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1. Mss Eur F21

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F21
Title:
Copies, made c1794, of an `Account of the Andamans' and of other documents collected c1792, by Capt (later Lt-Gen) Alexander Kyd (1754-1826), Bengal Engineers 1775-1826, who constructed fortifications on the Andaman Islands; also drawings relating to the Andamans and Penang.
Scope & Content:
Copies, made c1794, of an `Account of the Andamans' and of other documents collected c1792, by Capt (later Lt-Gen) Alexander Kyd (1754-1826), Bengal Engineers 1775-1826, who constructed fortifications on the Andaman Islands; also drawings relating to the Andamans and Penang.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1762-1792
Extent:
1 volume; 1 portfolio

2. Mss Eur F21/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F21/2
Title:
Account of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, containing a map and 14 drawings of views chiefly in Penang, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 1 and 3 by Frans Balthazar Solvyns. The rest are copies of others' sketches perhaps by Solvyns.. Artist(s): Solvyns, F
Scope & Content:
A map and 14 drawings of views chiefly in Penang, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, from an ‘Account of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands,’ compiled by Captain Alexander Kyd (1754-1826), c.1792. He was the nephew of Robert Kyd (1746-93), founder of the Calcutta Botanical Gardens at Sibpur. Alexander in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1787-1792
Extent:
1 Item

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