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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
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Daines Barrington (1727/8 1800) and Mark Beaufoy (1764 1827) became
fellows of the Royal Society in 1767 and 1790 respectively.
Barrington's contributions to the Philosophical Transactions
favoured natural history, but another of his passions was polar
exploration and a potential sea route through the Arctic Ocean.
Beaufoy, an astronomer and physicist, was notably involved in
discerning changes in the earth's magnetic field. Reissued in its
1818 second edition, these papers discuss Arctic exploration and
evidence for the theorised open polar sea. Barrington's tracts,
originally dating from the 1770s, draw on the testimony of those
navigators who had ventured into high latitudes. Though flawed, his
hopes of explorers pushing through the pack ice retain considerable
historical interest. A map of the North Pole and the surrounding
region, so far as it was known, is included. The appendix contains
Beaufoy's papers from 1817, including questions answered by
Russians who wintered on Spitsbergen."
Title: Mexican Illustrations, founded upon facts; indicative of the
present condition of Society, manners, religion, and morals, among
the Spanish and native inhabitants of Mexico: with observations
upon the government and resources of the Republic of Mexico, as
they appeared during part of the years 1825, 1826, and 1827, etc.
With plates.]Publisher: British Library, Historical Print
EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United
Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries
holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats:
books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps,
stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14
million books, along with substantial additional collections of
manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The
HISTORY OF CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA collection includes books
from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. Titles in this
collection provide cultural, statistical, commercial, chronological
and geo-economic histories of Central and South America. This
series also includes texts, reports, letters, and illustrated and
interpretive histories of indigenous peoples, and the natural and
built environments that have fascinated historians for centuries.
Along with written records, the collection features transcribed
oral histories and traditions spanning the range of cultures and
civilisations in the southern hemisphere. ++++The below data was
compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic
record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool
in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library
Beaufoy, Mark; 1828. xii. 310 p.; 8 . 792.e.16.
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This
IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced
typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have
occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor
pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original
artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This
IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced
typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have
occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor
pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original
artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Title: Mexican Illustrations, founded upon facts; indicative of the
present condition of Society, manners, religion, and morals, among
the Spanish and native inhabitants of Mexico: with observations
upon the government and resources of the Republic of Mexico, as
they appeared during part of the years 1825, 1826, and 1827, etc.
With plates.]Publisher: British Library, Historical Print
EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United
Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries
holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats:
books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps,
stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14
million books, along with substantial additional collections of
manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The
HISTORY OF CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA collection includes books
from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. Titles in this
collection provide cultural, statistical, commercial, chronological
and geo-economic histories of Central and South America. This
series also includes texts, reports, letters, and illustrated and
interpretive histories of indigenous peoples, and the natural and
built environments that have fascinated historians for centuries.
Along with written records, the collection features transcribed
oral histories and traditions spanning the range of cultures and
civilisations in the southern hemisphere. ++++The below data was
compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic
record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool
in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library
Beaufoy, Mark; 1828. xii. 310 p.; 8 . 792.e.16.
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