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1. A voyage to the South Sea, and round the world, perform'd in the years 1708, 1709, 1710, and 1711, by the ships Duke and Dutchess of Bristol : containing a journal of all memorable transactions during the said voyage : the winds, currents, and variation of the compass : the taking of the towns of Puna and Guayaquil, and several prizes, one of which a rich Acapulco ship : a description of the American coasts, from Tierra del Fuego in the south, to California in the north, (from the Coasting-pilot, a Spanish manuscript) : wherein an account is given of Mr. Alexander Selkirk, his manner of living and taming some wild beasts during the four years and four months he liv'd upon the uninhabited Island of Juan Fernandes : illustrated with cuts and maps : in two volumes / by Capt. Edward Cooke.

A voyage to the South Sea, and round the world, perform'd in the years 1708, 1709, 1710, and 1711, by the ships Duke and Dutchess of Bristol : containing a journal of all memorable transactions during the said voyage : the winds, currents, and variation of the compass : the taking of the towns of Puna and Guayaquil, and several prizes, one of which a rich Acapulco ship : a description of the American coasts, from Tierra del Fuego in the south, to California in the north, (from the Coasting-pilot, a Spanish manuscript) : wherein an account is given of Mr. Alexander Selkirk, his manner of living and taming some wild beasts during the four years and four months he liv'd upon the uninhabited Island of Juan Fernandes : illustrated with cuts and maps : in two volumes / by Capt. Edward Cooke.
Creator:
Cooke, Edward, Captain
Date:
MDCCXII [1712]
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. A description of the Spanish islands and settlements on the coast of the West Indies / compiled from authentic memoirs, revised by gentlemen who have resided many years in the Spanish settlements ; and illustrated with thirty-two maps and plans, chiefly from original drawings taken from the Spaniards in the last war, and engraved by Thomas Jefferys, Geographer to His Majesty.

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Creator:
Jefferys, Thomas, -1771
Date:
1762
Physical Description:
[4], xxiv, 106, [2] pages, 32 folded leaves of plates : maps, plans ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. The general history of the vast continent and islands of America : commonly call'd the West-Indies, from the first discovery thereof : with the best accounts the people could give of their antiquities / collected from the original relations sent to the kings of Spain, by Antonio de Herrera ; historiographer to His Catholick Majesty ; translated into English by Capt. John Stevens ... ; illustrated with cutts and maps.

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Creator:
Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, -1625
Date:
MDCCXXV-MDCCXXVI [1725-1726]
Physical Description:
6 volumes : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. A description of the windward passage, and Gulf of Florida, with the course of the British trading-ships to, and from the island of Jamaica : also an account of the trade-winds, and of the variable winds and currents on the coasts thereabouts, at different seasons of the tear : illustrated with a chart of the coast of Florida, and of the islands of Bahama, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and the adjacent smaller islands, shoals, rocks, and other remarkable things in the course of the navigation in the West-Indies : whereby is demonstrated, the precariousness of those voyages to the West-India merchants, and the impossibility of their homeward-bound ships keeping clear of the Spanish Guarda Costa's : the whole very necessary for the information of such as never were in those parts of the world : to which are added, some proposals for the better securing of the British trade and navigation to and from the West-Indies ...

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Creator:
Cowley, J. (John)
Physical Description:
23, [5] pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : maps ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Wunderbarliche, doch warhaftige Erklärung, von der Gelegenheit und Sitten der Wilden in Virginia ...

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Creator:
Bry, Theodor de, 1528–1598
Date:
1590[-1630]
Physical Description:
14 parts : ill., maps, plans, ports. ; 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. A collection of voyages : in four volumes. Containing I. Captain William Dampier's Voyages around the world ... II. The voyages of Lionel Wafer ... III. A voyage round the world ... By W. Funnell ... IV. Capt. Cowley's voyage round the globe. V. Capt. Sharp's journey over the Isthmus of Darien, and expedition into the South-seas. VI. Capt. Wood's voyage through the Streights of Magellan. VII. Mr. Robert's adventures and sufferings amongst the corsairs of the Levant: his description of the Archipelago islands, &c. Illustrated with maps and draughts: also several birds, fishes and plants ...

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Creator:
Dampier, William, 1652–1715
Date:
MDCCXXIX [1729]
Physical Description:
4 volumes : illustrations, maps, tables ; 21 cm (8vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Mapping Latin America : a cartographic reader / edited by Jordana Dym and Karl Offen.

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Date:
2011
Physical Description:
xix, 338 p. : ill. (some col.) 28 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

8. Threads of power : lace from the Textilmuseum St. Gallen / edited by Emma Cormack and Michele Majer.

Threads of power : lace from the Textilmuseum St. Gallen / edited by Emma Cormack and Michele Majer.
Creator:
Textilmuseum St. Gallen, orm own
Date:
[2022]
Physical Description:
xiv, 418 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
Collection:
Reference Library

9. The art and architecture of ancient America; the Mexican, Maya, and Andean peoples.

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Creator:
Kubler, George, 1912–1996
Date:
[1962]
Physical Description:
xxxv, 396 p. illus., 168 plates, maps. 27 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library