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Scots in North America

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Author:  Rae, John, 1813-1893
Title:  Narrative of an expepdition to the shores of the Arctic Sea in 1846 and 1847
Publisher  London: T.& W.Boone, 1850
Dates of Coverage:  1846-1847  
Shelfmark:  Mc.3(27,336-27,339); Wordie.982

Author:  Rae, John, 1813-1893
Title:  recent explorations along the South and East coast of Victoria Land, etc.
Publisher  [London, 1852]
Dates of Coverage:  1851  
Notes:  Pp.82-96 of the journal of the Royal Geographical Society, vol.22, 1852  
Shelfmark:  Wordie.1425(24[2])

Author:  Rae, John, 1813-1893
Title:  Dr. Raes important discovery relating to the fate of Sir John Franklin
Publisher  Leeds, [1854]
Dates of Coverage:  1851  
Shelfmark:  Wordie.1377(7)

Author:  Rae, John, 1813-1893
Title:  Journey from Great Bear Lake to Wollaston Land, etc.
Publisher  [London, 1852
Dates of Coverage:  1851  
Notes:  Pp.73-81 of the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, vol.22, 1852  
Shelfmark:  Wordie.1425(24[1])

Author:  Rae, William Fraser, 1835-1905
Title:  Westward by rail: the new route to the East
Publisher  London: Longmans, Green, and Co.,1870
Dates of Coverage:  1869  
Notes:  Illustrations include a map showing the lines of Rail between the Atlantic and Pacific  
Shelfmark:  Mc.3 (A-104,086-104,091); K.122.f

Author:  Rae, William Fraser, 1835-1905
Title:  Newfoundland to Manitoba. A guide through Canada's maritime, mining, and prairie provinces...
Publisher  London, 1881
Dates of Coverage:  1878  
Shelfmark:  E.139/2.e

Author:  Rae, William Fraser, 1835-1905.
Title:  Columbia and Canada: notes on the Great Republic and the New Dominion, a supplement to "Westward by rail"
Publisher  London, 1877
Dates of Coverage:  ?1876  
Shelfmark:  K.122.c

Author:  Rae, William Fraser, 1835-1905.
Title:  Facts about Manitoba...
Publisher  London, 1882
Dates of Coverage:  1878  
Notes:  "this work is largely issued in a cheap form for general circulation at the request of the Government of Canada...It is composed of the chapters in "Newfoundland to Manitoba: through Canada's maritime, Mining and Prairie Provinces" Illustrations in the form of maps are the same as in "Newfoundland to Manitoba..."  
Shelfmark:  1882.18(4)

Author:  Ramsay, John
Title:  John Ramsay of Kildalton... : being an account of his life in Islay, and including the Diary of his trip to Canada in 1870. By Freda Ramsay
Publisher  Toronto: Peter Martin Associates Limited, [1969]
Dates of Coverage:  1870  
Notes:  Contains a facsimile reproduction of 'Diary of a trip to America, by John Ramsay of Kildalton', 1891.  
Shelfmark:  NC.268.f.1

Author:  Regan, John
Title:  The western wilds of America, or, Backwoods and prairies, and scenes in the valley of the Mississippi
Publisher  Edinburgh: John Menzies, and W. P. Nimmo; Glasgow: R. Griffin & Co., 1859
Dates of Coverage:  1842-1847  
Shelfmark:  ABS.1.76.291

Author:  Reid, Hugo, 1809-1872
Title:  Sketches in North America: with some account of Congress and of the slavery question
Publisher  London: Longman, Green, Longman & Roberts, 1861
Dates of Coverage:  1859-1860  
Shelfmark:  Mc.3 (27,636-27,639); E.137.g

Author:  Reilly, John G
Title:  Journal of a wanderer: being a residence in India, and six weeks in North America
Publisher  London: 1844
Dates of Coverage:  1834  
Notes:  part 2 previously published as 'Journal of an excursion to the United States and Canada'  
Shelfmark:  S.67.i

Author:  Reilly, John G.
Title:  Journal of an excursion to the United States and Canada in the year 1834: with hints to emigrants; and a fair and impartial exposition of the advantages and disadvantages attending emigration, by a citizen of Edinburgh
Publisher  Edinburgh: John Anderson Jun., ; sold also by Joh M'Leod, Glasgow; W. Grapel, Liverpool; and Simpkin and Marshall, London, 1835
Dates of Coverage:  1834  
Shelfmark:  Mc.3 (A-30,262-30,264);S.46.i

