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Aurora borealis observation journal of Sir George Back
Author
Sir George Back
(1796-1878)
Date
1833-1835
Dimensions1 textual record : ink on laid paper, watercolour ; 32 x 20.5 x 1 cm
Origin
Fort Reliance, Northwest Territories, Canada
Object NumberM2634
DivisionArchives - Textual Archives
CollectionMcCord
CreditGift of David Ross McCord
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Matthias Quad
1600
1980.81
Representatio Americae Borealis Cuius Prrovinciae Vera Fide Illuminatae Umbram Non Habent, Beliqueae Umbris Immersae Sunt
Heinrich Scherer
1703
1987.54
Provinciae Borealis Americae non ita pridem detectae aut magis ab Europaeis excultae [Amérique du Nord]
Heinrich Scherer
1720
1980.82
Journal of the Labrador fur trading voyage of William Oliver Kennedy Ross
1909
M986.69.11
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