Verlag: A Lane, United Kingdom, London, 1982
ISBN 10: 0713913568 ISBN 13: 9780713913569
Anbieter: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Vereinigtes Königreich
Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: A. Lane, United Kingdom, London, 1983
ISBN 10: 0713911719 ISBN 13: 9780713911718
Anbieter: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Vereinigtes Königreich
Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: A. Lane, United Kingdom, London, 1975
ISBN 10: 0713907630 ISBN 13: 9780713907636
Anbieter: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Vereinigtes Königreich
Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: London: A. Lane, 1976
ISBN 10: 0713909722 ISBN 13: 9780713909722
Anbieter: art4us - Antiquariat, Bonn, Deutschland
OPp. Zustand: Gut. 700 S., m. zahlr. s/w Abb. ehemaliges Bibliotheksexemplar mit den üblichen Kennzeichen, in Folie eingeschweisst, Seiten papierbedingt gebräunt, gut erhalten, Name auf Vorsatz; ex. library with normal library marks, Owner`s name on half-title page B-05-28 0713909722 Aufgrund der EPR-Regelung kann zur Zeit in folgende Länder KEIN Versand mehr erfolgen: Bulgarien, Griechenland, Luxemburg, Österreich, Polen, Rumänien, Schweden, Slowakei. Bitte beachten Sie: Auf Grund der vorgegebenen Versandkosten von AbeBooks / ZVAB kann es bei Büchern über 1 kg oder bei mehrbändigen Werken zu höheren Versandkosten kommen. Please note: Due to the shipping costs specified by AbeBooks / ZVAB, there may be higher shipping costs for books over 1 kg or for multi-volume works. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1100.
Verlag: London u. a., Lane, 2007
ISBN 10: 1846141079 ISBN 13: 9781846141072
Anbieter: Antiquariat Bookfarm, Löbnitz, Deutschland
Hardcover. 296 S. Ehem. Bibliotheksexemplar mit Signatur und Stempel. GUTER Zustand, ein paar Gebrauchsspuren. Ex-library with stamp and library-signature. GOOD condition, some traces of use. 9781846141072 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.
Verlag: London u. a., Lane u. a., 1928
Anbieter: Manfred Nosbuesch, Kuchenheim, Deutschland
4°. Mit 15 farbigen Tafeln und 59 Abbildungen auf Tafeln hauptsächlich aus der Macpherson Sammlung. XIII, 179 S. OLwd. Einband verblaßt und mit kleinem Einriss am Kapital.
Verlag: London : A. Lane, 1978
ISBN 10: 0713911727 ISBN 13: 9780713911725
Anbieter: Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd., Galway, GY, Irland
Zustand: Good. Boris Zvorykin (illustrator). 1978. hardcover. Ex-libris with minimal markings and mylar covering. Showing some age and light shelf wear but remains a good copy. . . . .
Verlag: A. Lane,, London,, 1980
ISBN 10: 0713912472 ISBN 13: 9780713912470
Anbieter: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verbandsmitglied: PBFA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 221. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. ISBN: 0713912472 Ex-library copy with the usual stamps and markings, overall very good minus in unmarked, very good dust jacket, not price-clipped.
Verlag: A. Lane,, London,, 1938
Anbieter: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verbandsmitglied: PBFA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 96. Original publisher's cream boards, lettered blue at the spine. Foreword by Sir Francis Younghusband. Neat name and address on front endpaper with some tanning at spine and slight wear to covers, otherwise sound, near very good.
Verlag: London: A. Lane., 1978
ISBN 10: 071391145X ISBN 13: 9780713911459
quer- Gr.-8°. IX, 119 S., durchgehend farbige Illustrationen, Leinen (Stempel auf Vorsatz; Schutzumschlag mit leichten Randläsuren; Fusschnitt mit handschriftlicher Titelberschriftung; sonst gut erhalten) Sprache: englisch.
