Catalogue of the York Gate Library formed by Mr. S. William Silver : an index to the literature of geography, maritime and inland discovery, commerce and colonisation / by Edward Augustus Petherick

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Petherick, Edward Augustus, 1847-1917
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CATALOGUE OF The York Gate GEOGRAPHICAL AND COLONIAL Library 2
CATALOGUE OF THE YORK GATE LIBRARY 7
VOYAGES AND TRAVELS. 11
GREAT BRITAIN AND HER COLONIES. 13
PREFACE. 17
PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION. 19
CONTENTS. 21
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 25
INDEX OF COUNTRIES AND SUBJECTS. 27
INDEX OF AUTHORS. 33
CATALOGUE. 147
§ 2.-MEDIÆVAL GEOGRAPHY. 149
§ 3.—MODERN GEOGRAPHY. 153
§ 4—THE ART OF TRAVEL, NAVIGATION, &c. 158
§ 5—HISTORY OF DISCOVERY, COMMERCE, AND COLONIZATION. 162
§ 6—ECONOMICS AND POLITICS; 167
§ 7—PHYSIOGRAPHY AND BIOLOGY. 184
§ 8.—BOTANY AND FLORAS. 191
CATALOGUE. 195
§ 10—COLLECTIONS OF VOYAGES AND TRAVELS. 196
CATALOGUE. 263
§12-THE ARCTIC REGIONS, INCLUDING VOYAGES FOR THE DISCOVERY OF THE NORTH-EAST AND NORTH-WEST PASSAGES. 276
§ 13-ANTARCTIC REGIONS. 284
§ 14-TRAVELS OVER THE CONTINENTS AND IN SEVERAL PARTS OF THE WORLD. 287
TRAVELS IN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. § 15.—DENMARK, SWEDEN, NORWAY, AND LAPLAND. 296
§ 16.—ICELAND, FAROE ISLANDS, &c. 297
§ 17.—THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 298
§ 18.—SPAIN AND PORTUGAL. 303
§ 19.—MADEIRA AND THE AZORES. 305
§ 20.— FRANCE. 306
§ 21.— SWITZERLAND. 307
§ 22.—CORSICA AND SARDINIA. 308
§ 23.—ITALY, SICILY, MALTA, &c. 308
§ 24.— HOLLAND, BELGIUM, THE RHINE, AND GERMANY. 310
§ 25.— AUSTRIA, HUNGARY, TRANSYLVANIA, DALMATIA, &c. 312
§ 26.-TURKEY IN EUROPE; ROUMANIA, BULGARIA, SERVIA, ALBANIA, GREECE, THE ARCHIPELAGO, AND CYPRUS. 313
§ 27.—RUSSIA IN EUROPE AND POLAND. 316
TRAVELS IN ASIATIC COUNTRIES. §28.—THE CAUCASUS. 318
§ 29.—SIBERIA AND MANCHURIA. 319
§ 30.—BOKHARA AND RUSSIAN TURKESTAN. 320
§ 31.—TARTARY, EASTERN TURKESTAN, AND MONGOLIA. 322
§ 32.—TIBET. 323
§ 33.—CHINA. 324
§ 34.—COREA AND LOO-CHOO ISLANDS. 330
§ 35.—FORMOSA. 330
§ 36.—JAPAN. 331
§ 37.—INDO-CHINA, TONQUIN, SIAM, ANNAM, CAMBODIA, MALAYA, AND STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. 332
§ 38. -ARRACAN AND BURMAH. 334
§ 39.—INDIA. 335
§ 4O.—CEYLON. 344
§ 41.—THE MALDIVES, LACCADIVES, AND MINICOY. 345
§ 42.— ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS. 345
§ 43.—KAFIRISTAN. 346
§ 44.—AFGHANISTAN. 346
§ 45.-BELOOCHISTAN. 347
§ 46.— PERSIA. 347
§ 47.—ASIA MINOR, ARMENIA, AND MESOPOTAMIA; INCLUDING RESEARCHES IN ASSYRIA AND BABYLON. 350
§ 48.—SYRIA, PALESTINE, AND SINAI PENINSULA. 354
§ 49.-ARABIA AND THE RED SEA. 359
§ 50.— EGYPT AND NUBIA. 361
§ 51.—THE EGYPTIAN SOUDAN AND WHITE NILE BASIN. 364
§ 52.— ABYSSINIA. 365
