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1. Add MS 5253

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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 15183

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Add MS 15183
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CATALOGUE. and notices of the Bishops of the isle of St. Thomas, Congo, and Angola, to the year 1747, f. 2 ;-Catalogue of the Portuguese Governors of the same kingdoms, to the year 1753, f. 5;-Account of the kingdom of Congo, f. 8 ;-Account of the island of Loanda, and kinadom of Angola, f. 12 ;-Extract from the Cronica da Compania de Jesu em Portugal, relating to Angola and Conao, f. 14;- Breve relaçaõ tirada da i. Decada [da Asia] de Joaõ de Barros," 3, relating to the same, f. 17 ;-Hist...
Scope & Content:
Congo, Africa: Papers relating to: Portug. Joao de Barros: Extract from relating to Angola and Congo.: Portug. Angola, Africa: Papers relating to.: Portug. includes: f. 2 Saint Thomas; Island of: Catalogues of the Bishops and Portuguese Governors of St. Thomas, Congo and Angola: to 1753.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Portuguese
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 20786

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Scope & Content:
COLLECTION of original documents and transcripts relating to the Portuguese colony of Angola and other colonies in Africa, chiefly during the government of Dom Paulo Diaz de Navaes, from 1571 to 1602. At f. 143 is a letter to him signed by the King [Henry I.]; dat. 29 Jan. 1579. Portuguese. Pape...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Portuguese
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 20953

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Scope & Content:
STATISTICAL and historical papers on Portuguese affairs under Peter II. [1683-1706] and John V. [1706-1750]. Portuguese and Spanish. Among them are: 1. "Lista das herdades do termo da Cidade de Evora," etc., f. 1. 2. "Comendas da Ordem de Nosso Senhor Jesus Christo, 1614," f. 32. 3. "Assenta...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Latin, Portuguese, and Spanish
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 33976 A

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Add MS 33976 A
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Scope & Content:
A. "Pascaert van Guinea ende Angola " : map of the coast from Cape Verd to the Cape of Good Hope. Angola, Africa: Map of: 17th cent. Guinea, Africa: Maps of: 17th cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

6. EAP848/1

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EAP848/1
Title:
The collection preserved at Grishashvili Library Museum
Scope & Content:
The collection contains the following: private archive of Ioseb Grishashvili, rare and unique bibliographic editions, urban folklore, playbills, handwritten books, newspapers etc. The collections are displayed in showrooms and stored in repositories. The Georgian writer and scientist – Ioseb Gr...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Abkhazian, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Chinese, Czech, English, French, Georgian, German, Greek, Modern, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Latin, Latvian, Not applicable, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, and Ukrainian
Date Range:
1712-1999
Extent:
21540 TIFF images

7. Egerton MS 1133

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Egerton MS 1133
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Scope & Content:
Tom. III.-Orders relating to various subjects, addressed to the Duque de Villa Hermosa, President of the Council of Portugal, 1621-1627, f. I ;- Three short papers signed by the same, 1621, 1622. 1626, f. 31 ;-Case of Manoel Bravo, or Drago, "factor de Antonio Fernandes de Elvas, contratador d...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Spanish
Date Range:
1620-1626
Extent:
1 item

8. IOR/X/12185

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IOR/X/12185
Title:
[Naval Staff, Intelligence Division Handbooks (WWI)]
Scope & Content:
Incomplete set of the geographical handbooks published by the Admiralty from the end of the First World War for Official Use Only. A total of 31 titles were published in at least 40 volumes. This set comprises: IOR/X/12185/1. ID 1174 N N. Canary Islands. March 1919. 18 page pamphletIOR/X/12185/2...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917-1922
Extent:
28 volumes and pamphlets (each 856 or fewer pages)

9. TRIG/6

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TRIG/6
Title:
Anglo-Belgian Boundary Commission 1927-1933. Whole boundary. Folders 31-39.
Scope & Content:
Records of survey observations, computations and station descriptions, including Belgian values, along the Northern Rhodesia-Belgian Congo boundary. Extends to Angola tripoint. Includes some fold-out maps. Comprises: Folder 31. Technical Report Folder 32. Belgian Values Folder 33. Record of Obse...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1929-1933
Extent:
9 folders

10. TRIG/8

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TRIG/8
Title:
Anglo-Belgian Boundary Commission 1927-1933. Congo-Zambesi Watershed Section. Folders 48-53.
Scope & Content:
Survey observations and computations along the Northern Rhodesia-Belgian Congo boundary. Extends to Angola tripoint. Comprises: Folder 48. Catenary Traverse. Horizontal Distances. Folder 49. Catenary Traverse. Computation. Folder 50. Catenary Traverse. Horizontal Distances. Folder 51. Catenary T...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1931
Extent:
6 folders