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New Light On The Early History Of The Greater Northwest - The Manuscript Journals Of Alexander Henry And Of David Thompson, 1799â€“1814

de Alexander Henry e David Thompson

64,89€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 Fur trader Alexander Henry (1765â€"1814) and geographer David Thompson (1770â€"1857) were employees of the Northwest Company. Their unpublished journals were edited by the ornithologist Elliott Coues (1842â€"99) and appeared in 1897 in three volumes; in this two-volume reissue the index volume is included in Volume 2.
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A Natural History Of Nevis, And The Rest Of The English Leeward Charibee Islands In America - With Many Other Observations On Nature And Art

de William Smith

45,96€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 Several years after his return from the Caribbean island of Nevis, the English clergyman William Smith wrote a series of letters to Charles Mason, the Woodwardian Professor of Fossils at Cambridge. Published in 1745, they discuss the island's flora and fauna as well as Smith's various other interests, including cryptography.
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Observations On The Inhabitants, Climate, Soil, Rivers, Productions, Animals, And Other Matters Worthy Of Notice - Made By Mr John Bartram, In His Travels From Pensilvania To Onondago, Oswego And The Lake Ontario, In Canada

de John Bartram

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 Botanist and explorer John Bartram (1699â€"1777) set out in 1743 on an expedition into Iroquois lands. Published in London in 1751, this short work chronicles his six-week journey, touching on the native people and the region's ecology. It also includes a letter on Niagara Falls by the naturalist Peter Kalm.
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The Prairie Traveller - A Hand-Book For Overland Expeditions

de Randolph B. Marcy

35,15€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 This work by Randolph B. Marcy (1812â€"87) is reissued here in the 1863 edition, edited with notes by the British explorer Richard Burton. Based on Marcy's own experiences, it covers the practical steps necessary to enable the emigrant to the American west to be self-reliant and to survive.
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Narrative Of The Canadian Red River Exploring Expedition Of 1857 - And Of The Assinniboine And Saskatchewan Exploring Expedition Of 1858

de Henry Youle Hind

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 Published in 1860, this is a two-volume account of expeditions to investigate underexplored areas of Canada and their agricultural and mineral potential. Illustrated with plates based on photographs, this work by geologist Henry Youle Hind (1823â€"1908) remains a classic of nineteenth-century exploration literature, intended for a broad readership.
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Narrative Of The Canadian Red River Exploring Expedition Of 1857 - And Of The Assinniboine And Saskatchewan Exploring Expedition Of 1858

de Henry Youle Hind

62,19€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 Published in 1860, this is a two-volume account of expeditions to investigate underexplored areas of Canada and their agricultural and mineral potential. Illustrated with plates based on photographs, this work by geologist Henry Youle Hind (1823â€"1908) remains a classic of nineteenth-century exploration literature, intended for a broad readership.
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Catlin'S Notes Of Eight Years' Travels And Residence In Europe: Volume 2 - With His North American Indian Collection

de George Catlin

50,02€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 After years of painting Native Americans and accumulating their artefacts, American artist George Catlin (1796â€"1872) took his collection to Europe. He recalls the experience in this two-volume account, published in 1848. In Volume 2, Catlin travels with the Native Americans to Paris, where he stages an exhibition.
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Catlin'S Notes Of Eight Years' Travels And Residence In Europe: Volume 1 - With His North American Indian Collection

de George Catlin

45,96€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 After years of painting Native Americans and accumulating their artefacts, American artist George Catlin (1796â€"1872) took his collection to Europe. He recalls the experience in this two-volume account, published in 1848. In Volume 1, he focuses on London, where he introduced visiting Native Americans to Queen Victoria.
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Life Amongst The Indians - A Book For Youth

de George Catlin

50,02€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 The American artist George Catlin (1796â€"1872) was fascinated by the indigenous peoples of North and South America, and he spent many years living among different tribes. His published works include this illustrated 1861 account. Although intended for children, his stories make compelling reading for all ages.
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The Treaties Of Canada With The Indians Of Manitoba And The North-West Territories - Including The Negotiations On Which They Are Based, And Other Information Relating Thereto

de Alexander Morris

50,02€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 Alexander Morris (1826â€"89) served as lieutenant-governor of Manitoba and Canada's Northwest Territories, and he was involved in negotiations with the indigenous peoples of the region. Morris provides the background to the treaties they signed and gives their full texts in this account, first published in 1880.
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The History Of The American Indians - Particularly Those Nations Adjoining To The Mississippi, East And West Florida, Georgia, South And North Carolina, And Virginia

de James Adair

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 This early study of Native American culture was first published in 1775. James Adair (fl.1735â€"75), a trader who worked for many years among the Catawba, Cherokee, Muscogee, Chickasaw and Choctaw, presents extensive ethnographic information on these peoples, along with accounts of his activity in trading, politics and warfare.
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Observations On The Importance Of The American Revolution - And The Means Of Making It A Benefit To The World

