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Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, Vol. 3 [of 3]

Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882; Fitzroy, Robert, 1805-1865 [Editor]

Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, Vol. 3 [of 3] — English source edition. Subject: Beagle Expedition (1831-18...

Beagle Expedition (1831-1836)South America -- Description and travelNatural history -- South America
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Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. — Volume 1 Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition.

MacGillivray, John, 1822-1867

Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. — Volume 1 Includi...

Oceania -- Description and travelKennedy, Edmund Besley Court, 1818-1848Stanley, Owen
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Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. — Volume 2 Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition.

MacGillivray, John, 1822-1867

Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. — Volume 2 Includi...

Oceania -- Description and travelKennedy, Edmund Besley Court, 1818-1848Stanley, Owen
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Narrative of travels and discoveries in Northern and Central Africa, in the years 1822, 1823, and 1824

Denham, Dixon, 1786-1828; Clapperton, Hugh, 1788-1827; Oudney, Walter, 1790-1824; Brown, Robert, 1773-1858 [Contributor]; Children, J. G. (John George), 1777-1852 [Contributor]; König, Charles Dietrich Eberhard, 1774-1851 [Contributor]; Salamé, Abraham V. [Contributor]; Vigors, N. A. (Nicholas Aylward), 1785-1840 [Contributor]

Narrative of travels and discoveries in Northern and Central Africa, in the years 1822, 1823, and 1824 — English source edition. Subject: Africa, Central -...

Africa, Central -- Description and travelAfrica, North -- Description and travelNatural history -- Africa, North
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New Atlantis

Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626

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Utopias -- Early works to 1800
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Ninety-Three

Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885; Delano, Aline, 1845-1928 [Translator]

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France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Fiction
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Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not

Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910

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Nursing
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Novanglus, and Massachusettensis or, Political Essays, Published in the Years 1774 and 1775, on the Principal Points of Controversy, between Great Britain and Her Colonies

Adams, John, 1735-1826; Leonard, Daniel, 1740-1829

Novanglus, and Massachusettensis or, Political Essays, Published in the Years 1774 and 1775, on the Principal Points of Controversy, between Great Britain...

United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- CausesMassachusetts -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783
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Of the Capture of Ticonderoga: His Captivity and Treatment by the British

Allen, Ethan, 1738-1789

Of the Capture of Ticonderoga: His Captivity and Treatment by the British — English source edition. Subject: United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1...

United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Prisoners and prisons -- Personal narrativesAllen, Ethan, 1738-1789Ticonderoga (N.Y.) -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
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