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• Historische general beschreibung von Ober- und Nieder-Elsass samt dem Tundgau ... : nach Anleitung einer accuraten Land-Charte in 15 Taffeln in Quarto (zu finden im Felsseckerischen Buch-Laden, 1734), by M. Julius Friedrich Scharfenstein and Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sir James Douglas (Morang, 1909), by Robert Hamilton Coats and R. E. Gosnell (page images at HathiTrust)

• The North-west passage by land being the narrative of an expedition from the Atlantic to the Pacific : undertaken with the view of exploring a route across the continent to British Columbia through British territory, by one of the northern passes in the Rocky Mountains (Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, 1865), by William Fitzwilliam Milton and W. B. Cheadle (page images at HathiTrust)
• A hand-book to British Columbia and Vancouver Island (F. Algar, 1870), by E. Graham Alston (page images at HathiTrust)
• Voyages, maritime adventures and commercial enterprises, in all parts of the world comprising a period of twenty-four years, in every kind of craft, from the boat of twenty-five tons, to the indiaman of one thousand tons, and on the most laborious and hazardous enterprises (Bruce and Wyld, 1845), by Richard J. Cleveland (page images at HathiTrust)
• Columbia River exploration, 1866 reports and journals relating to the government exploration of the country lying between the Shuswap and Okanagan Lakes and the Rocky Mountains. (Printed at the Government Printing Office, 1869) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Journey into the interior of British Columbia (s.n.], 1859), by Matthew B. Begbie (page images at HathiTrust)
• British Columbia, Williams Lake and Cariboo report on portions of the Williams Lake and Cariboo districts, and on the Fraser River, from Fort Alexander to Fort George (s.n.], 1863), by H. Spencer Palmer (page images at HathiTrust)
• British Columbia (s.n., in the 1850s), by William J. Stewart (page images at HathiTrust)
• Travel and adventure in the territory of Alaska, formerly Russian America, (now ceded to the United States), and in various other parts of the North Pacific (J. Murray, 1868), by Frederick Whymper (page images at HathiTrust)
• British Columbia and Vancouver Island condidered as a field for commercial enterprise & emigration (s.n.], 1866), by J. D. Churchill and J. Cooper (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wanderungen über die Felsengebirge in das Oregon-Gebiet (G. Mayer, 1846), by Thomas Jefferson Farnham (page images at HathiTrust)
• To Cariboo and back an imigrant's journey to the gold fields of British Columbia (s.n., 1865), by W. Champness (page images at HathiTrust)
• Travels in the great western prairies the Anahuac and Rocky Mountains, and in the Oregon territory (Greeley & McElrath, 1843), by Thomas Jefferson Farnham (page images at HathiTrust)
• Britisch-Columbien und Vancouverinsel (s.n., 1859), by W. Bentheim (page images at HathiTrust)
• Voyages, maritime adventures and commercial enterprises in all parts of the world comprising a period of twenty-four years, in every kind of craft, from the boat of twenty-five tons, to the indiaman of one thousand tons, and on the most laborious and hazardous enterprises (R. Macdonald, 1843), by Richard J. Cleveland (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cariboo, a true and correct narrative containing an account of his travel over ten thousand miles, by sea, rivers, lakes, and land to the Cariboo gold diggings, British Columbia (s.n.], 1863), by William Mark (page images at HathiTrust)
• The New gold-diggings (s.n., 1858) (page images at HathiTrust)
• [Letter] in obedience to your instructions I have the honor to offer a few general observations on circumstances that I noticed while proceeding from New Westminster to Lake La Hache (s.n., 1862), by R. M. Parsons (page images at HathiTrust)
• Some account of the north-western coasts of America from Captain Cook, who visited those places in the summer of 1778. (s.n., 1800), by James Cook (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memorial of William A. Slacum praying compensation for his services in obtaining information in relation to the settlements on the Oregon River, December 18, 1837, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. (s.n., 1837), by William A. Slacum (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Handbook of British Columbia, and emigrant's guide to the gold fields with map and two illustrations, from photographs by M. Claudet. (W. Oliver, 1862) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Britisch-Columbia und Vancouver-Insel gegenwärtige Zustände und Entwicklungsfähigkeit der neuen Englischen Kolonie am Grossen Ocean. (s.n., 1858), by A. Petermann (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sketch of the country between Jervis Inlet and Port Pemberton on the Lilloet River, a branch of the Fraser River, British Columbia communicated by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty (s.n., 1861), by Richard C. Mayne (page images at HathiTrust)
