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  1. Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819 and '20 : by order of the Hon. J.C. Calhoun, sec'y of war: under the command of Major Stephen H. Long. From the notes of Major Long, Mr. T. Say, and other gentlemen of the exploring party /
    By: James, Edwin, - Adams, John, - Adams, John, - Long, Stephen Harriman, - Say, Thomas, - John Adams Library (Boston Public Library)
    Publication info: Philadelphia :H.C. Carey and I. Lea ...,1823.
    Contributed by: John Adams Library at the Boston Public Library (archive.org)
    Subjects: American  Description and travel, 1800-1825  Discoveries in geography  Discovery and exploration  Explorations, 1819-1820  Glossaries, vocabularies, etc  Indians of North America  Languages  Middle west  United States  Untrimmed edges (Binding  West (U.S.)  
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  2. Account of the Russian discoveries between Asia and America. To which are added the conquest of Siberia, and the history of the transactions and commerce between Russia and China.
    By: Coxe, William,
    Publication info: London,Printed by J. Nichols, for T. Cadell,1780.
    Contributed by: MBLWHOI Library, Woods Hole
    Subjects: China  Commerce  Discoveries in geography  History  Islands of the Pacific  Russian  Siberia (Russia)  Soviet Union  
    BHL Collections: MBLWHOI Library, Woods Hole
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  3. A discourse intended to commemorate the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus; delivered at the request of the Historical Society in Massachusetts, on the 23d day of October, 1792, being the completion of the third century since that memorable event.
    By: Belknap, Jeremy, - Toscanelli, Paolo del Pozzo,
    Publication info: Printed at the Apollo Press, in Boston, by Belknap and Hall, State Street,1792.
    Contributed by: Duke University Libraries (archive.org)
    Subjects: 1459-1507  Africa  America  Antiquities  Bees  Behaim, Martin,  Columbus, Christopher  Discoveries in geography  Discovery and exploration  Human skin color  
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  4. Historia general y natural de las Indias,
    By: Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés, Gonzalo, - Amador de los Rios, José, - R. Academia de la historia, Madrid.
    Publication info: Madrid,Impr. de la Real academia de la historia,1851-55.
    Contributed by: University of California Libraries (archive.org)
    Subjects: America  Central America  Colonies  Discoveries in geography  Discovery and exploration  Early accounts to 1600  Indians  Natural history  Shipwrecks  Spain  West Indies  
    BHL Collections: Publicaciones en Español
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  5. Historia general y natural de las Indias, islas y tierra-firme del mar oceano, por el capitan Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo y Valdés, primer cronista del Nueva mundo. Publícala la Real academia de la historia, cotejada con el códice original, enriquecida con las enmiendas y adi
    By: Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés, Gonzalo, - Amador de los Rios, José, - Real Academia de la Historia (Spain)
    Publication info: Madrid,Impr. de la Real academia de la historia,1851-55.
    Contributed by: Mertz Library, The New York Botanical Garden
    Subjects: America  Central America  Colonies  Discoveries in geography  Discovery and exploration  Early accounts to 1600  Indians  Natural history  Shipwrecks  Spain  Spanish  West Indies  
    BHL Collections: New York Botanical Garden | Publicaciones en Español
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  6. Historia general y natural de las Indias, islas y tierrafirme del mar océano /por el capitan Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo y Valdés, primer cronista del Nueva mundo. Publícala la Real academia de la historia, cotejada con el códice original, enriquecida con las enmiendas y adiciones del autor, é ilustrada con la vida y el juicio de las obras del mismo por D. José Amador de los Rios ...
    By: Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés, Gonzalo, - Amador de los Rios, José, - Real Academia de la Historia (Spain)
    Publication info: Madrid :Impr. de la Real Academia de la Historia,1851-55.
    Contributed by: Missouri Botanical Garden, Peter H. Raven Library
    Subjects: America  Central America  Colonies  Discoveries in geography  Discovery and exploration  Early accounts to 1600  Indians  Natural history  Shipwrecks  Spain  West Indies  
    BHL Collections: Missouri Botanical Garden's Materia Medica | Publicaciones en Español
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  7. In northern mists; Arctic exploration in early times, by Fridtjof Nansen ... tr. by Arthur G. Chater ... with frontispieces in color, and over one hundred and fifty illustrations in black-and-white ....
    By: Nansen, Fridtjof, - Chater, Arthur G.
    Publication info: New York,Frederick A. Stokes co.,1911.
    Contributed by: MBLWHOI Library, Woods Hole
    Subjects: America  Arctic regions  Discoveries in geography  Discovery and exploration  Norse  Scandinavian  
    BHL Collections: MBLWHOI Library, Woods Hole
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  8. Narrative of the second Arctic expedition made by Charles F. Hall: his voyage to Repulse bay, sledge journeys to the straits of Fury and Hecla and to King William's land, and residence among the Eskimos, during the years 1864-'69. Edited under the orders of the Hon. Secretary of the Navy, by Prof. J. E. Nourse, U.S.N. U.S. Naval Observatory, 1879.
    By: Hall, Charles Francis, - Nourse, J. E. - United States Naval Observatory. - United States.
    Publication info: Washington :Govt. Print. Off.,1879.
