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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 ; with descriptive sketches of the natural history of the North American regions by James Wilson ; to which is added an appendix, containing remarks on a late memoir of Sebastian Cabot, with a vindication of Richard Hakluyt ; illustrated by a map, and nine engravings by Jackson.
- Title
- 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 ; with descriptive sketches of the natural history of the North American regions by James Wilson ; to which is added an appendix, containing remarks on a late memoir of Sebastian Cabot, with a vindication of Richard Hakluyt ; illustrated by a map, and nine engravings by Jackson.
- Author
- Tytler, Patrick Fraser, 1791-1849
- Publication
- Edinburgh : Oliver & Boyd ; London : Simpkin & Marshall, 1833.
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- Description
- 444 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill., map; 17 cm.
- Alternative Title
- Progress of discovery on the more northern coasts of America.
- Progress of discovery on the more northern coasts of America
- Subject
- Note
- Added t.p. title: Progress of discovery on the more northern coasts of America.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Indexed In (note)
- Smith, C.W. Pacific Northwest (3rd ed.),
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Chapter I. Discovery of North America—Early Voyages of the Portuguese, French, and Spaniards. -- Chapter II. Russian and English Voyages. -- Chapter III. Hearne and Sir Alexander Mackenzie. -- Chapter IV. Discoveries Along the Shores of the Arctic Ocean. -- Chapter V. Introductory Observations to the Natural History. -- Chapter VI. The Quadrupeds of the Northern Regions of America. -- Chapter VII. The Birds of the Northern Regions of America. Chapter VIII. Some Account of the Fishes and Other Zoological Productions of the Northern Regions of America. -- Chapter IX. Characteristic Features in the Botany of the Northern Regions of America -- Chapter X Sketch of the Geological Features of Some of the Northern Districts of America.
- OCLC
- 12770036
- SCSB-10790985
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library