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1.
The history of the British plantations in America : with a chronological account of the most remarkable things, which happen'd to the first adventurers in their several discoveries of that new world : Part I. Containing The history of Virginia; with remarks on the trade and commerce of that colony
Author
Keith, William, Sir, 1680-1749
Published
London : Printed at the expense of the Society for the encouragement of learning, by S. Richardson; and sold by A. Millar at Buchanan's Head in the Strand, J. Nourse at Temple-Bar, and J. Gray in the Poulry, booksellers to the Society, MDCCXXXVIII [1738]
Location
BEINECKE (Non-Circulating) >> Z40 5
BRITISH ART CENTER, Rare Bks & Mss (Non-Circulating) >> F228 .K45 1738
BEINECKE (Non-Circulating) >> Vanderbilt 83
BEINECKE (Non-Circulating) >> Pequot K26
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2.
De i commentarii del viaggio in Persia di m. Caterino Zeno il K. & delle guerre fatte nell' imperio persiano, dal tempo di Vssuncassano in quà libri due : Et dello scoprimento dell'isole Frislanda, Eslanda, Engrouelanda, Estotilanda, & Icaria, fatto sotto il Polo artico, da due fratelli Zeni, m. Nicolò il K. e m. Antonio. Libro vno. Con vn disegno particolare di tutte le dette parte di Tramontana da lor scoperte
Author
Zeno, Niccolò, 1515-1565
Published
In Venetia : Per Francesco Marcolini, MDLVIII [1558]
Online
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BEINECKE (Non-Circulating) >> Taylor 125
BRITISH ART CENTER, Rare Bks & Mss (Non-Circulating) >> G480 .Z46 1558
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3.
Primo volume, & terza editione delle nauigationi et viaggi
Author
Ramusio, Giovanni Battista, 1485-1557
Published
In Venetia : Nella stamperia de Giunti, l'anno MDLXIII [1563]
Online
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Location
BEINECKE (Non-Circulating) >> Eca +563 1
BRITISH ART CENTER, Rare Bks & Mss (Non-Circulating) >> G159 .R26 1563+
BEINECKE (Non-Circulating) >> 2001 +204 1
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4.
Terzo volume delle nauigationi et viaggi
Author
Ramusio, Giovanni Battista, 1485-1557
Published
In Venetia : Nella stamperia de' Giunti, l'anno MDLXV [1565]
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BEINECKE (Non-Circulating) >> Taylor 115 3
BEINECKE (Non-Circulating) >> 1977 +251
BRITISH ART CENTER, Rare Bks & Mss (Non-Circulating) >> G159 .R26 1565+
BEINECKE (Non-Circulating) >> 2001 +204 3
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5.
A voyage of discovery to the North Pacific ocean, and round the world : in which the coast of north-west America has been carefully examined and accurately surveyed, undertaken by His Majesty's command, principally with a view to ascertain the existence of any navigable communication between the North Pacific and North Atlantic oceans and performed in the years 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, and 1795, in the Discovery sloop of war, and armed tender Chatham, under the command of Captain George Vancouver
Author
Vancouver, George, 1757-1798
Published
London : Printed for G. G. and J. Robinson, Paternoster-Row and J. Edwards, Pall-Mall, 1798.
Location
LSF- BEINECKE >> Zc70 +798v
LSF- BEINECKE >> Zc70 +798v
BEINECKE (Non-Circulating) >> ZZc70 798va
SML, Franklin Collection, Room 230 (Non-Circulating) >> 551 +1798v
BEINECKE (Non-Circulating) >> Ecd +790V
SML, Franklin Collection, Room 230 (Non-Circulating) >> 551 +1798va
BRITISH ART CENTER, Rare Bks & Mss (Non-Circulating) >> Folio A 2018 37
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6.