Author:  Riddell, Walter, 1814-1904
Title:  Diary of voyage from Scotland to Canada in 1833 and Story of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Cobourg, Ontario
Publisher  ([Toronto]: Printed by Associated Printers, [1932]
Dates of Coverage:  1833  
Shelfmark:  6.2691; HP3.81.189(1-2) [photocopy]

Author:  Robertson, Colin, 1783-
Title:  Colin Robertson's correspondence book, September 1817 to September 1822, edited with an introduction by E. E. Rich... assisted by R. Harvey Fleming.
Publisher  London: Hudson's Bay Record Society Publications, no. 2, 1939
Dates of Coverage:  1817-1823  
Shelfmark:  S.200.a; Wordie.1595

Author:  Robertson, Colin, 1783-
Title:  Colin Robertson's correspondence book, September 1817 to September 1822 edited with an introduction by E.E. Rich...assisted by R. Harvey Fleming
Publisher  Toronto: Publications of the Champlain Society, Hudson's Bay Company series, no. 2, 1939
Dates of Coverage:  1817-1823  
Notes:  No illustrations  
Shelfmark:  Ser.23.2

Author:  Robertson, William Parish
Title:  A visit to Mexico, by the West India Islands, Yucatan and United States, with observations and adventures on the way
Publisher  London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., 1853
Dates of Coverage:  1849  
Notes:  Mostly covers the West Indies and Mexico  
Shelfmark:  Mc.3 (28,840-28,850); E.131/2.f

Author:  Ross, Alexander, 1783-1856
Title:  The Red River Settlement: its rise, progress, and present state: with some account of the native races and its general history, to the present day
Publisher  London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1856
Dates of Coverage:  c.1812-1852  
Notes:  General history with much personal observation  
Shelfmark:  Mc.3 (29,060-29,065); E.135.e

Author:  Ross, Alexander, 1783-1856
Title:  The fur hunters of the Far West: a narrative of adventures in the Oregon and Rocky Mountains
Publisher  2 v., London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1855
Dates of Coverage:  c.1813-1825  
Shelfmark:  Mc.3 (29,072-29,080); K.186.c; H.S.374-375

Author:  Ross, Alexander, 1783-1856.
Title:  Adventures of the first settlers on the Oregon or Columbia River, edited with historical introduction and notes by Milo Milton Quaife
Publisher  Chicago: The Lakeside Press; R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, 1923
Dates of Coverage:  c.1810-1814  
Notes:  "Ross undertook to write the history of the entire [Astoria] expedition, while he himself participated in only a portion of its scenes and events"  
Shelfmark:  H1.84.24

Author:  Ross, Alexander, 1783-1856.
Title:  Adventures of the first settlers on the oregon or Columbia River: being a narrative of the expedition fitted out by John Jacob Astor, to establish the "Pacific Fur Company": with an account of some Indian tribes on the coast of the Pacific
Publisher  London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1849
Dates of Coverage:  c.1810-1814  
Notes:  "Ross undertook to write the history of the entire [Astoria] expedition, while he himself participated in only a portion of its scenes and events"  
Shelfmark:  E.132/2.d

Author:  Ross, John, Sir, 1777-1856
Title:  A voyage of discovery, made under the orders of the Admiralty, in His Majestys ships Isabella and Alexander, for the purposes of exploring Baffins Bay, and inquiring into the probability of a North-West passage
Publisher  London: J.Murray, 1819
Dates of Coverage:  1818  
Shelfmark:  Mc.3(A-101,413-101,419); K.188.a

Author:  Ross, John, Sir, 1777-1856
Title:  Reizen naar Ysland en de Baffinsbaai, de laatste gedaan ter ontdekking van Groenland, in den jare 1818
Publisher  s Gravenhage: W.K.Mandemaker, 1821
Dates of Coverage:  1818  
Notes:  Dutch translation of A voyage of discovery, made under the orders of the Admiralty, in His Majestys ships Isabella and Alexander, for the purposes of exploring Baffins Bay, and inquiring into the probability of a North-West passage  
Shelfmark:  GB/B.819(2)

