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ReadHistory of Central America, Volume 1, 1501-1530 The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 6
Hubert Howe Bancroft
History of Central America, Volume 1, 1501‑1530 is the first part of Hubert Howe Bancroft’s expansive…
ReadPhilippine progress prior to 1898: a source book of Philippine history to supply a fairer view of Filipino participation and supplement the defective Spanish accounts
Craig, Austin; Benitez, Conrado O.
This volume is a scholarly compilation that seeks to rewrite Philippine history from an economic‑social…
ReadThe Cherokee Nation of Indians. (1887 N 05 / 1883-1884 (pages 121-378))
Charles C. Royce
The work is a scholarly compilation by Charles C. Royce that documents every treaty and land cession…
The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together with Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales
James Grant
The work is an expansive antiquarian survey of superstition, occult belief, and witch‑trial practices across…
ReadThe Every-day Book and Table Book. v. 2 (of 3) or Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Month, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac
William Hone
The Every‑Day Book and Table Book is a sprawling reference that treats each of the 365 days as a miniature…
ReadTravels and discoveries in North and Central Africa: Including accounts of Tripoli, the Sahara, the remarkable kingdom of Bornu, and the countries around Lake Chad
Heinrich Barth
Heinrich Barth’s Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa is a nineteenth‑century geographical…
ReadThe Cathedral Towns and Intervening Places of England, Ireland and Scotland: A Description of Cities, Cathedrals, Lakes, Mountains, Ruins, and Watering-places.
Silloway, Thomas W. (Thomas William); Powers, Lee L.
The work is a nineteenth‑century travel compendium that blends descriptive narrative with historical and…
The Flags of the World: Their History, Blazonry, and Associations
F. Edward Hulme
The work is a comprehensive survey of flags, tracing their evolution from the earliest standards of Egypt,…
ReadVitus Bering: the Discoverer of Bering Strait
Peter Lauridsen
Peter Lauridsen’s work is a scholarly biography of the Danish‑Russian explorer Vitus Bering, whose voyages…
ReadA Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean in the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 New Edition with Introduction, Notes, and Illustrations
Samuel Hearne
Samuel Hearne’s Journey from Prince of Wales’s Fort in Hudson’s Bay to the Northern Ocean is a first‑hand…
ReadThe Story of Norway
Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen
The book presents itself as a history of Norway written expressly for an English‑speaking audience, a task…
ReadThe new spirit in India
Henry Woodd Nevinson
The book is a sweeping survey of Indian political, social, and economic developments from the late‑nineteenth…
Traditions, Superstitions and Folk-lore (Chiefly Lancashire and the North of England:) Their Affinity to Others in Widely-Distributed Localities; Their Eastern Origin and Mythical Significance.
Charles Hardwick
This work is a scholarly survey of Lancashire and northern English folklore, superstitions and customs,…
ReadHistory of Gujarát Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, Volume I, Part I.
James M. Campbell
The work is a monumental official record of the Bombay Presidency, compiled under the direction of Sir James…
ReadPottery and Porcelain, from early times down to the Philadelphia exhibition of 1876
Charles Wyllys Elliott
The work is a comprehensive survey of pottery and porcelain, tracing their development from the Stone Age…
ReadThe Art of Ballet
Mark Edward Perugini
Mark Edward Perugini’s The Art of Ballet is a scholarly survey rather than a narrative history.
ReadWaterways and Water Transport in Different Countries With a description of the Panama, Suez, Manchester, Nicaraguan, and other canals.
J. Stephen Jeans
The work is a scholarly survey of artificial waterways, written by the civil‑engineer J.
ReadThe Englishman in China During the Victorian Era, Vol. 2 (of 2) As Illustrated in the Career of Sir Rutherford Alcock, K.C.B., D.C.L., Many Years Consul and Minister in China and Japan
Alexander Michie
ReadCarriages & Coaches: Their History & Their Evolution
Ralph Straus
Ralph Straus’s Carriages & Coaches: Their History & Their Evolution positions itself as a non‑technical…
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ReadHistory of the Jews in Russia and Poland, Volume 1 [of 3] From the Beginning until the Death of Alexander I (1825)
Simon Dubnow
Simon Dubnow’s History of the Jews in Russia and Poland, Volume 1 is a scholarly survey that traces Jewish…
ReadCeylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1
Sir James Emerson Tennent
Sir James Emerson Tennent’s first volume is a sweeping natural‑history and cultural survey of Ceylon,…
The Fijians: A Study of the Decay of Custom
Basil Thomson
The work is a scholarly ethnographic study that concentrates on the erosion of traditional law among the…
ReadHistory of the Jews, Vol. 6 (of 6) Containing a Memoir of the Author by Dr. Philip Bloch, a Chronological Table of Jewish History, an Index to the Whole Work
Heinrich Graetz
The sixth volume of Heinrich Graetz’s monumental History of the Jews is a supplemental work that brings…
ReadA history of land mammals in the western hemisphere
William Berryman Scott
This work is a scholarly survey of the fossil record of land mammals across North and South America, written…