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Traveller's guide in Switzerland

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1816

Author: Coxe, Henry

Publisher: London : Sherwood, Neely & Jones

Call Number: DQ23 C69

Author: Coxe, Henry

Publisher: London : Sherwood, Neely & Jones

Published Date: 1816

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Mont Blanc

Call Number: DQ23 C69

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Die Hohen der Erde

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1815

Author: Miltenberg, Wilhelm Adolph

Publisher: Frankfurt am Main : Bronner

Call Number: GB501 M54

Author: Miltenberg, Wilhelm Adolph

Publisher: Frankfurt am Main : Bronner

Published Date: 1815

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Call Number: GB501 M54

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Survey and discovery of Oregon Territory|Survey of Athabaska Lake, Slave River|Route of Sir. A. Mackenzie in 1792|Survey of Fraser River by J. Stewart|Survey of North West Company by D. Thompson

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Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Published Date: 1814

Call Number: C12-1.2

Published Date: 1814

Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Subjects: Western Canada

Notes: Photostatic copy from Public Archives; eight sections

Accession Number: 675

Call Number: C12-1.2

Collection: Archives Library

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Alpine sketches, comprised in a short tour through...Holland, Flanders, France

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1814

Author: Bridges, George Wilson

Publisher: London : Longman, Hurst [et al.]

Call Number: D919 B75

Author: Bridges, George Wilson

Publisher: London : Longman, Hurst [et al.]

Published Date: 1814

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Switzerland

Call Number: D919 B75

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Travels through Norway and Lapland during the years 1806, 1807 and 1808

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1813

Author: Buch, Christian Leopold, freiherrvon

Publisher: London : Colburn

Call Number: DL417 B82

Author: Buch, Christian Leopold, freiherrvon

Publisher: London : Colburn

Published Date: 1813

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Call Number: DL417 B82

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Journal of a tour in Iceland in the summer of 1809

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1813

Author: Hooker, Sir William Jackson

Publisher: London : Longman [et al.]

Edition: 2d ed...with additions

Call Number: DL312 H6 I

Author: Hooker, Sir William Jackson

Edition: 2d ed...with additions

Publisher: London : Longman [et al.]

Published Date: 1813

Physical Description: 369 pages

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Series: Volume 1 of 2

Call Number: DL312 H6 I

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Journal of a tour in Iceland in the summer of 1809

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1813

Author: Hooker, Sir William Jackson

Publisher: London : Longman [et al.]

Edition: 2d ed...with additions

Call Number: DL312 H6 II

Author: Hooker, Sir William Jackson

Edition: 2d ed...with additions

Publisher: London : Longman [et al.]

Published Date: 1813

Physical Description: 391 pages

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Series: Volume 2 of 2

Call Number: DL312 H6 II

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Baby Smock

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Date: 1812

Material: fibre

Catalogue Number: 103.05.1188

Description: Cream coloured smock edged with simple lace along edges. Fern embroidery along bottom 1/4 of smock. Loose threads at neckline to secure.

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Title: Baby Smock

Date: 1812

Material: fibre

Dimensions: 46 x 90 cm

Description: Cream coloured smock edged with simple lace along edges. Fern embroidery along bottom 1/4 of smock. Loose threads at neckline to secure.

Subject: households; clothing; children; Mary Schaffer Warren

Credit: Gift of Shelagh Nolan Lester, Calgary, 2005

Catalogue Number: 103.05.1188

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Manuel d'herborisation en Suisse et en Valais

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1811

Author: de Clairville, J

Publisher: Winterthour : Steiner-Ziegler

Call Number: QK297 D42

Author: de Clairville, J

Publisher: Winterthour : Steiner-Ziegler

Published Date: 1811

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Call Number: QK297 D42

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Travels in the island of Iceland during the summer of MDCCCX

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1811

Author: Mackenzie, Sir George Steuart, 7th bart

Publisher: Edinburgh : Allan for Constable

Call Number: DL312 M3

Author: Mackenzie, Sir George Steuart, 7th bart

Publisher: Edinburgh : Allan for Constable

Published Date: 1811

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: DL312 M3

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Musket Ball

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Date: 1811

Material: metal; glass; wood

Catalogue Number: 104.08.1006 a,b

Description: Two musket balls matted and framed with inscription. Frame is 15.5x23.2, behind glass.Inscription reads “Musket Balls lost by David Thompson at Athabaska (sic) Pass on January 13th, 1811, and discovered by The Interprovincial Boundary Survey July 1921. Presented by R.W. Cautley The Leader of the S…

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Title: Musket Ball

Date: 1811

Material: metal; glass; wood

Description: Two musket balls matted and framed with inscription. Frame is 15.5x23.2, behind glass.Inscription reads “Musket Balls lost by David Thompson at Athabaska (sic) Pass on January 13th, 1811, and discovered by The Interprovincial Boundary Survey July 1921. Presented by R.W. Cautley The Leader of the Survey Party.Note In frame Musket was originally spelled Muske1 and then a bar put through to make it look like a t.

Subject: exploration; surveying; David Thompson; R.W.Cautley; Athabasca Pass

Credit: Gift of Alpine Club of Canada, Canmore, 1973

Catalogue Number: 104.08.1006 a,b

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Observations on several parts of the counties of Cambridge, Norfolk

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1809

Author: Gilpin, William

Publisher: London : Cadell & Davies

Call Number: DA730 G54

Author: Gilpin, William

Publisher: London : Cadell & Davies

Published Date: 1809

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: England; Essex; Suffolk; Wales

Call Number: DA730 G54

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Embroidery Sampler

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Date: 1809 (attributed)

Material: fibre, cotton

Catalogue Number: 107.02.1005

Description: Traditional sampler, full frame of different styles of lettering and numbering. Top begins with four lines followed by double alphabet and numbers 1 to 7, four more alphabets with numbers are separated by different styles of decorative lines. Final alphabet is followed by A.M. Each alphabet h…

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Title: Embroidery Sampler

Date: 1809 (attributed)

Material: fibre, cotton

Dimensions: 33.5 x 29.0 cm

Description: Traditional sampler, full frame of different styles of lettering and numbering. Top begins with four lines followed by double alphabet and numbers 1 to 7, four more alphabets with numbers are separated by different styles of decorative lines. Final alphabet is followed by A.M. Each alphabet has letter Z followed by ampersand and a small c. Below final alphabet is "Susan Lehman Her Work Done in the Ninth Year" At bottom of embroidery is a line with various animals and birds with a tree in the centre.