A Popular Catalogue of the Extraordinary Curiosities in the National Institute, Arranged in the Building Belonging to the Patent Office: Curiosities ... the Army and Navy of the United States: ... - Softcover

Hunter, Alfred

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1275678076 ISBN 13: 9781275678071

Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana, 2012

Synopsis

Title: A popular catalogue of the extraordinary curiosities in the National Institute, arranged in the building belonging to the Patent Office : curiosities collected from all parts of the world, by the officers of the Army and Navy of the United States : curious and strange articles presented by private individuals ... articles collected by the United States Exploring Expedition, under Commander Wilkes, at a cost to government of several millions of dollars, &c.

Author: Alfred Hunter

Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana

Description:

Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.

Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.

Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.

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SourceLibrary: Huntington Library

DocumentID: SABCP01680400

CollectionID: CTRG95-B1965

PublicationDate: 18570101

SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America

Notes: Prepared by Alfred Hunter. "A catalogue of plants in the national conservatories.": p. [64]-71.

Collation: 71 p. : ill. ; 23 cm

About this edition

• Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1275678076
• ISBN 13: 9781275678071
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 74