Verlag: Printed By A. J. Valpy, Took's Court, Chancery Lane; Sold By Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, And Brown, Paternoster Row; And J. Deighton, Cambridge,, London,, 1811
Anbieter: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verbandsmitglied: PBFA
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Second Edition. Hardback. Two volumes. 8vo. pp. xxiv, 207; [ii], 182. Contemporary full mottled calf with gilt ruled and decorative border, gilt decorated spines lettered gilt, leather labels. Marbled endpapers. School honorary award presented to Septimus Palairet by D.D. R. Valpy, Reading School dated 15 Nov. 1817. Book labels of Septimus H. Palairet in both volumes. The translations include Seneca, juvenilia, a 'Sonnet from Petrarch', an 'Ode to Horror' and a poem 'On the Game of Whist'. Charles Apthorp Wheelwright (d. 1858), clergyman, poet and translator of Aristophanes and Pindar. Septimus H. Palairet (1807 Ð 1854) was an army captain in the 29th regiment. He and his first wife, an American heiress, settled at Bradford-on-Avon. He was instrumental in setting up a new rubber company in the area, investing in the venture himself. Some rubbing to extremities, small chip to both labels of Vol. I, otherwise very good. Slight rubbing, otherwise very good.
Verlag: London: printed for A. Baldwin in Warwick-Lane, 1711
Anbieter: Forest Books, ABA-ILAB, Grantham, LINCS, Vereinigtes Königreich
[6], 40pp., without half-title, disbound.
Verlag: London, A. Lane,, 1978
Anbieter: Ant. Abrechnungs- und Forstservice ISHGW, Oederan, Deutschland
119 Seiten mit zahl. Illustrationen Schutzumschlag mit drei sehr kleinen Einrissen, sonst gut. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 990 4°, Leinen mit goldgeprägter Vigniette, Rückenvergolderung und Schutzumschlag.
Verlag: London u. a., John Lane the Bodley Head Limited., 1926
Anbieter: Antiquariat Weinek, Salzburg, Österreich
LIII + 260 S. OLwd. In Englisch. - Ecken bestoßen, Ebd. fleckig, stellenw. etwas fleckig, Exlibris a. V. Sprache: englisch.
Verlag: Rinted And Sold By A. Baldwin, Near The Oxford Arms Inn In Warwick Lane., London,, 1699
Anbieter: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verbandsmitglied: PBFA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Small 8vo. pp 83 plus 2pp Index. Full later brown calf, blocked ruling to covers and spine, bright gilt lettering to spine with '1699' near tail. Couple of tiny tears to 2 pages not affecting text in any way. Near VG indeed. Uncommon.
Verlag: Printed for A. Baldwin in Warwick Lane, London, 1713
Anbieter: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, USA
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First edition. First edition. Extra-illustrated with folding engraved "Map of the Places adjacent to Dunkirk ." 63, [1] pp. 1 vols. 4to. The folding map at rear was issued with Steele's Apology for Himself and His Writings (1714). Goldsmiths' 5087; ESTC T037052 19th-century half calf and boards. Upper cover detached, lower edge of map shaved, text near fine. Bookplate of Oliver Brett Extra-illustrated with folding engraved "Map of the Places adjacent to Dunkirk ." 63, [1] pp. 1 vols. 4to.
Verlag: Printed for Richard Wellington, at the Dolphin and Crown in St. Paul's Church-yard; and sold by A. Bettesworth, at the Red. Lion on London-Bridge, and Jacob Tonson, at the Judge's Head, in Chancery-Lane, near Fleet-street, 1701, London, 1701
Anbieter: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, USA
Hardcover. Quarto, [4],43,[1] pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in full brown calf with gilt titling to spine and gilt ruling to boards and spine. Some scratching, discoloration, and rubbing to spine and to edges of boards. Top margin of pp. 9f trimmed so that the heading at the top of the page is no longer visible. Some wear to edges of text block; text block also shows slight foxing and age toning. Marbled endpapers. ESTC N50856. A reissue of the 1701 edition without the advertisement below 'Finis.' JR Consignment. Shelved in Room G. 1345420. Special Collections.
