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1. Add MS 5253

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Add MS 5253
Title:
'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. Sloane MS 54

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Sloane MS 54
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Scope & Content:
Voyages and Travels: Journal of the voyage of W. A. Cowley from Cape Virginia to the Cape de Verd Isles, to China, Java, Cape of Good Hope, and Holland: 1683-1686. Island of Java: Journals of voyage to, by W. A. Cowley: 1683-1686. Holland: Journal of voyage to, from the Cape of Good Hope, by W...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1683-1686
Extent:
1 item

3. Sloane MS 1005

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Sloane MS 1005
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Scope & Content:
Adriano de Las Cortes, Padre: Relation, with drawings, of his voyage, shipwreck, and captivity at Chanceo in China: 1621-1626.: Span. China: Relation with drawings of the voyage, shipwreck and captivity of Padre A. de Las Cortes at Chanceo: 1621-1626.: Span. includes: ff. 143-171 Art. Illumin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Spanish
Date Range:
1621-1626
Extent:
1 item

4. Sloane MS 1019

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Sloane MS 1019
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Scope & Content:
de Morinville: Geographical and historical observations and extracts: 17th cent.: Fr. includes: ff. 2-8 Europe: Statistical remarks on, by M. de Morinville: 17th cent.: Fr. f. 8 b The Azores: Description of: 17th cent.: Fr. ff. 10-164 Voyages and Travels: Voyage de la France Equinoxiale en l'i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

5. Sloane MS 1524

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Sloane MS 1524
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Scope & Content:
Sloane 1524 Paper, in folio, ff. 80, XV and XVI centuries. 1. Explanation of some Chinese words. ff.1b-7. 2. The Arabic syllabary. ff.8b-10. 3. 'The resemblant letters.' f.11. 4. The Mallayan alphabet. f.11.b. 5. 'A discourse of the philosophers stone made and compylyd by George Ryplaye t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15th century-16th century
Extent:
1 item

6. Sloane MS 1950

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Sloane MS 1950
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Scope & Content:
Sloane 1950 Paper, in Octavo, ff. 112, XVII Century; apparently in the handwriting of Nehemiah Grew. A Common-place book, containing miscellaneous observations; amongst which the following may be noticed: — 1. Short account of Constantinople. ff. 2-4. 2. Short account of China. f. 5. 3. Nav...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

7. Sloane MS 1983 A

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Sloane MS 1983 A
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Scope & Content:
Sloane 1983 A Chartaceus, in folio, ff. 22, Sec. XVII; cum 1927, 1929 et 1953, compactus. 'Vaughanus redivivus sive amplissimi viri domini Richardi Vaughan, Doctoris in Theologia et primo Bangorensis, deinde Cestriensis, postremo Londoniensis Ecclesiae Episcopi,Vita atque Obitus, per Joannem W...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

8. Sloane MS 1983 B

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Sloane MS 1983 B
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Scope & Content:
Sloane 1983 B Chartaceus, in folio, ff. 99, Sec. XVII. 1. 'The names of the Gresham Committee.' f. 1. 2. 'Generall accompt of the Receipts and Issues of the Public Revenue, Taxes, etc., from Michaelmas 1691 to Michaelmas 1692.' f. 2. 3. Stanzas upon Law, Physic and Divinity. f. 4. Begin: — ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

9. Sloane MS 2376

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Sloane MS 2376
Title:
James Cuninghame [Cunningham]: notes on botany and zoology in East Asia and the Canary Islands, plus correspondence with Juan Baptista Poggio and Isidorus Arteaga de la Guerra
Scope & Content:
Public Domain in most countries other than the UK. Includes: 1. Plantae in Insula Palma Collectae Mense Januario 1697/1698, ff 5-9. 2. Copy correspondence between Cuninghame and Juan Baptista Poggio, 1698, ff 10-21; and copy correspondence between Cuninghame and Isidorus Arteaga de la Guerra...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1706
Extent:
1 volume

10. Sloane MS 2872

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Sloane MS 2872
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Scope & Content:
Tartars, The: Observations sur les Tartares de Chine: 1650. China: Observations sur les Tartares de Chine et leur langue: 1650.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1650
Extent:
1 item