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April 7, 1781 be it ordained ... the Following Instructions be Observed by the Captains or Commanders of Private Armed Vessels ...

[REVOLUTIONARY WAR] & U.S. CONGRESS.

April 7, 1781 be it ordained ... the… 1781.

"YOU MAY BY FORCE OF ARMS ATTACK, SUBDUE, AND SEIZE ALL SHIPS, VESSELS, AND GOODS BELONGING TO GREAT BRITAIN"

[Letter rejoicing that he had arrived in Liberia:

[LIBERIA] & ROBERTS (Joseph Jenkins).

[Letter rejoicing that he had arrived in Liberia:… 1839.

"IN THE LAND OF THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE OPPRESSED"

A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean,

VANCOUVER (George).

A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific… 1801.

A Journal of Transactions and Events During a Residence of Nearly Sixteen Years on the Coast of Labrador; Containing Many Interesting Particulars, Both of the Country and its Inhabitants, not Hitherto Known.

CARTWRIGHT (George).

A Journal of Transactions and Events During a… 1792.

A Classic of Canadiana and 18th Century Travel Literature

Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition.

WILKES (Cmdr. Charles).

Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition, 1845.

L'Europe en plusieurs cartes, et en divers traittes de geographe et d'historie...

[SANSON (Nicolas sr.)]

L'Europe en plusieurs cartes, et en divers traittes… 1683.

Nouvelle Carte de parties des Côtes de Terre Ferme et Isles située sur l'Ocean ... [&] Carte des Côtes de la Mediterranée ... [two sheets] [&] Carte de l'Arcipel ...

BERTHELOT (François).

Nouvelle Carte de parties des Côtes de Terre… 1715.

Geography Rectified: or, a Description of the World, In all its kingdoms, provinces, countries, islands, cities, towns, seas, rivers, bayes, capes, ports; their ancient and present names, inhabitants, situations, histories, customs, governments, &c. As al

MORDEN (Robert).

Geography Rectified: or, a Description of the World,… 1688.

Mémoires Pittoresques d'un Officier de Marine.

LECONTE (François).

Mémoires Pittoresques d'un Officier de Marine, 1851.

EXCEPTIONALLY RARE: CONVICTS TO NEW CALEDONIA

A Voyage of Discovery into the South Seas and Beering's Straits,

KOTZEBUE (Otto von)

A Voyage of Discovery into the South Seas… 1821.

[Untitled: 'Atlas maritimo de Espana': volume 2: the Mediterranean coasts]

TOFINO DE SAN MIGUEL (Vicente).

[Untitled: 'Atlas maritimo de Espana': volume 2: the… 1789.

[Album of Eight Drawings 1885-1886]. [With] Siberia and the Exile System.

FROST (George Albert). & KENNAN (George).

[Album of Eight Drawings 1885-1886]. [With] Siberia and… 1891.

With Frost's original drawings

A small volume of watercolours and one pencil depicting topographical scenes in and around Havanna and St. Jago Cuba.

[CUBA] & SCOTT (Capt. Andrew).

A small volume of watercolours and one pencil… 1857.

MID-19th CENTURY CUBA

Hakluyt's Collection of the Early Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries, of the English Nation.

HAKLUYT (Richard).

Hakluyt's Collection of the Early Voyages, Travels, and… 1812.

[On the Origin of the Species] O proiskhozhdenii vidov v tsarstvakh zhivotnom i rastitel'nom putem estestvennago podbora rodichei.

DARWIN (Charles). & RACHINSKII (Sergei Aleksandrovich), trans.

[On the Origin of the Species] O proiskhozhdenii… 1864.

THE FIRST RUSSIAN EDITION

Voyage à Méroé, au Fleuve Blanc, au-delà de Fâzoql dans le midi du royaume de Sennâr, à Syouah et dans cinq autres oasis.

CAILLIAUD (Frédéric).

Voyage à Méroé, au Fleuve Blanc, au-delà de… 1823.

Presentation Inscription to Atlas

[Untitled: 'Atlas maritimo de Espana': volume 2: the Mediterranean coasts]

TOFINO DE SAN MIGUEL (Vicente).

[Untitled: 'Atlas maritimo de Espana': volume 2: the… 1789.

Neptune François I.

DÉPÔT DES CARTES ET PLANS DE LA MARINE.

Neptune François I, 1753.

Ioan. Petri Maffeii, Bergomatis e Societate Iesu, Historiarum Indicarum Libri XVI. Selectarum, item, ex India epistolarum ...

MAFFEI (Giovanni Pietro).

Ioan. Petri Maffeii, Bergomatis e Societate Iesu, Historiarum… 1593.

PORTUGUESE MISSIONARY ACCOUNTS, WITH LENGTHY PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION

Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Arctic Ocean, in 1833, 1834, and 1835; Under the Command of Capt. Back, R.N.

KING (Dr. Richard).

Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of… 1836.

RARE NARRATIVE BY THE SURGEON & NATURALIST ON THE BACK EXPEDITION

[Loan of 314 Livres 2 Sols 8 Deniers to be Repaid in Good Beaver at the Price and Weight of the Bureau.]

TONTY (Henri de),, DAUPHIN LA FOREST (François) & & JUCHEREAU DE SAINT-DENYS (Charles).

[Loan of 314 Livres 2 Sols 8 Deniers… 1693.

