Imprint 1769 - Biodiversity Heritage Library

An essay on the natural history of Guiana, in South America : Containing a description of many curious productions in the animal and vegetable systems of that country. Together with an account of the religion, manners, and customs of several tribes of its Indian inhabitants, interspersed with a variety of literary and medical observations. In several letters

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By: Bancroft, Edward,

Publication info: London, Printed for T. Becket and P.A. de Hondt in the Strand, MDCCLXIX. [1769]

Holding Institution: John Carter Brown Library

Subjects: 1769 Booksellers' catalogs Description and travel Great Britain Imprint 1769 Natural history Suriname

Traité général des pesches, : et histoire des poissons qu'elles fournissent, tant pour la subsistance des hommes, que pour plusieurs autres usages qui ont rapport aux arts et au commerce

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By: Duhamel du Monceau, M., - La Marre, L. H. de,

Publication info: A Paris Chez Saillant & Nyon, libraires, rue S. Jean-de-Beauvais M. DCC. LXIX.-M. DDCC. XXXII. [1769-1782]

Holding Institution: John Carter Brown Library

Subjects: Fisheries Fishes Fishing Imprint 1769 Imprint 1782 Marine animals Pictorial works

The voyages and adventures of Capt. William Dampier. : Wherein are described the inhabitants, manners, customs, trade, harbours, soil, animals. vegetables, etc. of the principle countries, islands, etc. of Asia, Africa and America; illustrated with maps, &c. To which is added, a discourse on winds, seasons, tides and currents of the torrid zone throughout the world

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By: Dampier, William,

Publication info: Liverpool, Printed by W. Nevett and Co. in Prince's-Street; and sold by Messrs. Gore, Ansdell, and Sibbald, booksellers, 1769

Holding Institution: John Carter Brown Library

Subjects: Australia Buccaneers Cabo Verde Campeche, Bay of (Mexico) Canary Islands Description and travel Discovery and exploration East Indies Imprint 1769 Indonesia Latin America Mexico Natural history Ocean currents Pacific Ocean Papua New Guinea Salvador (Brazil) Shark Bay (W.A.) Tides Voyages and travels Voyages around the world West Indies Winds