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1. Add MS 10262

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Title:
A COLLECTION of numerous Original and other Papers, partly manuscript, partly printed, relating chiefly to Turkey, Persia, and Africa; the greater part are in Spanish, a few in Italian or Latin. xvith and xviith cents. Folio. [10,262.]
Scope & Content:
Turkey: Papers relating to Turkey, Persia and Africa.: Span., Ital., Lat. Persia: Papers relating to Turkey, Persia, and Africa.: Span. Ital. Lat. Africa: Papers relating to.: Span. Ital. Lat.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
16th and 17th century
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 14034

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COLLECTION of Papers of the Board of Trade, relating to the West Indies, America, Africa, and the Canaries, Drawings of the ground-plans of all the forts, batteries, and magazines in Barbadoes, with their names and number of guns, 1696, f. 1;-Papers relating to concessions of land, etc., in la Nouvelle France (including Acadic and Canada), 1630-1689, Fr., f. 24;-" Capitulation de Port Royal, 16 Aout, 1654," f. 76;-Report of the Board of Trade, relative to the trade of the Royal African Compa...
Scope & Content:
North America: Papers of the Board of Trade relating to: 1696-1786. Canary Islands: Papers of the Board of Trade relating to: 1696 1786. West India: Papers of the Board of Trade relating to: 1696-1786. Africa: Papers of the Board of Trade relating to the commerce of the African company, etc.:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1630-1786
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 14035

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Title:
A VOLUME of Papers of the Board of Trade and Plantations, consisting of drafts of official correspondence, memorials, etc., relative to the imports and exports of England, the commerce of the African, Russian, and East Indian Companies, the Dutch West Indian Company, various Fishery Companies, the duties levied in foreign ports, and other matters relative to the trade of England with Europe, and the Colonies, 1710-1781. Folio. [14,035.]
Scope & Content:
Trade and Plantations; Board of Commissioners for: Papers of, relative to imports and exports: 1710-1781. Russian Company: Papers of the Board of Trade relative to the commerce of: 1710-1781. India, East; DUTCH EAST INDIA COMPANY: Papers of the Board of Trade relative to its commerce, etc.: 17...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1710-1781
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 15738

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A COLLECTION of forty-two Charts of the coasts of Africa, India, and the Indian Isles, roughly drawn about 1720 by the Sieur Du Pré Eberard. Oblong Folio. [15,738.]
Scope & Content:
India: Charts of the coasts. - du Pré Eberard: Maps by. Maps: Charts of the Coasts of Africa, India, and the Indian Isles, by the Sieur Du Pré Eberard: circ. 1720. Indian Seas: Charts of the Indian Isles: 1720. Africa: Charts of the Coast of: about 1720.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1720
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 16176

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A VOLUME, containing copies of letters, in Spanish, many of which were written by members of the Royal family and nobility of Spain, during the xvith century ; with extracts from printed works, memoranda, etc., in Spanish ; collected, apparently, as precedents of form, by Francisco de Herinosilla, " Presbytero beneficiado en la iglesia de St. Cosmeo y St. Damian de la ciudad de Burgos, y secretario de Don Pedro de Zuñiga y Avellaneda, Abbad de St. Isidro de Leon." The contents are :- " Tabl...
Scope & Content:
Francisco de Hermosilla: Collection of letters, etc. as precedents of form. includes: f. 4 Calendars: Tabla de las fiestas movibles: 1591 -1698. f. 7 Francisco de Zuñiga y Avellaneda, Conde de Miranda: Arms. f. 8 Cyphers: Key to a cypher. f. 14 Castile, Spain: Tables of weights and measures. f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 16371 A-K

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Title:
MAPS AND PLANS belonging to the preceding collection, but of larger size, viz.: Map of Portsmouth Haven, Portsea Island, Hayling Island, and the adjoining country, drawn by La Favelure;-Two Plans of Portsmouth, the Dock, and Gosport; with the projects for extended fortifications, drawn by Sir Bernard de Gomme, 1665, 1668; -Plan of the " Royall Cittadelle of Plymouthe, made by Sir B. de Gomme, 1668;"-Plan and prospect of Carlisle, by Capt. Martin Beckman, 1672;-Chart of the coast of Kent, fro...
Scope & Content:
Carlisle, Cumberland: Plans, by Capt. Beckman: 1672. 1674. Martin Beckman, Captain: Plans of Carlisle: 1672, 1674. City of Tangier: Plan of the mole by Laur. Curbus: 1675. Portsmouth, Hampshire: Plans of Fortifications, by Sir B. de Gomme: 1665-1669. Plymouth, Devon: Plans of the Harbour and...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1658]-1675
Extent:
10 items

7. Add MS 16932

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"ROTEIRO dos portos, derrotas, alturas, cabos, conhecenças, resguardos e sondas, que à per toda a costa, desdo Cabo de Boa Esperança ate o das Correntes;" Narrative and observations made in a voyaae from Mozambique round the S.E. coast of Africa, between the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Corrientes, from 22 Nov. 1575, to 13 Mar. 1576, with rude colored drawings of various headlands, and with a chart, on vellum, prefixed, of the S.E. coast of Africa, as far as the river Inhambane, with the south...
Scope & Content:
Africa: Observations on S. E. coast: 1575, 1576.: Portuguese.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Portuguese
Date Range:
22 Nov 1575-13 Mar 1576
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 17334

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Title:
CHARTS of the coasts of Europe, Western Asia, and Northern and Western Africa; by Romeyn de Hooghe, 1681; slightly coloured: with an additional map by Joannes Leupenius, 1692. Paper. Atlas Folio. [Add. 17,334.]
Scope & Content:
Maps: Europe, Asia, and Africa, by R. de Hooghe: 1681. Joannes Leupenius: Chart of the coast of France: 1692. Romeyn de Hooghe: Charts of the coasts of Europe, Western Asia, and Northern and Western Africa: 1681. Europe: Charts of the coasts of: 1384-1458, 1550, 1630, 1645, 1681. Asia: Chart...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1681-1692
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 17817

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Title:
TWO LETTERS of Lieut. Frederick E. Forbes, R.N., respecting the alphabet of a phonetic African language discovered by him, and used throughout Sierra Leone and Liberia; Jan. 1849, and 31 Jan. 1851 with a leaf of a native book written in the Vai character. Paper. Folio. Presented by Commander Forbes R.N. [Add. 17,817.]
Scope & Content:
Language. Dialects: Vai. Leaf of a book in the Vai character of Africa. Donors of Mss: Forbes, Commander, R.N. Frederick E- Forbes, Lieutenant, RN: Letters on his discovery of a phonetic African language: 1849, 1851. Africa: Letters of Lieut. Forbes on his discovery of a phonetic African lang...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1849-Jan 1851
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 19510

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Add MS 19510
Title:
PORTOLANO, consisting of six coloured charts of the coasts of Europe, with the British Isles, the Mediterranean and Archipelago, and north coast of Africa to Cape Bojador on the west. Ital. At the beginning of the volume is a lunar table, and a calculation of Easter day from the year 1384 to 1434. At the end is inserted, by a recent hand, a description of the charts, and a reduction of an ancient map on wood in the Bibliothèque Impériale at Paris. [In a printed notice of this Portolano, M. D...
Scope & Content:
Maps: Portolano of the coasts of Europe and North Africa: 1384-1458. Europe: Charts of the coasts of: 1384-1458, 1550, 1630, 1645, 1681. Africa: Chart of the N. Coast.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1384-1458
Extent:
1 item