Author:  Ross, John, Sir, 1777-1856
Title:  Account of the expedition to Baffins Bay, under Captain Ross and Lieutenant Parry. Drawn up from Captain Rosss account of the voyage, and other sources of information
Publisher  Edinburgh: For A. Constable & Co., 1819
Dates of Coverage:  1818  
Shelfmark:  Wordie.726

Author:  Ross, John, Sir, 1777-1856
Title:  An explanation of Captain Sabines remarks on the late voyage of discovery to Baffins Bay
Publisher  London, 1819
Dates of Coverage:  1818  
Shelfmark:  3.1092; Wordie.815(2); Wordie.1362(15)

Author:  Ross, John, Sir, 1777-1856
Title:  Narrative of a second voyage in search of a North-West passage, and of a residence in the Arctic regions during the years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833...
Publisher  Paris, 1835
Dates of Coverage:  1829-1833  
Shelfmark:  Wordie.765

Author:  Ross, John, Sir, 1777-1856
Title:  Narrative of a second voyage in search of a North-West passage
Publisher  [London, 1835]
Dates of Coverage:  1829-1833  
Notes:  Extracts  
Shelfmark:  Wordie.1374(5)

Author:  Ross, John, Sir, 1777-1856
Title:  Capitain Sir John Ross zweite Entdeckungsreise nach den Gegenden des Nordpols, 1829-1833
Publisher  Berlin, 1835-1836
Dates of Coverage:  1829-1833  
Notes:  German translation of Narrative of a second voyage in search of a North-west passage  
Shelfmark:  GB/A.2410

Author:  Ross, John, Sir, 1777-1856
Title:  Capitain Sir John Rosss anden Opdagelsesreise til de nordlie Polaregne og ophold i Boothia Felix aarene 1829-1833
Publisher  Kjöbenhavn: N.C.Ditlewsen, 1837
Dates of Coverage:  1829-1833  
Notes:  Danish translation of Narrative of a second voyage in search of a North-west passage  
Shelfmark:  GB/A.2370

Author:  Ross, John, Sir, 1777-1856
Title:  De reizen en lotgevallen, op zijne ontdekkings togten naar de Nordpools Gewesten
Publisher  Amsterdam: Brink & De vries, 1837
Dates of Coverage:  1829-1833  
Notes:  Dutch translation of Narrative of a second voyage in search of a North-west passage  
Shelfmark:  GB/A.1896

Author:  Ross, John, Sir, 1777-1856
Title:  A new edition of Captain Rosss voyage to the North Pole
Publisher  Newcastle: W.& T.Fordyce Printers, [18--]
Dates of Coverage:  1829-1833  
Shelfmark:  Mc.3(688)

Author:  Ross, John, Sir, 1777-1856
Title:  Spirit of discovery. Captain Ross, outline of his recent expedition. In a letter addressed... to the secretary to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
Publisher  [London, 1833]
Dates of Coverage:  1829-1833  
Shelfmark:  Wordie.1426(14)

Author:  Ross, John, Sir, 1777-1856
Title:  Spirit of discovery. Captain Ross, outline of his recent expedition. In a letter addressed... to the secretary to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
Publisher  [S.l., 1833]
Dates of Coverage:  1829-1833  
Notes:  Pp.411-414 of an unidentified periodical  
Shelfmark:  Wordie.1426(13[2])

Author:  Ross, John, Sir, 1777-1856
Title:  Captain Ross voyage to the North pole [i.e. his letter to the secretary to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty]
Publisher  [London, ca.1835]
Dates of Coverage:  1829-1833  
Shelfmark:  Wordie.1444(17)

Author:  Ross, John, Sir, 1777-1856
Title:  Captain Ross voyage to the North pole [i.e. his letter to the secretary to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty]
Publisher  Newcastle, [ca.1835]
Dates of Coverage:  1829-1833  
Notes:  a new ed.  
Shelfmark:  Wordie.1444(18)

Author:  Russell, Robert
Title:  North America: its agriculture and climate
Publisher  Edinburgh: A. and C. Black, 1857
Dates of Coverage:  1854-1855  
Shelfmark:  Mc.3 (2,261-2,265); E.134.b