea, Argonaut Press
Publisher
The Argonaut Press
Date Published
1928

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438

Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition to the Mouth of the Great Fish River, and along the Shores of the Arctic Ocean in the Years 1833, 1834, and 1835

Author
Back, Captain [George]
Headline
Back's Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition
Publisher
E.L. Carey & A. Hart
Date Published
1836

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439

The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile, and Explorations of the Nile Sources

Author
Baker, Samuel White
Headline
Albert N'Yanza by Samuel Baker, 2 vols 1866
Publisher
Macmillan
Date Published
1866

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440

Ismailïa: A Narrative of the Expedition to Central Africa for the Suppression of the Slave Trade. Organized by Ismail, Khedive of Egypt

Author
Baker, Samuel White
Headline
Samuel Baker Suppresses African Slavery 1874
Publisher
Macmillan
Date Published
1874

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441

Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait, to Co-operate with the Polar Expeditions: Performed in His Majesty's Ship Blossom Under the Command of Captain F.W. Beechey, R.N. in the Years 1825, 26, 27, 28 . . . A New Edition

Author
Beechey, Captain F[rederick] W.
Headline
Beechey: Pacific and Beering's Strait. Narrative/travel
Publisher
Henry Colburn & Richard Bentley
Date Published
1831

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442

To the South Polar Regions, Expedition of 1898-1900

Author
Bernacchi, Louis
Headline
Bernacchi The South Polar Regions
Publisher
Bluntisham Books
Date Published
1991

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443

A Residence of Twenty-One Years in the Sandwich Islands; or the Civil, Religious, and Political History of Those Islands: Comprising a Particular View of the Missionary Operations Connected with the Introduction and Progress of Christianity and Civilization Among the Hawaiian People

Author
Bingham, Hiram
Headline
Bingham 21 Years in the Sandwich Islands
Publisher
Hezekiah Huntington
Date Published
1848

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444

WITHDRAWN - Nouveau Voyage dans les Etats-Unis de L'Amerique Septentrionale; Fait en 1788

Author
Brissot de Warville, J.P.
Headline
Nouveau Voyage dans les Etats-Unis 1791
Publisher
Buisson
Date Published
1791

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445

Entdeckungsreise in das Stille Meer, und vorzuglich nach der Nordostküste von Asien, gethan in den Jahren 1795, 1796, 1797 und 1798

Author
Broughton, William Robert
Headline
Broughton explores the north Pacific
Publisher
Im Verlage des Landes-Industrie-Comptoirs
Date Published
1805

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447

Voyage aux Pays Auriferes Afrique, Mexique, Californie, Perou, Chili, Nouvelle-Caledonie, Australie, Russie

Author
Carrieres, A.C. de la
Headline
Carrieres: Voyage aux Pays Auriferes
Publisher
A. Courcier
Date Published
[c.1855]

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448

Views of Ancient Monuments in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan

Author
Catherwood, F[rederick]
Headline
Catherwood's Views of Ancient Monuments
Publisher
Editora del Surieste
Date Published
1984

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455

Holograph Journal of the ocean voyage of Dr. John Plimpton Green from New York to Hong Kong, his arrival in China, and his early experiences as a physician in China

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(China – Journal of Doctor’s Voyage and Reception)
Author
Green, Dr. John Plimpton
Date Published
1843

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474

Letter from Samuel Wetmore in Canton, China, to his cousin William Wetmore, regarding trade and commercial matters

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(China)
Author
Wetmore, Samuel
Headline
Opium in the China Trade 1838 letter
Date Published
January 22nd, 1838

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475

Letter from Samuel Wetmore in Canton, China, to his cousin William Wetmore, regarding trade and commercial matters, with mention of opium smuggling

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(China)
Author
Wetmore, Samuel
Headline
Opium smuggling in the China Trade 1837 letter
Date Published
Oct. 27th, 1827

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477

Four Years in a Government Exploring Expedition: to the Island of Madeira - Cap Verde Islands - Brazil...