Verlag: Printed & Published by J. Wallis, 77, Berwick St. Soho, and Sold by S. A. Oddy, 20, Warwick Lane, J. Godwin, 40, Ave Maria Lane, and Davies & Eldridge, 61, Fore St. Exeter, London, 1814
Anbieter: Bartleby's Books, ABAA, Chevy Chase, MD, USA
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First edition. Three volumes, illustrated. 8vo. (6), iv, 551; (6), 546; (2), 430, (2)pp. Vols. one & two each have a frontis. portrait and engraved and illustrated title page; the third volume includes a frontis. portrait, a slightly altered title, "History of Napoleon Bonaparte, and Wars of Europe.," and is dated 1815. Period three-quarter brown leather and marbled boards. Gilt stamped spine with black leather labels for title-author and volume. Some edge wear. One of the earliest Napoleon biographies, one could say ripped from the headlines.
Verlag: Artist: McLean Thomas ( - 1875 ) London ; issued in: London; - Thomas McLean was a printer and publisher of a wide range of genres Prints published in 1822 are lettered ?Repository of Wit & Humour? 26 Haymarket London; but according to Dorothy George all prints dated before 1824 are reissues of 1824 or later In the 1840s-50s also ran a lithographic printing workshop at 70 St Martin?s Lane; this sometimes described as McLean & Co Note also the publisher Thomas M McLean working at 7 Haymarket from 1866 perhaps the same firm, 1788
Anbieter: Antique Sommer& Sapunaru KG, München, Deutschland
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Technic: Copper print- Aquatinta, colorit: original colored, condition: Binding in hardcover with leather gilt, size (in cm): 36,5 x 26,5; - Very decorative book, early issue, splendidly bound and illustrated, with hand-colored engraved frontispiece and 30 hand-colored aquatint plates by John Heaviside Clark after original drawings by Octavien d?Alvimart. The book depicts the costumes of the turkish military. 1 title page with description, 1 portrait of Anotaki Ramadani, index and 5 pages foreword. Turkish costume is ?well calculated to give importance and even majesty to the wearer. A splendid turban, in rich and massy folds, surrounds the head; a loose and flowing robe, often of the most costly materials and exquisite beauty, covers the form; a sash, which frequently exceeds the richness of the turban, is wound about the waist;? here the ataghan, the handjar, the pistols are worn, and suspended from which, is to be seen the highly valued Damascus scimitar? . This handsome work depicts Turkish soldiers and officers of various ranks in attire from the height of Turkish military power? the period of Suleiman the Magnificent. Each hand-colored plate, drawn from life in 1798 by Octavien d?Alvimart and etched in aquatint by John Clark is accompanied by explanations of the figure?s rank, role, and details about his uniform, written by William Miller (from whom Thomas McLean purchased the rights). Plate I, ?The Grand Vizier, is represented in the vignette title on horseback, at the head of his army which is on the march.? Though the engraved title page bears the date 1818, same as the first edition, the plates are watermarked 1822 (first-issue plates are watermarked 1816).
Verlag: A. Buego, Madien Lane, London, 1819
Anbieter: Royoung Bookseller, Inc. ABAA, Ardsley, NY, USA
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Hardcover. Cruikshank, George (illustrator). First edition. 19.5 x 15 cm. The headline above the image reads, " Annual Parliaments & Universal Suffrage defeated." An early attempt and failure to promote voting rights. COHN 639. "An extremely rare pamphlet, a political squib on the Westminster Election, Covent Garden, 3 March 1819, with a frontispiece. I have not seen a copy of the complete work." A full page image of the this title adjacent to page 183 in Cohn's bibliography. With Cohn's armorial bookplate inside front cover housing the illustration, together with a facsimile of the original, inscribed below the image in pencil as "Pailthrope's facsimile." Housed in original light mauve boards faded to tan. Very good.
Verlag: John Lane at the Sign of the Bodley Head in Vigo Street. Printed by T. and A. Constable, Edinburgh, London, 1894
Anbieter: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, USA
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154, [1] pp. 1 vols. 4to. First edition, one of 500 copies. First edition, one of 500 copies. 154, [1] pp. 1 vols. 4to. Mason 365 Original mauve cloth decorated in gilt. Spine faded, cloth at extremities frayed, corners bumped, some soiling to cloth, front flyelaf and first blank torn at gutter. Good.
