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Books, Early Explorers, North, South America (5pc)

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1836 Travels of Alexander von Humboldt South America: 1836 Travels of Alexander von Humboldt South America CUBA Voyages Volcano Mexico Alexander von Humboldt was a Prussian geographer and explorer whose early 19th-century voyages took him to the Americas

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1818 BRAZIL Koster Voyages in South America MAPS Portuguese History SLAVERY 2v: 1818 BRAZIL Koster Voyages in South America MAPS Portuguese History SLAVERY 2v Henry Koster was an early 19th-century English explorer known for his, albeit short, life in Brazil. While there, Koster

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1862 North & South America Illustrated Voyages Indians: 1862 North & South America Illustrated Voyages Indians Civil War Expeditions 2v Henry Howard Brownell was an American historian who gained his fame and prominence from his collection of Poems publishe

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1780 1ed VOYAGES Explorers South America PERU Inca Wedd: 1780 1ed VOYAGES Explorers South America PERU Inca Wedding Lima Amazon The best book of its kind! A rare book La Harpe’s ‘General History of Voyages’! This extensive work was begun by La Harpe,

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2 VOLS THE VIKING AND THE RED MAN The Old Norse Origins of Algonquin Language: Author was early promoter that Vikings were the first explorers of North America long before Columbus. He shows as evidence Linguistic similarities and roots of words that the two languages Algonquin

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Bibliotheca Mejicana Books & Manuscripts: Bibliotheca Mejicana. A Catalogue Of An Extraordinary Collection Of Books & Manuscripts, Almost Wholly Relating To The History And Literature Of North And South America, Particularly Mexico. Bibliogra

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1844 Pictorial US History North America War INDIANS: 1844 Pictorial US History North America War INDIANS Revolution Washington Frost ‘Pictorial History of the United States’ by John Frost is an early history of North America. Frost gives a complete

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1862 Illuminated North America Wars INDIANS Revolution: 1862 Illuminated North America Wars INDIANS Revolution Civil War Frost ‘Illuminated History of North America’ by John Frost is an early history of North America. Frost gives a complete account of

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5pc Vintage Nature Field Guide Books: An collection of nature books pertaining to North America. Collection includes 2 Bird Guide East of the Rockies (Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1929 and 1930); The Blue Book of Fresh W

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1854 AMAZON Exploration BRAZIL South America Voyages Illustrated Herndon RARE: 1854 AMAZON Exploration BRAZIL South America Voyages Illustrated Herndon RARE Commander William Lewis Herndon was one of the US Navys outstanding explorers and seamen. In 1851 the secretary of the Nav

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1854 Exploration of Amazon Brazil South America Voyages: 1854 Exploration of Amazon Brazil South America Voyages Illustrated Herndon RARE Commander William Lewis Herndon was one of the US Navy's outstanding explorers and seamen. In 1851 the secretary of the

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1859 Humbolt Views of Nature German Orinoco VOYAGES: 1859 Humbolt Views of Nature German Orinoco VOYAGES Venezuela South America 2v Alexander von Humboldt was a Prussian explorer and natural scientist whose 1800 Venezuelan voyage of the Orinoco River in

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Early Books On Folk-Lore, Myths And Legends (4): Collection of 1st Edition Books on Folk-Lore, Myths and Legends. Folk-Lore And Legends, North American Indian, 1890. Hawaiian Legends Of Volcanoes, 1916. Creation Myths of Primitive America, 1899. Fol

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1909 1ed Discovery of North Pole ARCTIC Cook & Peary: 1909 1ed Discovery of North Pole ARCTIC Cook & Peary Ships Voyages Illustrated Frederick Cook was an early 20th-century American explorer most remembered for his claim of reaching the North Pole in 19

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Books, Early Explorers, North, South America (5pc)

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"A Catalogue of Books Relating to The Discovery and Early History of North and South America, Forming a Part of The Library of E.D. Church" Compiled and Annotated by George Watson Cole. Complete in 5 volumes (New York: Peter Smith, 1951), 8vo, cloth, vi and 2635pp. Reprinted from the 1907 edition. Tight, clean and in good condition.

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Books, Early Explorers, North, South America (5pc)

Name: Books, Early Explorers, North, South America (5pc)
Brand: George Watson
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