Author
Colvocoresses, Geo. M.
Headline
Four Years in a Government Exploring Expedition
Publisher
Cornish, Lamport & Co.
Date Published
1852

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478

A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken, by the Command of His Majesty, for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. Performed under the Direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Discovery; in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780

Author
Cook, James and James King
Headline
Captain James Cook: A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean
Publisher
G. Nicol
Date Published
1785

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479

Ten plates published in an edition of Captain James Cook's voyages

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(Cook, James)
Headline
Captain James Cook's voyages, 10 plates
Date Published
No date

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482

Eight volumes of Travel and Exploration, mostly in the Americas, including Sir Francis Drake

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(Exploration)
Headline
Eight volumes of Travel and Exploration, including Sir Francis Drake
Date Published
Various dates

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483

Journal of a Voyage of Discovery, to the Arctic regions, Performed Between the 4th of April and the 18th of November 1818, in His Majesty's Ship Alexander, Wm. Edw. Parry, Esq. Lieut. and Commander

Author
[Fisher, Alexander]
Headline
Voyage of Discovery to the Arctic Regions
Publisher
Richard Phillips
Date Published
[1819]

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485

Souvenir de Nancy - 15 mounted photographs

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(France)
Headline
Souvenir de Nancy 15 mounted photographs
Date Published
[c1887]

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486

Souvenir viewbook of Versaille, France

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(France)
Headline
Souvenir viewbook of Versailles France
Date Published
Late 19th Century

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487

Harriman Alaska series. Volumes I-V, VIII-XIV. (12 volumes complete)

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(Harriman Alaska Expedition, 1899)
Author
Various authors
Headline
Harriman Alaska series. Complete set.
Publisher
Doubleday, Page & Co. (and) Smithsonian Institutions
Date Published
1901, 1910, 1914

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490

Annapurna: First Conquest of an 8000-meter Peak

Author
Herzog, Maurice
Headline
Maurice Herzog Annapurna signed
Publisher
E.P. Dutton & Co.
Date Published
1953

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491

The Ascent of Everest

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(Hillary, Edmund)
Author
Hunt, John
Headline
Ascent of Everest signed by Sir Edmund Hillary & 2 more
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Date Published
[1953]

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494

Arctic Explorations: The Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55

Author
Kane, Elisha Kent
Headline
Kane's Arctic Explorations 2d Grinnell Expedition
Publisher
Childs & Peterson
Date Published
1856

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495

An Account of the Pelew Islands Situated In The Western Part Of The Pacific Ocean. Composed From The Journals And Communications Of Captain Henry Wilson And Some Of His Officers, Who, In August 1783, Were There Shipwrecked, In The Antelope, A Packet belonging to the Hon. East India Company

Author
Keate, George
Headline
An Account of the Pelew Islands 1st American Edn
Publisher
Joseph Crukshank
Date Published
1789

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496

The Expedition to Borneo of H. M. S. Dido for the Suppression of Piracy: with Extracts from the Journal of James Brooke, Esq.

Author
Keppel, Captain The Hon. Henry
Headline
The Expedition to Borneo of H. M. S. Dido, by Keppel, Captain The Hon. Henry
Publisher
Harper & Brothers
Date Published
1846

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498

From East Prussia to the Golden Gate

Author
Lecouvreur, Frank
Headline
Lecouvreur: From East Prussia to the Golden Gate
Publisher
Angelina Book Concern
Date Published
1906

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499

A Series of Groups Illustrating the Physiognomy, Manners, and Character of the People of France and Germany

Author
Lewis, George
Headline
Lewis's Etching of the people of France and Germany
Publisher
For the author
Date Published
1823

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500

Catalogue of Books Contained in the Lockhart Library and in the General Library of the London Missionary Society

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(London Missionary Society)
Author
Mabbs, Goodeve
Headline
London Missionary Society Library
Publisher
London Missonary Society
Date Published
1899

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502

Three Years in the Klondike

Author
Lynch, Jeremiah
Headline
Lynch: Three Years in the Klondike
Publisher
Edward Arnold
Date Published
1904

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503

A Brief Narrative of an Unsuccessful Attempt to Reach Repulse Bay, Through Sir Thomas Rowe's "Welcome," in His Majesty's Ship Griper in the Year MDCCCXXIV

Author
Lyon, Capt. G[eorge] F[rancis]
Headline
An Unsuccessful Attempt to Reach Repulse Bay
Publisher
John Murray
Date Published
1825

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504

Ship's Captain of California Gold Rush era, 1845-67 archive

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(Maritime – Archive of a Gold Rush-era Ship Captain, 1845-67)
Headline
Maritime, California, steamships, Vanderbilt, South Africa

