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A descriptive account of a descent made into Penpark-Hole, in the parish of Westbury-Upon-Trim, in the county of Gloucester, in the year 1775, now first published: to which is added, a copper-plate engraving...

by Catcott, George Symes
Published 1792

printed by J. Rudhall, In Small-Street, and sold by the booksellers in Bristol; and Meyler and Bull, Bath

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A descriptive account of a descent made into Penpark-Hole, in the parish of Westbury-Upon-Trim, in the county of Gloucester, in the year 1775, now first published: to which is added, a copper-plate engraving...

by Catcott, George Symes
Published 1792

printed by J. Rudhall, in Small-Street, and sold by the booksellers in Bristol; and Meyler and Bull, Bath

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A description of the lake of Killarney, illustrated with twelve prints of its most interesting views, drawn and engraved in aquatinta, by Jonathan Fisher: being an appendix to his "scenery of Ireland."

by Fisher, Jonathan
Published 1796

printed by John Chambers, No. 5, Abbey-Street

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Letters concerning the northern coast of the County of Antrim : Containing such circumstances as appear worthy of notice respecting the antiquities, manners and customs of that cou...

by Hamilton, William
Published 1790

printed by George Bonham, for Pat. Byrne, Grafton-Street, Dublin; G. Robinson, Pater-Noster-Row, and P. Elmsly, in the Strand, London

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A complete channel pilot : comprehending the English and French coasts, from the Thames mouth to the Bay of Biscay; including the north sea: with sailing directions. From actual su...

Published 1781

printed for Robert Sayer and John Bennett, Map, Chart, and Print Sellers, No. 53, Fleet-Street

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Le petit Neptune françois : or, the French coasting pilot. Being a particular description of the Bays, Roads, Rocks, Sands, Land-Marks, Depths of Water, Bearings, and Distances fro...

by Du Bocage, Georges Boissaye
Published 1761

printed for T. Jefferys, at Charing-Cross

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A voyage from Calcutta to the Mergui archipelago, lying on the east side of the Bay of Bengal; Describing a Chain of Islands, never before surveyed, that form a Strait on that Side of the Bay, 125 Miles in Length, and from 20 to 30 Miles in Breadth; with good Mud Soundings and regular Tides throughout: which Strait lying nearly North and South, any Ship may work up against the South-West Monsoon, and so get out of the Bay of Bengal, when otherwise, she might be locked up for the Season. Also, An Account of the Islands Jan Sylan, Pulo Pinang, and the Port of Queda; the present State of Atcheen; and Directions for Sailing thence to Fort Marlbro' down the South-West Coast of Sumatra: To which are added, An Account of the Island Celebes; a Treatise on the Monsoons in India; a Proposal for making Ships and Vessels more convenient for the Accommodation of Passengers; and Thoughts on a new Mode of preserving Ship Provision: Also, An Idea of making a Map of the World on a large Scale: By Thomas Forrest, Esq. Senior Captain of the Honourable Company, Marine at Fort Marlbro' in 1770, and Author of the Voyage to New Guinea. The whole illustrated with various Maps, and Views of Land; a Print of the Author's Reception by the King of Atcheen; and a View of St. Helena from the Road. Engraved by Mr. Caldwall

by Forrest, Thomas
Published 1792

sold by J. Robson, New Bond-Street; I. Owen, No. 168, Piccadilly; and Balfour, Edinburgh

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A description of Killarney

Published 1776

printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall

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Calculations and tables relating to the attractive virtue of loadstones : Serving to the finding out the comparative degrees of goodness between several of them. ... And also for t...

by Abercorn, James Hamilton
Published 1729

Printed in the year

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Travels through Spain : with a view to illustrate the natural history and physical geography of that kingdom, in a series of letters. Interspersed with Historical Anecdotes; adorne...

by Dillon, John Talbot
Published 1782

printed for R. Baldwin, No. 47. Pater-Noster Row; and Pearson and Rollason, in Birmingham

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Plans of harbours, bars, bays and roads in St. George's-Channel : lately survey'd under the direction of the Lords of the Admiralty, and now published by their permission. with an...

by Morris, Lewis
Published 1748

Publish'd according to act of Parliament Sept. 29

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