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Statistical, Historical and Political Description of the Colony of New South Wales and its Dependent Settlements in Van Diemen's Land With a Particular Enumeration of the Advantages Which These Colonies Offer for Emigration, and Their Superiority in Many Respects Over Those Possessed by the United States of America

Wentworth, W. C. (William Charles), 1790-1872

Statistical, Historical and Political Description of the Colony of New South Wales and its Dependent Settlements in Van Diemen's Land With a Particular Enu...

New South Wales -- Description and travelWentworth, W. C. (William Charles), 1790-1872New South Wales -- Politics and government
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My Native Land The United States: its Wonders, its Beauties, and its People; with Descriptive Notes, Character Sketches, Folk Lore, Traditions, Legends and History, for the Amusement of the Old and the Instruction of the Young

Cox, James, 1851-1901

My Native Land The United States: its Wonders, its Beauties, and its People; with Descriptive Notes, Character Sketches, Folk Lore, Traditions, Legends and...

Indians of North AmericaUnited States -- Description and travelUnited States -- Social life and customs -- 1865-1918
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Society, Manners and Politics in the United States Being a Series of Letters on North America

Chevalier, Michel, 1806-1879; Bradford, T. G. (Thomas Gamaliel), 1802-1887 [Translator]

Society, Manners and Politics in the United States Being a Series of Letters on North America — English source edition. Subject: United States -- Descripti...

United States -- Description and travelUnited States -- Social conditions -- To 1865United States -- Politics and government -- 1829-1837
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The Uprising of a Great People The United States in 1861. to Which is Added a Word of Peace on the Difference Between England the United States.

Gasparin, Agénor, comte de, 1810-1871; Booth, Mary L. (Mary Louise), 1831-1889 [Translator]

The Uprising of a Great People The United States in 1861. to Which is Added a Word of Peace on the Difference Between England the United States. — English...

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865United States -- Description and travelUnited States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865
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Through Our Unknown Southwest The Wonderland of the United States—Little Known and Unappreciated—The Home of the Cliff Dweller and the Hopi, the Forest Ranger and the Navajo,—The Lure of the Painted Desert

Laut, Agnes C., 1871-1936

Through Our Unknown Southwest The Wonderland of the United States—Little Known and Unappreciated—The Home of the Cliff Dweller and the Hopi, the Forest Ran...

Navajo IndiansHopi IndiansSouthwest, New -- Description and travel
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Maximilian, Prince of Wied's, Travels in the Interior of North America, 1832-1834, part 1

Wied, Maximilian, Prinz von, 1782-1867; Thwaites, Reuben Gold, 1853-1913 [Editor]; Bodmer, Karl, 1809-1893 [Illustrator]; Lloyd, Hannibal Evans, 1771-1847 [Translator]

Maximilian, Prince of Wied's, Travels in the Interior of North America, 1832-1834, part 1 — English source edition. Subject: Indians of North America.

Indians of North AmericaUnited States -- Description and travelIndians of North America -- Languages
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Maximilian, Prince of Wied's, Travels in the Interior of North America, 1832-1834, part 2

Wied, Maximilian, Prinz von, 1782-1867; Thwaites, Reuben Gold, 1853-1913 [Editor]; Bodmer, Karl, 1809-1893 [Illustrator]; Lloyd, Hannibal Evans, 1771-1847 [Translator]

Maximilian, Prince of Wied's, Travels in the Interior of North America, 1832-1834, part 2 — English source edition. Subject: Indians of North America.

Indians of North AmericaUnited States -- Description and travelIndians of North America -- Languages
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Maximilian, Prince of Wied's, Travels in the Interior of North America, 1832-1834, part 3 and appendix

Wied, Maximilian, Prinz von, 1782-1867; Thwaites, Reuben Gold, 1853-1913 [Editor]; Bodmer, Karl, 1809-1893 [Illustrator]; Lloyd, Hannibal Evans, 1771-1847 [Translator]

Maximilian, Prince of Wied's, Travels in the Interior of North America, 1832-1834, part 3 and appendix — English source edition. Subject: Indians of North...

Indians of North AmericaUnited States -- Description and travelIndians of North America -- Languages
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The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources

Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890

The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent...

West (U.S.) -- Description and travelRocky MountainsUnited States -- Discovery and exploration
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Three Months in the Southern States, April-June 1863

Fremantle, Arthur James Lyon, Sir, 1835-1901

Three Months in the Southern States, April-June 1863 — English source edition. Subject: Fremantle, Arthur James Lyon, Sir, 1835-1901 -- Travel -- Confedera...

Fremantle, Arthur James Lyon, Sir, 1835-1901 -- Travel -- Confederate States of AmericaBritish -- Confederate States of AmericaConfederate States of America -- Description and travel
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Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe

Bingley, William, 1774-1823

Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter...

Mexico -- Description and travelUnited States -- Description and travelCanada -- Description and travel
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