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1. Mss Eur F111/70

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111/70
Title:
Persia 1888. From Rishir to Bunder Abbas.
Scope & Content:
This volume is a report by Samuel Butcher, a superintendent and clerk in the Indo-European Telegraph Department, documenting the route from Rishir, a village near Bushire, to Bunder Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]. The report describes the different cities that Butcher went through on his way to Bunder ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 April 1888- 8 Jan 1894
Extent:
1 volume (32 folios)

2. Mss Eur F594

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F594
Title:
Hakluyt Society Archive
Scope & Content:
Archive of the Hakluyt Society, an organisation which has sought to publish scholarly and academic editions of works relating to historic voyages and travels and other material of geographical interest since its foundation in December 1846. The archive contains papers relating to the running of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1846-2002
Extent:

51 boxes, 9 loose volumes, 3 oversize portfolios