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A boxing match, in Hapaee. J. Webber del. I. Taylor sc. (London, G. Nicol and T. Cadell, 1785)
who: Webber, John, 1751-1793; Cook, James, 1728-1779; G. Nicol and T. Cadell; Taylor, I., engraver; King, James what: Exploration Book; View when: 1785 where: Tonga; Ha'apai Group (Tonga)

(A branch of the bread-fruit tree with the fruit). J. Miller fecit. No. 11. London: printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell in the Strand, MDCCLXXIII).
who: Hawkesworth, John, 1715?-1773; Cook, James, 1728-1779; W. Strahan and T. Cadell; Miller, J.; Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820; Byron, John, 1723-1786 what: Exploration Book; View when: 1773 where: Matavai Bay (Tahiti)

A cactus grove, Arizona, species Cereus giganteus, 1871. U.S. Geographical Survey West of the 100th Meridian. H.J. Morgan del. T. Sinclair & Son lith., Phila. (1878)
who: Morgan, H. J.; (Wheeler, G.M.); U.S.; T. Sinclair & Son; Wheeler, G.M. what: Vegetation; Exploration Book; View when: 1878 where: Arizona

A canoe of the Sandwich Islands, the rowers masked. J. Webber del. C. Grignion sc. (London, G. Nicol and T. Cadell, 1785)
who: Webber, John, 1751-1793; Cook, James, 1728-1779; G. Nicol and T. Cadell; Grignion, C.; King, James what: Exploration Book; View when: 1785 where: Hawaii; Kealakekua Bay (Hawaii)

A canon within a canon, in basin of the Colorado River. (1875)
who: (Wheeler, G.M.); U.S.; Wheeler, G.M. what: Physical; Exploration Book; View when: 1875 where: Arizona; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)

A chart and views of Pitcairns Island ... Bayly sculp. 1st. Jany., 1773. (London: printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell in the Strand, MDCCLXXIII).
who: Hawkesworth, John, 1715?-1773; Carteret, Philip, d. 1796; W. Strahan and T. Cadell; Bayly, John Abraham, fl. 1755-1794; Cook, James, 1728-1779; Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820; Byron, John, 1723-1786 what: Exploration Book; Chart Map; View when: 1773 where: Pitcairn Island

A chart of Captn. Carteret's discoveries at New Britain, with part of Captn. Cooke's passage thro Endeavor Streights, & of Captn. Dampier's tract & discoveries in 1699, & 1700, at New Guinea and New Britain. Engraved by W. Whitchurch, Pleasant Row, Islington. (London: printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell in the Strand, MDCCLXXIII).
who: Hawkesworth, John, 1715?-1773; Carteret, Philip, d. 1796; W. Strahan and T. Cadell; Cook, James, 1728-1779; Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820; Byron, John, 1723-1786 what: Exploration Book; Chart Map; Book Map when: 1773 where: Indonesia; Papua New Guinea; New Guinea; New Britain Island (Papua New Guinea)

A chart of Hawkins's Maidenland, discovered by Sr. Richard Hawkins in 1574 and Falkland Sound, so called by Capn. John Strong of the Farewell from London who sailed through it in 1689. Isa: Noual sculp. No. 23. [London: printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell in the Strand, MDCCLXXIII).
who: Hawkesworth, John, 1715?-1773; Byron, John, 1723-1786; W. Strahan and T. Cadell; Noual, Isaac; Cook, James, 1728-1779; Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820 what: Exploration Book; Chart Map; Book Map when: 1773 where: Falkland Islands

A chart of New South Wales, on the east coast of New-Holland. Discovered and explored by Lieutenant J: Cook, Commander of his Majesty's Bark Endeavour, in the year MDCCLXX. Engraved by W. Whitchurch, Bartholomew Lane, Royal Exchange. (London: printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell in the Strand, MDCCLXXIII).
who: Hawkesworth, John, 1715?-1773; Cook, James, 1728-1779; W. Strahan and T. Cadell; Whitchurch, William; Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820; Byron, John, 1723-1786 what: Exploration Book; Chart Map; Book Map when: 1773 where: Australia; New South Wales; Queensland

