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.

Description

Main Author

Tytler, Patrick Fraser, 1791-1849.

Related Names

Wilson, James, 1795-1856.

Language(s)

English

Published

New York : Harper & Bros., 1844.

Subjects

Hakluyt, Richard, > Hakluyt, Richard, / 1552?-1616.
Hakluyt, Richard, > Hakluyt, Richard, / 1552?-1616.
Biddle, Richard, > Biddle, Richard, / 1796-1847. > Biddle, Richard, / 1796-1847. / Memoir of Sebastian Cabot.
Travel.
Natural history.
Discoveries in geography.
Natural history > Natural history / Canada.
North America > North America / New France.
Canada > Canada / Canadian Northwest.
Canada.
Arctic Regions.
America.
America > America / Discovery and exploration.
Arctic regions.
Northwest, Canadian > Northwest, Canadian / Description and travel.
New France > New France / Discovery and exploration.

Note

First edition issued as no. 9 in the Edinburgh cabinet library, Edinburgh, 1832.

Physical Description

360 pages, 5 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, folded map ; 16 cm

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