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Antoine-Simon Le Page du Pratz (1758 & 1763)
- Histoire de la Louisiane : contenant la découverte de ce vaste pays, sa description géographique, un voyage dans les terres, l'histoire naturelle, les mœurs, coûtumes & religion des naturels, avec leurs origines : deux voyages dans le nord du nouveau MCall Number: MOH Vault F372 .L54Publication Date: 1758
Louis-Antoine de Bougainville (1772)
- Reise um die Welt : welche mit der Fregatte la Boudeuse in den Jahren 1766, 1767, 1768 und 1769 gemacht wordenCall Number: MOH Vault G420 .B85Publication Date: 1772
Gerard Fridrikh Miller (1761)
- Voyages from Asia to America : for completing the discoveries of the north west coast of America. To which is prefixed, a summary of the voyages made by the Russians on the Frozen Sea, in search of a north east passage. Serving as an explanation of a mapCall Number: MOH Vault G680 .M9Publication Date: 1761
Robert Rogers (1765)
- A concise account of North America: containing a description of the several British colonies on that continent, including the islands of Newfoundland, Cape Breton, &c.Call Number: MOH Vault E162 .R69Publication Date: 1765
- Journals of Major Robert Rogers : containing an account of the several excursions he made under the generals who commanded upon the continent of North America, during the late war ; from which may by [sic] collected the most material circumstances of everCall Number: MOH Vault E199 .R72Publication Date: 1765
Jonathan Carver (1779)
- Travels through the interior parts of North America, in the years 1766, 1767, and 1798. byCall Number: MOH Vault F597 .C33 1779Publication Date: 1779Available Online.
Samuel Hearne (1795)
- A journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay, to the Northern Ocean : undertaken by order of the Hudson's Bay Company, for the discovery of copper mines, a northwest passage, &c., in the years 1769, 1770, 1771, & 1772Call Number: MOH Vault F1060.7 .H41Publication Date: 1795
Daines Barrington (1781)
Includes: "Journal of a Voyage in 1775 to explore the coast of America, Northward of California, By the second Pilot of the Fleet, Don Francisco Antonio Maurelle, in the King's Schooner, called the Sonora, and commanded by Don Juan Francisco de la Bodega.
- Miscellanies, by the Honourable Daines BarringtonCall Number: MOH Vault AC7 .B3Publication Date: 1781
Bruno de Hezeta (1775)
Captain Cook's Voyages (1784)
- A voyage to the Pacific Ocean : undertaken, by the command of His Majesty, for making discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere : to determine the position and extent of the west side of North America ; its distance from Asia ; and the practicability of a no byCall Number: MOH Vault G420 .C69 1784Publication Date: 1784Available Online.
John Rickman (William Ellis) (1783)
- An authentic narrative of a voyage performed by Captain Cook and Captain Clerke : in his Majesty's ships Resolution and Discovery during the years 1776, l777, l778, l779, and l780 in search of a north-west passage between the continents of Asia and AmericCall Number: MOH Vault G420.C69 R5 1783bPublication Date: 1783
Nathaniel Portlock (1789)
- 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. : Embellished with twenty copper-plates. Dedicated, by permisCall Number: MOH Vault G420 .P85Publication Date: 1789
- An abridgement of Portlock and Dixon's voyage round the world, performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788.Call Number: MOH Vault G420 .P85 1789Publication Date: 1789
William Beresford (1789)
- 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 DixonCall Number: MOH Vault G420.P9 B5 1789Publication Date: 1789
John Meares (1791)
- Voyages made in the years 1788 and 1789, from China to the N.W. coast of America: with an introductory narrative of a voyage performed in 1786, from Bengal, in the ship Nootka. To which are annexed, observations on the probable existence of a North West PCall Number: MOH Vault F851.5 .M47Publication Date: 1791
James Colnett (1798)
- A voyage to the South Atlantic and round Cape Horn into the Pacific Ocean : for the purpose of extending the spermaceti whale fisheries and other objects of commerce, by ascertaining the ports, bays, harbours, and anchoring births [sic] in certain islandsCall Number: MOH Vault F2213 .C71Publication Date: 1798
