Historical view of the progress of discovery on the more northern coasts of America from the earliest period to the present time By Patrick Fraser Tytler, Esq., R.S. and F.S.A. ; With descriptive sketches of the natural history of the North American regions. / By James Wilson, Esq., F.R.S.E. and M.W.S. ; To which is added an appendix, containing remarks on a late memoir of Sebastian Cabot, with a ...
Biddle, Richard 1796-1847 Memoir of Sebastian Cabot Search this
Physical description:
[4], 360, [12] pages, [1] folded leaf of plates illustrations, map 17 cm
Type:
Books
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Intaglio prints
Maps
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Place:
Arctic regions
Canada
America
New France
Northwest, Canadian
Arctic Regions
Canadian Northwest
North America
Date:
1833
Notes:
Added illustrated title page: Progress of discovery on the more northern coasts of America
Map has caption: Northern Coast of America. Pub. by I. & I. [i.e. J. & J.] Harper, New York, 1833. Later editions note map as: engraved on steel by G.B. King
Page 262 is misnumbered as 622
Publisher's advertisements on the [4] pages at the front of the volume, the [12] pages at the back of the volume, and on the back cover
Some illustrations by J.W. Morse, A. Anderson, R.N. White, and A.J. Mason
Checklist Amer. imprints 25196
NMAIRB copy 39088017875907 has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries. From the library of H. Paul and Jane R. Friesema
NMAIRB copy has the publisher's printed brown paperboard binding