A 17th-CENTURY CONTRACT PRICED IN BEAVER FUR

Recueil des lettres patentes, edits et declarations du Roy, lesquels ont été registrez en la Cour de Parlement de Roüen, & ce depuis l'année 1660 jusqu'à present.

LOUIS XIV. & [COLBERT (Jean-Baptiste).]

Recueil des lettres patentes, edits et declarations du… 1683.

ESTABLISHING THE FRENCH SLAVE TRADE

An Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade.

[WILBERFORCE (William).]

An Act for the Abolition of the Slave… 1807.

THE 1807 ABOLITION ACT

Map of Eastern Kansas by E.B. Whitman & A. D. Searl General Land Agents Lawrence, Kansas.

WHITMAN (E.B.) & & SEARLE (A.D.) compilers.

Map of Eastern Kansas by E.B. Whitman &… 1856.

ABOLITION VIA EMIGRATION

Uncle Tom's Cabin; Or Life Among the Lowly.

STOWE (Harriet Beecher).

Uncle Tom's Cabin; Or Life Among the Lowly, 1852.

FIRST EDITION OF THE ABOLITIONIST LITERARY PHENOMENON

The Worst Journey in the World

CHERRY-GARRARD (Apsley).

The Worst Journey in the World, 1922.

"A WAR IS LIKE THE ANTARCTIC ... THERE IS NO GETTING OUT OF IT WITH HONOUR AS LONG AS YOU CAN PUT ONE FOOT BEFORE THE OTHER."

[Maps of the Gallipoli Peninsula.]

[LAWRENCE (T.E.)] & INTELLIGENCE OFFICE, ARAB BUREAU.

[Maps of the Gallipoli Peninsula.], 1915.

SECRET MAPS OF THE GALLIPOLI PENINSULA

Arabian Peninsula. Map I-270 B-1.

BROWN (Glen Francis). & UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.

Arabian Peninsula. Map I-270 B-1, 1958.

THE FIRST AUTHORITATIVE GEOLOGIC AND GEOGRAPHIC MAP OF THE ARABIAN PENINSULA

A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay; With an Account of New South Wales,

TENCH (Capt. Watkin, R.M.)

A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay;… 1789.

THE FIRST ACCOUNT OF THE SETTLEMENT AT BOTANY BAY

Handcuff Secrets

HOUDINI (Harry). & [HARDEEN (Theo).]

Handcuff Secrets, 1910.

WITH A SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH OF HOUDINI & EPHEMERA

A Catalogue of the Animals of North America.

FORSTER (Johann Reinhold).

A Catalogue of the Animals of North America, 1771.

AN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY PRIMER FOR AMERICAN NATURALISTS

[Untitled composite atlas].

D'ANVILLE (Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon).

[Untitled composite atlas], 1767.

Geografia di Claudio Tolomeo Alessandrino, Tradotto di Greco nell'Idioma Volgare Italiano da Girolamo Ruscelli, et hora nuouamente ampliata de Gioseffo Rosaccio ...

PTOLEMY (Claudius). & RUSCELLI (Girolamo).

Geografia di Claudio Tolomeo Alessandrino, Tradotto di Greco… 1599.

A Pocket Book. Containing severall choice collections in Arethmetick Astronomy. Geometry. Surveying. Dialling. Navigation, Astrology. Geography. Measuring. Gaugeing. …

SELLER (John sr.).

A Pocket Book. Containing severall choice collections in… 1707.

Historia navigationis in Brasiliam, qae et America Dicitur...

Historia navigationis in Brasiliam, qae et America Dicitur, 1586.

Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile in the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773.

BRUCE (James, of Kinnaird).

Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile… 1790.

BEAUTIFUL CONTEMPORARY CALF

Travels of Ali Bey in Morocco, Tripoli, Cyprus, Egypt, Arabia, Syria, and Turkey, between the years 1803 and 1807.

[BADIA Y LEBLICH (Domingo).]

Travels of Ali Bey in Morocco, Tripoli, Cyprus,… 1816.

Eye-witness account of Mecca under Wahhabi rule

Africa: Being an Accurate Description of the Regions of Ægypt, Barbary, Lybia and Billedulgerid, the Land of Negroes, Guinee, Æthiopia, and the Abyssines; with all the adjacent islands, either in the Mediterranean, Atlantick, Southern or Oriental Sea, bel

OGILBY (John), translator.

Africa: Being an Accurate Description of the Regions of… 1670.

Voyage dans la Basse et la Haute-Égypte, pendant les campagnes du général Bonaparte.

DENON (Vivant).

Voyage dans la Basse et la Haute-Égypte, pendant… 1802.

DENON'S FAMOUS VIEWS OF EGYPT, INCLUDING A FLOODED CAIRO UNDER MOONLIGHT

Maori cartes de visite.

WRIGGLESWORTH (James Dacie) & & CARNELL (Samuel), photographers.

Maori cartes de visite, 1865.

[Myanmar album.]

BEATO (Felice).

[Myanmar album.], 1889.

Epanaphora Indica. Na qual se dà noticia da viagem, que o illustissimo, e excellentissimo senhor Marquez de Castelo Novo fez com o cargo de vice-rey ao estado da India, e dos primeiros progressos do seu governo : e se referem tambem os successos da viagem

MASCARENHAS (José Freire Monterroio).

Epanaphora Indica. Na qual se dà noticia da… 1752.

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