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• Memoir of the life and public services of John Charles Fremont including an account of his explorations, descoveries and adventures on five successive expeditions across the North American continent; voluminous selections from his private and public correspondence; his defence before the Court Martial, and full reports of his principal speeches in the Senate of the United States (Derby & Jackson;, 1856), by John Bigelow (page images at HathiTrust)
• The life of Dr. Elisha Kent Kane and of other distinguished American explorers containing narratives of their researches and adventures in remote and interesting portions of the globe (J.W. Bradley, 1858), by Samuel M. Smucker (page images at HathiTrust)
• The life of Dr. Elisha Kent Kane, and of other distinguished American explorers containing narratives of their researches and adventures in remote and interesting portions of the globe (G.G. Evans, 1858), by Samuel M. Smucker (page images at HathiTrust)

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• Memoirs of my life : including in the narrative five journeys of western exploration during the years 1842, 1843-4, 1845-6-7, 1848-9, 1853-4 / by John Charles Frémont. Together with a sketch of the life of Senator Benton, in connection with western expansion / by Jessie Benton Frémont (Belford, Clarke, 1887), by J. C. Frémont and Jessie Benton Frémont (page images at HathiTrust)
• Jonathan Carver his travels in the Northwest in 1766-8. (s.n., 1896), by John Goadby Gregory (page images at HathiTrust)

• Headwaters of the Mississippi comprising biographical sketches of early and recent explorers of the great river, and a full account of the discovery and location of its true source in a lake beyond Itasca (Rand, McNally, 1895), by Willard Glazier (page images at HathiTrust)
• Captain Glazier and his lake an inquiry into the history and progress of exploration at the head-waters of the Mississippi since the discovery of Lake Itasca (Ivison, Blakeman, 1886), by Henry D. Harrower and Willard Glazier (page images at HathiTrust)