Johann Reinhold Forster (1786)
- History of the voyages and discoveries made in the NorthCall Number: MOH Vault G620 .F7513Publication Date: 1786
Jean-François de Galaup La Pérouse (1799)
- A voyage round the world : in the years 1785, 1786, 1787 and 1788Call Number: MOH Vault G420 .L22 1799Publication Date: 1798
George Vancouver (1801)
- A voyage of discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and round the world : in which the coast of north-west America has been carefully examined and accurately surveyed : undertaken by His Majesty's command, principally with a view to ascertain the existenceCall Number: MOH Vault G420 .V23Publication Date: 1801
William Robert Broughton (1804)
- A voyage of discovery to the North Pacific ocean; in which the coast of Asia, from the lat. of 35° north to the lat. of 52° north, the island of Insu (commonly known under the name of the land of Jesso,) the north, south, and east coasts of Japan, the LieCall Number: MOH Vault DS506 .B87Publication Date: 1804
Ivan Fedorovich Kruzenshtern (1813)
- Voyage round the world, in the years 1803, 1804, 1805, & 1806 by order of His Imperial Majesty Alexander the First, on board the ships Nadeshda and Neva, under the command of Captain A.J. von KrusensternCall Number: MOH Vault G420 .K9213Publication Date: 1813
Georg Heinrich Langsdorff (1814)
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Dance of the Indians of the Mission of St. Joseph in New California (Library of Congress)
Metadata for this image from Leibsohn, Dana, and Barbara E. Mundy, Vistas: Visual Culture in Spanish America, 1520-1820.http://www.fordham.edu/vistas, 2015.
- Voyages and travels in various parts of the world, during the years 1803, 1804, 1805, 1806, and 1807Call Number: MOH Vault G420.K94 L213Publication Date: 1814
Meriwether Lewis (1814)
- History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clark to the sources of the Missouri, across the Rocky Mountains, down the Columbia River to the Pacific in 1804-6Call Number: MOH Vault F592.4 1814Publication Date: 1814
David Thompson (1799-1814)
- New light on the early history of the greater Northwest : the manuscript journals of Alexander Henry, fur trader of the Northwest Company, and of David Thompson, official geographer and explorer of the same company, 1799-1814 ; exploration and adventure aCall Number: MOH Northwest F1060.7 .H52 1897Publication Date: 1897
Gabriel Franchère (1820)
- Narrative of a voyage to the northwest coast of America in the years 1811, 1812, 1813, and 1814, or, The first American settlement of the PacificCall Number: MOH Northwest F880 .F813 1820Publication Date: 1854
Hall Jackson Kelley (1830)
- Geographical sketch of that part of North America, called Oregon: containing an account of the Indian title;--the nature of a right of sovereignty;--the first discoveries;--climate and seasons;--face of the country and mountains--natural divisionsCall Number: MOH Vault F880 .K32Publication Date: 1830
Chloe Clarke Willson (1839)
Charles Wilkes (1845)
- Narrative of the United States exploring expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842.Call Number: MOH Vault Q115 .W66 1845Publication Date: 1845
John Charles Frémont (1845)
- Report of the exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842, and to Oregon and north California in the years 1843-'44Call Number: MOH Vault F592 .F83Publication Date: 1845
P. A Fédix (1846)
James Harvey Wilbur (1846)
- Journal from Sept. 27, 1846, of the travels of J.H. WilburCall Number: MOH Vault BX8495.W6 A3 1846Publication Date: 1846
Gustavus Hines (1851)
- Oregon: its history, condition and prospects : containing a description of the geography, climate and productions, with personal adventures among the Indians during a residence of the author on the plains bordering the Pacific while connected with the OreCall Number: MOH Northwest F880 .H65 1851Publication Date: 1851
Abigail Scott Duniway (1859)
- Captain Gray's company, or, Crossing the plains and living in OregonCall Number: MOH Vault PS1558.D8 C3Publication Date: 1859