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M'Clung: Sketches of Western Adventure. 12mo.

M'Kenney Sketches of a Tour on the Lakes. 8vo.

McKenzie Voyage from Montreal through the Continent to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans; with a History of the Fur Trade. New-York, 1802. 8vo.

The same. London, 1802. 2 vols. 8vo.

Mease Picture of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, 1811. 12mo. Mollien Voyage en Colombie, en 1825. Paris, 1825. 2 vols. 8vo. Murray Historical Account of Discoveries and Travels in North America. London, 1829. 2 vols. 8vo.

Northern Traveller: the Routes to Niagara, Quebec, the Springs, the Tour of New-England, the Route of the Pennsylvania Coal Mines. New-York. 12mo.

Notes on Mexico, in 1822; with an Historical Sketch of the Revolution, &c., by a Citizen of the United States. Philadelphia, 1824. 8vo.

By the present secretary of war.

Nuttall Travels into the Arkansas Territory, in 1819. Philadelphia, 1821. 8vo.

Palmer Travels in the United States and Lower Canada, in 1817. London, 1818. 8vo.

Peck Guide for Emigrants; Sketches of Illinois, Missouri, and the adjacent Parts. Boston, 1831. 12mo.

: New Guide for Emigrants to the West: Sketches of Ohio, Indiana, &c.; with Arkansas, Wisconsin, and the adjacent Parts. Boston, 1836.

12mo.

Picture of New York; or, the Traveller's Guide through the Commercial Metropolis of the United States. New-York, 1807.

12mo.

Pike: Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi, by those of the Arkansas, Kans, La Platte, and Pierre Jaune rivers, by order of the United States Government, in 1805, 6; with a Tour through the Interior of New Spain, &c. Philadelphia,

1810. 8vo.

Power, Tyrone: Impressions of America, in 1833, 4, 5. NewYork, 1836. 2 vols. 12mo.

Rochefoucault-Liancour, the Duke de: Travels through the United States and Canada. London, 1800. 4 vols. 8vo.

The same, in French. Paris. 4 vols. 8vo.

Saint Jean de Crève Cœur: Lettres d'un Cultivateur Americain, depuis 1770 jusju'à 1781. Paris, 1784. 8vo.

12mo.

Sansom Sketches of Lower Canada. New-York, 1817. Schoolcraft: Travels through the Northwest of the United States from Detroit through the Great Lakes to the Sources of the Mississippi, with the Expedition under Governor Cass, in 1820. Albany, 1821. 8vo.

Schoolcraft: Travels in the Central portions of the Mississippi Valley. New-York, 1825. 8vo.

Expedition to Itasca Lake, the Source of the Mis

sissippi. New-York, 1834. 8vo.

Scott: Geographical Dictionary of the United States. Philadelphia, 1805. 8vo.

Shultz Travels through New-York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, &c., in 1807, 8. New-York, 1810. 2 vols. 8vo.

Silliman Tour from Hartford to Quebec, in 1819. New-Haven, 1824. 12mo.

Sketches of History, Life, &c., in the United States. New-Haven, 1826. 12mo.

12mo.

Sketch of Connecticut Forty Years since. Hartford, 1824. Southwest, The. By a Yankee. New-York, 1834. 2 vols. 12mo. By Professor Ingraham, author of "Lafitte."

Spafford Gazetteer of the State of New-York. Albany, 1824. 8vo.

Stewart, James: Three Years in North America. New-York, 1833. 2 vols. 12mo.

Tanner: Narrative of Thirty Years' Captivity among the Indians. New-York, 1830.

8vo.

Things as they are. By a Traveller through the Middle and Northern States. New-York, 1834.

12mo.

Trollope, Mrs.: Domestic Manners of the Americans. New-York, 1832. 8vo.

Texas, Visit to.

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New-York, 1834. 12mo.

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Vigne Six Months in America. Philadelphia, 1833. 12mo. Volney: View of the Climate and Soil of the United States. London, 1804. 8vo.

Waldo: Tours of President Monroe through the Northern and Eastern States, in 1817, and to the West in 1818.

1820. 12mo.

Warville Travels in the United States.

See Brissot.

Hartford,

Wesley, John: Journal from his Embarking for Georgia to his Return to London. London, 1775. 12mo.

Wetmore, Major: Gazetteer of the State of Missouri. St. Louis, 1837. 8vo.

Wright, Frances (now Madame d'Arusmont): View of Society and Manners in America, in 1818-20. New-York, 1821. 8vo. For the British Possessions in America, see Martyn's History of the British Colonies, in Civil History Collections.

CHAPTER XXXVI.

GEOGRAPHY. America. Travels in the West Indies.

Carmichael, Mrs.: Five Years in Trinidad and St. Vincent's; a View of the Social Condition of the White, Coloured, and Negro Population. London, 1834. 2 vols. 12mo.

Jamaica as it was, as it is, and as it may be. London, 1835. 12mo.

Madden: A Twelve Months' Residence in the West Indies, during the Transition from Slavery to Apprenticeship. Philadelphia, 1835. 2 vols. 12mo.

Packard: Notes on the West Indies during the Expedition of Sir
Ralph Abercrombie. London, 1806. 3 vols. 8vo.
Williams Tour through Jamaica, in 1823. London, 1826.

8vo.

Abbot's Letters from Cuba; Bellin's Description Géographique des Isles Antilles; Bryan Edwards's and Beckford's Descriptions of Jamaica; Moreau de Saint Méry's Description de la Partie Française de St. Domingue; the same, Description de la Partie Espagnole; Wimpfen's St. Domingo; Bryan Edwards's Historical Survey of St. Domingo; Rainsford's Account of the Black Empire of Hayti; Sotomayor's Historia Geografica, &c., de Puerto Rico; and Poyer's History of Barbados, would give a proper collection in this department.

