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The portrait of Robert Burns included in the 1788 Edinburgh edition of Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect published by William Creech. 

Statue of Captain Cook in Victoria

Sketch of Nootka Sound and Mount Saint Elias

Map Highlighting Track of Voyages

Map Depicting Southernmost Point of Voyages

Map Depicting the Sandwich Isles

Map Depicting King George Sound

The errata page of William Creech's 1779 printing of The History of Edinburgh, including instructions to the bookbinder.

The publication information as it appears in the 1779 printing of The History of Edinburgh by Hugo Arnot.

A Map that Depicts Cook's Track as he Runs Down Longitude

A Map that Depicts Cook's Track as he Runs Down Latitude

The title page of The History of Edinburgh published by William Creech in 1779.

Map Showing Blank Spaces in North America

The first page of the introduction to Edinburgh Fugitive Pieces, published in 1815 after the death of William Creech.

The first page of the introduction to the 1815 printing of Creech's Edinburgh Fugitive Pieces, following his death.

Eye Catching Headline of the General Chart

The conditions placed upon a call for subscriptions, issued by publishers in both England and Scotland circa 1789.

1824 painting of Strand Street that shows a similar view to the one depicted on the cover of The Strand Magazine.

The entry for The Present State of Nova Scotia in William Creech's 1793 bookseller's catalogue.

William Creech's pen name, as it appears in Edinburgh Fugitive Pieces.