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Grey Owl

A Book of Grey Owl : pages from the writings of Wa-sha-quon-asin / with an introduction by Hugh Eayrs.  Toronto : Macmillan, 1938. xxi, 324 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 20 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F15 G86

Smith, William

A caveat against emigration to America with the state of the island of Cape Breton from the year 1784 to the present year and suggestions for the benefit of the British settlements in North America London: E. Lloyd, 1803.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - Microfilm 3979 - Open Shelf

On same reel as Letters to Lord XXX on a caveat against emigration to America

North America — Description and travel — 1784-1803
Cape Breton Island N.S. — History — 1785-1850

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Hearne, Samuel

A journey from Prince of Wales's fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean, in the years 1769, 1770, 1771, and 1772 / by Samuel Hearne.  New edition with introduction, notes, and illus. by J.B. Tyrrell. Toronto : The Champlain Society, 1911. xv, 437 pages, [6] pages of plates : illustrations, 1 fold ma

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Hearne, Samuel

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 north west passage, &c. in the years 1769, 1770, 1771 & 1772 / by Samuel Hearne.  London : Printed for A. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1795. xliv, 458 pages : illustrations, maps ; 31 cm.

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Popple, Henry

A map of the British Empire in America with the French and Spanish settlements adjacent thereto / by Henry Popple ; C. Lempriere inv. & del. ;B. Baron, sculp. ; engraved by Willm. Henry Toms ; introductory notes by William P. Cumming and Helen Wallis.  Lympne Castle, Kent : Harry Margary, 1972. 1 atlas ([3], 20 pages of plates) : maps ; 60 x 7

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - O/S G1105 N6 1972 v. 1 - Map

Reprint. Original published: London : S. Harding, 1733. Part I of North America at the Time of the Revolution contains a reproduction of Henry Popple's 20 sheet map of the British Empire in America of 1733, with an Introduction by William pages Cumming and Helen Wallis--Publisher's note, leaf [8], part 3. Index map: leaf [3] Issued also in sheets. Sold by the proprietors S. Harding ... St. Martins Lane, and W.H. Toms ... in Union Court near Hatton Garden Holborn--leaf [3]

Cumming, William Patterson, 1900-
Margary, Harry
Wallis, Helen.

Cartography — North America — History
Maps, Early — Facsimiles
North America — Maps — To 1800.

Champlain, Samuel de

Algonquians, Hurons, and Iroquois : Champlain explores America, 1603-1616 : being The voyages and explorations of Samuel de Champlain (1604-1616) / narrated by himself ; translated by Annie Nettleton Bourne, together with The voyage of 1603, reprinted from Purchas his pilgrimes ; edited with introduction and notes by Edward Gaylord Bourne.  Dartmouth : Brook House Press, 2000. xxvi, 238 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC332 A3 2000 - Open Shelf

Originally published in 2 v., New York : A.S. Barnes, 1906. Reformated into one unabridged volume. Translation of: Les voyages de la Nouvelle France.

Bourne, Edward Gaylord, 1860-1908
Bourne, Annie Nettleton.

First Nations of North America — Canada
America — Discovery and exploration — French
New France — Discovery and exploration — French
Canada — History — To 1663 (New France)

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Young, George

Ancient peoples and modern ghosts / by George Young ; with illustrations by Ian D. Young.  Queensland : G. Young, 1980. 82 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.

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Stagg, Jack

Anglo-Indian relations in North America to 1763 and an analysis of the royal proclamation of 7 October 1763 / by Jack Stagg.  Ottawa : Research Branch, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, 1981. [4], 418 pages : maps ; 36 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - O/S E91 S779 - Oversize

Dumont-Johnson, Micheline

Apôtres ou agitateurs : la France missionnaire en Acadie / Micheline Dumont-Johnson.  Trois-Rivières : Boréal Express, 1970. 150 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5059 D893 - Open Shelf

First Nations of North America — Missions
Acadia — Church history.

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Drake, Samuel G.

Biography and history of the Indians of North America ... : also, a history of their wars .. / by Samuel G. Drake.  5th ed., with large additions and corrections, and numerous engravings. Boston : Antiquarian Institute, 1837. xii, 48, 120, 144, 96, 168 pages, [12] pages of plat

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Spine title: Indians of North America. First published under title: Indian biography. Added t.pages title: The book of the Indians of North America.

