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1.
Augustin Dominique Tureaud papers, [18--]-[19--].

Creator:
Tureaud, Augustin Dominique, b. 1764
Call Number:
WA MSS S-2487
Image Count:
36
Abstract:
Manuscript memoir bound with string, in French, detailing Tureaud's employ as supercargo aboard the Alert, an American merchant vessel which departed Baltimore for the port of Vera Cruz in 1801 and his subsequent life in Louisiana. Narrative describes...
Description:
Augustin Dominique Tureaud, born October 23, 1764, in La Rochelle, France. He fled San Domingo after a slave revolt, and moved to Baltimore where he sought to make his fortune in maritime trade. After a failed commercial voyage to Vera Cruz in 1801, T...
Subject (Geographic):
United States., United States, Latin America., Latin America, New Orleans (La.), Port Royal (Jamaica), and Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave, Mexico)
Subject (Name):
Bringier, Marius Pons., Tureaud, Augustin Dominique, b. 1764., Tureaud, Elizabeth Louise, b. 1788., Wood, Trist., Alert (Ship), Spring Bird (Ship), Crescent (Ship), and La Seine (Ship)
Subject (Topic):
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Naval operations, Yellow fever, Merchant marine, Merchant mariners, Commerce, Social life and customs, Description and travel, and History
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Augustin Dominique Tureaud papers, [18--]-[19--].

2.
George Macartney papers, 1764-1792 (bulk 1764-1767).

Creator:
Macartney, George Macartney, Earl, 1737-1806
Call Number:
OSB MSS 181
Container / Volume:
Box 1
Image Count:
60
Abstract:
The papers are almost entirely concerned with Macartney's embassy to Russia in 1764-1767, and include notes, memoranda, drafts of the trade treaty he negotiated, and a final copy; accounts of travel in Russia and general descriptions of the country, i...
Description:
George Macartney was born in Ireland and educated at Trinity College. In 1764, Lord Holland proposed him as envoy extraordinary to Saint Petersburg for the negotiation of a trade treaty. Knighted before departing England, Macartney returned in 1767 af...
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain., Great Britain, Russia., Russia, and Siberia (Russia)
Subject (Name):
Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796. and Macartney, George Macartney, Earl, 1737-1806.
Subject (Topic):
Diplomatic and consular service, British, Diplomatic and consular service, Russian, Diplomats, Commerce, Foreign relations, Politics and government, Court and courtiers, and Description and travel
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > George Macartney papers, 1764-1792 (bulk 1764-1767).

3.
Histoire de la Louisiane : contenant la decouverte de ce vaste pays ; sa description geographique

Creator:
Le Page du Pratz, d. 1775
Published / Created:
1758.
Call Number:
Zc20 758Le
Container / Volume:
1
Image Count:
4
Description:
BEIN Zc20 758Le copy 1 and 2: Error in paging: p. 153-154 of v. 1 wrongly numbered 353-354. Other errors in paging.
Publisher:
De Bure, l'aine [etc.]
Subject (Geographic):
Louisiana, Louisiana., and Mississippi River Valley.
Subject (Topic):
History, Description and travel, Natural history, and Indians of North America
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Histoire de la Louisiane : contenant la decouverte de ce vaste pays ; sa description geographique ; un voyage dans les terres ; l'histoire naturelle, les moeurs, coutumes & religion des naturels, avec leurs origines ; deux voyages dans le nord du nouveau Mexique, dont un jusqu'a la mer du Sud

4.
Histoire de la Louisiane : contenant la decouverte de ce vaste pays ; sa description geographique

Creator:
Le Page du Pratz, d. 1775
Published / Created:
1758.
Call Number:
Zc20 758Le
Container / Volume:
3
Image Count:
2
Description:
BEIN Zc20 758Le copy 1 and 2: Error in paging: p. 153-154 of v. 1 wrongly numbered 353-354. Other errors in paging.
Publisher:
De Bure, l'aine [etc.]
Subject (Geographic):
Louisiana, Louisiana., and Mississippi River Valley.
Subject (Topic):
History, Description and travel, Natural history, and Indians of North America
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Histoire de la Louisiane : contenant la decouverte de ce vaste pays ; sa description geographique ; un voyage dans les terres ; l'histoire naturelle, les moeurs, coutumes & religion des naturels, avec leurs origines ; deux voyages dans le nord du nouveau Mexique, dont un jusqu'a la mer du Sud

