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Loutre de Mer (1785): Sea Otter
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First French edition Copper engraved plate showing a Sea Otter. Source publication: James Cook Troisieme Voyage de Cook, ou Voyage a l'Ocean Pacifique, Ordonne par le Roi d'Angleterre, pour Faire des Decouvertes dans l'Hémisphère Nord, pour déterminer la position & l'étendue de la Cote Ouest de l'Amérique Septentrionale, da distance de l'Asie, & résoudre la question du passage au Nord, translater as: James Cook: Third Cook travel, or travel to the Pacific Ocean, Ordered by the King of England, for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere, to Determine the Location & Extent of the West Coast of North America, the Distance of Asia, and the Transition to the North. The mapmaker James Cook (1728-1779) is a seminal figure in the history of cartography. In 1766, Cook was commissioned to explore the Pacific and given a Captaincy with command of the Endeavour. Three voyages of discovery followed, the highlights of which include the first European contact with Eastern Australia, the discovery of the Hawaiian Islands (and many other Polynesian Islands), the first circumnavigation of New Zealand, some of the first sightings of Antarctica, the first mapping of the Pacific Northwest, and his death at the hands of the Hawaiians in 1779.
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![Three leaves from religious works of the Protestant Church in the late 1700's : [3 leaves]](/mu/islandora/object/mu%3A416788/datastream/TN/view)
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Three leaves from religious works of the Protestant Church in the late 1700's : [3 leaves], The Lessons of the Protestant Episcopal Church, in the United States of America : [pages 341-342]: selected from the Holy Scriptures, The Doctrines and discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church in America : [pages 257-258]: revised and approved at the general conference held at Baltimore, in the state of Maryland, in November, 1792, in which Thomas Coke, and Francis Asbury, presided, The Confession of faith, agreed upon by the Assembly of divines at Westminster : [pages 507-508]: with the assistance of commissioners from the Church of Scotland, as received by the Associate-reformed church in North-America
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National sales tax: Revenue estimates for fiscal year 1987
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1986
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A national sales tax has been frequently discussed as a possible new tax source to reduce projected large budgetary deficits. This report contains estimates that a national sales tax with a comprehensive tax base could yield up to $22.44 billion for each 1 percent levied, based on data for fiscal year 1987.
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