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Description and travel
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TextDescription topographique, physique, civile, politique et historique de la partie francaise de l'isle Saint-Domingue. : Avec des observations générales sur la population, sur le caractère & les moeurs de ses divers habitans; sur son climat, sa culture, ses productions, son administration, &c. &c. Accompagnées des détails les plus propres à faire connâitre l'état de cette colonie à l'époque du 18 octobre 1789; et d'une nouvelle carte de la totalité de l'isle
Moreau de Saint-Méry, M. L. E. (Médéric Louis Elie), 1750-1819A study of Haiti, then the French colony of St. Domingue, introducing a complex hierarchy of racialization with the goal of establishing a caste system based on skin color.A study of Haiti, then the French colony of St. Domingue, introducing a complex hierarchy of racialization with the goal of establishing a caste system based on skin color. -
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TextRoma antica e moderna : nella qvale si contengono chiese, monasterij, hospedali, compagnie, collegij, e seminarij, tempij, teatri, anfiteatri, naumachie, cerchi, fori, curie, palazzi, e statue, librarie, musei, pitture, scolture, & i nomi de gli artifici, indice ...
Franzini, FedericoSummary:Summary: -
TextThe Holy Land, Egypt, Constantinople, Athens : a series of forty-eight photographs
Bedford, Francis, 1816-1894Summary: A selection of Francis Bedford's photographs taken during his accompaniment of the Prince of Wales during his tour of Egypt, Israel, Lebanon, Ottoman Turkey, and Greece in 1862. The photographs are accompanied by explanatory text, giving context for each of the sites and scenes displayed. The volume was published following a formal exhibition of Bedford's photographs in an effort to meet popular demand for Bedford's work.Summary: A selection of Francis Bedford's photographs taken during his accompaniment of the Prince of Wales during his tour of Egypt, Israel, Lebanon, Ottoman Turkey, and Greece in 1862. The photographs are accompanied by explanatory text, giving context for each of the sites and scenes displayed. The volume was published following a formal exhibition of Bedford's photographs in an effort to meet popular demand for Bedford's work. -
TextThe gospel on the banks of the Niger : journals and notices of the native missionaries accompanying the Niger Expedition of 1857-1859
Crowther, Samuel, 1806?-1891Summary: An account of the British missionary expedition down the Niger River from 1857-1859.Summary: An account of the British missionary expedition down the Niger River from 1857-1859.