5.
Histoire de la Louisiane : contenant la decouverte de ce vaste pays ; sa description geographique

Creator:
Le Page du Pratz, d. 1775
Published / Created:
1758.
Call Number:
Zc20 758Le
Container / Volume:
2
Image Count:
4
Description:
BEIN Zc20 758Le copy 1 and 2: Error in paging: p. 153-154 of v. 1 wrongly numbered 353-354. Other errors in paging.
Publisher:
De Bure, l'aine [etc.]
Subject (Geographic):
Louisiana, Louisiana., and Mississippi River Valley.
Subject (Topic):
History, Description and travel, Natural history, and Indians of North America
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Histoire de la Louisiane : contenant la decouverte de ce vaste pays ; sa description geographique ; un voyage dans les terres ; l'histoire naturelle, les moeurs, coutumes & religion des naturels, avec leurs origines ; deux voyages dans le nord du nouveau Mexique, dont un jusqu'a la mer du Sud

6.
Voyage au pole sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée : exécuté par

Creator:
Dumont d'Urville, Jules-Sébastien-César, 1790-1842
Published / Created:
1842-54.
Call Number:
1998 Folio 16
Container / Volume:
II.1-2
Image Count:
2
Description:
BEIN 1998 995: Bound 23 v. in 14.
Publisher:
Gide
Subject (Geographic):
Oceania and Antarctica.
Subject (Name):
Zélée (Ship) and Astrolabe Expedition,
Subject (Topic):
Scientific expeditions and Description and travel
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Voyage au pole sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée : exécuté par ordre du roi pendant les années 1837-1838-1839-1840, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville, capitaine de vaisseau

7.
Voyage au pole sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée : exécuté par

Creator:
Dumont d'Urville, Jules-Sébastien-César, 1790-1842
Published / Created:
1842-54.
Call Number:
1998 Folio 16
Container / Volume:
II.4
Image Count:
6
Description:
BEIN 1998 995: Bound 23 v. in 14.
Publisher:
Gide
Subject (Geographic):
Oceania and Antarctica.
Subject (Name):
Zélée (Ship) and Astrolabe Expedition,
Subject (Topic):
Scientific expeditions and Description and travel
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Voyage au pole sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée : exécuté par ordre du roi pendant les années 1837-1838-1839-1840, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville, capitaine de vaisseau

8.
Voyages du sr. A. de La Motraye, en Europe, Asie & Afrique, où, L'on trouve une grande varieté de

Creator:
La Mottraye, Aubry de, approximately 1674-1743
Published / Created:
1727.
Call Number:
Ecd +696Lh 1
Container / Volume:
2
Image Count:
22
Description:
Title vignettes, engraved (Johnson's device); frontispieces by Bernard Picart: a number of plates signed: Wm. Hogarth, sculp.
Publisher:
Chez T. Johnson & J. Van Duren
Subject (Geographic):
Europe and Middle East
Subject (Name):
Charles XII, King of Sweden, 1682-1718.
Subject (Topic):
Description and travel
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Voyages du sr. A. de La Motraye, en Europe, Asie & Afrique, où, L'on trouve une grande varieté de recherches geographiques, historiques & politiques ... : Avec des remarques instructives sur les moeurs, coutumes, opinions &c. des peuples & des païs ... Comme aussi des relations fidelles des evenemens ... de la révolution en Turquie ... de la guerre entre les Turcs & les Russiens ... des affaires & de la conduite du feu roi de Suede à Bender ... de sa mort, & des changemens arrivées là dessus ...