The principall navigations, voiages and discoveries of the English nation, made by sea or ouer land, to the most remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth at any time within the compasse of these 1500 yeeres : deuided into three seuerall parts, according to the positions of the regions whereunto they were directed ... whereunto is added the last most renowmed English nauigation, round about the whole globe of the earth
Published
Imprinted at London : by George Bishop and Ralph Newberie, deputies to Christopher Barker, printer to the Queenes most excellent Maiestie, 1589.
Location
BEINECKE (Non-Circulating) >> Eca +589H
BEINECKE (Non-Circulating) >> Pequot +H12
BRITISH ART CENTER, Rare Bks & Mss (Non-Circulating) >> G240 .H35 1589+ Oversize
BEINECKE (Non-Circulating) >> Taylor 188
BEINECKE (Non-Circulating) >> Eca +589Hb
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7.
Diuers voyages touching the discouerie of America, and the ilands adiacent vnto the same, made first of all by our Englishmen, and afterward by the Frenchmen and Britons: and certaine notes of aduertisements for obseruations, necessarie for such as shall heereafter make the like attempt, with two mappes annexed heereunto for the plainer vnderstanding of the whole matter
Author
Hakluyt, Richard, 1552?-1616
Published
Imprinted at London : [By Thomas Dawson] for Thomas VVoodcocke, dwelling in paules Church-yard, at the signe of the blacke beare, 1582.
Location
BRITISH ART CENTER, Rare Bks & Mss (Non-Circulating) >> E121 .D58 1582
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8.
An interesting narrative of the travels of James Bruce, Esq. into Abyssinia, to discover the source of the Nile : abridged from the original work
Author
Bruce, James, 1730-1794
Published
London : Printed for H.D. Symonds, no. 20, Pater-Noster-Row, [1790]
Location
BRITISH ART CENTER, Rare Bks & Mss (Non-Circulating) >> DT377 .B78 1790
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9.
Saggio sulla nautica antica de' Veneziani : con una illustrazione d'alcune carte idrografiche antiche della Biblioteca di S. Marco, che dimostrano l'isole Antille prima della scoperta di Cristoforo Colombo
Author
Formaleoni, V. A. (Vincenzio Antonio), 1752-1797
Published
In Venezia : Presso l'autore, MDCCLXXXIII [1783].
Location
Library Shelving Facility (LSF) >> C13a 783f
BRITISH ART CENTER, Rare Bks & Mss (Non-Circulating) >> E110 .F67 1783
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10.
A voyage to Hudson's-Bay : by the Dobbs galley and California, in the years 1746 and 1747, for discovering a north west passage; with an accurate survey of the coast, and a short natural history of the country : together with a fair view of the facts and arguments from which the future finding of such a passage is rendered probable
Author
Ellis, Henry, 1721-1806
Published
London : Printed for H. Whitridge, at the Royal Exchange, MDCCXLVII [1748]
Location
BRITISH ART CENTER, Rare Bks & Mss (Non-Circulating) >> G650 1746 E47 Copy 1
BRITISH ART CENTER, Rare Bks & Mss (Non-Circulating) >> G650 1746 E47 Copy 2
BEINECKE (Non-Circulating) >> Zc90 748eL
BEINECKE (Non-Circulating) >> Zc90 748eL
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11.
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 iInhabitants : a description of the lakes and rivers, with their navigation and manner of passing the Great Cataracts
Author
Charlevoix, Pierre-François-Xavier de, 1682-1761
Published
Dublin : Printed for John Exshaw, and James Potts, in Dame-Street, MDCCLXVI [1766]
Location
BEINECKE (Non-Circulating) >> C55 20C
BRITISH ART CENTER, Rare Bks & Mss (Non-Circulating) >> F1030 .C43 1766
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12.
Wunderbarliche, doch warhaftige Erklärung, von der Gelegenheit und Sitten der Wilden in Virginia ..
