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Engraving from book, Engraving from book,A VOYAGE TO HUDSON'S BAY, BY THE DOBBS GALLEY AND CALIFORNIA, IN THE YEARS 1746 AND 1747, FOR DISCOVERING A NORTH WEST PASSAGE [. . .] Eskimaux making Fire & Striking Seals. A. The Great Harpoon for Whales wth its Barb Coil, & Buoy. B. The Bow & Arrow. C. The Small Harpoon, its Bladder & Barb, with the Instrument to dart it at the Seals. D. The Snow Eyes. E. The Breast Ornament made of a Seahorse Tooth
Source: Ellis, Henry. A voyage to Hudson's Bay, by the Dobbs Galley and California, in the years 1746 and 1747, for discovering a north west passage [...]. London: H. Whitridge, 1748.
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Engraving from book, Engraving from book,A VOYAGE TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN; UNDERTAKEN BY COMMAND OF HIS MAJESTY, FOR MAKING DISCOVERIES IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE [. . .] Sea Horses
Source: Cook, James. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean; undertaken by command of His Majesty, for making discoveries in the northern hemisphere [...]. Vol. 3. London: John Stockdale, Scatcherd and Whitaker, John Fielding, and John Hardy, 1784.
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Engraving from book, Engraving from book,A VOYAGE TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN; UNDERTAKEN BY COMMAND OF HIS MAJESTY, FOR MAKING DISCOVERIES IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE [. . .] Sea Horses
Source: Cook, James. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean; undertaken by command of His Majesty, for making discoveries in the northern hemisphere [...]. Atlas vol.. London: G. Nicol and T. Cadell, 1784.
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Engraving from book, Engraving from book,AVANTURES DU SR. C. LE BEAU, AVOCAT EN PARLEMENT, OU, VOYAGE CURIEUX ET NOUVEAU PARMI LES SAUVAGES DE L'AMÉRIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE [. . .] Source: Le Beau, Claude. Avantures du Sr. C. Le Beau, avocat en parlement, ou, Voyage curieux et nouveau parmi les sauvages de l'Amérique septentrionale [...]. Part 1. Amsterdam: Herman Uytwerf, 1738.
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Engraving from book, Engraving from book,HISTOIRE DE LA LOUISIANE [. . .] Chasse générale au Boeuf
Source: Le Page du Pratz, Antoine Simone. Histoire de la Louisiane [...]. Vol. 3. Paris: de Bure et al., 1758.
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Engraving from book, Engraving from book,HISTOIRE DE LA LOUISIANE [. . .] Chasse générale de Chevreuil
Source: Le Page du Pratz, Antoine Simone. Histoire de la Louisiane [...]. Vol. 2. Paris: de Bure et al., 1758.
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Engraving from book, Engraving from book,HISTOIRE GÉNÉRALE DES VOYAGES, OU, NOUVELLE COLLECTION DE TOUTES LES RELATIONS DE VOYAGES PAR MER ET PAR TERRE [. . .] Chasse du castor
Source: Prevost, abbé. Histoire générale des voyages, ou, Nouvelle collection de toutes les relations de voyages par mer et par terre [...]. Vol. 22. Amsterdam: E. van Harrevelt & D. J. Changuion, 1747.
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Engraving from book, Engraving from book,HISTORIAE CANADENSIS, SEV NOVAE-FRANCIAE LIBRI DECEM, AD ANNUM VSQUE CHRISTI MDCLVI Infula Volucrum
Source: Du Creux, François. Historiae canadensis, sev Novae-Franciae libri decem, ad annum vsque Christi MDCLVI. Paris: Apud Sebastianum Cramoisy et Sebast. Mabre-Cramoisy, 1664.
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Engraving from book, Engraving from book,LES SINGVLARITEZ DE LA FRANCE ANTARCTIQVE [. . .] Source: Thévet, André. Les singvlaritez de la France antarctiqve [...]. Paris: Maurice de la Porte, 1558.
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Engraving from book, Engraving from book,NEW VOYAGES TO NORTH-AMERICA: CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF THE SEVERAL NATIONS [. . .] Source: Lahontan, Louis Armand de Lom d'Arce, baron de. New voyages to North-America: containing an account of the several nations [...]. Vol. 1. London: H. Bomwicke et al., 1703.
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