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1. Letters and recollections of Alexander Agassiz: with a sketch of his life and work

Creator/Contributor:
Agassiz, Alexander, 1835-1910, creator
Agassiz, George R. (George Russell), 1862-
Agassiz, George R. (George Russell), 1862-1953, editor.
Agassiz, George R. (George Russell), 1862-1951
Houghton Mifflin Company, publisher.
Creation Date:
1913
Subjects:
Agassiz, Alexander
Copper miners--United States--Biography
Zoologists--United States--Biography
Agassiz, Alexander, 1835-1910

2. The heart of the Antarctic: being the story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909

Creator/Contributor:
Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir, 1874-1922, creator
Mill, Hugh Robert, 1861-1950
David, T. W. Edgeworth (Tannatt William Edgeworth), 1858-1934
British Antarctic Expedition (1907-1909)
Creation Date:
1909
Subjects:
British Antarctic Expedition (1907-1909)
Antarctica--Discovery and exploration--British

3. Western America, including California and Oregon: with maps of those regions, and of "the Sacramento Valley"

Creator/Contributor:
Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877, creator
Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886, former owner.
Dickinson, Edward, 1803-1874, former owner.
Creation Date:
1849
Subjects:
Wilkes, Charles--Travel--Pacific States
United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842)
Pacific States--Description and travel
West (U.S.)--Description and travel
West (U.S.)--Discovery and exploration
Sacramento Valley (Calif.)--Description and travel

4. South: the story of Shackleton's last expedition, 1914-1917

Creator/Contributor:
Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir, 1874-1922, creator
Tower, Joseph Tuckerman, 1897-1931, former owner.
Creation Date:
1920
Subjects:
Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917)
Antarctica--Discovery and exploration--British

5. Roald Amundsen's "The North West passage": Gjöa expedition, 1903-1907: North West Passage: "Gjöa" expedition, 1903-1907: being the record of a voyage of exploration of the ship "Gjöa" 1903-1907

Creator/Contributor:
Amundsen, Roald, 1872-1928, creator
Hansen, Godfred, 1876-1937
Tower, Joseph Tuckerman, 1897-1931, former owner.
Hansen, Godfred, 1876-1937, contributor.
Archibald Constable & Co, publisher.
Harrison and Sons (Printers), printer.
Creation Date:
1908
Subjects:
Amundsen, Roald--Travels--Northwest Passage
Amundsen, Roald--Travel--Northwest Passage
Gjøa (Ship)
Explorers
Northwest Passage
Northwest Passage--Discovery and exploration--Norwegian
Northwest Passage--Description and travel

6. Dampier's voyages: Voyages of Captain William Dampier: Captain Dampier's voyages: consisting of A new voyage round the world, A supplement to the Voyage round the world, Two voyages to Campeachy, a Discourse of winds, a Voyage to New Holland, and a Vindication, in answer to the Chimerical relation of William Funnell

Creator/Contributor:
Dampier, William, 1652-1715, creator
Masefield, John, 1878-1967
Creation Date:
1906
Subjects:
Dampier, William
Voyages around the world
Voyages and travels
Winds
Tides

7. The home of the blizzard: being the story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914

Creator/Contributor:
Mawson, Douglas, Sir, 1882-1958, creator
Tower, Joseph Tuckerman, 1897-1931, former owner.
Creation Date:
[1914?]
1914
Subjects:
Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-1914)
Antarctica--Description and travel
Antarctica

8. Exploration of the valley of the Amazon, Vol. 1: Valley of the Amazon, Vol. 1: made under the direction of the Navy Department

Creator/Contributor:
Herndon, William Lewis, 1813-1857, creator
Gibbon, Lardner.
Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886, former owner.
Dickinson, Austin, 1829-1895, former owner.
Armstrong, Robert, 1792-1854, printer.
Nicholson, A. O. P. (Alfred Osborn Pope), 1808-1876, printer.
Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection
United States, Navy Department.
United States, Navy Department,, sponsoring body.
Creation Date:
1854
Subjects:
Amazon River Valley--Discovery and exploration--American
South America--Discovery and exploration
Amazon River Valley--Description and travel
Brazil--Description and travel
Peru--Description and travel
Bolivia--Description and travel
Expeditions--history

9. Exploration of the valley of the Amazon, Vol. 2: Valley of the Amazon, Vol. 2: made under the direction of the Navy Department

Creator/Contributor:
Herndon, William Lewis, 1813-1857, creator
Gibbon, Lardner.
Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886, former owner.
Dickinson, Austin, 1829-1895, former owner.
Armstrong, Robert, 1792-1854, printer.
Nicholson, A. O. P. (Alfred Osborn Pope), 1808-1876, printer.
Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection
United States, Navy Department.
United States, Navy Department,, sponsoring body.
Creation Date:
1854
Subjects:
Amazon River Valley--Discovery and exploration--American
South America--Discovery and exploration
Amazon River Valley--Description and travel
Brazil--Description and travel
Peru--Description and travel
Bolivia--Description and travel
Expeditions--history

10. Exploration of the valley of the Amazon: Valley of the Amazon: made under the direction of the Navy Department

Creator/Contributor:
Herndon, William Lewis, 1813-1857, creator
Gibbon, Lardner.
Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886, former owner.
Dickinson, Austin, 1829-1895, former owner.
Armstrong, Robert, 1792-1854, printer.
Nicholson, A. O. P. (Alfred Osborn Pope), 1808-1876, printer.
Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection
United States, Navy Department.
United States, Navy Department,, sponsoring body.
Creation Date:
1854
Subjects:
Amazon River Valley--Discovery and exploration--American
South America--Discovery and exploration
Amazon River Valley--Description and travel
Brazil--Description and travel
Peru--Description and travel
Bolivia--Description and travel
Expeditions--history

11. A journey through Persia, Armenia, and Asia Minor, to Constantinople, in the years 1808-1809: in which is included, some account of the proceedings of His Majesty's mission, under Sir Harford Jones, Bart. K.C., to the court of the king of Persia

Creator/Contributor:
Morier, James Justinian, 1780?-1849, creator
Creation Date:
1812
Subjects:
Iran--Description and travel
Armenia--Description and travel
Turkey--Description and travel
Middle East--Description and travel
Iran--Antiquities
Iran--Politics and government

12. A voyage of discovery and research in the southern and Antarctic regions, during the years 1839-43: Discovery and research in the southern and Antarctic regions

Creator/Contributor:
Ross, James Clark, Sir, 1800-1862, creator
Tower, Joseph Tuckerman, 1897-1931, former owner.
Enderby, Charles, 1798?-1876, former owner.
Creation Date:
1847
Subjects:
Erebus (Ship)
Terror (Ship)
Scientific expeditions--Antarctica
Antarctica--Discovery and exploration
1839--1843

13. Hints to travellers, scientific and general

Creator/Contributor:
Freshfield, Douglas William, 1845-1934
Wharton, W. J. L. (William James Lloyd), 1843-1905
Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain)
Creation Date:
1889
Subjects:
Scientific expeditions--Handbooks, manuals, etc
Topographical surveying
Spherical astronomy

14. From Edinburgh to the Antarctic: an artist's notes and sketches during the Dundee Antarctic Expedition of 1892-93

Creator/Contributor:
Burn Murdoch, W. G. (William Gordon), 1862-1939, creator
Bruce, William S. (William Speirs), 1867-1921
Creation Date:
1894
Subjects:
Whaling--Antarctica
Natural history--Antarctica
Antarctica--Discovery and exploration--Scottish
Antarctica

15. Antarctica, or, Two years amongst the ice of the South Pole: Antarctica: Two years amongst the ice of the South Pole

Creator/Contributor:
Nordenskjöld, Otto, 1869-1928, creator
Andersson, Johan Gunnar, 1874-1960
Skottsberg, Carl, 1880-1963
Larsen, Carl Anton, 1860-1924
Creation Date:
1905
Subjects:
Svenska sydpolar-expeditionen (1901-1903)
Antarctica--Discovery and exploration--Swedish
1901--1903

16. Géographie physique--glaciologie pétrographie

Creator/Contributor:
Gourdon, Ernest, 1873-, creator
France, Ministère de l'information.
Creation Date:
1908
Subjects:
Geology--Antarctica
Physical geography--Antarctica
Glaciology--Antarctica
Petrology--Antarctica

17. Reise in Brasilien auf befehl Sr. Majestät Maximilian Joseph I., königs von Baiern: in den jahren 1817 bis 1820 gemacht und beschrieben

Creator/Contributor:
Spix, Johann Baptist von, 1781-1826, creator
Martius, Karl Friedrich Philipp von, 1794-1868
Creation Date:
1823-1831
Subjects:
Mines and mineral resources--Brazil
Indians of South America--Brazil
Brazil--Description and travel

18. The voyage of the 'Discovery'

Creator/Contributor:
Scott, Robert Falcon, 1868-1912, creator
Ferrar, H. T. (Hartley Travers), 1879-1932
Wilson, Edward, 1872-1912
Tower, Joseph Tuckerman, 1897-1931, former owner.
Creation Date:
1905
Subjects:
Discovery (Ship)
British National Antarctic Expedition (1901-1904)
Zoology--Antarctica
Geology--Antarctica
Antarctica--Discovery and exploration--British
Antarctica--Discovery and exploration

19. The voyage of the Jeannette: the ship and ice journals of George W. De Long, lieutenant-commander U.S.N., and commander of the polar expedition of 1879-1881

Creator/Contributor:
De Long, George W. (George Washington), 1844-1881, creator
De Long, Emma J. Wotton, (Harvard local name), editor.
De Long, Emma Wotton.
Tower, Joseph Tuckerman, 1897-1931, former owner.
Creation Date:
1883
Subjects:
De Long, George W. (George Washington)
Jeannette (Ship)
Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration--American
Siberia (Russia)--Description and travel
Arctic regions

20. On ichthyological fauna of the Pacific slope of North America: Synopsis of the ichthyological fauna of the Pacific slope of North America, chiefly from the collections made by the U.S. Expl. Exped. under the command of Capt. C. Wilkes, with recent additions and comparisons with eastern types

Creator/Contributor:
Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873, creator
Creation Date:
1855]
1855
Subjects:
Cyprinidae
Fishes--Geographical distribution
Fishes--United States

21. Methods of study in natural history

Creator/Contributor:
Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873, creator
Lowell Institute
Creation Date:
1863
Subjects:
Animals--Classification
Coral reefs and islands
Generations, Alternating
Embryology
Evolution

22. Voyages round the world: with selected sketches of voyages to the South Seas, North and South Pacific oceans, China, etc., performed under the command and agency of the author : also, information relating to important late discoveries, between the years 1792 and 1832, together with the report of the commander of the first American exploring expedition, patronised by the United States government, in the brigs Seraph and Annawan, to the Southern Hemisphere

Creator/Contributor:
Fanning, Edmund, 1769-1841, creator
Tower, Joseph Tuckerman, 1897-1931, former owner.
Creation Date:
1833
Subjects:
Voyages around the world
Voyages and travels

23. Reindeer, dogs, and snow-shoes: Siberian travel and exploration: a journal of Siberian travel and explorations made in the years 1865, 1866, and 1867

Creator/Contributor:
Bush, Richard J. (Richard James), creator
Tower, Joseph Tuckerman, 1897-1931, former owner.
Creation Date:
1871
Subjects:
Siberia (Russia)--Description and travel

24. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836, describing their examination of the southern shores of South America, and the Beagle's circumnavigation of the globe, v.1-2, appendix: Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle

Creator/Contributor:
Fitzroy, Robert, 1805-1865, creator
Creation Date:
1839
Subjects:
Adventure and Beagle Expedition (1826-1830)
Beagle Expedition (1831-1836)
Natural history--South America
Indians of South America--Patagonia (Argentina and Chile)
Fuegians
Patagonia (Argentina and Chile)--Description and travel
South America--Description and travel

25. Études sur les glaciers

Creator/Contributor:
Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873, creator
Bettannier, Joseph.
Creation Date:
1840
Subjects:
Glaciers

26. Flatland: a romance of many dimensions

Creator/Contributor:
Abbott, Edwin Abbott, 1838-1926, creator
Creation Date:
1884
Subjects:
Fourth dimension

27. Travels in China: containing descriptions, observations, and comparisons, made and collected in the course of a short residence at the imperial palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a subsequent journey through the country from Pekin to Canton : in which it is attempted to appreciate the rank that this extraordinary empire may be considered to hold in the scale of civilized nations

Creator/Contributor:
Barrow, John, Sir, 1764-1848, creator
Creation Date:
1804
Subjects:
China--Description and travel

28. Harmonia macrocosmica, seu, Atlas universalis et novus: Harmonia macrocosmica: Atlas universalis et novus: totius universi creati cosmographiam generalem et novam exhibens : in quâ omnium totius mundi orbium harmonica constructio, secundum diversas diversorum authorum opiniones, ut & Vranometria, seu totus orbis cœlestis, ac planetarum theoriæ, & terrestris globus, tam planis & scenographicis iconibus, quam descriptionibus novis ab oculos ponuntur : opus novum, antehac nunquam visum, cujuscunque conditionis hominibus utilissimum, jucundissimum, maxime necessarium, & adornatum

Creator/Contributor:
Cellarius, Andreas., creator
Creation Date:
1708
Subjects:
Planispheres--Atlases--Early works to 1800
Constellations--Atlases--Early works to 1800

29. A manual of the botany of the northern United States: from New England to Wisconsin and south to Ohio and Pennsylvania inclusive, (the mosses and liverworts by Wm. S. Sullivant,) arranged according to the natural system

Creator/Contributor:
Gray, Asa, 1810-1888, creator
Sullivant, William Starling, 1803-1873
Creation Date:
1848
Subjects:
Plants--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc
Botany--United States

30. Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia, are preparing for publication, and will shortly issue, the Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition, during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, and 1842 : by Charles Wilkes ... in five magnificent large imperial octavo volumes, with an atlas of large and extended maps: Exploring expedition: Specimen: United States Exploring Expedition

Creator/Contributor:
Lea & Blanchard, creator
Creation Date:
1844]
1844
Subjects:
Wilkes, Charles--Narrative of the United States exploring expedition--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842)

31. Tychonis Brahe Astronomiae instauratae mechanica: Astronomiae instauratae mechanica: Wandersburgi, anno MDIIC : in memoriam reformatoris astronomiae practicae inclitissimi CCC abhinc annos cdefuncti hoc opus ejus celeberrimum ad fidem editionis principis edendum

Creator/Contributor:
Brahe, Tycho, 1546-1601, creator
Hasselberg, B. (Bernhard), 1848-1922
Hasselberg, B. (Bernhard), 1848-1922, editor.
Creation Date:
1901
Subjects:
Astronomical instruments--Early works to 1800

32. Della specola astronomica de' regj studj di Palermo, [1] only

Creator/Contributor:
Piazzi, Giuseppe, 1746-1826, creator
Creation Date:
1792-1794
Subjects:
Astronomy--Early works to 1800

33. Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, atlas only: United States Exploring Expedition, atlas only: Atlas of the narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition

Creator/Contributor:
United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842), creator
Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877
Creation Date:
1845
Subjects:
United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842)
Oceania--Discovery and exploration
South America--Description and travel
Hawaii--Description and travel
Oregon--Description and travel
Antarctica--Discovery and exploration
Antarctica

34. Memorial of officers of the Exploring Expedition to the Congress of the United States

Creator/Contributor:
Walker, William M., -1866
United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842)
Creation Date:
1847
Subjects:
Wilkes, Charles--Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition
United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842)

35. Three cruises of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey steamer "Blake", in the Gulf of Mexico, in the Caribbean Sea, and along the Atlantic Coast of the United States, from 1877 to 1880: Contribution to American thalassography: Three cruises of the Blake

Creator/Contributor:
Agassiz, Alexander, 1835-1910, creator
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Creation Date:
1888
Subjects:
Blake (Ship)
Marine animals--Atlantic Ocean
Marine sediments
Ocean

36. Cinq semaines en ballon: voyage de découvertes en Afrique par trois Anglais

Creator/Contributor:
Verne, Jules, 1828-1905, creator
Creation Date:
1867
Subjects:
Aeronautics--Fiction
Hot air balloons--Fiction
Africa--Description and travel--Fiction

37. A narrative of travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro: with an account of the native tribes, and observations on the climate, geology, and natural history of the Amazon valley

Creator/Contributor:
Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913, creator
Creation Date:
1853
Subjects:
Indians of South America--Brazil
Natural history--Amazon River Valley
Indians of South America--Amazon River Valley
Indians of South America--Amazon River Valley--Languages
Amazon River Valley--Description and travel
Brazil--Description and travel
Amazon River Valley
Indians, South American
Travel
Travel--Brazil--19th Cent
Brazil

38. Histoire de l'astronomie moderne

Creator/Contributor:
Delambre, J. B. J. (Jean Baptiste Joseph), 1749-1822, creator
Creation Date:
1821
Subjects:
Astronomy--History
Astronomy, Medieval

39. The time machine: an invention

Creator/Contributor:
Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946, creator
Heinemann, William, 1863-1920, publisher.
Richard Clay and Sons, printer.
Creation Date:
1895
Subjects:
Time travel--Fiction
Science fiction, English

40. The stolen bacillus: and other incidents

Creator/Contributor:
Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946, creator
Creation Date:
1895
Subjects:
Science fiction, English

41. Twelve lectures on comparative embryology: delivered before the Lowell Institute, in Boston, December and January, 1848-9

Creator/Contributor:
Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873, creator
Stone, James W.
Lowell Institute
Creation Date:
1849
Subjects:
Embryology

42. The polar exploring expedition: a special meeting of the American Geographical & Statistical Society, held March 22, 1860

Creator/Contributor:
American Geographical and Statistical Society, creator
Hayes, I. I. (Isaac Israel), 1832-1881
Tower, Joseph Tuckerman, 1897-1931, former owner.
Creation Date:
1860
Subjects:
Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration

43. De la navegación de Amazonas: respuesta á una memoria del M. Maury, oficial de la Marina de los Estados Unidos

Creator/Contributor:
Angelis, Pedro de, 1784-1859, creator
Sánchez, Manuel Segundo, 1868-1945, former owner.
Creation Date:
1857
Subjects:
Maury, Matthew Fontaine--Amazon and the Atlantic slopes of South America
International rivers--Brazil
Amazon River

44. Compilation of narratives of explorations in Alaska

Creator/Contributor:
United States, Congress., Senate., Committee on Military Affairs., creator
Thomas, G. B. (George B.)
Howard, O. O. (Oliver Otis), 1830-1909
Abercrombie, W. R. (William Ralph), 1857-1943
Allen, Henry T. (Henry Tureman), 1859-1930
Babcock, Walter C.
Bagg, John S.
Bell, Edwin.
Brookfield, R. M.
Brown, Charles.
Cashman, Edward.
Castner, Joseph C., 1869-1946
Cleave, John W.
Elliott, Charles P.
Fickett, Fred Wildon, 1857-1928
Gillette, Edward, 1854-1936
Glenn, Edwin F. (Edwin Forbes), 1857-1926
Griffiths, C. E.
Heiden, Robert.
Kelly, Luther S. (Luther Sage), 1849-1928
Koehler, Robert.
Learnard, H. G.
Lowe, Percival Green, 1828-1908
Mathys, Frederick.
McManus, George.
Pearson, H. Brian.
Petroff, Ivan, 1842-
Powell, Addison M. (Addison Monroe), 1856-
Preston, Guy H.
Rafferty, J. J.
Ray, P. H. (Patrick Henry), 1842-1911
Raymond, Charles P.
Rice, John F.
Richardson, Wilds Preston.
Rohn, Oscar.
Schwatka, Frederick, 1849-1892
Townsend, Leroy.
Van Schoonhoven, George W.
Wells, E. Hazard.
Yanert, William.
Tower, Joseph Tuckerman, 1897-1931, former owner.
Creation Date:
1900
Subjects:
Alaska--Description and travel
Alaska--History
Alaska--Discovery and exploration

45. The shameless diary of an explorer

Creator/Contributor:
Dunn, Robert, 1877-1955, creator
Tower, Joseph Tuckerman, 1897-1931, former owner.
Creation Date:
1907
Subjects:
Dunn, Robert--Diaries
Cook, Frederick Albert
Mountaineering expeditions--Alaska--McKinley, Mount
Denali, Mount (Alaska)
Alaska--Description and travel

46. First on the Antarctic continent: being an account of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1898-1900

Creator/Contributor:
Borchgrevink, C. E. (Carsten Egeberg), 1864-1934, creator
Tower, Joseph Tuckerman, 1897-1931, former owner.
George Newnes, Limited, publisher.
William Clowes and Sons, printer.
Creation Date:
1901
Subjects:
British Antarctic Expedition (1898-1900)
Antarctica--Discovery and exploration--British

47. A voyage of discovery to the North Pacific Ocean: in which the coast of Asia, from the lat. of 35⁰ north to the lat. of 52⁰ north, the island of the Insu (commonly known under the name of the land of Jesso,) the north, south, and east coasts of Japan, the Lieuchieux and the adjacent isles, as well as the coast of Corea, have been examined and surveyed : performed in His Majesty's sloop Providence and her tender, in the years 1795, 1796, 1797, 1798

Creator/Contributor:
Broughton, William Robert, 1762-1821, creator
Neele, Samuel John, 1758-1824, engraver.
Creation Date:
1804
Subjects:
Providence (Sloop : Great Britain)
Scientific expeditions
Japan--Description and travel
Ryukyu Islands--Description and travel
Korea--Description and travel

48. The possibility of approaching the North Pole asserted

Creator/Contributor:
Barrington, Daines, 1727-1800, creator
Beaufoy, Mark, 1764-1827
Tower, Joseph Tuckerman, 1897-1931, former owner.
Creation Date:
1818
Subjects:
North Pole
Northwest Passage

49. The zoology of Captain Beechey's voyage

Creator/Contributor:
Beechey, Frederick William, 1796-1856, creator
Richardson, John, Sir, 1787-1865
Sowerby, George Brettingham, 1788-1854
Vigors, N. A. (Nicholas Aylward), 1785-1840
Lay, G. Tradescant (George Tradescant)
Bennett, Edward Turner, 1797-1836
Owen, Richard, 1804-1892
Gray, John Edward, 1800-1875
Buckland, William, 1784-1856
Belcher, Edward, Sir, 1799-1877
Collie, Alexander, -1835
Great Britain, Admiralty.
Creation Date:
1839
Subjects:
Blossom (Ship)
Zoology--Oceania
Zoology--America
Geology--Oceania
Geology--America

50. Finding the North Pole: Dr. Cook's own story of his discovery, April 21, 1908 : the story of Commander Peary's discovery, April 6, 1909 : together with the marvelous record of former Arctic expeditions

Creator/Contributor:
Morris, Charles, 1833-1922
Tower, Joseph Tuckerman, 1897-1931, former owner.
Creation Date:
c1909
1909
Subjects:
Cook, Frederick Albert
Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin)
Arctic regions
North Pole

51. Across the pampas and the Andes

Creator/Contributor:
Crawford, Robert, 1831-1914, creator
Roosevelt, Belle, 1892-1968, former owner.
Roosevelt, Kermit, 1889-1943, former owner.
Creation Date:
1884
Subjects:
Railroads--Argentina
Argentina--Description and travel
Andes--Description and travel

52. The open Polar Sea: Narrative of a voyage of discovery towards the North Pole in the schooner "United States": Narrative of a voyage of discovery towards the North pole: a narrative of a voyage of discovery towards the North Pole in the schooner "United States"

Creator/Contributor:
Hayes, I. I. (Isaac Israel), 1832-1881, creator
Tower, Joseph Tuckerman, 1897-1931, former owner.
Hurd & Houghton
Creation Date:
1867
Subjects:
United States (Schooner)
Explorers--United States
Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration
North Pole--Discovery and exploration

53. Arctic researches and life among the Esquimaux: Hall's arctic research expedition and life among the Esquimaux: being the narrative of an expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, in the years 1860, 1861, and 1862

Creator/Contributor:
Hall, Charles Francis, 1821-1871, creator
Tower, Joseph Tuckerman, 1897-1931, former owner.
Harper & Brothers, publisher.
Creation Date:
1865
Subjects:
Franklin, John
Hall, Charles Francis--Travel--Arctic regions
John Franklin Arctic Expedition (1845-1851?)
Eskimos
Scientific expeditions--Arctic regions
Inuit--Arctic regions
Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration
Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration--American
1860--1862

54. The goddess of Atvatabar: being the history of the discovery of the interior world and conquest of Atvatabar

Creator/Contributor:
Bradshaw, William Richard, 1851-1927, creator
Chapman, C. Durand (Cyrus Durand), 1856-, ill.
Davis, Leonard M., ill.
Rattray, R. W., ill.
Doggett, Allen B., ill.
Creation Date:
1892
Subjects:
Science fiction, American

55. The cruise of the Corwin

Creator/Contributor:
Muir, John, 1838-1914, creator
Badè, William Frederic, 1871-1936
Creation Date:
1917
Subjects:
Corwin (Ship)
Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration

56. Nearest the Pole: a narrative of the Polar expedition of the Peary Arctic Club in the S.S. Roosevelt, 1905-1906

Creator/Contributor:
Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), 1856-1920, creator
Operti, Albert, 1852-1927
Tower, Joseph Tuckerman, 1897-1931, former owner.
Creation Date:
1907
Subjects:
Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin)
Peary Arctic Club.
Roosevelt (Ship : 1904-1937)
Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration

57. The frozen North: the story of north polar expeditions with Nordenskiöld, Nares, Greely, De Long, Nansen and Jackson-Harmsworth

Creator/Contributor:
Douglas, M. (Mary), 1857-, creator
Tower, Joseph Tuckerman, 1897-1931, former owner.
Creation Date:
[189-?]
189u
Subjects:
Explorers--Arctic regions
Arctic regions

58. The polar regions

Creator/Contributor:
Richardson, John, Sir, 1787-1865, creator
Tower, Joseph Tuckerman, 1897-1931, former owner.
Adam and Charles Black (Firm), publisher.
Creation Date:
1861
Subjects:
Arctic peoples
Ethnology--Antarctica
Ethnology--Russia--Siberia, Northeastern
Polar regions

59. Voyages of discovery to the polar regions: a prize poem, recited in the Theatre, Oxford, July 1, MDCCCXXIX

Creator/Contributor:
Claughton, Thomas Legh, bp. of St. Albans, 1808-1892, creator
Creation Date:
1829?]
1829
Subjects:
Polar regions--Poetry

60. Geographic travels in central Australia from 1872 to 1874

Creator/Contributor:
Giles, Ernest, -1897, creator
Creation Date:
1875
Subjects:
Mueller, Ferdinand von
Plants--Australia
Botany--Australia
Australia--Discovery and exploration

61. A voyage towards the South Pole, and round the world: performed in His Majesty's ships the Resolution and Adventure, in the years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775

Creator/Contributor:
Cook, James, 1728-1779, creator
Furneaux, Tobias, 1735-1781
Hodges, William, 1744-1797
Creation Date:
1779
Subjects:
Voyages around the world
Oceania--Discovery and exploration
Antarctica--Discovery and exploration

62. Youth, a narrative, and two other stories: Youth: Heart of darkness: End of the tether

Creator/Contributor:
Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924, creator
Creation Date:
1902
Subjects:
Short stories, English--20th century
Congo (Democratic Republic)--History--To 1908--Fiction

63. Danish Arctic expeditions, 1605 to 1620: Danish expeditions to Greenland in 1605, 1606, and 1607: Expedition of Captain Jens Munk to Hudson's Bay in search of a North-West passage in 1619-20: in two books : book I. The Danish expeditions to Greenland in 1605, 1606, and 1607 : to which is added Captain James Hall's voyage to Greenland in 1612 ; book II. The expedition of Captain Jens Munk to Hudson's Bay in search of a north-west passage in 1619-20: Collection of voyages and travels: Hakluytus posthumus: Navigatio Septentrionalis

Creator/Contributor:
Gosch, C. C. A. (Christian Carl August), 1832-1913
Hall, James, -1612
Gatonbe, John.
Baffin, William, -1622
Christy, Miller, 1861-
Tower, Joseph Tuckerman, 1897-1931, former owner.
Eames, Wilberforce, 1855-1937, former owner.
Gosch, C. C. A. (Christian Carl August), 1832-1913, editor.
Baffin, William, 1584-1622
Munk, Jens, 1579-1628
Creation Date:
1897
Subjects:
Cummingham, John
Lindenow, Godske
Hall, James
Cunningham, John
Munk, Jens
Buss Island (Legendary place)
Greenland--Discovery and exploration
Greenland--Discovery and exploration--Danish
Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration--Danish
Northwest Passage--Discovery and exploration--Danish
Hudson Bay
Greenland--Maps
Northwest Passage

64. Round about the North Pole

Creator/Contributor:
Gordon, W. J. (William John), creator
Tower, Joseph Tuckerman, 1897-1931, former owner.
Creation Date:
1907
Subjects:
Arctic regions
North Pole

65. A voyage to Terra Australis: undertaken for the purpose of completing the discovery of that vast country, and prosecuted in the years 1801, 1802 and 1803, in His Majesty's ship the Investigator, and subsequently in the armed vessel Porpoise and Cumberland schooner : with an account of the shipwreck of the Porpoise, arrival of the Cumberland at Mauritius, and imprisonment of the commander during six years and a half in that island

Creator/Contributor:
Flinders, Matthew, 1774-1814, creator
Brown, Robert, 1773-1858
Westall, William, 1781-1850
Pye, John, 1745-
Finden, W. (William), 1787-1852
Scott, John, 1774-1827
Creation Date:
1814
Subjects:
Flinders, Matthew
Cumberland (Ship)
Investigator (Ship)
Porpoise (Ship)
Voyages and travels
Australia--Discovery and exploration--British
Expeditions--history

66. Gerstäcker's travels: Rio de Janeiro - Buenos Ayres - Ride through the Pampas - Winter journey across the Cordilleras - Chili - Valparaiso - California and the gold fields

Creator/Contributor:
Gerstäcker, Friedrich, 1816-1872, creator
Creation Date:
1854
Subjects:
Gerstäcker, Friedrich--Travel--California
Gerstäcker, Friedrich--Travel--South America
Gold mines and mining--California
South America--Description and travel
California--Description and travel
California--Gold discoveries

67. Selēnarkia, or, The government of the world in the moon: Selēnarkia: Government of the world in the moon: Comical history of the world in the moon: a comical history

Creator/Contributor:
Cyrano de Bergerac, 1619-1655, creator
St. Serfe, Thomas, Sir, active 1668
Creation Date:
1659

68. Histoire comiqve

Creator/Contributor:
Cyrano de Bergerac, 1619-1655, creator
Creation Date:
MDCLVII. [1657]
1657

69. The Arctic problem: Arctic problem and Peary Relief Expedition: and narrative of the Peary Relief Expedition of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Creator/Contributor:
Heilprin, Angelo, 1853-1907, creator
Tower, Joseph Tuckerman, 1897-1931, former owner.
Creation Date:
1893
Subjects:
Peary Relief Expedition of 1892.
Arctic regions
Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration

70. The German Arctic expedition of 1869-70: and narrative of the wreck of the "Hansa" in the ice

Creator/Contributor:
Koldewey, Karl, 1837-1908, creator
Mercier, Louis, pastor of the French Church, London
Bates, Henry Walter, 1825-1892, ed.
Tower, Joseph Tuckerman, 1897-1931, former owner.
Mercier, Lewis Page, 1820-1875, translator.
Bates, Henry Walter, 1825-1892, editor.
Creation Date:
1874
Subjects:
Koldewey, Karl
Hansa (Ship)
Germania (Ship)
Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration--German

71. Viage al desierto de Atacama: hecho de orden del gobierno de Chile en el verano 1853-54

Creator/Contributor:
Philippi, Rodolfo Amando, 1808-1904, creator
Creation Date:
1860
Subjects:
Botany--Chile--Atacama
Scientific expeditions
Discoveries in geography--Chile
Atacama (Chile)

72. Observations made during a voyage round the world, on physical geography, natural history, and ethic philosophy: especially on 1. The earth and its strata, 2. Water and the ocean, 3. The atmosphere, 4. The changes of the globe, 5. Organic bodies, and 6. The human species

Creator/Contributor:
Forster, Johann Reinhold, 1729-1798, creator
Creation Date:
1778
Subjects:
Voyages around the world
Physical geography
Natural history
Ethnology--Oceania

73. With Nansen in the North: a record of the Fram Expedition in 1893-96

Creator/Contributor:
Johansen, Hjalmar, 1867-1913, creator
Brækstad, H. L. (Hans Lien), 1845-1915
Tower, Joseph Tuckerman, 1897-1931, former owner.
Creation Date:
1899
Subjects:
Nansen, Fridtjof--Travel--Arctic regions
Johansen, Hjalmar--Travel--Arctic regions
Fram (Ship)
"Fram" Expedition (1st : 1893-1896)
"Fram" Expedition" (1893-1896) (1st : 1893-1896)
"Fram" Expedition (1893-1896)
Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration--Norwegian

74. The Malay Archipelago: the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise : a narrative of travel with studies of man and nature

Creator/Contributor:
Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913, creator
Creation Date:
1869
Subjects:
Natural history--Malay Archipelago
Ethnology--Malay Archipelago
Malay Archipelago--Description and travel
Natural History
Ethnology

75. The journal of a voyage undertaken by order of His present Majesty for making discoveries toward the North Pole, by the Hon. Commodore Phipps, and Captain Lutwidge, in His Majesty's sloops Race Horse and Carcase : to which is prefixed, an account of the several voyages undertaken for the discovery of a north-east passage to China and Japan

Creator/Contributor:
Mulgrave, Constantine John Phipps, Baron, 1744-1792
Lutwidge, Skiffington.
Tower, Joseph Tuckerman, 1897-1931, former owner.
Creation Date:
1774
Subjects:
Race Horse (Sloop)
Carcase (Sloop)
Northeast Passage
Arctic regions

76. She: a history of adventure

Creator/Contributor:
Haggard, H. Rider (Henry Rider), 1856-1925, creator
Longmans, Green, and Co, publisher.
Spottiswoode & Co, printer.
Creation Date:
1887
Subjects:
Women--Africa--Fiction
Reincarnation--Fiction
Immortalism--Fiction
Ayesha (Fictitious character : Haggard)
Africa--Fiction

77. Voyage de La Pérouse autour du Monde, atlas

Creator/Contributor:
La Pérouse, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de, 1741-1788, creator
Pingré, Alexandre Guy, 1711-1796, tr.
Mourelle de la Rúa, Francisco Antonio, 1750-1820
Milet-Mureau, L. A. (Louis Antoine), 1756-1825, ed.
Creation Date:
an V. (1797)
1797
Subjects:
Boussole (Frigate)
Astrolabe (Frigate)
Voyages around the world--Early works to 1800
Discoveries in geography--Early works to 1800
Pacific Area--Early works to 1800
Northwest Coast of North America--Early works to 1800

78. Voyage de La Pérouse autour du Monde, t.1-4

Creator/Contributor:
La Pérouse, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de, 1741-1788, creator
Pingré, Alexandre Guy, 1711-1796, tr.
Mourelle de la Rúa, Francisco Antonio, 1750-1820
Milet-Mureau, L. A. (Louis Antoine), 1756-1825, ed.
Creation Date:
an V. (1797)
1797
Subjects:
Boussole (Frigate)
Astrolabe (Frigate)
Voyages around the world--Early works to 1800
Discoveries in geography--Early works to 1800
Pacific Area--Early works to 1800
Northwest Coast of North America--Early works to 1800

79. Description of a forty-feet reflecting telescope

Creator/Contributor:
Herschel, William, 1738-1822, creator
Creation Date:
1795]
1795
Subjects:
Telescopes

80. A fourth catalogue of the comparative brightness of the stars

Creator/Contributor:
Herschel, William, 1738-1822, creator
Creation Date:
1799]
1799
Subjects:
Stars

81. On the method of observing the changes that happen to the fixed stars: with some remarks on the stability of the light of our sun : to which is added, a catalogue of comparative brightness, for ascertaining the permanency of the lustre of stars

Creator/Contributor:
Herschel, William, 1738-1822, creator
Creation Date:
1796]
1796
Subjects:
Stars

82. On the periodical star [alpha] Herculis: with remarks tending to establish the rotatory motion of the stars on their axes : to which is added a second catalogue of the comparative brightness of the stars

Creator/Contributor:
Herschel, William, 1738-1822, creator
Creation Date:
1796]
1796
Subjects:
Multiple stars

83. On the power of penetrating into space by telescopes: with a comparative determination of the extent of that power in natural vision, and in telescopes of various sizes and constructions : illustrated by select observations

Creator/Contributor:
Herschel, William, 1738-1822, creator
Creation Date:
1800
Subjects:
Telescopes

84. A third catalogue of the comparative brightness of the stars: with an introductory account of an index to Mr. Flamsteed's observations of the fixed stars, contained in the second volume of the Historia coelestis : to which is added, several useful results derived from that index

Creator/Contributor:
Herschel, William, 1738-1822, creator
Creation Date:
1797]
1797
Subjects:
Flamsteed, John--Historia coelstis Britannica
Stars

85. Manual of the natural history, geology and physics of Greenland and the neighbouring regions: Instructions suggested by the Arctic Committee of the Royal Society for the use of the expedition

Creator/Contributor:
Jones, T. Rupert (Thomas Rupert), 1819-1911
Tower, Joseph Tuckerman, 1897-1931, former owner.
Boas, Franz, 1858-1942, former owner.
Great Britain, Admiralty.
Royal Society, Arctic Committee.
Creation Date:
1875
Subjects:
Scientific expeditions--Arctic regions--Handbooks, manuals, etc
Natural history--Arctic regions--Handbooks, manuals, etc
Natural history--Arctic regions
Greenland

86. Greely Relief Expedition: reception of Lieut. A. W. Greely, U.S.A., and his comrades, and of the Arctic relief expedition, at Portsmouth, N.H., on August 1 and 4, 1884

Creator/Contributor:
McGinley, William Anderson, 1831-1896, creator
Tower, Joseph Tuckerman, 1897-1931, former owner.
United States, Navy Department.
Creation Date:
1884
Subjects:
Greely Relief Expedition (1884)

87. Novi i pereminni zʹvizdy

Creator/Contributor:
Puli︠u︡ĭ, Ivan, 1845-1918, creator
Creation Date:
1905
Subjects:
Kulish, Panteleĭmon Oleksandrovych
Barvinok, Hanna
Stars, New
Variable stars

88. Secrets of polar travel

Creator/Contributor:
Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), 1856-1920, creator
Tower, Joseph Tuckerman, 1897-1931, former owner.
Creation Date:
1917
Subjects:
Travel--Polar regions
Polar regions--Description and travel

89. Primo viaggio intorno al globo terracqueo: ossia Ragguaglio della navigazione alle Indie Orientali per la via d'occidente fatta dal cavaliere Antonio Pigafetta ... sulla squadra del Capit. Magaglianes negli anni 1519-1522

Creator/Contributor:
Pigafetta, Antonio, approximately 1480-approximately 1534, creator
Amoretti, Carlo, 1741-1816, ed.
Creation Date:
1800
Subjects:
Magalhães, Fernão de
Voyages around the world
Navigation

90. Voyage au centre de la terre

Creator/Contributor:
Verne, Jules, 1828-1905, creator
Creation Date:
1867

91. Vingt mille lieues sous les mers

Creator/Contributor:
Verne, Jules, 1828-1905, creator
Riou, Edouard, 1833-1900
Neuville, Alphonse Marie de, 1835-1885
Creation Date:
[1871]
1871

92. Autour de la lune

Creator/Contributor:
Verne, Jules, 1828-1905, creator
Creation Date:
[1870]
1870

93. Charles Pickering drawings and lists, ca. 1824-1849: Coleoptera of the U.S. exploring expedition

Creator/Contributor:
Pickering, Charles, 1805-1878, creator
United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842)
Subjects:
Insects--Australia
Insects--Hawaii
Insects--New Zealand
Insects--Oregon
Insects--South America
Beetles

94. The last voyage of Capt. Sir John Ross ... to the Arctic regions for the discovery of a north west passage: performed in the years 1829-30-31-32 and 33 : to which is prefixed an abridgement of the former voyages of Captns. Ross, Parry & other celebrated navigators to the northern latitudes : compiled from authentic information and original documents transmitted by an officer attached to the last expedition ; illustrated by engravings from drawings taken on the spot

Creator/Contributor:
Huish, Robert, 1777-1850, creator
Tower, Joseph Tuckerman, 1897-1931, former owner.
Creation Date:
1835
Subjects:
Ross, John
Victory (Ship)
Northwest Passage
Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration
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