Bibliotheca Americana: Priced Catalogue of ... Scarce and Out-of-print Books Relating to the Discovery, Settlement, and History of the Western Hemisphere ..., Volume 931901 - America |
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Page 146 - The POLAR WORLD; a Popular Description of Man and Nature in the Arctic and Antarctic Regions of the Globe. By Dr.
Page 101 - Psalterium Americanum. |The Book of | Psalms, | In a Translation Exactly conformed | unto the Original ;|but all in | Blank Verse, | Fitted unto the Tunes commonly used | in our Churches.
Page 127 - A COLLECTION of MEMORIALS concerning Divers deceased Ministers and others of the People called Quakers, in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Parts adjacent, from nearly the first settlement thereof to the year 1787.
Page 164 - Monumental Inscriptions of the West Indies, from the Earliest Date, with Genealogical and Historical Annotations, &c., from Original, Local, and other Sources. Illustrative of the Histories and Genealogies of the Seventeenth Century, the Calendars of State Papers, Peerages, and Baronetages. With Engravings of the Arms of the principal Families. Chiefly collected on the spot by the Author, Capt.
Page 60 - TRUMBULL (Henry). History of the Discovery of. America, of the Landing of our Forefathers, at Plymouth, and of their most remarkable Engagements with the Indians in NewEngland, from their first landing in 1620, until the final subjugation of the Natives in 1679.
Page 13 - THE GENESIS OF THE UNITED STATES. A Narrative of the Movement in England, 1605-1616, which resulted in the Plantation of North America by Englishmen, disclosing the Contest, between England and Spain for the Possession of the Soil now occupied by the United States of America; set forth through a series of Historical Manuscripts now first printed, together with a Re-issue of Rare Contemporaneous Tracts, accompanied by Bibliographical Memoranda, Notes, and Brief Biographies.
Page 126 - The History of Pennsylvania, in North America, from the Original Institution and Settlement of that Province, under the first Proprietor and Governor William Penn, in 1681, till after the Year 1742, with an Introduction, respecting The Life of W.
Page 158 - Pioneering in South Brazil; three years of forest and prairie life in the province of Parana. Map and Illustrations. 2 vols. Crown Svo. 24>.
Page 6 - Jefferys (Thomas). Voyages from Asia to America, for completing the discoveries of the North-west coast of America. To which is prefixed a summary of the voyages made by the Russians on the frozen sea in search of a
Page 41 - Considerations on the Measures carrying on with respect to the British Colonies in North America (1774).