RARE 1860 CHINA NEW ZEALAND ARABIA JOHN HANCOCK 1ST ED.

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RARE 1860 CHINA NEW ZEALAND ARABIA JOHN HANCOCK 1ST ED. Description: From 1860, this is A Treasury of Knowledge, Edited by Robert Sears, Illustrated with Numerous Engravings. Published by Robert Sears, New York, 1860. Bound in green embossed cloth, 9x6 inches. Profusely illustrated. 512 pages. Minor wear. Books like this fed a pre-Civil War US population hungry for information about the world. So much here. Including material on: Cod Fishery Dead Sea John Hancock Oregon Indians in Oregon The Malays (Malaysia) Washington's Residence in New York Esquimaux Indians Ancient Use of Elephants in War Ship Anchorage in Whampoa, China Christopher Columbus Mexico New Zealand Niagra Falls Shakers of New Lebanon Sierra Leone, West Africa The Niger Western Emigrants USA Travels in the Holy Land (Palestine) Public Libraries in Constantinople (Turkey) ETC., too much to list.