Verlag: of Dr. H. Sacheverell for High Crimes and Misdemeanours. London : printed for A. Baldwin, near the Oxford-Arms-Inn in Warwick-Lane, 1710. First edition. 8vo.( 195mm. ) Pp. [4], 1 - 60., 1710
Anbieter: Roger J Treglown, ABA., MILNTHORPE, CUMBR, Vereinigtes Königreich
Title page within a double rule frame. Contents clean. Later stiff card wrappers. ESTC T50499.
Verlag: John Lane a. o. n. d., London a. o.
Anbieter: ANTIQUARIAT.WIEN Fine Books & Prints, Wien, Österreich
original clothbinding, kl.8°, 218 pages, with black and white illustrations by Charles Robinson good copy an 305 Buch.
Verlag: Birmingham : printed at T A Pearson's Printing Office High Street and sold by L B Seeley Ave-Maria Lane London, 1799
Anbieter: Roger J Treglown, ABA., MILNTHORPE, CUMBR, Vereinigtes Königreich
First edition. Pamphlet. Disbound. 8vo. ( 203mm. ) Pp. [4], [1] 2 - 30 [2]. Contents spotted and browned throughout. The years 1797, 1798, and 1799 saw a very serious outbreak of Bilious fevers in Birmingham, on page 13 of this pamphlet the author remarks " In its first stage, this fever did not appear to be contagious ; but it was evidently so after the eleventh of fourteenth day, when the typhoid state was induced . ", the author then proceeds to give " an account of the general mode of treatment . " and then gives " . notice of the management of particular symptoms ". Richard Pearson ( 1765 - 1836 ) was a physician born in Birmingham. He entered the University of Edinburgh in the autumn of 1783 and gained the degree of MD on 24 June 1786. Pearson settled in Birmingham, in June 1792 he was appointed locum tenens at the General Hospital. He resigned from Birmingham General Hospital in December 1800, it was during this period in Birmingham that he studied these fevers. This is a scarce pamphlet, ESTC ( on-line 10 / 18 ) locates only five copies in the British Isles - British Library x 2. Oxford University , Bodleian Library. Wellome Library x 2, and 4 copies in North America - Countway Library of Medicine x 2 Henry E. Hunfington Library and Art Gallery. U.S. National Library of Medicine. For more details of Pearson see ODNB. ESTC T1135.
Verlag: E. Owen and T. Harrison in Warwick Lane; and Siold by A. Millar at Buchanan's Head in the Strand, London, England, 1764
Anbieter: Aardvark Rare Books, ABAA, EUGENE, OR, USA
Pamphlet. Zustand: Very Good. Pamphlet (8 1/2 in. x 6 1/2 in. ) in marbled paper covers, stringbound (stitched) thrice in sixteen signatures. While paper covers partially worn away to front of paper covers and a goodly portion of spine, yet holding together quite solidly. 124 pp. followed by a last leaf upon which appears a request for legacy bequeathments. Several brief marginal notations in manuscript as well as tick-mark placeholders. Text block is generally bright, with no spotting. The sermon itself seems dedicated to the righteous mission of the Church of England to move out amongst the Heathen nations and bring the word of Christ to the uninformed and primitive. The sermon is 36 pp, in length, followed by a 69 pp. section entitled "An Abstract of The Charter, And of the Proceedings of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, from the 18th Day of February 1763, to the 17th Day of February, 1764." This is followed by a List of Members which continues through, till the book's conlusion. ".Terrick, Richard (1710-1777), bishop of London, was born probably at York and was baptized in York Minster on 20 July of that year.Of a clerical family, it is probable that he was from an early age destined for a career in the church; Partly through the influence of William Cavendish, fourth duke of Devonshire, but more particularly due to the personal decision of George II, Terrick was nominated to the bishopric of Peterborough on 7 June 1757 and consecrated at Lambeth on 3 July. At this point he relinquished his preferments, with the exception of Twickenham. One of his first acts as bishop was to issue a letter to his clergy urging a more devout observance of Good Friday. n June of 1764 Just four months after delivering this sermon at the annual meeting of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in February that same