Author
Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598
Published
Franckfort am Mayn : Gedruckt bey J. Wechel : in Verlegung D. Bry, 1590[-1630]
Location
BRITISH ART CENTER, Rare Bks & Mss (Non-Circulating) >> G159 .B79 1590+ Oversize
Format
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13.
A voyage round the world : performed by order of His Most Christian Majesty, in the years 1766, 1767, 1768, and 1769
Author
Bougainville, Louis-Antoine de, comte, 1729-1811
Published
London : Printed for J. Nourse, bookseller to His Majesty, in the Strand; and T. Davies, bookseller to the Royal Academy, in Russel-Street, Covent-Garden, 1772.
Location
BRITISH ART CENTER, Rare Bks & Mss (Non-Circulating) >> G420 .B68 1772+ Copy 2 Oversize
BRITISH ART CENTER, Rare Bks & Mss (Non-Circulating) >> G420 .B68 1772+ Copy 1 Oversize
Unavailable--Try BorrowDirect or Interlibrary Loan >> Ecd +766g
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14.
Hakluyt's promise : an Elizabethan's obsession for an English America
Author
Mancall, Peter C.
Published
New Haven : Yale University Press, c2007.
Online
Table of contents only
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Location
SML, Stacks, LC Classification >> G69.H2 M27X 2007 (LC)
Library Shelving Facility (LSF) >> G69.H2 M27X 2007 (LC)
LSF-Use in SML, Manuscripts and Archives only (Non-Circ) >> Yns72 2007 M35
BRITISH ART CENTER, Reference Library (Non-Circulating) >> G69.H2 M27 2007 (LC)
LSF-Use in SML, Manuscripts and Archives only (Non-Circ) >> Yns72 2007 M35
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15.
A narrative of the mutiny : on board His Majesty's Ship Bounty : and the subsequent voyage of part of the crew, in the ship's boat : from Tofoa, one of the Friendly Islands, to Timor, a Dutch Settlement in the East Indies
Author
Bligh, William, 1754-1817
Published
London : Printed for George Nicol, Bookseller to His Majesty, Pall-Mall, MDCCXC [1790]
Location
BRITISH ART CENTER, Rare Bks & Mss (Non-Circulating) >> DU20 .B55 1790+ Oversize
BEINECKE (Non-Circulating) >> Uyf66 B6 +790b
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16.
A voyage to the South Sea : undertaken by command of His Majesty for the purpose of conveying the bread-fruit tree to the West Indies in His Majesty's Ship the Bounty commanded by Lieutenant William Bligh : including an account of the mutiny on board the said ship and the subsequent voyage of part of the crew in the ship's boat from Tofoa, one of the Friendly Islands, to Timor, a Dutch settlement in the East Indies
Author
Bligh, William, 1754-1817
Published
London : Printed for George Nicol, bookseller to His Majesty, 1792.
Location
BEINECKE (Non-Circulating) >> Enb +787B
BRITISH ART CENTER, Rare Bks & Mss (Non-Circulating) >> DU20 .B55 1790+ Oversize
Format
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17.
A new discovery of a vast country in America : extending above four thousand miles, between New France and New Mexico : with a description of the great lakes, cataracts, rivers, plants, and animals : also, the manners, customs, and languages of the several native Indians, and the advantage of commerce with those different nations : with a continuation, giving an account of the attempts of the Sieur de la Salle upon the mines of St. Barbe, &c. : the taking of Quebec by the English, with the advantages of a shorter cut to China and Japan : both parts illustrated, with maps and figures, and dedicated to His Majesty K. William
Author
Hennepin, Louis, active 17th century
Published
London : Printed for M. Bentley, J. Tonson, H. Bonwick, T. Goodwin, and S. Manship, 1698.
Location
BRITISH ART CENTER, Rare Bks & Mss (Non-Circulating) >> F352 .H4613 1698
BEINECKE (Non-Circulating) >> Zc20 697hegb
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18.