• Our North-Pacific colonies (L. Scott Pub., 1866) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report on a journey in British Columbia in the districts bordering on the Thompson, Fraser and Harrison rivers (s.n., 1859), by Richard C. Mayne (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cariboo, the newly discovered gold fields of British Columbia fully described by a returned digger, who has made his own fortune there, and advises others to go and do likewise. (Darton & Hodge, 1862), by Returned digger (page images at HathiTrust)
• Northwest British America and its relations to the state of Minnesota (s.n.], 1860), by James W. Taylor and Minnesota. Governor (1860-1863 : Ramsey) (page images at HathiTrust)
• British Columbia and Vancouver's Island (J. Fraser?, 1858), by William Coutts Keppel Albemarle (page images at HathiTrust)
• Explorations in Jarvis Inlet and Desolation Sound, British Columbia (s.n., 1859), by William Downie (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life, adventures, and travels in California to which are added the conquest of California, travels in Oregon, and history of the gold regions (Nafis & Cornish, 1850), by Thomas Jefferson Farnham (page images at HathiTrust)
• How we crossed the Rocky Mountains into British Columbia (s.n., 1864), by William Fitzwilliam Milton and W. B. Cheadle (page images at HathiTrust)
• Handbook to Vancouver Island and British Columbia with map. (F. Algar, 1862), by E. Graham Alston (page images at HathiTrust)
• British Columbia (s.n., 1860) (page images at HathiTrust)
• British Columbia, journeys in the districts bordering on the Fraser, Thompson, and Harrison Rivers (Royal Geographical Society?, 1859), by Henry Pelham Fiennes Pelham Clinton Newcastle, Matthew B. Begbie, and Royal Geographical Society (London) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Geography of British Columbia and the condition of the Cariboo gold district by Lieut. H.S. Palmer, R.E. (s.n., 1864) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lecture on British Columbia and Vancouver Island delivered at the Royal United Service Institution, on March 27, 1863 (Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1863), by Duncan George Forbes Macdonald (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cariboo, the newly discovered gold fields of British Columbia (Darton & Hodge, 1862), by Returned digger (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lecture delivered by the Hon. Malcolm Cameron to the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association, the Lord Bishop of the diocese in the chair. (s.n.], 1865), by Malcolm Cameron (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Statistical account of British Columbia (s.n.], 1867), by Arthur Harvey (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hand-book and map to the gold region of Frazer's and Thompson's rivers with table of distances ; to which is appended Chinook jargon--language used, etc., etc. (J.J. LeCount, 1858), by Alexander Caulfield Anderson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Travels in British Columbia with the narrative of a yacht voyage round Vancouver's Island (Hurst and Blackett, 1862), by C. E. Barrett-Lennard (page images at HathiTrust)
• British Columbia and Vancouver's Island a complete hand-book, replete with the latest information concerning the newly-discovered gold fields. (E. Wilson, 1858) (page images at HathiTrust)
• British Columbia an essay (s.n.], 1867), by R. C. Lundin Brown (page images at HathiTrust)
• Facts and figures relating to Vancouver Island and British Columbia showing what to expect and how to get there; with illustrative maps (Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860), by J. Despard Pemberton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Narrative of a voyage round the world performed in Her Majesty's ship Sulphur, during the years 1836-1842, including details of the naval operations in China, from Dec. 1840 to Nov. 1841 (H. Colburn, 1843), by Edward Belcher (page images at HathiTrust)
• The north-west passage by land being the narrative of an expedition from the Atlantic to the Pacific, undertaken with the view of exploring a route across the continent to British Columbia through British territory, by one of the northern passes in the Rocky Mountains (Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, 1867), by William Fitzwilliam Milton and W. B. Cheadle (page images at HathiTrust)
• The new El Dorado, or, British Columbia (T.C. Newby, 1858), by Kinahan Cornwallis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Travel and adventure in the territory of Alaska, formerly Russian America--now ceded to the United States--and in various other parts of the North Pacific (Harper, 1871), by Frederick Whymper (page images at HathiTrust)
• British Columbia and Vancouver Island comprising a historical sketch of the British settlements in the north-west coast of America and a survey of the physical character, capabilities, climate, topography, natural history, geology and ethnology of that region (G. Routledge, 1858), by William Carew Hazlitt (page images at HathiTrust)
• The great gold fields of Cariboo with an authentic description, brought down to the latest period, of British Columbia and Vancouver Island (Routledge, Warne and Routledge, 1862), by William Carew Hazlitt (page images at HathiTrust)