year, Terrick was named the Bishop of London. Though never a distinguished scholar he published six separate sermons and acquired a reputation as a conscientious, if not a particularly inspiring, diocesan. There is also evidence that he was a more than competent preacher", although this would of course be ameliorated by those not his champion: ".Horace Walpole, who disliked Terrick, said he lacked ability, save "a sonorous delivery and an assiduity of backstairs address". On the other hand, Alexander Carlyle thought him "a truly excellent man of a liberal mind and excellent good temper" and "a famous good preacher and the best reader of prayers I ever heard". (Excerpted from ONB & Wikipedia) "It may seem indeed, as if our Saviour, when He opened his Commission to His Disciples, intended to confine the benefit of the Gospel to the Jewish Nation, by commanding them not to go into the way of the Gentiles.When they rejected it, the Commission was enlarged, and a more extensive plan declared to bring all Mankind into the same fold, by preaching the Gospel to every Creature.it affected no exclusive privilege, it was rather the Spirit of the Gospel to abolish every distinction, which seemed to set bounds to the Divine Mercy, to put the Jew and the Gentile upon the same terms, by opening the same common way of Salvation to all. (From the Bishop's sermon, which appears to suggest, that the only way to Salvation is through Jesus Christ as Saviour.).
Verlag: Miseries . Also, a loud call to repentance, in a hymn together with prayers for morning and evening, and every day in the week. London : printed and sold by J. Evans, No. 41, Long - Lane, West Smithfield. [ 1800? ], 1800
Anbieter: Roger J Treglown, ABA., MILNTHORPE, CUMBR, Vereinigtes Königreich
Second edition ( ? ) 8vo. ( 183mm. ) Pp. [1] 2 - 8. Uncut. Unsewn, folded as issued. Printed on thin and delicate paper. First and last leaf loose. Browned. The ESTC ( on - line 3 / 15 ) notes that this was first printed in 1770 - ESTC T30695 ( BL. Nat. Liby. Scotland. And Oxford Bodleian ), it also cites two [ 1800 ? ] printings - T200688, [ London, 1800? ] BL. only. And the item offerd here - T60350, BL only. Evans also printed a number ballads, see - ballads.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/.
Verlag: 115 Chancery Lane London 23 Sept. the auctioneers Hodgson's later occupied these premises but perhaps the addres indicates Tucker was a lawyer, 1815
Anbieter: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
Three pages, 4to, fold marks, some chipping and closed tears, mainly discreetly repaired, but text complete and clear. He is responding to Winkworth's request for "an outline of the observations I had the honour to address to the PSL [Philosophical Society of London] on thursday last but fear [.]" Points made as follows. "Ist All philosophers agree that man is characterized as an improveable being [.] 2nd THere is no science that is not capabale of additions no Art that [.] 3rd. Nations have risen progressively from barbarism to civility [.] Some have excelled in military glory; others in commercial opulence. 4th The three principal circumstances in the history of Nations are, the Nature of their Government [.] 5th There are four kinds of improvement [.] 6th Egypt and the Asiatics deficient in their political Institutions [.]" And on till No. 15, points including Athens, Sparta, Rome, Moral physical and moral improvement, variant areas of improvement among nations, Science vs. Arts bias, impact of printing, progress of various kinds best seen in history, last[point (15th) expanded to "It appears from a review of the past with a comparison of the present that it is the nature of Man to improve his inventions & discoveries in the Arts and Sciences - (morals & politics included) and as his happiness is inseparab;ly connected with them, their improvement must be an improvement of his happiness also." He concludes that this summary is the 'best of [his] recollections, contains the substance of all that I advanced [.]" Note: Samuel Taylor Coleridge was a member at much this time, and delivered lectures in 1881 on the premises of the Philosophical Society of London (founded 1810).