A Chart of the Internal Part of Louisiana, Including all the hitherto unexplored Countries, lying between the River La Platte of the Missouri on the N: and the Red River on the S: the Mississippi East and the Mountains of Mexico West; with a Part of New Mexico & the Province of Texas by Z.M. Pike Captn. U.S.I.
who: Pike, Zebulon Montgomery; C. & A. Conrad; Freeman, Thos.; Dunbar, Wm.; Wilkinson, Lieut.; Many, Capt.; Lewis, M.; Bradley what: Exploration Book; Book Map when: 1810 where: Mexico; Louisiana; New Mexico

A chart of the islands discover'd in the neighbourhood of Otaheite, in the course of several voyages round the world made by the cap(tai)ns Byron, Wallis, Carteret & Cooke in the years 1765, 1767, 1769. Whitchurch sculp., Pleasant Row, Islington. (London: printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell in the Strand, MDCCLXXIII).
who: Hawkesworth, John, 1715?-1773; W. Strahan and T. Cadell; Whitchurch, William; Cook, James, 1728-1779; Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820; Byron, John, 1723-1786 what: Exploration Book; Chart Atlas when: 1773 where: Tuamotu Islands; Society Islands (French Polynesia)

A chart of the southern extremity of America 1775. (with) Part of Staten Land. No. II. Published Febry. 1st, 1777 by Wm. Strahan in New Street, Shoe Lane & Thos. Cadell in the Strand, London.
who: Cook, James, 1728-1779; W. Strahan and T. Cadell what: Exploration Book; Chart Map; Book Map when: 1777 where: Chile; Argentina; Patagonia (Argentina and Chile); Tierra del Fuego (Argentina and Chile)

A chart of the Southern Hemisphere; shewing the tracks of some of the most distinguished navigators: by Captain James Cook of his Majesty's Navy. Gulielmus Whitchurch, sculpsit; Anno. 1776. Published Febry. 1st., 1777 by Wm. Strahan in New Street, Shoe Lane & Thos. Cadell in the Strand, London.
who: Cook, James, 1728-1779; W. Strahan and T. Cadell; Whitchurch, William what: Exploration Book; Chart Map; Book Map when: 1777 where: Southern Hemisphere

(A chest of New Zealand, as a specimen of the carving of the country). No. 15. (London: printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell in the Strand, MDCCLXXIII).
who: Hawkesworth, John, 1715?-1773; Cook, James, 1728-1779; W. Strahan and T. Cadell; Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820; Byron, John, 1723-1786 what: Exploration Book; View when: 1773 where: New Zealand

A dance in Otaheite. J. Webber del. J.K. Sherwin sc. (London, G. Nicol and T. Cadell, 1785)
who: Webber, John, 1751-1793; Cook, James, 1728-1779; G. Nicol and T. Cadell; Sherwin, J. K.; King, James what: Exploration Book; View when: 1785 where: Tahiti

A dangerous shoal seen Septr. the 28, 1767. (with) Joseph Freewills Islands. (with) The south end of Mindanao. (London: printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell in the Strand, MDCCLXXIII).
who: Hawkesworth, John, 1715?-1773; Carteret, Philip, d. 1796; W. Strahan and T. Cadell; Cook, James, 1728-1779; Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820; Byron, John, 1723-1786 what: Exploration Book; Chart Map; Book Map when: 1773 where: Indonesia; Philippines; Mapia Island (Indonesia); Mindanao Island (Philippines)

A draught of Bonthain Bay situated about 30 leagues to the S.E. of Macassar in the Island of Celebes. Publish'd Novr. 4th, 1772. (London: printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell in the Strand, MDCCLXXIII).
who: Hawkesworth, John, 1715?-1773; Carteret, Philip, d. 1796; W. Strahan and T. Cadell; Cook, James, 1728-1779; Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820; Byron, John, 1723-1786 what: Exploration Book; Chart Map; Book Map when: 1773 where: Indonesia; Bantaeng Region (Indonesia)