de Richard Price

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 Originally published in 1784, this tract by Richard Price (1723â€"91) defined the right of American colonists to oppose British corruption and suggested that their independence would offer much 'benefit to the world'. But it also criticised the system of racial slavery that continued to develop in America.
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Transatlantic Sketches - Comprising Visits To The Most Interesting Scenes In North And South America, And The West Indies

de James Edward Alexander

47,32€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 Sir James Edward Alexander (1803â€"85), an officer in the British Army, travelled the world extensively and published over a dozen fascinating accounts of his journeys. In this two-volume work, published in 1833, he offers his insights into the landscapes, peoples and practices of the Americas.
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Transatlantic Sketches - Comprising Visits To The Most Interesting Scenes In North And South America, And The West Indies

de James Edward Alexander

47,32€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 Sir James Edward Alexander (1803â€"85), an officer in the British Army, travelled the world extensively and published over a dozen fascinating accounts of his journeys. In this two-volume work, published in 1833, he offers his insights into the landscapes, peoples and practices of the Americas.
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Autobiography - Memories And Experiences Of Moncure Daniel Conway

de Moncure Daniel Conway

48,66€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 Conway's 1904 Autobiography is a fascinating account of the life and work of an American proponent of anti-slavery, free religion, social reform and women's suffrage. Depicting the age and its foremost thinkers, it features the author's friendships with such figures as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Thomas Carlyle.
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Autobiography - Memories And Experiences Of Moncure Daniel Conway

de Moncure Daniel Conway

45,95€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 Conway's 1904 Autobiography is a fascinating account of the life and work of an American proponent of anti-slavery, free religion, social reform and women's suffrage. Depicting the age and its foremost thinkers, it features the author's friendships with such figures as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Thomas Carlyle.
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Threading My Way - Twenty-Seven Years Of Autobiography

de Robert Dale Owen

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 First published in 1874, this autobiography focuses on Owen's early life, beginning with the history of his family. It also documents the beginnings of the experimental community set up by Robert Owen, the author's father, in New Harmony, Indiana, shedding light on an early example of Utopian socialism.
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The American Loyalists - Or, Biographical Sketches Of Adherents To The British Crown In The War Of The Revolution

de Lorenzo Sabine

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 Lorenzo Sabine (1803â€"77) worked as a trader, in customs and for the Treasury Department before he was elected to the United States Congress in 1852. This 1847 work is a series of biographical sketches of Americans who remained loyal to Britain during the War of Independence.
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Hudson'S Bay, Or, Every-Day Life In The Wilds Of North America - During Six Years' Residence In The Territories Of The Honourable Hudson'S Bay Company

de Robert Michael Ballantyne

48,67€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 Between 1841 and 1846, Robert M. Ballantyne (1825â€"94) traversed the inhospitable terrain of Hudson's Bay, Canada, bartering for furs. In 1848, aged just twenty-three, he published an account of his experiences. Applauded by contemporaries for describing 'a novel and singular existence', Ballantyne's narrative challenges many misconceptions about nineteenth-century Canada.
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A Journal Of Travel Into The Arkansa Territory, During The Year 1819 - With Occasional Observations On The Manners Of The Aborigines

de Thomas Nuttall

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 Published by the botanist Thomas Nuttall (1786â€"1859) in 1821, after almost a decade of recording the natural history of America, this work describes his year-long exploration of the Arkansas River. His account includes detailed observations on the Native American peoples he encountered on his journey.
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A Diary In America - With Remarks On Its Institutions

de Frederick Marryat

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 Frederick Marryat (1792â€"1848) is remembered today as a novelist, but also wrote non-fiction. He spent 1837â€"8 travelling in North America, and published six volumes of observations in 1839. He was fascinated by the drive of Americans, but considered the country and people too heterogeneous to form a 'nation'.
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Travels Through North And South Carolina, Georgia, East And West Florida, The Cherokee Country, The Extensive Territories Of The Muscogulges Or Creek

de William Bartram

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 Collecting seeds, taking specimens and making meticulous drawings and observations of previously unknown flora and fauna, Bartram's four-year expedition took him from the Appalachians, through Florida and on to the Mississippi. This account of his journey, first published in 1791, remains a classic of American science, history and literature.
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Roughing It In The Bush - Or, Life In Canada

de Susanna Moodie

37,85€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 Published in 1852, this chronicle of pioneer life in Canada is notable for its unsentimental and frank account. In contrast to similar works of the time, it emphasises not only the triumphs but also the tribulations as the author's family begin new lives as immigrants and farmers.
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Winter Studies And Summer Rambles In Canada

de Anna Jameson

44,61€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 Anna Jameson (1794â€"1860) was an inspirational figure to young nineteenth-century feminists. The publication of this three-volume book in 1838 secured her growing literary reputation. It records her impressions of the Great Lakes region, and includes literary reflections, particularly on the German Romantics. Volume 2 focuses on her summer journeys.
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