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Translated from the German, and Illustrated with Engravings.

Giving an Account of the Author's Abode there, The Form and Make of the Country, the Coasts, Hills, Rivers, &c. Woods, Soil, Weather, &c. Trees, Fruit, Beasts, Birds, Fish, &c. The Indian Inhabitants, their Features, Complexion, &c. their Manners,…

Being the narrative of the tramp steamer Capella from Swansea to Santa Maria de Belem do Grao Para in the Brazils, and thence 2,000 miles along the forests of the Amazon and Madeira rivers to the San Antonio falls …

This is a reprint of…

This is Hans Staden's account of his captivity among the Tupinamba from 1547 until 1555.

Done into English from the Original Spanish of Don Antonio, Secretary and Historiographer to His Catholick Majesty. By Thomas Townsend, Esq.

(with wood engravings by Rene Clarke)

Poe's novel was written early in his career after being advised that his short stories would not make a profit in the publishing climate of that time. He took the suggestion and produced a narrative in a genre…

As more people began settling in America and coming more in contact with Native Americans a new genre of fiction sprang up, the captivity narrative. These were accounts of people, often women and children, who were taken captive after violent…

Robert Morden was a geographer and a prolific maker of maps and globes. Displayed here are maps from the first edition of his Geography Rectified.

This geographical primer was reprinted in 1688, 1693, and 1700. In addition to containing a small…