    Contributed by: University of California Libraries (archive.org)
    Subjects: 1786-1847  American  Arctic regions  Discoveries in geography  Discovery and exploration  Eskimos  Franklin, John,  Sir,  United States  
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  9. A new voyage round the world in the years 1823, 24, 25, and 26. By Otto von Kotzebue ...
    By: Kotzebue, Otto von, - Eschscholtz, Johann Friedrich,
    Publication info: London,H. Colburn & R. Bentley,1830.
    Contributed by: MBLWHOI Library, Woods Hole
    Subjects: Discoveries in geography  Predpriiatie (Ship)  Voyages around the world  Zoology  
    BHL Collections: MBLWHOI Library, Woods Hole
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  10. Report of a reconnaissance from Carroll, Montana Territory, on the upper Missouri, to the Yellowstone National Park, and return, made in the summer of 1875 /
    By: United States. - Ludlow, William, - United States. - United States.
    Publication info: Washington, D.C. :Govt. Print. Off.,1876.
    Contributed by: Cornell University Library
    Subjects: American  Description and travel  Discoveries in geography  Discovery and exploration  Geology  Montana  Paleontology  United States  Yellowstone National Park  Zoology  
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  11. Report of a reconnaissance from Carroll, Montana Territory, on the upper Missouri, to the Yellowstone National Park, and return, made in the summer of 1875 /
    By: United States. - Ludlow, William, - United States. - United States.
    Publication info: Washington, D.C. :Govt. Print. Off.,1876.
    Contributed by: University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
    Subjects: American  Description and travel  Discoveries in geography  Discovery and exploration  Geology  Montana  Paleontology  United States  Yellowstone National Park  Zoology  
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  12. Report of the exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842 : and to Oregon and north California in the years 1843-44 /
    By: Frémont, John Charles, - Hall, James, - Torrey, John, - United States.
    Publication info: Washington :Blair and Rives, Printers,1845.
    Contributed by: University of California Libraries (archive.org)
    Subjects: American  Astronomy  Botany  California  Description and travel  Discoveries in geography  Discovery and exploration  Geology  Meteorology  Observations  Oregon Territory  Pacific States  Paleontology  Rocky Mountains  United States  West (U.S.)  
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  13. Report of the geological exploration of the fortieth parallel /
    By: United States Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel - Bien, Julius, - Eaton, Daniel Cady, - Emmons, Samuel Franklin, - Hague, A. - Hague, James D. - Hall, James, - King, Clarence, - Meek, F. B. - Ridgway, Robert, - Watson, Sereno, - Whitfield, R. P. - Whitfield, R. P.
    Publication info: Washington, D.C. :G.P.O.,1870-80
    Contributed by: University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
    Subjects: American  Birds  Botany  Comstock Lode (Nev.)  Discoveries in geography  Discovery and exploration  Geology  Mines and mineral resources  Paleontology  United States  West (U.S.)  
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  14. Report upon United States Geographical Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian /
    By: Wheeler, George M. - Humphreys, A. A. - Humphreys, A. A. - Wright, Horatio Gouverneur, - Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
    Publication info: Washington [D.C.] :G.P.O.,1875-1889.
    Contributed by: University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
    Subjects: American  Astronomy  Description and travel  Discoveries in geography  Discovery and exploration  Geology  Indians of North America  Languages  Maps  Natural history  Surveys  United States  West (U.S.)  
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  15. A voyage of discovery, into the South Sea and Beering's straits, for the purpose of exploring a north-east passage, undertaken in the years 1815-1818, at the expense of His Highness ... Count Romanzoff, in the ship Rurick,
    By: Kotzebue, Otto von, - Chamisso, Adelbert von, - Eschscholtz, Johann Friedrich, - Horner, Johann Caspar, - Kruzenshtern, Ivan Fedorovich, - Lloyd, Hannibal Evans,
    Publication info: London,Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown,1821.
    Contributed by: University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
    Subjects: Discoveries in geography  Natural history  Northeast Passage  Northwest Passage  Riurik (Brig)  Voyages around the world  
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  16. Voyage pittoresque en Asie et en Afrique : résumé général des voyages anciens et modernes ... /
    By: Eyries, J. B. B. - Boilly, Jules.
    Publication info: Paris :Furne,1839.
    Contributed by: Field Museum Library
    Subjects: Africa  Asia  Description and travel  Discoveries in geography  Discovery and exploration  Voyages and travels  
    BHL Collections: Field Museum Library
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  17. A voyage round the world but more particularly to the north-west coast of America : performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon /
    By: Portlock, Nathaniel, - Belt, Charles Banks, - Dixon, George,
    Publication info: London :Printed for John Stockdale ..., and George Goulding ...,1789.
    Contributed by: Smithsonian Libraries
    Subjects: Discoveries in geography  Discovery and exploration  Early works to 1800  King George (Ship)  Northwest Coast of North America  Queen Charlotte (Ship)  Voyages around the world  
    BHL Collections: Smithsonian Libraries
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  18. Wilderness, the discovery of a continent of wonder. With illus. by Frances Ellis.
    By: Platt, Rutherford Hayes,
    Publication info: New York,Dodd, Mead,1961.
    Contributed by: Internet Archive (archive.org)
    Subjects: America  American  Discoveries in geography  Discovery and exploration  Natural history  North America  Territorial expansion  United States  
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