A draught plan & section of an Amsterdam canoe, seen in the South Seas, shewing two in the plan, their distance from out to outside being 13 ft. 9 in. secured with beams and fore & aft pieces of timber lashed together with sinnet made of Cocoa nut bass. W. Palmer sculp. No. XVI. Published Febry. 1st, 1777 by Wm. Strahan in New Street, Shoe Lane & Thos. Cadell in the Strand, London.
who: Cook, James, 1728-1779; W. Strahan and T. Cadell; Palmer, W. what: Exploration Book; View when: 1777 where: Tonga; Tongatapu Island (Tonga)

A draught plan and section of the Britannia Otehite war canoe. W. Palmer sculp. No. XV. Published Febry. 1st, 1777 by Wm. Strahan in New Street, Shoe Lane & Thos. Cadell in the Strand, London.
who: Cook, James, 1728-1779; W. Strahan and T. Cadell; Palmer, W. what: Exploration Book; View when: 1777 where: Tahiti

A fiatooka, or morai, in Tongataboo. J. Webber del. W. Ellis sculp. (London, G. Nicol and T. Cadell, 1785)
who: Webber, John, 1751-1793; Cook, James, 1728-1779; G. Nicol and T. Cadell; Ellis, William; King, James what: Exploration Book; View when: 1785 where: Tonga; Tongatapu Island (Tonga)

(A fortified town or village called a Hippah, built on a perforated rock at Tolaga, New Zealand by John James Barralet ). No. 18. (London: printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell in the Strand, MDCCLXXIII).
who: Barralet, John James, ca. 1747-1815; Hawkesworth, John, 1715?-1773; Cook, James, 1728-1779; W. Strahan and T. Cadell; Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820; Byron, John, 1723-1786 what: Military; Exploration Book; View when: 1773 where: New Zealand; Tolaga Bay (N.Z. : Bay)

A gable with pinnacles (Grand Canyon, Ariz. 1895)
who: (Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902); Flood & Vincent; Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902 what: Geology; Exploration Book; View when: 1895 where: Arizona; Grand Canyon (Ariz.)

A general chart: exhibiting the discoveries made by Captn. James Cook in this and his two preceding voyages, with the tracks of the ships under his command. By Lieut. Heny. Roberts of his Majesty's Royal Navy. W. Palmer sculp. (London, G. Nicol and T. Cadell, 1785)
who: Roberts, Henry, Lieut.; Cook, James, 1728-1779; G. Nicol and T. Cadell; Palmer, W.; King, James what: Exploration Book; Chart Map; Book Map when: 1785 where: World

A group of stone corrals (Arizona? 1895)
who: (Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902); Flood & Vincent; Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902 what: Indians; Exploration Book; View when: 1895 where: Arizona

A human sacrifice, in a morai, in Otaheite. J. Webber del. W. Woollett sc. (London, G. Nicol and T. Cadell, 1785)
who: Webber, John, 1751-1793; Cook, James, 1728-1779; G. Nicol and T. Cadell; Woollett, W.; King, James what: Exploration Book; View when: 1785 where: Tahiti

A man of Kamtschatka, travelling in winter. J. Webber del. S. Middiman sc. (London, G. Nicol and T. Cadell, 1785)
who: Webber, John, 1751-1793; Cook, James, 1728-1779; G. Nicol and T. Cadell; Middiman, S.; King, James what: Exploration Book; View when: 1785 where: Russia; Kamchatka Peninsula (Russia)

A man of Kamtschatka. J. Webber del. W. Sharp sc. (London, G. Nicol and T. Cadell, 1785)
who: Webber, John, 1751-1793; Cook, James, 1728-1779; G. Nicol and T. Cadell; Sharp, William; King, James what: Exploration Book; View when: 1785 where: Russia; Kamchatka Peninsula (Russia)

A man of Mangea. J. Webber del. W. Sharp sculp. (London, G. Nicol and T. Cadell, 1785)
who: Webber, John, 1751-1793; Cook, James, 1728-1779; G. Nicol and T. Cadell; Sharp, William; King, James what: Exploration Book; View when: 1785 where: Mangaia (Cook Islands)

A man of Nootka Sound. J. Webber del. W. Sharp sculp. (London, G. Nicol and T. Cadell, 1785)
who: Webber, John, 1751-1793; Cook, James, 1728-1779; G. Nicol and T. Cadell; Sharp, William; King, James what: Exploration Book; View when: 1785 where: British Columbia; Nootka Sound (B.C.)

