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Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836, Vol. 1 [of 3]

King, Philip Parker, 1793-1856; Fitzroy, Robert, 1805-1865 [Editor]

Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836, Vol. 1 [of 3] — English source edition. Su...

Beagle Expedition (1831-1836)South America -- Description and travelNatural history -- South America
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Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836, Vol. 2 [of 3]

Fitzroy, Robert, 1805-1865

Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836, Vol. 2 [of 3] — English source edition. Su...

Beagle Expedition (1831-1836)South America -- Description and travelNatural history -- South America
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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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Natural History Museum Learning

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Natural history resources offer routes into fossils, living things and scientific investigation. Begin with careful observation and a selected question, th...

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The Story of the Great War, Volume 7 American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive.

Reynolds, Francis J. (Francis Joseph), 1867-1937 [Editor]; Churchill, Allen L. (Allen Leon), 1873-1940 [Editor]; Miller, Francis Trevelyan, 1877-1959 [Editor]

The Story of the Great War, Volume 7 American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marn...

World War, 1914-1918
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The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author.

Still, William, 1821-1902

The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Sl...

Fugitive slaves -- United States -- BiographyAbolitionists -- United States -- BiographyAntislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century
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Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812

Barnes, James, 1866-1936; Chapman, Carlton T., 1860-1925 [Illustrator]; Zogbaum, Rufus Fairchild, 1849-1925 [Illustrator]

Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 — English source edition. Subject: United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Naval operations -- Juvenile f...

United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Naval operations -- Juvenile fiction
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Bardelys the Magnificent Being an account of the strange wooing pursued by the Sieur Marcel de Saint-Pol, marquis of Bardelys...

Sabatini, Rafael, 1875-1950

Bardelys the Magnificent Being an account of the strange wooing pursued by the Sieur Marcel de Saint-Pol, marquis of Bardelys... — English source edition....

France -- History -- Louis XIII, 1610-1643 -- FictionRevenge -- FictionFalse imprisonment -- Fiction
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Eloisa

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778; Kenrick, W. (William), 1725?-1779 [Translator]

Explore Eloisa through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Psychological fiction”. Begin...

Psychological fictionEpistolary fictionWomen -- Fiction
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