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Collection Area Western Manuscripts Place Brazil, South America

1. Add MS 5253

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'Collections of Costumes of various nations, Chiefly Indian; Chinese Buildings, &c.', from the Collection of Sir Hans Sloane, by different hands
Scope & Content:
Drawings of inhabitants of several parts of the world from a variety of sources. Drawings 1-2, 8-11, 14-17, 23-25 and 28-29 are associated with the traveller and artist, John White (fl. 1577-1593). Hans Sloane commissioned watercolour copies from an album now in the British Museum Prints &...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 volume (78 drawings)

2. Add MS 5289

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‘Miscellaneous Drawings of various Plants, Flowers, and Fruits in Indian-Ink, and colours, by different hands’, from the collection of Sir Hans Sloane
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Album of drawings of plants by miscellaneous hands and of differing origin and date. The first 99 drawings in this album are those of Philippine plants sent by the Jesuit Georg Joseph Kamel (1661-1706) to James Petiver (1665-1718), many of which were used as the basis for the engravings in Pet...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, and Latin
Date Range:
16th century-18th century
Extent:
1 volume

3. Add MS 13979

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COLLECTION of Memorials, Reports, and other papers, in Spanish, relating to the settlement of the limits of the Spanish and Portuguese possessions in South America; the proceedings of the Jesuits ; and events in Buenos Ayres and Brazil, 1749-1776. Folio. [13,979.]
Scope & Content:
Orders Religious: Notices of the proceedings of the Jesuits in South America.: Span. Buenos Aires, Argentina: Notices of events there: 1749, 1776.: Span. Brazil: Notices of events there: 1749-1776.: Span. South America: Papers relating to the treaty of limits between Spairi and Portugal: 1778...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Spanish
Date Range:
1749-1776
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 13981

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VERDADERA situacion del Peru, desde el año de 1777, hasta el de 1786 ; -Noticias del commercio del Peru, 1784;-Mémoire sur l'exploitation des Mines dans les possessions Espagnoles en Amérique, 1804, with a Spanish translation; -Discripçaõ do estado do Brazil, suas Capitanias, producões e commercio, circ. 1792. Folio. [13,981.]
Scope & Content:
Peru: Notice of its commerce: 1784.: Span. Peru: Verdadera situacion de Peru: 1777-1786.: Span. Brazil: Discripçao do estado do, etc.: 1792. South America: Mémoire sur l'exploitation des mines dans les possessions Espagnoles 1804, with a Spanish translation.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Spanish
Date Range:
1777-1804
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 13982

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DESCRIPTION and historical notices of the several provinces of Brazil written in Portuguese, about the year 1798. Folio. [13,982.]
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Brazil: Description and historical notices of its several provinces: 1793: Portug.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Portuguese
Date Range:
1798
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 13985

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VOL. II. Extracts from the Diary of Fr. Manuel Londono, chaplain in the expedition against Paraguay, in 1756, f. I ;-Paper relating to the affairs of Paraguay, and persecution of the Portuguese Jesuits, 1755-1759, f. 31 ;-" Representacion sobre el estado de la provincia de Chiloe, en el reyno de...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Spanish
Date Range:
1744-1812
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 13986

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VOL. III. History of the discovery of Brazil, and descriptions of the country; in Portuguese, f. 1 ;-" Ynforme del Visitador General de la Nueva España, D. Josef Galbez, sobre los motivos de la expedicion hecha en las provincias internas," 1767, relative to the expulsion of the Jesuits, f. 20;- ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Portuguese, and Spanish
Date Range:
1760-1767
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 17573

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GEOGRAPHICAL observations relating to places in New Spain. Span., f. 2; "Descripcion ygnographica de la provincia de Yucatan," etc., by Don Gabriel Muñoz, 1767, f. 20; Observations by Fr. Manuel de San Antonio, on the "Discurso sobre el comercio de España," of D. Manuel de Leguinazabal, 1763, f....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Spanish
Date Range:
1763-1793
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 17620

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"PETICION . . . por el Capitan Francisco de Orellana, sobre el descubrimiento del Marañon," 1543, f. 1; "Viage de Esteban de las Alas desde el Nombre de Dios á Cartagena," y Cadiz, 1564, f. 7b; Copy of letters of Juan de Zuniga, Ambassador in Portugal, respecting discoveries on the coast of Braz...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Spanish
Date Range:
1522-[1748?]
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 17621

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"DERROTERO del Viage de Fernando de Magallanes en demanda del Estrecho desde el Cabo de Agustin," by Francisco Albo; 29 Nov. 1519-4 Sept. 1522, f. 1; Journal of a voyage from Valdivia to the Straights of Magellan; written by Miguel de Goyzueta for Captain Francisco Cortes Ogea; 1557, 1558, f. 21...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Spanish
Date Range:
1519-1791
Extent:
1 item