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Total number of records: 36

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection4
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections2
English Literature1
Herbert Read Collection1
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
voyages around the world22
indians of north america4
romanies2
zoology2
botany1
boulders1
dialect literature, english1
glacial landforms1
iroquois indians1
noctuidae1

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PlaceCount
Northwest Passage23
Northwest Coast of North America14
Pacific Coast (North America)13
Northeast Passage12
Oceania12
North America8
Pacific Ocean4
Vancouver Island (B.C.)4
Canada1
Great Britain1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Clerke, Charles, 1741-177912
Cook, James (1728-1779)12
Demeunier, Jean Nicolas (1741-1814)12
Gore, John, D. 179012
King, James (1750-1784)9
Wales, William (1734?-1798)9
Chatham (Armed Tender)6
Demeunier, Jean Nicolas6
Discovery (Ship)6
Henry, P F (1759-1833)6

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From 170021
From 180010
From 19004
From 20001

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Up to 179921
Up to 189910
Up to 19994
Up to latest1

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The wood book : reprint of The American woods (1888-1913, 1928) Romeyn Beck Hough

Leistikow, Klaus Ulrich (1929-); Thüs, Holger; Hough, Romeyn Beck (1857-1924); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

[2002]

Reprint of The American woods (1888-1913, 1928) from the original eds. Includes bibliographical references (page 863) and index.

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Grimes's trip to America : Ten letters from Sammywell to John Jones Smith

Hartley, John (1839-1915)

[1877]

Dedication dated 1877.

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Life and works of the Turkish admiral Pirî Reis : The oldest map of America drawn by Pirî Reis

Afetinan, A

1954

"Different versions of the 'Bahriye'": p. [60]-61.

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Gypsies and travelers in North America : an annotated bibliography

Lockwood, William G; Salo, Sheila M G

1994

Includes indexes.

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Gypsies and travelers in North America : an annotated bibliography

Lockwood, William G; Salo, Sheila M G

1994

Includes indexes.

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The high continental elevation preceding the Pleistocene period; Ancient shores, boulder pavements, and high-level gravel deposits in the region of the Great Lakes

Spencer, J W (1851-1921); Spencer, J W (1851-1921)

[1889]

Reprinted from the Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, vol. I, 1889.

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North America

Hayden, F V (1829-1887); Selwyn, Alfred Richard Cecil (1824-1902); Hellwald, Friedrich von

1883

Based on Hellwald's 'Die Erde und ihre Völker' translated by A.H. Keane.

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A voyage round the world : but more particularly to the North-west coast of America : performed in 1785, 1786, 1787 and 1788, in The King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon

Beresford, William; Dixon, George

1798

A series of 49 letters signed W.B. [i.e. William Beresford] with editing, introduction and 2 appendices by George Dixon.

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Voyage autour du monde : et principalement à la côte nordouest de l'Amérique, fait en 1785, 1786, 1787 et 1788, à bord du King-George et de la Queen-Charlotte (v.1)

Beresford, William (fl. 1788); Dixon, George (1800); Lebas, P L

1789

Music on plate XIV. A series of 49 letters signed "W. B." i.e. William Beresford, supercargo on board the Queen Charlotte; edited, with introduction and two appendices by George Dixon. "Appendix n...

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Voyage autour du monde : et principalement à la côte nordouest de l'Amérique, fait en 1785, 1786, 1787 et 1788, à bord du King-George et de la Queen-Charlotte (v.2)

Beresford, William (fl. 1788); Dixon, George (1800); Lebas, P L

1789

Music on plate XIV. A series of 49 letters signed "W. B." i.e. William Beresford, supercargo on board the Queen Charlotte; edited, with introduction and two appendices by George Dixon. "Appendix n...

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