Voyage autour du monde, par le frégate du roi, La Boudeuse, et la fl̂ute L'Etoile; en 1766, 1767, 1768 & 1769
Author
Bougainville, Louis-Antoine de, comte, 1729-1811
Published
A Paris : Chez Saillant & Nyon, Libraires, rue S. Jean-de-Beauvais. De l'imprimerie de Le Breton, premier imprimeur ordinaire du roi., M.DCC.LXXI [1771]
Location
BRITISH ART CENTER, Rare Bks & Mss (Non-Circulating) >> G420 .B68 1771
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19.
The general history of the vast continent and islands of America : commonly call'd the West-Indies, from the first discovery thereof : with the best accounts the people could give of their antiquities
Author
Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, -1625
Published
London : Printed for Jer. Batley at the Dove in Pater-Noster-Row, MDCCXXV-MDCCXXVI [1725-1726]
Online
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Location
BRITISH ART CENTER, Rare Bks & Mss (Non-Circulating) >> E141 .H47 1725
BEINECKE (Non-Circulating) >> Z6 22g
Format
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20.
The discoueries of the world from their first originall vnto the yeere of our Lord 1555
Author
Galvão, António, -1557
Published
Londini : Impensis G. Bishop, 1601.
Location
BRITISH ART CENTER, Rare Bks & Mss (Non-Circulating) >> G80 .G35 1601
BEINECKE (Non-Circulating) >> Taylor 225
Format
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21.
The Spanish colonie, or Briefe chronicle of the acts and gestes of the Spaniardes in the West Indies, called the newe World, for the space of XL. yeeres
Author
Casas, Bartolomé de las, 1484-1566
Published
Imprinted at London : For William Brome, 1583.
Location
BEINECKE (Non-Circulating) >> Taylor 162
BRITISH ART CENTER, Rare Bks & Mss (Non-Circulating) >> F1411 .C37 1583
Format
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22.
De Moluccis insulis : itemq[ue] alijs pluribus mira[n]dis, quae nouissima Castellanorum nauigatio Sereniss. Imperatoris Caroli. V. auspicio suscepta, nuper inuenit
Author
Maximilian, of Transylvania, active 1522
Published
Coloniae : In aedibus Eucharij Ceruicorni, Anno uirginei partus. MDXXIII mense Ianuario [1523]
Online
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Location
BEINECKE (Non-Circulating) >> Taylor 56
BRITISH ART CENTER, Rare Bks & Mss (Non-Circulating) >> G420.M2 M39 1523
Format
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23.
The principal nauigations, voyages, traffiques and discoueries of the English nation : made by sea or ouerland, to the remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth, at any time within the compasse of these 1600 yeres, diuided into three seuerall volumes, according to the positions of the regions, whereunto they were directed ..
Published
Imprinted at London : By George Bishop, Ralph Newberie, and Robert Barker, anno 1599-1600.
Location
BRITISH ART CENTER, Rare Bks & Mss (Non-Circulating) >> G240 .H35 1599+ Oversize
Elizabethan Club >> Eliz +54
Format
Books
24.
Secondo volume delle nauigationi et viaggi
Author
Ramusio, Giovanni Battista, 1485-1557
Published
In Venetia : Nella stamperia de Giunti, l'anno MDLXXIIII [1574]
Location
BEINECKE (Non-Circulating) >> 1977 +252
BRITISH ART CENTER, Rare Bks & Mss (Non-Circulating) >> G159 .R26 1574+
BEINECKE (Non-Circulating) >> Eca +563 2
Format
Books
25.
An account of the first discovery, and natural history of Florida : with a particular detail of the several expeditions and descents made on that coast
Author
Roberts, William, active 1763
Published
London : Printed for T. Jefferys, at Charing-Cross, MDCCLXIII [1763]
Location
BEINECKE (Non-Circulating) >> Egk24 763R
BRITISH ART CENTER, Rare Bks & Mss (Non-Circulating) >> F314 .R63 1763
Format
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