• A sketch of an overland route to British Columbia (s.n.], 1862), by Henry Youle Hind (page images at HathiTrust)
• Four years in British Columbia and Vancouver Island an account of their forests, rivers, coasts, gold fields, and resources for colonisation (J. Murray, 1862), by Richard C. Mayne (page images at HathiTrust)
• British Columbia and Vancouver's Island comprising a description of these dependencies : their physical character, climate, capabilities, population, trade, natural history, geology, ethnology, gold-fields, and future prospects : also an account of the manners and customs of the native Indians (Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1862), by Duncan George Forbes Macdonald (page images at HathiTrust)
• The naturalist in Vancouver Island and British Columbia (R. Bentley, 1866), by John Keast Lord (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sporting excursions in the Rocky Mountains including a journey to the Columbia River and a visit to the Sandwich Islands, Chili, &c. (H. Colburn, 1840), by John K. Townsend (page images at HathiTrust)
• Voyage de l'Atlantique au Pacifique, à travers le Canada, les montagnes Rocheuses et la Colombie anglaise (Libr. Hachette, 1879), by William Fitzwilliam Milton and W. B. Cheadle (page images at HathiTrust)
• Voyages et aventures dans l'Alaska (ancienne Amérique russe) (Librairie Hachette, 1871), by Frederick Whymper (page images at HathiTrust)
• Les régions septentrionales de l'or Vancouver et la Colombie Anglaise : les villes naissantes et l'émigration (s.n., 1861), by Alfred Jacobs (page images at HathiTrust)
• Voyage de l'Atlantique au Pacifique, à travers le Canada, les montagnes Rocheuses et la Colombie anglaise (Libr. Hachette, 1877), by William Fitzwilliam Milton and W. B. Cheadle (page images at HathiTrust)
• Voyage de découvertes dans la partie septentrionale de l'océan Pacifique, fait par le capitaine W.R. Broughton, commandant la corvette de S.M.B. la Providence et sa conserve, pendant les années 1795, 1796, 1797 et 1798 dans lequel il a parcouru et visité la côte d'Asie, depuis le 35e degré nord, jusqu'au 52e; l'île d'Insu, ordinairement appelée Jesso; les côtes nord, est, et sud du Japon; les î les de Likeujo et autres îles voisines, ainsi que la côte de Corée (Dentu, Impri.-Lib.re ..., 1807), by William Robert Broughton and J. B. B. Eyriès (page images at HathiTrust)
• Voyage de l'Atlantique au Pacifique à travers le Canada, les montagnes Rocheuses et la Colombie anglaise (s.n.], 1872), by William Fitzwilliam Milton and W. B. Cheadle (page images at HathiTrust)
• Voyage de l'Atlantique au Pacifique à travers le Canada, les montagnes Rocheuses et la Colombie anglaise (s.n.], 1866), by William Fitzwilliam Milton and W. B. Cheadle (page images at HathiTrust)
• Handbook to the new gold fields a full account of the richness and extent of the Fraser and Thompson River gold mines : with a geographical and physical account of the country and its inhabitants, routes, [etc.] (A. Strahan;, 1858), by R. M. Ballantyne (page images at HathiTrust)
• Vancouver Island and British Columbia where they are, what they are, and what they may become : a sketch of their history, topography, climate, resources, capabilities, and advantages, especially as colonies for settlement (Smith, Elder, 1862), by Alexander Rattray (page images at HathiTrust)
• British Columbia and Vancouver's Island comprising a description of these dependencies : their physical character, climate, capabilities, population, trade, natural history, geology, ethnology, gold-fields, and future prospects : also an account of the manners and customs of the native Indians (Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1863), by Duncan George Forbes Macdonald (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of four months (s.n.], 1858), by Alfred Waddington (page images at HathiTrust)
• British Columbia and Vancouver's Island comprising a description of these dependencies : their physical character, climate, capabilities, population, trade, natural history, geology, ethnology, gold-fields, and future prospects : also an account of the manners and customs of the native Indians (Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1862), by Duncan George Forbes Macdonald (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report of a journey of survey, from Victoria to Fort Alexander via North Bentinck Arm (s.n.], 1863), by H. Spencer Palmer (page images at HathiTrust)
• In the pathless west with soldiers, pioneers, miners, and savages (T.F. Unwin, 1904), by Frances E. Herring (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A tour in British Columbia ([s.n.], 1861), by George Hills (page images at HathiTrust)
• Extracts relating to Vancouver Island and British Columbia (Ward Brothers, 1863), by G. Davison Husdell and J. D. Churchill (page images at HathiTrust)
• New British gold fields a guide to British Columbia and Vancouver Island with a coloured map showing the gold and coal fields, constructed from authentic sources (W.H. Angel, 1858), by John Dower (page images at HathiTrust)

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