§ 53.—THE BARBARY STATES; TRIPOLI, FEZZAN, TUNIS, ALGIERS, AND MOROCCO. 367
§ 54.—WEST AFRICA, THE SAHARA, AND NIGRITIA; INCLUDING SENEGAMBIA, SIERRA LEONE, ASHANTEE, DAHOME, UPPER GUINEA COAST, CALABAR, THE CANARY AND CAPE DE VERDE ISLANDS. 370
§ 55.—ST. HELENA, ASCENSION ISLAND, TRISTAN D’ACUNHA, AND ST. PAUL’S ROCKS. 376
§ 56.—WESTERN EQUATORIAL AFRICA; LOWER GUINEA, LOANGO, CONGO, ANGOLA, BENGUELA. 376
§ 57.—EASTERN EQUATORIAL AFRICA; SOMALILAND, ZANZIBAR, NYANZA AND TANGANYIKA LAKE REGIONS. 378
§ 58.-TROPICAL SOUTH AFRICA; SOFALA, MOZAMBIQUE, NYASSA, ZAMBESI BASIN, MATABELE, NAMAQUA, AND DAMARA LAND. 382
§ 59.-SOUTH AFRICAN COLONIES; CAPE COLONY, KAFFRARIA, &c. 385
§ 60.—NATAL AND ZULULAND. 389
§ 61.-ORANGE FREE STATE AND THE TRANSVAAL. 391
§ 62.—MADAGASCAR. 392
§ 63. —MAURITIUS, RÉUNION, RODRIGUEZ, THE COMOROS, SEYCHELLES, CHAGOS, COCOS, AMSTERDAM AND ST. PAUL’S, MARION, CROZET AND KERGUELEN ISLANDS. 394
AUSTRALASIA AND POLYNESIA. § 64.—THE ASIATIC ARCHIPELAGO; SUMATRA, JAVA, BANDA, MOLUCCAS, &c. 396
§ 65.—THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. 399
§ 66.— BORNEO. 400
§ 67.—NEW GUINEA. 401
§ 68.— MICRONESIA, MELANESIA, AND POLYNESIA. 403
§ 69.—THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 408
§ 70.— AUSTRALIAN DISCOVERY, EXPLORATION, GEOGRAPHY AND NATURAL HISTORY. 410
§ 71.—THE AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES.? 416
§ 72.-THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES: NEW SOUTH WALES AND INCIDENTALLY OF THE OTHER AUSTRALIAN COLONIES. 418
§ 73.—VICTORIA. 436
§ 74.—SOUTH AUSTRALIA. 441
§ 75.-NORTH AUSTRALIAN SETTLEMENTS. 444
§ 76.— QUEENSLAND. 444
§ 77.—WESTERN AUSTRALIA. 446
§ 78.—TASMANIA. 447
§ 79.—NEW ZEALAND. 451
§ 80.—THE FIJI ISLANDS. 462
AMERICA AND THE WEST INDIES. § 81.—THE DOMINION OF CANADA. 464
§ 82.—NOVA SCOTIA, NEW BRUNSWICK, CAPE BRETON, AND PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. 468
§ 83.—MANITOBA, SASKATCHEWAN, NORTH-WEST AND HUDSON’S BAY TERRITORY. 469
§ 84.—BRITISH COLUMBIA AND VANCOUVER ISLAND. 471
§ 85.—NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR. 472
§ 86.-BERMUDA. 473
§ 87.—THE UNITED STATES. 474
§ 88.-MEXICO. 481
§ 89.—WEST INDIA ISLANDS. 483
§ 90.—CENTRAL AMERICA; YUCATAN, GUATEMALA, HONDURAS, SAN SALVADOR, NICARAGUA, COSTA RICA, ISTHMUS OF PANAMA, AND DARIEN. 487
§ 91.—COLOMBIA, ECUADOR, AND VENEZUELA. 489
GALAPAGOS ISLANDS. 491
§ 92.—GUIANA. 491
§ 93.—BRAZIL. 493
§ 94.—STATES OF THE RIVER PLATE ; THE ARGENTINE PROVINCES, PARAGUAY, AND URUGUAY. 495
§ 95.—PERU AND BOLIVIA. 497
§ 96.—CHILI AND JUAN FERNANDEZ. 500
§ 97.—PATAGONIA, STRAITS OF MAGELLAN, AND TERRA DEL FUEGO. 501
§ 98.—THE FALKLAND ISLANDS. 502
[Chapter heading not available] 504
§ 99.— CHRISTIAN MISSIONS. 505
§ 100.—BIBLIOGRAPHY AND CATALOGUES. 512
In preparation. 514

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