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1. Travels in South and North America / by Alexander Marjoribanks, of Marjoribanks ; author of Travels in New Zealand, Australia, &c.

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Creator:
Marjoribanks, Alexander
Date:
1853
Physical Description:
xiv, 480 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Travels through the states of North America, and the provinces of upper and lower Canada, during the years 1795, 1796, and 1797 / by Isaac Weld ...

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Creator:
Weld, Isaac, 1774–1856
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Travels through the interior parts of America : in a series of letters / by an officer.

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Creator:
Anburey, Thomas, author
Date:
MDCCLXXXIX [1789]
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Voyage dans les États-Unis d'Amérique : fait en 1795, 1796 et 1797 / par La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt.

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Creator:
La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, François-Alexandre-Frédéric, duc de, 1747–1827
Date:
an 7 [1799]
Physical Description:
8 v. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. A concise account of North America : containing a description of the several British colonies on that continent, including the islands of Newfoundland, Cape Breton, &c. : as to their situation, extent, climate, soil, produce, rise, government, religion, present Boundaries, and the number of inhabitants supposed to be in each : also of the interior, or westerly parts of the country, upon the rivers St. Laurence, the Mississipi, Christino, and the Great Lakes : to which is subjoined, an account of the several nations and tribes of Indians residing in those parts, as to their customs, manners, government, numbers, &c. : containing many useful and entertaining facts, never before treated of / by Major Robert Rogers.

A concise account of North America : containing a description of the several British colonies on that continent, including the islands of Newfoundland, Cape Breton, &c. : as to their situation, extent, climate, soil, produce, rise, government, religion, present Boundaries, and the number of inhabitants supposed to be in each : also of the interior, or westerly parts of the country, upon the rivers St. Laurence, the Mississipi, Christino, and the Great Lakes : to which is subjoined, an account of the several nations and tribes of Indians residing in those parts, as to their customs, manners, government, numbers, &c. : containing many useful and entertaining facts, never before treated of / by Major Robert Rogers.
Creator:
Rogers, Robert, 1731–1795
Date:
MDCCLXV [1765]
Physical Description:
vii, [1], 264 pages ; 20 cm (8vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. The American traveller: or, observations on the present state, culture and commerce of the British colonies in America, and the further improvements of which they are capable; with an account of the exports, imports and returns of each colony respectively,--and of the numbers of British ships and seamen, merchants, traders and manufacturers employed by all collectively: together with the amount of the revenue arising to Great Britain therefrom. In a series of letters, written originally to the Right Honorable the Earl of ********* by an old and experienced trader.

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Creator:
Clúny, Alexander
Date:
1769
Physical Description:
4 p. l., 122 p. front., fold. map. 30 x 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Five years' residence in the Canadas : including a tour through part of the United States of America, in the year 1823 / by Edward Allen Talbot, Esq., of the Talbot Settlement, Upper Canada ; in two volumes.

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Creator:
Talbot, Edward Allen, 1801–1839
Date:
1824
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. American notes : Pictures from Italy : A child's history of England : The life of our Lord.

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Creator:
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
Date:
1938
Physical Description:
xxii, 891, [3] pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. Forty etchings from sketches made with the camera lucida, in North America, in 1827 and 1828 / by Captain Basil Hall, R.N.

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Creator:
Hall, Basil, 1788–1844
Date:
1829
Physical Description:
[2], ii, [2] pages, [21] leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations, map ; 32 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. Transatlantic sketches : comprising visits to the most interesting scenes in North and South America, and the West Indies : with notes on Negro slavery and Canadian emigration / by Capt. J.E. Alexander, 42D Royal Highlanders, F.R.G.S. M.R.A.S. etc. ; author of Travels in Ava, Persia, etc.

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Creator:
Alexander, James Edward, Sir, 1803–1885
Date:
1833
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. Letters from Nova Scotia : comprising sketches of a young country / by Captain W. Moorsom, 52D Light Infantry.

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Creator:
Moorsom, W. S. (William Scarth), 1804–1863
Date:
1830
Physical Description:
viii, 371 p., [4] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : ill., map ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. Voyage au Canada, pendant les années 1795, 1796 et 1797 ... / par Isaac Weld ; ouvrage traduit de l'anglais et enrichi d'une carte générale du pays, et onze planches offrant les points de vue les plus remarquables, et notamment le fameux saut de Niagara.

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Creator:
Weld, Isaac, 1774–1856
Date:
[an] 8 [1800]
Physical Description:
3 v. : ill., map ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. Travels in North America : with geological observations on the United States, Canada, and Nova Scotia / by Charles Lyell, Esq., author of the Principles of Geology ; in two volumes.

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Creator:
Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797–1875
Date:
1845
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., maps ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. Personal narrative of travels in the United States and Canada in 1826 : illustrated by plates : with remarks on the present state of the American navy / by Lieut. the Hon. Fred. Fitzgerald De Roos, Royal Navy.

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Creator:
De Roos, Frederick Fitzgerald
Date:
1827
Physical Description:
xii, 207, [1] p., [14] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. Travels through Canada, and the United States of North America, in the years 1806, 1807, & 1808 : to which are added biographical notices and anecdotes of some of the leading characters in the United States / by John Lambert ; in two volumes ; with a map and numerous engravings.

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Creator:
Lambert, John, active 1806–1811
Date:
1814
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. Travels through the Canadas, containing a description of the picturesque scenery on some of the rivers and lakes : with an account of the productions, commerce, and inhabitants of those provinces : to which is subjoined a comparative view of the manners and customs of several of the Indian nations of North and South America / by George Heriot, Esq., Deputy Post Master general of British North American ; illustrated with a map and numerous engravings, from drawings made at the several places by the author.

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Creator:
Heriot, George, 1759–1839
Date:
[1807]
Physical Description:
xii, 602 pages, [28] leaves of plates : illustrations, map ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. The British dominions in North America, or, A topographical and statistical description of the provinces of Lower and Upper Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, the islands of Newfoundland, Prince Edward, and Cape Breton : including considerations on land granting and emigration : and a topographical dictionary of Lower Canada : to which are annexed, statistical tables and tables of distances, &c. / by Joseph Bouchette, Esq., Surveyor General of Lower Canada, Lieut. Colonel C.M., Vice Pesident of he Literary and Historical Society of Quebec, and Corresponding Member of the Society of Arts, London ; embellished with views, plans of towns, harbours, &c ; in two volumes.

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Creator:
Bouchette, Joseph, 1774–1841
Date:
1832
Physical Description:
3 volumes : illustrations ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. The natural and civil history of the French dominions in North and South America : giving a particular account of the climate, soil, minerals, animals, vegetables, manufactures, trade, commerce and languages, together with the religion, government, genius, character, manners and customs of the Indians and other inhabitants, illustrated by maps and plans of the principal places / collected from the best authorities, and engraved by T. Jefferys, geographer to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.

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Creator:
Jefferys, Thomas, -1771
Date:
MDCCLX [1760]
Physical Description:
2 parts in 1 ([8], 132, *129-*142, 168 pages; [4], 246, [18] folded leaves of plates) : 8 maps, 10 plans ; 37 cm (folio)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. Hochelaga, or, England in the new world / edited by Eliot Warburton, Esq., author of "The Crescent and the Cross" ; in two volumes.

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Creator:
Warburton, George, 1816–1857
Date:
1846
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts