Description and travel
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A journey through Nova Scotia containing a particular account of the country and its inhabitants; with observations on the management in husbandry, the breed of horses and other cattle, and every thing material relating to farming; to which is added an account of several estates for sale in different townships of Nova-Scotia, with their number of acres and the price at which each is set
John RobinsonDate: 1774- E-books
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A voyage to New Holland, &c. in the year 1699 : wherein are described, the Canary-Islands, the Isles of Mayo and St. Jago, the Bay of All Saints, with the forts and town of Bahia in Brasil, Cape Salvadore, the winds on the Brasilian coast, Abrohlo-Shoals, a table of all the variations observ'd in this voyage, occurrences near the Cape of Good Hope, the course to New Holland. Shark's Bay, the isles and coast, &c. of New Holland : their inhabitants, manners, customs, trade, &c., their harbours, soil, beasts, birds, fish, &c. trees, plants, fruits, &c. : illustrated with several maps and draughts, also divers birds, fishes, and plants, not found in this part of the world, curiously ingraven on copper-plates : vol. III
William DampierDate: 1703
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S.W. Silver & Co.'s Handbook to South Africa : including the Cape Colony, Natal, the diamond fields, the Transvaal, Orange Free State, etc. ; also a gazetteer and map.
Date: 1880
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Seventy years of life in the Victorian era : embracing a travelling record in Australia, New Zealand, and America &c / by a physician.
Physician, 1822-1916Date: 1893- E-books
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Insulinde : experiences of a naturalist's wife in the Eastern Archipelago
Forbes, Anna.Date: 1887