A man of Oonalashka. J. Webber del. W. Sharp sc. (London, G. Nicol and T. Cadell, 1785)
who: Webber, John, 1751-1793; Cook, James, 1728-1779; G. Nicol and T. Cadell; Sharp, William; King, James what: Exploration Book; View when: 1785 where: Alaska; Unalaska Island (Alaska)

A man of Prince William's Sound. J. Webber del. J. Basire sculpt. (London, G. Nicol and T. Cadell, 1785)
who: Webber, John, 1751-1793; Cook, James, 1728-1779; G. Nicol and T. Cadell; Basire, J.; King, James what: Exploration Book; View when: 1785 where: Alaska; Prince William Sound (Alaska)

A man of the Sandwich Islands, dancing. J. Webber del. C. Grignion sc. (London, G. Nicol and T. Cadell, 1785)
who: Webber, John, 1751-1793; Cook, James, 1728-1779; G. Nicol and T. Cadell; Grignion, C.; King, James what: Exploration Book; View when: 1785 where: Hawaii; Kealakekua Bay (Hawaii)

A man of the Sandwich Islands, in a mask. J. Webber del. T. Cook sculpt. (London, G. Nicol and T. Cadell, 1785)
who: Webber, John, 1751-1793; Cook, James, 1728-1779; G. Nicol and T. Cadell; Cook, T.; King, James what: Exploration Book; View when: 1785 where: Hawaii; Kealakekua Bay (Hawaii)

A man of the Sandwich Islands, with his helmet. J. Webber del. J.K. Sherwin sc. (London, G. Nicol and T. Cadell, 1785)
who: Webber, John, 1751-1793; Cook, James, 1728-1779; G. Nicol and T. Cadell; Sherwin, J. K.; King, James what: Exploration Book; View when: 1785 where: Hawaii; Kealakekua Bay (Hawaii)

A man of Van Diemen's Land. J. Webber del. J. Caldwall sc. (London, G. Nicol and T. Cadell, 1785)
who: Webber, John, 1751-1793; Cook, James, 1728-1779; G. Nicol and T. Cadell; Caldwall, James; King, James what: Exploration Book; View when: 1785 where: Australia; Tasmania

A Map of Lewis and Clark's Track, Across the Western Portion of North America From the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean; By Order of the Executive of the United States, in 1804, 5 & 6. Copied by Samuel Lewis from the Original Drawing of Wm. Clark. Neele, sculp. 352 Strand, London ... April 28th, 1814 by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orne & Brown, Paternoster Row.
who: Lewis, Meriwether; Clark, William; Biddle, Nicholas; Allen, Paul; Longman, Hurst, Rees etc.; Neele, Samuel John, 1758-1824; Lewis, Samuel what: Exploration Book; Book Map when: 1815 where: U.S. West

A Map of Lewis and Clark's Track, Across the Western Portion of North America From the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean; By Order of the Executive of the United States, in 1804, 5 & 6. Copied by Samuel Lewis from the Original Drawing of Wm. Clark. Smal. Harrison fct.
who: Lewis, Meriwether; Clark, William; Biddle, Nicholas; Allen, Paul; Bradford and Inskeep; Lewis, Samuel; Harrison, Samuel, 1789-1818 what: Exploration Book; Book Map when: 1814 where: U.S. West

A Map of the Indian Territory Northern Texas and New Mexico Showing the Great Western Prairies by Josiah Gregg. Entered ... 1844 by Sidney E. Morse and Samuel Breese ... New York.
who: Gregg, Josiah, 1806-1850; Henry G. Langley; Wiley and Putnam. what: Exploration Book; Book Map when: 1844 where: U.S. West; Indian Territory

