Folly Cove 01930: 249 books

A brief history of cannon up to the time of the American Civil War.

A Brief introduction to Japanese Art and Symbols written in the late nineteenth century by the well known American orientalist.

In the 1890's, with the slave trade coming to and end and the market for ostrich feathers drying up,  the era of the great caravan was coming to and end. This short piece follows a Caravan from Tripoli across the Sahara to Central Africa.

This short illustrated piece describes a trip from Teheran in Persia to Samarcand in today's Uzbekistan by an Eastern European disguised as an Osmanli Dervish.

Muhammad Sa'id Pasha (March 17, 1822 - January 18, 1863) was the Wāli of Egypt and Sudan from 1854 until 1863, officially owing fealty to the Ottoman Sultan but in practice exercising virtual independence. This short piece is a window view of his reign. First Published in 1868. Edwin de...

An early exploration briefly describes life with the Inuit peoples during the mid nineteenth century. Illustrated.

In the mid 19th century an English gentleman goes to Africa, not to discover or convert, simply for pleasure. Illustrated.

Three short pieces take us on a tour of mid nineteenth century Europe in a solo sail. The Cruise of the Rob Roy takes us around Europe in a one man canoe. Macgregor visits France, Germany, Switzerland along canals, rivers and lakes. The Rob Roy in the Baltic is another of MacGregor's canoe trips....

Before the canal, there was the railroad to connect the great oceans. This short pieces tells of the building of the railroad across the isthmus in the mid nineteenth century and details a journey by hand car on the line shortly after it was completed.

Written by a missionary during the mid nineteenth century this is a brief sketch of some social customs of Mid Nineteenth Century China.

A brief account of the interactions of the Chinese with the foreign powers in the mid nineteenth century, a time when China and her Great Wall were crumbling in the face of the western world.

A brief discussion of American Privateers and Privateering during the War of 1812 when America's Private Navy scourged British Commerce.

Two views of the burning of Columbia as Shermans Troops defeated the confederate forces in and around Columbia.

This is a brief biographic sketch of the Hero of New Orleans and populist President written in the 1850's for the popular press.