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1411. Stowe MS 787

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Stowe MS 787
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"THE ELEMENTES or groundes of Geographye, both Theoreticall and Practicall" ; by Richard Raby. Preceded (ff. 2-1l b) by a dedicatory epistle from the author to "the Worshipfull and his much honoured freinde and Master, Mr. Arthure Capell." In two books: the first (ff. 14-121) theoretical, explai...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 item

1412. Stowe MS 787-923

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Stowe MS 787-923
Title:
CLASS XIX. GEOGRAPHY, TOPOGRAPHY AND LOCAL HISTORY.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Old, French, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
15th century-19th century
Extent:
137 items

1413. Stowe MS 788

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Stowe MS 788
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"ABREGÉ de la Geographic"; compiled towards the end of the 17th century (see ff. 1 b, 21). Paper; ff. 150. Late XVIIth cent. Belonged to George Bridges. Quarto. Geography: Abrégé de la géographie: late 17th cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 17th century
Extent:
1 item

1414. Stowe MS 789

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Stowe MS 789
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1. "ABREGÉ de la Geographie"; apparently compiled between 1742 and 1763 (see ff. 136, 137). Not the same work as No. 788, and much less full. 2. "Principes de la langue françoise": a short treatise on French grammar. f. 186. Paper; ff. 197. XVIIIth cent. Quarto. includes: f. 1 Geography: Abr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

1415. Stowe MS 790

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Stowe MS 790
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"RELATION of a Journey from London to Paris and thence home through Flanders and Holland," starting "from the Spread Eagle in Gracechurch street" on 7 May, 1720, and ending "at the Tower Wharf" on 19 Aug. 1721, after a seven days' passage from Rotterdam "on board the Hampton Court sloop, Captain...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1720-1721
Extent:
1 item

1416. Stowe MS 791

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Stowe MS 791
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"JOURNAL of a summer's excursion, by the road of Montecasino to Naples, and from thence over all the southern parts of Italy, Sicily, and Malta, in the year MDCCLXXII"; by [Sir] William Young [2nd Bart., F.R.S., etc.]. Printed; with marginal notes in the author's band, and a few pen-and-ink sket...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1772
Extent:
1 item

1417. Stowe MS 792

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Stowe MS 792
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ACCOUNT of "a tour into the Indian Nations" made by General James Edward Oglethorpe, Commander of the British Forces in S. Carolina and Georgia, "to establish peace between them and the English," and of his subsequent operations against the Spaniards, including an attempt on the Fort St. Augusti...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Jul 1740-4 Sep 1742
Extent:
1 item

1418. Stowe MS 793

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 793
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"JOURNAL of a Voyage performed by order of the N.W. Company, in a bark canoe, in search of a passage by water through the N.W. Continent of America from Athabasca to the Pacific Ocean, in summer 1789"; [by Sir Alexander Mackenzie]. A pencilled entry on the first fly-leaf states that this is the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1789
Extent:
1 item

1419. Stowe MS 794

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Stowe MS 794
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JOURNAL of the ship Chesterfield, Matthew B. Alt commander; 28 May, 1793-21 Oct. 1794. In two parts: Part i. (ff. 1-28) is the journal of the voyage made in company with the Hormuzeer, William Bampton commander, from Norfolk Island through Torres Strait to Timor, 28 May-11 Sept. 1793. An abridgm...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 May 1793-21 Oct 1794
Extent:
1 item

1420. Stowe MS 795

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 795
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Scope & Content:
MISCELLANEOUS topographical collections, consisting chiefly of transcripts made in the 18th cent., viz.: - 1. Papers relating to Thornbury, co. Gloucester, 1305-1583. ff. 1-4, 7-60. They include-(a) Appropriation of the church to Tewkesbury abbey, in 1305. Lat. f. 1;-(b) Institution of the vicar...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item