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506

Stray Leaves From an Arctic Journal; or, Eighteen Months in the Polar Regions, in Search of Sir John Franklin's Expedition, in the Years 1850-51

Author
Osborn, Sherard
Headline
Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal 1852
Publisher
George P. Putnam
Date Published
1852

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507

The North Pole: Its Discovery in 1909 Under the Auspices of the Peary Arctic Club

Author
Peary, Robert E.
Headline
Robert Peary The North Pole First Edition
Publisher
Frederick A. Stokes
Date Published
1910

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509

Photo album of a European tour

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(Photographs)
Headline
1920s album from a European Tour
Date Published
1920s

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512

The Historie of the World. In Five Bookes

Author
Raleigh, Walter
Headline
Walter Raleigh's History of the World 1634
Publisher
[Printed for G. Latchum, and R. Young]
Date Published
[1634]

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513

Through the Yukon and Alaska

Author
Rickard, T.A.
Headline
Rickard: Through the Yukon and Alaska
Publisher
Mining and Scientific Press
Date Published
1909

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514

Himalaya: A Monograph

Author
Roerich, Nicholas
Headline
Roerich views of the Himalayas
Publisher
Breantano's
Date Published
[1926]

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515

Histoire Physique, Morale, Civile et Politique de la Russie Ancienne [Moderne]

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(Russia)
Author
Le Clerc, [Nicolas-Gabriel]
Headline
Le Clerc's History of Ancient and Modern Russia
Publisher
Crez Froulle & Chez Blaizot
Date Published
1783-85

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516

Tours in the Soviet Union (wrapper title)

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(Russia)
Headline
Tours of Soviet Union in 1930s
Publisher
[Zeese Wilkinson Co.]
Date Published
[c.1930s]

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517

Letters from Broosa, Asia Minor, by Mrs. E.C.A. Schneider, with an essay on the prospects of the heathen and our duties to them, by Rev. B. Schneider, and an introduction by Rev. E. Heiner... Published by Rev. Samuel Gutelius

Author
Schneider, Mrs. E[liza] C[heney] A[bbot]
Headline
Mission to Turkey's Armenians 1846
Publisher
Printed at the Publication Office of the Ger. Ref. church,
Date Published
1846

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518

Antarctic Days

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(Shackleton, Ernest)
Author
Murray, James & George Marston
Headline
Antarctic Days, Shackelton. 1 st. Edition.
Publisher
Andrew Melrose
Date Published
1913

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519

The Danubian Principalities, The Frontier Lands of the Christian and the Turk. By a British Resident of Twenty Years in the East

Author
[Skene, James Henry]
Headline
The Frontier Lands of the Christian and the Turk
Publisher
Richard Bentley
Date Published
1854

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522

The Life of John Ledyard, The American Traveller, Comprising Selections from His Journals and Correspondence

Author
Sparks, Jared
Headline
Life of John Ledyard
Publisher
Hilliard and Brown
Date Published
1828

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523

Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile

Author
Speke, John Hanning
Headline
Speke's Discovery of the Source of the Nile
Publisher
William Blackwood & Sons
Date Published
1863

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524

In Darkest Africa or the Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin Governor of Equatoria

Author
Stanley, Henry M[orton]
Headline
Stanley's In Darkest Africa, British edition
Publisher
Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington
Date Published
1890

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525

Rambles and Scrambles in North and South America

Author
Sullivan, Edward
Headline
Rambles in North and South America
Publisher
Richard Bentley
Date Published
1853

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526

Exposé qui ont Accompagné l'Agression des Francais contre l'Ile de Tahiti, et l'Injuste Etablissement de la Domination Francaise dans Cette Ile. Par les Directeurs de la Sociéte des Mission de Londres

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(Tahiti)
Headline
l'Agression des Francais contre l'Ile de Tahiti
Publisher
L.-R. Delay
Date Published
1843

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527

Ceylon: An Account of the Island, Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of It's Natural History, Antiquities and Productions

Author
Tennent, Sir James Emerson
Headline
Account of Ceylon 1859
Publisher
Longman, Green, et al.
Date Published
1859

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528

Two titles about travels on the Pacific Coast and the Sandwich Islands

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(Travel - Hawaii & Pacific Coast)
Headline
Travels -Pacific Coast/Sandwich Islands. 3 vols.
Date Published
Various dates

