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[AMERICANA]. A group of 14 works relating to exploration and expansion.: [AMERICANA]. A group of 14 works relating to exploration and expansion, including: TAYLOR. Zachary. California and New Mexico: A Message from the President of the United States. Washington: [Governmen

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[Illustrated - Voyages and Exploration] James Cook's: [Illustrated - Voyages and Exploration] James Cook's Third Voyage & More, Group of Prints GROUP OF ENGRAVED ILLUSTRATIONS, INCLUDING MAPS, RELATED TO COOK'S VOYAGES.

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Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait. 1832.: [Exploration] Beechey, Captain Frederick W. Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait, to Co-operate with the Polar Expeditions: Performed in His Majesty's Ship Blossom, under the Comm

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First Precise Map of the Great Basin: Heading: Author: Stansbury, Howard Title: Exploration and Survey of the Valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah, Including a Reconnoissance of a New Route Through the Rocky Mountains (Map Volume Only)

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A RARE 18TH CENTURY MAHOGANY FRAMED LARGE TRIPLE FOLDING SCREEN DEPICTING A DETAILED MAP OF THE CITY: A RARE 18TH CENTURY MAHOGANY FRAMED LARGE TRIPLE FOLDING SCREEN DEPICTING A DETAILED MAP OF THE CITY OF LONDON from a bound volume of the Cities of London and Westminster and Southwark and ten-mile ra

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1777 Almanack , Printed Worcester Mass.: 1777 Almanack , Printed Worcester Mass.The North American’s Almanack, For the Year of Our Lord , 1777. B. Samuel Sterns, State of Massachusetts-Bay.Worcester: Printed by Stearns and Bigelow.This is

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[POLAR PERIODICALS]. 135 issues of Ice Cap News. American S...: [POLAR PERIODICALS]. 135 issues of Ice Cap News. American Society of Polar Philatelists, 1956-85. Original printed wrappers, 5 later issues bound in cloth. A near complete run (approximately missing o

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[Counter-Culture] Burroughs, William S. Group of 15 Titles, Including 8 Signed: [Counter-Culture] Burroughs, William S. Group of 15 Titles, Including 8 Signed 1. Lee, William (William S. Burroughs)JunkieNew York: Ace Books, Inc., (1953). First edition. 12mo. 149 pp. Bound with Ma

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THE UNITED STATES GAZETTEER (1795) JOESPH SCOTT: with state fold out maps Printed-Philadephia Condition- missing (1) map

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[Travel & Exploration] Fuller, Thomas A Pisgah-Sight of Palestine and the Confines Thereof, with: Fuller, Thomas A Pisgah-Sight of Palestine and the Confines Thereof, with the History of the Old and New Testament acted thereon London: Printed for J. F. for John Williams, 1650. First edition. Folio

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Six Maps including Visscher's Map of America: [SIX MAPS] 1. VISSCHER, Nicolas (1618-1679). Novissima et Accuratissima Totius Americae descriptio. Engraved map with original hand color. Amsterdam, c. 1677. 20" x 24" visible, 29 1/2" x 33 1/2" fram

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1795 Joseph Scott Map Of Delaware: Scarce early 1795 Scott's Map Of Delaware from his The United States Gazetteer. Measures 7 1/2 x 6 inches in matt. Framed.

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SOCIETY FOR DIFFUSION OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE, A REPUBLIC OF TEXAS MAP, "Central America II. Including: SOCIETY FOR DIFFUSION OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE, A REPUBLIC OF TEXAS MAP, "Central America II. Including Texas, California and the Northern States of Mexico," LONDON, CIRCA 1842, lithograph on paper, publis

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[WESTERN AMERICANA]. A group of 7 titles, including: MIL...: [WESTERN AMERICANA]. A group of 7 titles, including: MILES, Nelson A. Personal Recollections and Observations of General… Chicago and New York: The Werner Company, 1896. Small 4to. Illustrations

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Three Engraved Maps, including Thomas Bowen: THREE ENGRAVED MAPS, including THOMAS BOWEN (Welsh, died 1790), "The World, including the late Discoveries, by Capt. Cook and other Circumnavigators," handcolored engraving on laid paper, plate: 11 1/

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COLLECTION OF WESTERN EXPLORATION MAPS 1850-1860'S: A fine collection of original western maps published by the U.S. goverment. Many under the direction of Jefferson Davis. Many of the maps are the large size with the utmost of details showing recently

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Kane, Elisha Kent. Arctic Explorations : the second Grinnell expedition in search of Sir John Franklin… Philadelphia: Childs & Peterson, 1856. 2 volumes, 8vo, original brown cloth gilt;Osborn, Sherard. The Discovery of a North-West Passage. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1865. Fourth edition, 8vo, modern calf;Nansen, Fridtjof. Farthest North. Westminster: Archibald Constable and Company, 1897. 2 volumes, 8vo, original green cloth gilt;Bryce, George. The Siege and Conquest of the North Pole. London: Gibbings & Company, 1910. 8vo, green cloth gilt;Scott, R.F. Scott's Last Expedition. London: Smith, Elder & Son, 1913. 2 volumes, 8vo, original blue cloth gilt;Hayes, J. Gordon. Antarctica. A treatise on the Southern Continent. London: The Richards Press Limited, 1928. 8vo, original blue cloth gilt, maps including four folding maps in pocket at rear(9)