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![Hudson's Bay, or, Every-day Life in the Wilds of North America](https://s1.adlibris.com/images/7441088/hudsons-bay-or-every-day-life-in-the-wilds-of-north-america.jpg)
Hudson's Bay, or, Every-day Life in the Wilds of North America
In 1841, aged just sixteen, the intrepid young Scotsman Robert M. Ballantyne (1825–94) joined the Hudson's Bay Company. Posted immediately to North-Eastern Canada, he spent five …
![Travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws](https://s1.adlibris.com/images/4031361/travels-through-north-and-south-carolina-georgia-east-and-west-florida-the-cherokee-country-the-extensive-territories-of-the-muscogulges-or-creek-conf.jpg)
Travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws
The son of a naturalist, William Bartram (1739–1823) was commissioned to undertake a tour of south-eastern North America in 1773. Collecting seeds, taking specimens and making …
![Life in the Niger, or, The Journal of an African Trader](https://s1.adlibris.com/images/7109133/life-in-the-niger-or-the-journal-of-an-african-trader.jpg)
Life in the Niger, or, The Journal of an African Trader
First published in 1862, William Cole's journal records his experiences in the highly challenging circumstances of a trading expedition to Africa. Cole outlines in graphic detail …
![The Buik of the Croniclis of Scotland; or, A Metrical Version of the History of Hector Boece](https://s1.adlibris.com/images/9991181/the-buik-of-the-croniclis-of-scotland-or-a-metrical-version-of-the-history-of-hector-boece.jpg)
The Buik of the Croniclis of Scotland; Or, a Metrical Version of the History of Hector Boece
Hector Boece (c.1465–1536) was a Scottish humanist historian, educated in Dundee and Paris, where he became a friend of Erasmus. His Latin Scotorum historia, covering the period …
![Hakluytus Posthumus or, Purchas his Pilgrimes](https://s1.adlibris.com/images/14069275/hakluytus-posthumus-or-purchas-his-pilgrimes.jpg)
Hakluytus Posthumus or, Purchas his Pilgrimes
Richard Hakluyt's 12-volume Principal Navigations Voyages Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation, originally published at the end of the sixteenth century, and reissued …
![The Modern Housewife or Ménagère](https://s1.adlibris.com/images/5488886/the-modern-housewife-or-menagere.jpg)
The Modern Housewife or Ménagère
Perhaps the first celebrity chef, Alexis Soyer (1810–58) was a flamboyant, larger-than-life character who nonetheless took his profession very seriously. As the chef of London's …
![Catalogue of a Collection of Works on or Having Reference to the Exhibition of 1851](https://s1.adlibris.com/images/1837592/catalogue-of-a-collection-of-works-on-or-having-reference-to-the-exhibition-of-1851.jpg)
Catalogue of a Collection of Works on or Having Reference to the Exhibition of 1851
C. Wentworth Dilke (1810–69), an influential figure at the Society of Arts, was one of the key organisers of the Great Exhibition of 1851. He played a leading part in planning the …
![An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe, Founded upon the Laws of Nature](https://s1.adlibris.com/images/14021263/an-original-theory-or-new-hypothesis-of-the-universe-founded-upon-the-laws-of-nature.jpg)
An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe, Founded upon the Laws of Nature
Although his yeoman father is said to have burnt his books to discourage excessive studiousness, Thomas Wright (1711–86) nevertheless acquired considerable knowledge in the fields …
![Historye of the Bermudaes or Summer Islands](https://s2.adlibris.com/images/6218953/historye-of-the-bermudaes-or-summer-islands.jpg)
Historye of the Bermudaes or Summer Islands
The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. The first series, which ran from 1847 to …
![Corea or Cho-sen](https://s1.adlibris.com/images/14766872/corea-or-cho-sen.jpg)
Corea or Cho-sen
Born and educated in Florence, Arnold Henry Savage Landor (1867–1925) abandoned his art studies in Paris in favour of adventurous expeditions across Asia, Africa, the Middle East …
![The English Village Community Examined in its Relation to the Manorial and Tribal Systems and to the Common or Open Field System of Husbandry](https://s2.adlibris.com/images/7390726/the-english-village-community-examined-in-its-relation-to-the-manorial-and-tribal-systems-and-to-the-common-or-open-field-system-of-husbandry.jpg)
The English Village Community Examined in its Relation to the Manorial and Tribal Systems and to the Common or Open Field System of Husbandry
The Yorkshire-born barrister, banker and economic historian Frederic Seebohm (1833–1912) first came to attention with his work on the Reformation intellectuals Colet, Erasmus and …
![The Opportunity, or Reasons for an Immediate Alliance with St. Domingo](https://s1.adlibris.com/images/6935813/the-opportunity-or-reasons-for-an-immediate-alliance-with-st-domingo.jpg)
The Opportunity, or Reasons for an Immediate Alliance with St. Domingo
James Stephen (1758–1832) was a British lawyer and slavery abolitionist. After qualifying for the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1782 Stephen sailed for St Kitts in 1783. The atrocities …