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Andrews Journey from Buenos Ayres through Cordova, Tucuman, and Salta, to Potosi : thence by the Desert of Caranja to Arrica, Santiago de Chile, and Coquimbo: on behalf of the Chilian and Peruvian Mining Association, in 1825, 6. London, 1820. 2 vols. 12mo.

Bingley Travels in South America. London, 1820. 12mo. Breckenridge: Voyage to South America. Baltimore, 1819. 2 vols. 8vo.

Depon Voyage to the Eastern Part of Terra Firma. New-York, 1806. 3 vols. 8vo.

Dobrizzhoffer, Martin: An Account of the Abipones, an Equestrian People of Paraguay. Translated from the Latin. London, 1822. 3 vols. 8vo.

Dobrizzhoffer resided for eighteen years as a missionary among the remarkable people of whom he has left us so curious a description. They are really the mythological tale of the Centaurs realized.

Helms: Travels from Buenos Ayres, by Potosi, to Lima. London, 1807. 12mo.

Head: Journey across the Pampas and Andes. Boston, 1827. 12mo.

Hippisley Narrative of Expedition to the Rivers Orinoco and Apure. London, 1819. 8vo.

Koster Travels in Brazil.

London, 1817. 2 vols. 8vo.

Pazo Letters on the United Provinces of South America. London, 1819. 8vo. Renger and Longchamps: Reign of Dr. Francia in Paraguay, being an Account of Six Years' Residence there, in 1819-25. From the French. London, 1827. Robinson: Expedition 1400 miles up the Orinoco and 300 up the Aranca. London, 1822. 8vo.

8vo.

Smyth, W. L. Journey from Lima to Para across the Andes and down the Amazon, to ascertain the Practicability of a Navigable Communication, &c. London, 1836.

8vo.

Temple: Travels in Peru. London, 1830. 2 vols. 8vo.

: The same.

Philadelphia, 1833. 2 vols. 12mo.

Alcedo is already referred to for the geography of Spanish America. Acuña's Nuevo descubriemento del Gran Rio de las Amazones; Gumilla's Orenoco illustrado; and his Historia de las Naciones del Orenoco; Caulin's Historia Corografica de la Nueva Andalucia; Father Charlevoix' Histoire du Paraguay; Lafitau's Histoire des Découvertes des Portugais dans le Nouveau Monde; Ayres de Cazul's Geografia Brazilica; Bellin's Description Géographique de la Guyane; and Fermin's Description Générale de la Colonie de Surinam, would render tolerably complete the survey of the countries belonging to this chapter.

CHAPTER XXXVIII.、

GEOGRAPHY. Polar. Travels towards either Pole.

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Back, Capt. Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition to the Mouth of the Great Fish River, &c., in the years 1833, 4, 5. Philadelphia, 1836. 8vo.

Beaufoy's North Pole. New-York, 1818. 8vo.

Franklin Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in 1825, 6, 7. Philadelphia, 1828. 8vo.

The same, London, 1829. 4 vols. 12mo.

Lyon: Private Journal during Parry's Voyage. Boston, 1824.

12mo.

O'Reilly Greenland, the adjacent Seas, and the Northwest Passage illustrated in a Voyage to Davis's Straits, in 1817. New-York, 1818. 8vo.

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Parry Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage, in 1819, 20. Philadelphia, 1821. 8vo.

: Second Voyage, in 1821--3.
Third Voyage, in 1824, 5.

New-York, 1824. 8vo.

Philadelphia, 1826. 8vo.

Polar Seas and Regions: Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in, with Illustrations of their Natural History, and an Account of the Whale Fishery. (Family Library.) New-York, 1831. 18mo.

Ross, Sir J.: Second Voyage in search of a Northwest Passage, 1829, 30, 1, 2, 3. Philadelphia, 1835. 8vo.

Supplement to the "Second Voyage," &c., of Sir J. Ross; containing the suppressed Facts, &c. By J. Braithwaite. London,

1835. 4to.

Snelling: Polar Regions of the Western Continent Explored. Boston, 1831. 8vo.

Tytler Historical View of the Progress of Discovery on the more Northern Coast of America. (Family Library.) New-York,

1833. 18mo.

The last book may be consulted for the names and voyages of the chief Arctic discoverers; and that entitled "Polar Regions" for those of the opposite hemisphere. There are also the following collections: Recueil de Voyages au Nord. Amsterdam, 1731. 10 vols. 12mo. Nouveau Recueil de Voyages au Nord de l'Europe et de l'Asie. Geneva, 1783. 3 vols. 4to. Coxe, Account of the Russian Discoveries between Asia and America. London, 1804. 4to. Muller, Voyages in Search of a Northeast Passage.

CHAPTER XXXIX.

CIVIL HISTORY. Chronology.

Lavoisne Atlas, Chronological, &c. See Maps.

12mo.

Nicholas, Sir Harris: Chronology of History (forming part of Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopædia.) London, 1833. Putnam, George P.: Chronology, or an Introduction and Index to Universal History, Biography, and Useful Knowledge, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time: with copious Lists of Remarkable Persons, &c.: to which are added Valpy's Poetical Retrospect, Literary Chronology, the latest Statistical Views of the World, and a Chart of History. New-York, 1833.

12mo.

The author of this useful little compilation was lately librarian to this institution. Salmon, Thomas the younger: The Chronological Historian; containing a regular Account of all Material Transactions and Occurrences, Ecclesiastical, Civil, and Military, relating to Eng

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