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530

Universal Exhibition 1873 in Vienna (Spine title)

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(Vienna International Exposition)
Headline
Vienna International Exhibition 1873
Publisher
Kaiserlich-königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei
Date Published
1873

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532

A Statistical, Historical, and Political Description of the Colony of New South Wales, and Its Dependent Settlements in Van Diemen's Land

Author
Wentworth, W.C.
Headline
Wentworth on the Colony of New South Wales
Publisher
G. and W.B. Whittaker
Date Published
1819

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533

The Rhine, Italy and Greece

Author
Wright, George Newenham
Headline
Engravings of heartland of Europe
Publisher
Fisher & Son
Date Published
1841

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534

Life of John Coleridge Patteson, Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands

Author
Yonge, Charlotte Mary
Headline
Life of John Coleridge Patteson
Publisher
Macmillan and Co.
Date Published
1875

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541

Map Showing Interurban Lines of Electric and Steam Railways to Los Angeles Resorts, Giving Distances, Routes and Fares from Los Angeles, Cal.

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(California - Los Angeles)
Headline
Interurban railways of Los Angeles
Publisher
Munsey
Date Published
c.1920s

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542

Map of Mountain View Field Kern County, Calif

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(California - Mountain View Oil Field, Kern County)
Author
Bush, R.D., State Oil & Gas Supervisor
Headline
Map of oil & gas drilling in Kern County Mt. View California 1935
Publisher
Division of Oil and Gas
Date Published
Sept, 1935

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543

Petaluma, Sonoma County, Cal. 1857

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(California - Petaluma)
Author
Kuchel & Dresel
Headline
Rare litho view of Petaluma Cal.
Publisher
Kuchel & Dresel
Date Published
1857

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547

The California Water Atlas

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(California)
Author
Kahrl, William L. et al.
Headline
The California Water Atlas
Publisher
State of California
Date Published
[1979]

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552

Eleven mining maps of Arizona, California & Alaska

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(Mining Maps)
Headline
Mining maps of Arizona, California & Alaska
Date Published
No date

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553

Fort Plain, N.Y. and Nelliston - lithographed bird's-eye-view

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(New York - Fort Plain)
Headline
Bird's-eye view of Fort Plain, NY
Publisher
L.R. Burleigh
Date Published
1891

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556

For Home and Country - Victory Liberty Loan

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(Posters - WWI)
Headline
For Home and Country - WWI Poster
Publisher
American Lithographic Company
Date Published
1918

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559

Paddle-Wheel Gun-Boat [and] Screw Gun Boat

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(Ships of War)
Headline
Ships of War series: Plate 83 and 86
Publisher
Day & Son
Date Published
January 1st, 1864

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567

Home Towns in Southern Alameda County California

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(Alameda County)
Headline
Home Towns in Southern Alameda County California
Date Published
1936

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568

Letter on stationery of American Express Company about the 1898 Alaska Gold Rush

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(Alaska Gold Rush 1898 )
Headline
1898 Alaska Gold Rush
Date Published
July 24, 1898

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569

Twelve volumes of Americana, including the history of Wells Fargo

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(Americana)
Headline
Twelve volumes of Americana, including the history of Wells Fargo
Date Published
Various dates

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575

Typed letters by NY Senators on “Humane” Animal Experimentation

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(Animal Rights – 1960 NY Senators on “Humane” Animal Experimentation)
Author
Javits, Jacob and Keating, Kenneth.
Headline
Animal Rights – 1960 NY Senators on “Humane” Animal Experimentation
Date Published
August 1960

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576

English-Eskimo and Eskimo-English Vocabularies

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(Arctic - 1890 US Navy studies Alaskan & Siberian Eskimo)
Author
Wells, Jr., Ensign Roger; and Interpreter John W. Kelly
Headline
1890 Alaska, US Navy studies Eskimo
Publisher
US Bureau of Education
Date Published
1890

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577

Portrait and Biographical Record of Arizona

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(Arizona)
Headline
arizona
Publisher
Chapman Publishing Co.
Date Published
1901

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578

Galaxy Album especially adapted for autographs and sketches - Arthur M. White

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(Autographs)
Headline
Galaxy Album especially adapted for autographs and sketches - Arthur M. White
Publisher
L. Prang and Co.
Date Published
1880