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  • East Africa, between the Zambezi and the Rovuma rivers : its people, riches, and development : delivered before the Scottish Geographical Society at Edinburgh, 9th July 1885

    Date
    1885
    19th century
  • 1 Piastre

    period of administration
    1820 - 1841
  • L'Afrique inconnue : 1860-1862

    Date
    1862
    19th century
  • The religion of our literature : essays upon Thomas Carlyle, Robert Browning, Alfred Tennyson, etc., including criticisms upon the theology of George Eliot, George Macdonald, and Robertson of Brighton / by George McCrie

    Date
    1875
    19th century
  • Metis Running Buffalo, Painted for Sir George Simpson, Plains Metis, Pembina River Region, (painting)

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    1846-1849
  • Self-Portrait, (painting)

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    Ca. late 19th c
  • Woodland View, (painting)

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    19th c
  • Portrait, said to be of Jean Lafitte, (painting)

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    Early 19th c
  • Ulota crispa (Hedw.) Brid.

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    8 Nov 1845
  • dress, bodice

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    1838 - 1842

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