• Headwaters of the Mississippi comprising biographical sketches of early and recent explorers of the great river, and a full account of the discovery and location of its true source in a lake beyond Itasca (Rand, McNally, 1895), by Willard Glazier (page images at HathiTrust)
• Explorers and travellers (C. Scribner's Sons, 1893), by A. W. Greely (page images at HathiTrust)
• The life of Martin Frobisher, knight containing a narrative of the Spanish Armada (Longmans, Green, 1878), by Frank Jones (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ceremonies attending the unveiling of the statue of Robert Cavelier de La Salle at Lincoln Park, Chicago October 12, 1889. (s.n.], 1889) (page images at HathiTrust)
• A life of John Davis, the navigator, 1550-1605 discoverer of Davis Straits (G. Philip, 1889), by Clements R. Markham (page images at HathiTrust)
• The sea fathers a series of lives of great navigators of former times (Cassell, 1884), by Clements R. Markham (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Catholic pioneers of America (H.L. Kilner, 1882), by John O'Kane Murray (page images at HathiTrust)
• Henry Hudson, the navigator "the North seas' great Columbus" (s.n., 1893), by Morris Patterson Ferris (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Brave man and his belongings, being some passages in the life of Sir John Franklin, F.R.S., K.H.C., &c., &c. first discoverer of the North-West Passage. (s.n.], 1874) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memoirs of Rear-Admiral Sir W. Edward Parry, Kt., F.R.S. etc., late Lieutenant-Governor of Greenwich Hospital (Longman, Green, 1868), by Edward Parry (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lives and exploits of the most distinguished voyagers, adventurers and discoverers in Europe, Asia, Africa, America, the South Seas and Polar regions among which are those of Cooke [sic], Cavendish, Clapperton, Mackenzie, Park, Parry, Ross, Franklin, Lander, Denham, Dampier, Sir Francis Drake, Della Valle, Niebuhr, Sir John Chardin, &c., comprising an account of their voyages, journies, perils, sufferings and remarkable escapes, a description of their mode of travelling, a history of their most important discoveries and of the most interesting objects which came under their observation in every country (H. Huntington;, 1840), by James Augustus St. John and Hugh Murray (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ein Weltfahrer oder Erlebnisse in vier Erdtheilen Jugen, Schicksale, Reisen und Entdeckungen von Elisha Kent Kane : unter Benutzung der besten amerikanischen Quellen (O. Spamer, 1861), by J. G. Kutzner (page images at HathiTrust)
• A narrative of the voyages round the world performed by Captain James Cook with an account of his life, during the previous and intervening periods (From the press of C. Whittingham, College House ..., 1820), by Andrew Kippis (page images at HathiTrust)
• The life of Captain James Cook (Printed by J.J. Tourneisen, 1788), by Andrew Kippis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memoir of the celebrated Admiral Adam John de Krusenstern, the first Russian circumnavigator (Longmans, Green, Brown and Longmans, 1856), by John Ross (page images at HathiTrust)
• The life of Captain James Cook (Printed for the executrix of the late W. Wetton, 1831), by Andrew Kippis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Leben des Capitain James Cook (Bei Benjamin Gottlob Hoffman, 1789), by Andrew Kippis (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Story of Dr. Scoresby, the Arctic navigator (T. Nelson, 1890) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The life and voyages of Captain James Cook drawn up from his journals, and other authentic documents, and comprising much original information (Whittaker, Treacher;, 1836), by George Young (page images at HathiTrust)
• The life of Sir John Franklin, R.N. (J. Murray, 1896), by H. D. Traill (page images at HathiTrust)
• Christopher Columbus (Sutherlands, 1887), by Alphonse de Lamartine (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sketch of Henry Hudson, the navigator ([s.n.], 1867), by G. M. Asher (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sir John Franklin (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1881), by A. H. Beesly (page images at HathiTrust)
• A prairie tragedy the fate of Thomas Simpson, the arctic explorer : read before the Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba (Transaction no. 26 [i.e. 27]) (G.C. Mortimore, 1887), by Alexander McArthur and Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cabot bibliography with an introductory essay on the careers of the Cabots based upon an independent examination of the sources of information (Dodd, Mead;, 1900), by George Parker Winship (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The love-life of Dr. Kane containing the correspondence, and a history of the acquaintance, engagement and secret marriage between Elisha K. Kane and Margaret Fox; with facsimiles of letters and her portrait. (Carleton, 1866), by Elisha Kent Kane and Margaret Fox (page images at HathiTrust)
• The life and voyages of Christopher Columbus together with the voyages of his companions (H.G. Bohn, 1850), by Washington Irving (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memoirs of Rear-Admiral Sir W. Edward Parry, Kt., F.R.S. etc., late Lieutenant-Governor of Greenwich Hospital (Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860), by Edward Parry (page images at HathiTrust)
• Singular life of John Ledyard (Carter, Hendee and Babcock, 1831), by fl. 1831 Yankee (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sébastien Cabot, navigateur vénitien (1497-1557) étude d'histoire critique et documentaire. (Institut géographique de Paris :, 1895), by Henry Harrisse and Institut géographique de Paris (page images at HathiTrust)
• Les grands hommes de la France navigateurs (P. Ducrocq, 1873), by Edouard Goepp and Emile L. Cordier (page images at HathiTrust)
• Vie illustrée de Christophe Colomb (F. Paillart, 1898), by Charles d' Hallencourt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Les voyages de Giovanni Verrazano sur les côtes d'Amérique avec des marins normands, pour le compte du roi de France en 1525-1528 (s.n.], 1898), by Gabriel Gravier (page images at HathiTrust)
• Notice sur Samuel Champlain né à Brouage 1567, mort à Québec, le 25 décembre 1635 (L. Clouzot, 1867), by L. Delayant (page images at HathiTrust)
• Histoire de Christophe Colomb (Cadieux et Derome, 1883), by Antoine François Félix Roselly de Lorgues (page images at HathiTrust)
• Centenaire de la mort de Lapérouse célébré le 20 avril 1888 en séance solennelle à la Sorbonne (Société de géographie, 1888) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Vie du capitaine Cook (Hôtel de Thou, 1789), by Andrew Kippis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sébastien Cabot, pilote-major d'Espagne, considéré comme cartographe (Institut géographique de Paris, 1897), by Henry Harrisse (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memoirs of Rear-Admiral Sir W. Edward Parry, Kt., F.R.S. etc., late Lieut.-Governor of Greenwich Hospital (Protestant Episcopal Society for the Promotion of Evangelical Knowledge, 1857), by Edward Parry (page images at HathiTrust)
• The adventures of Henry Hudson (D. Appleton;, 1843), by Lambert Lilly (page images at HathiTrust)
• The life of Captain James Cook (Printed for G. Nicol ... and G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1788), by Andrew Kippis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memoirs of Rear-Admiral Sir W. Edward Parry Kt., F. R. S. etc., late Lieut.-Governor of Greenwich Hospital (Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1857), by Edward Parry (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Catholic pioneers of America (Brennan, 1882), by John O'Kane Murray (page images at HathiTrust)
• Notice biographique sur l'amiral Sir John Franklin, correspondant de la Société de géographie, etc. (1) (s.n., 1859), by Jean Bernard Marie Alexandre Dezos de La Roquette (page images at HathiTrust)

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