A Map of The Internal Provinces of New Spain. The Outlines are from the Sketches of but corrected and improved by Captain Zebulon M. Pike, who was conducted through that Country, in the Year 1807, by Order of the Commandant General of those Provinces.
who: Pike, Zebulon Montgomery; C. & A. Conrad what: Exploration Book; Book Map when: 1810 where: Mexico; Texas; Arizona

A Map of the State of Kentucky, from Actual Survey by Elihu Barker of Philadelphia. T. Conder Sculpt. London, Published June 1st, 1795 by J. Debrett, PIccadilly.
who: Imlay, Gilbert; J. Debrett; Barker, Elihu; Conder, T. what: Exploration Book; Book Map when: 1797 where: Kentucky

A Map of the Tennassee Government, formerly part of North Carolina, taken chiefly from Surveys by Genel. D. Smith & others. T. Conder Sculpt. Engraved for Imlay's American Topography. London, Published June 1st, 1795, by J. Debrett, Piccadilly.
who: Imlay, Gilbert; J. Debrett; Smith, D.; Conder, T. what: Exploration Book; Book Map when: 1797 where: Tennessee

A Map of The Western Part of the Territories belonging to the United States of America. Drawn from the best Authorities. Engraved for Imlay's Topographical Description of that Country. T. Conder Sculpt. Published June 1st 1795, by J. Debrett, Picadilly, London.
who: Imlay, Gilbert; J. Debrett; Conder, T. what: Exploration Book; Book Map when: 1797 where: Virginia; Tennessee; North Carolina; South Carolina

A midsummerday's dream on the color (Utah? 1895)
who: (Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902); Flood & Vincent; Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902 what: Exploration Book; View when: 1895 where: Utah

(A military gorget worn in the South Sea Islands). James Roberts, delin et sculpsit. No. 8. (London: printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell in the Strand, MDCCLXXIII).
who: Hawkesworth, John, 1715?-1773; Cook, James, 1728-1779; W. Strahan and T. Cadell; Roberts, James; Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820; Byron, John, 1723-1786 what: Military; Exploration Book; View when: 1773 where: Tahiti

A morai, in Atooi. J. Webber del. Lerpernere sc. (London, G. Nicol and T. Cadell, 1785)
who: Webber, John, 1751-1793; Cook, James, 1728-1779; G. Nicol and T. Cadell; Lerpiniere, Daniel; King, James what: Exploration Book; View when: 1785 where: Hawaii; Waimea Region (Kauai, Hawaii)

A New Map of North America, From the Latest Discoveries. 1778. Engrav'd for Carvers Travels.
who: Carver, Jonathan; C. Dilly what: Exploration Book; Book Map when: 1781 where: United States

A night dance by men, in Hapaee. J. Webber del. Wm. Sharp sculp. (London, G. Nicol and T. Cadell, 1785)
who: Webber, John, 1751-1793; Cook, James, 1728-1779; G. Nicol and T. Cadell; Sharp, William; King, James what: Exploration Book; View when: 1785 where: Tonga; Ha'apai Group (Tonga)

A night dance by women, in Hapaee. J. Webber del. Wm. Sharp sculpt. (London, G. Nicol and T. Cadell, 1785)
who: Webber, John, 1751-1793; Cook, James, 1728-1779; G. Nicol and T. Cadell; Sharp, William; King, James what: Exploration Book; View when: 1785 where: Tonga; Ha'apai Group (Tonga)

A passageway in Mashongnavi. (1895)
who: (Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902); Flood & Vincent; Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902 what: Indians; Exploration Book; View when: 1895 where: Mishongnovi (Ariz.); Arizona

A passageway in Walpi. H.H. N(ichols) '90. (1895)
who: Nichols, H. H.; (Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902); Flood & Vincent; Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902 what: Indians; Exploration Book; View when: 1895 where: Walpi (Arizona); Arizona