First Nations of North America — History
First Nations of North America — Biography.

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Hoffman, Bernard Gilbert

Cabot to Cartier : sources for a historical ethnography of northeastern North America, 1497-1550 Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1961. xii, 287 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - GN560 N81 H68

Adams, Ian

Cargoes of despair and hope : Scottish emigration to North America, 1603-1803 / Ian Adams and Meredyth Somerville.  Edinburgh : J. Donald Publishers, 1993. 258 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - E49.2 S3 A33 1993

Gonzalez, Ellice Becker

Changing economic roles for Micmac men and women : an ethnohistorical analysis / Ellice B. Gonzalez.  Ottawa : National Museums of Canada, 1981. x, 157 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - E99 M6 G642 1981

Zeisberger, David

Diary of David Zeisberger, a Moravian missionary among the Indians of Ohio / translated from the original German manuscript and edited by Eugene F. Bliss.  Cincinnati, Ohio : R. Clarke, 1885. 2 v. ; 25 cm.

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Hayward, Patricia

Early man in Nova Scotia / by Patricia Hayward.  Halifax : Nova Scotia Museum, 1973. 36 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.

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Graham, Gerald Sandford

Empire of the North Atlantic : the maritime struggle for North America 2nd ed. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1958. xvii, 338 pages : maps ; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - E45 G73 E55

Issued under the auspices of the Canadian Institute of International Affairs.

Canadian Institute of International Affairs.

North America — History
Great Britain — History, Naval
Canada — History.

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Jaenen, Cornelius J.

Friend and foe : aspects of French-Amerindian cultural contact in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries / Cornelius J. Jaenen.  Toronto : McClelland and Stewart, 1976. 207 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5064 J22 - Open Shelf

Winner of the Sainte-Marie prize in History, 1973, Historical Sites Branch, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. Includes index.

First Nations of North America
America — Discovery and exploration
Canada — History — To 1663 (New France)

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Murray, Hugh

Historical account of discoveries and travels in North America : including the United States, Canada, the shores of the Polar Sea, and the voyages in search of a north-west passage ; with observations on emigration / by Hugh Murray.  London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green ; 1829. 2 v.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F5 M98

North America — History
America — Discovery and exploration.

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Bartlett, Richard H.

Indian reserves in the Atlantic Provinces of Canada / Richard H. Bartlett.  Saskatoon : University of Saskatchewan Native Law Centre, 1986. 92 pages : 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.318 #14 - Vertical File

Indians of Quebec and the Maritime Provinces Ottawa : Dept. of Citizenship and Immigration, Indian Affairs Branch, 196-. 55 pages : 26 cm.

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Moussette, Marcel

Le chauffage domestique dans le haut et le Bas-Canada (1759-1867). Le chauffage domestique chez les amerindiens de l'est du Canada / par Marcel Moussette.  Ottawa : Parcs nationaux et lieux historiques, Ministère des affaires indiennes et du Nord canadien, 1973. 2 v. (237, 82 pages) : illustrations ; 28 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5015 C21 #124 - Open Shelf

Les Micmacs et la mer / textes réunis sous la direction de Charles A. Martijn.  Montréal : Recherches amérindiennes au Québec, 1986. vi, 343 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - E99 M6 M64

Silvy, Antoine

Letters from North America / by Father Antoine Silvy, S.J. ; translated from French by Ivy Alice Dickson.  Belleville, ON. : Mika Publishing, 1980. 228 pages, 2 pages of plates (folded) : illustrations, maps.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5057 S586 - Open Shelf

Library of Congress

Maps and charts of North America and the West Indies, 1750-1789 : a guide to the collections in the Library of Congress / compiled by John R. Sellers and Patricia Molen Van Ee.  Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1981. vi, 495 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - Z6027 N68 U54

Daugherty, Wayne

Maritime indian treaties in historical perspective / by W.E. Daugherty.  2nd ed. Ottawa : Treaties and Historical Research Centre, 1983. 98 pages : maps ; 28 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5191 I3 D238 1983 - Open Shelf

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