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1. Add MS 4365

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Vol. II (ff. 399). (1) Johann Heinrich Rahn to J. Pell; Kyburg, near Zurich, 3 March 1658. Latin. ff. 5-6b. (2) John Pell to Theodore Hank, on scientific subjects; 1663, 1664. ff. 13-17b. (3) Ezerel Tonge, D.D., to J. Pell; 8 Oct. 1662. ff. 23-24. (4) John Aubrey, F.R.S., to J. Pell; cir...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1654-1714
Extent:
1 item

2. 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
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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)

3. Add MS 18287

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"RELACION y noticias de el reino del Japon," etc., "de Don Rodrigo de Vivero [afterwards Conde de Valle], quien la dedica ala Catholica Real Magestad del Rei Nuestro Señor, de 1609;" with copies of royal commissions to Don Rodrigo de Vivero, and other papers. Paper; XVIIth cent. Folio. [Add. 18,287.]
Scope & Content:
Don Rodrigo de Vivero, Conde de Valle: Noticias del Japon: 1609. Japan: Relation de D. R. de Vivero del reino: 1609.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 20915

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A COLLECTION of miscellaneous papers in Spanish and Latin, viz.: 1. "Avisso de Paris de la vida y martirio de la Serinissima Reyna Maria de Escocia, lo qual acontecio a 18 Frebrero de 1587," f. 3. 2. "Memorial al Rey sobre los inconvenientes de vender y tomar cosas de la Yglesia;" Toledo, 15 J...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 22774

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POEMS and orations of Ubertino Carrara, of the Society of Jesus, and Professor in the Roman College. Lat. Paper; XVIIth and XVIIIth centt. Quarto. Ubertino Carrara, Literarum in Collegio Romano Professor: Poemata et orationes: 17th-18th centt. includes: ff. 11-20 b, 22 b, 133-136 Saint Aloysi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 28432

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LETTERS and papers relating to the East Indies, and other Portuguese Colonies; 1599-1640. Portug. and Span. Among them are:- 1. Letters of Dom Francisco da Gama [Count of Vidigueyra], Almirante [do mar Indico], to the King Philip II., [III., of Spain]; Goa, 18 Dec. 1599. Portug. Signed. ff. 1-...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Persian, Portuguese, and Spanish
Date Range:
1599-1640
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 31300-31301

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DIARY Of Richard Cocks, head of the English factory at Firando [or Hirado] in Japan; 1615-1622. Two volumes. Vol. i. 1 June, 1615-5 July, 1617; vol. ii. 6 July, 1617-17 Jan. 161 8/9, and 5 Dec. 1620-24 March, 162 1/2. Paper; ff. 210, 239. Folio.
Scope & Content:
Japan: Diary of R. Cocks, head of the English factory: 1615-1622.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1615-1622
Extent:
2 items

8. Add MS 33761

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(Gr. vii.) " ANNUALL LETTERS written, out of Japonia [Japan] in the yeare of our Lorde 1625. 1626. 1627. to . . . Mutio Vitelleschi, Generall of the Society of Iesus." With a dedicatory letter from the translator, Thomas Somerset, 5th son of Henry Somerset, Earl of Worcester [succ. 1628, cr. Mar...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1632-c 1642
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 34184

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DUTCH PORTOLANO, containing forty-nine coloured maps and views, viz.:-(1) Iceland, Feroe, Shetland and Orkney Isles, and Hebrides. f. 2 b ;-(2) Azores. f. 4 b ;-(3) Canary Isles. f. 6 b; -(4) Cape Verd Isles. f. 8 b;-(5) African coast, from Saldanha Bay to False Bay, with Dassen Island. f. 10 b;-(6) Table Bay. f. 12b;-(7) Cape of Good Hope. f. 14b;-(8) Madagascar and Mozambique. f. 16 b;-(9) Mozambique, Mombasa, and Melinda. f. 18 b;-(10) From Magadoxo to Massowah, with the Arabian coasts op...
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Book-plates: Burnell (Arthur Coke): 19th cent. Arthur Coke Burnell: Book-plate: 19th cent. Maps and Plans: Dutch portolano containing fortynine coloured maps: 17th cent. includes: f. 2 b Faroe Islands: Map of: 17th cent. f. 2 b The Hebrides: Map of: 17th cent. f. 3 Shetland Islands: Maps of:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 35307

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BARROW BEQUEST Vol. VIII. Letters chiefly relating to Sir Edward Belcher’s Arctic expedition of 1852-1854
Scope & Content:
The volume of letters is divided into the following sections: 1. ‘Sir Edward Belcher's expedition’ of 1852-54. Contains very outspoken accounts of the disagreements between Sir E. Belcher and the officers under him. Besides Belcher himself and Lieut. (Commander, Oct. 1852) Sherard Osborn, the w...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1852-1873
Extent:
1 volume (611 folios)

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