Verlag: Printed by and for A. MacPherson, Russell Court, Drury Lane, London, 1803
Anbieter: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, USA
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First edition. First edition. Portrait Inserted.32 pp. 1 vols. Bound in three quarter pebbled crimson morocco. Fine Portrait Inserted.32 pp. 1 vols.
Verlag: New York, Charles Scribner's sons, London, John Lane, 1904, 1 vol. grand in-4 oblong (293 x 435), cartonnage biseauté éditeur crème illustré en bistre au plat supérieur, dos de toile blanche, de (80) pp. Coins légèrement émoussés, petit accroc à une planche, très bel exemplaire par ailleurs., 1904
Anbieter: Bouquinerie Aurore (SLAM-ILAB), BELMESNIL, Frankreich
Verbandsmitglied: ILAB
76 planches à pleines pages dessinées à l'encre noire dans le style très caractéristique de l'artiste. "Charles Dana Gibson, (1867-1944), est un artiste américain, célèbre pour avoir créé le premier prototype de la beauté américaine en dessinant ce que l'on a appelé la Gibson Girl. On a vu dans la Gibson Girl l'ancêtre de la pin-up. En réalité, la Gibson Girl véhicule une image bien différente, faite d'élégance, d'indépendance. Sûre d'elle-même, parfois moqueuse, la Gibson Girl a le sentiment d'appartenir à une élite, et affiche parfois une expression légèrement hautaine, bien loin de celle de la pin-up traditionnelle". (Sources Wikipédia).
Verlag: Artist: Harris John ( - 1719 ) London ; issued in: London; - HARRIS JOHN DD (1667??1719) scientific writer divine and topographer At an early age his studies had taken a scientific turn and in 1696 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society About 1698 he began to read free public lectures on mathematics at the Marine Coffee House in Birchin Lane These lectures had been instituted ?for the public good? by Mr Cox (afterwards Sir Charles) MP Harris was still engaged in delivering those lectures in 1702 and 1704; and in the former year he also taught all kinds of mathematics at his house in Amen Corner ?where any person might be either boarded or taught by the month? In 1706 and perhaps earlier he was a member of the council of the Royal Soci, 1667
Anbieter: Antique Sommer& Sapunaru KG, München, Deutschland
Technic: Copper print, colorit: colored, condition: Minor stains, size (in cm): 32 x 19 cm; - Decorative representaion of California natives, fishing and hunting. From Harris's, Navigantium atque itinerantium bibliotheca or, a Complete Collection of Voyages and Travel.; History: The discovery of America means the first sighting of the American continent by seafarers. Before Columbus' arrival in 1492, North America may have had more inhabitants than Europe at that time. In 1497 the Genoese John Cabot (actually: Giovanni Caboto) became the first European since the Vikings to set foot on North American soil. However, permanent branches were not established for the time being. St. Augustine in Florida, founded in 1565 by the Spanish, is considered the first city on mainland North America, and is also the oldest city in the USA.Four states stood out in the European conquest of North America, each of which made it easier to take possession: England was under pressure to emigrate, also based on religion, and was thus able to represent the largest group in terms of numbers. France had special skills in dealing with the indigenous peoples, which later led to the only mixed ethnic group, the Métis, and the Netherlands had the financial means to establish colonies in North America. Spain had enormous military potential due to the combat experience. In 1604 the King of England Jacob I divided his North American colonies as follows: The area from the 1st to the 41st degree of latitude is said to be populated by the Virginia Company of London, the area from the 41st to the 45th degree the Plymouth Company. 1607 is considered the year of foundation of the first permanent colony of English settlers on the east coast of America. There was a collision between three cultures: Native Americans, white settlers and slaves from Africa. This year the first settlers from England landed in Jamestown, followed in 1620 by the (better known) pilgrims with the Mayflower in what is now the US state of Massachusetts. These could find shelter directly in the abandoned Indian settlements. The coastal Indians were now ready to cooperate and had Plymouth established the English gateway to North America.