Papers of Mountstuart Elphinstone: his journey homewards from India to Europe, travelling through Syria, Asia Minor, Egypt and Greece
Scope & Content:
With papers on his travels through Syria, Asia Minor, Egypt and Greece. Includes a bundle of letters about Egypt, etc., 1820-1828 and other letters, 1828-1829; thirteen notebooks of travels, written in pencil, 1827-1828; an account of a passage from Bombay to Mocha and Cossier in 1821; passports ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, Greek, Ancient (to 1453), Italian, and Persian
Papers of Mountstuart Elphinstone: notes, routes and accounts of Germany and Italy
Scope & Content:
Includes a letter dated 8 April 1831 from Mr Cambington with a suggested itinerary for Elphinstone; a list of places with a breakdown of distance, the number of days and dates for travelling; hotel bills; reading lists and bills for books; letters of credit and bankers notes and so on. A bundle i...
Papers of Mountstuart Elphinstone: plans and actual routes of his travels in 1836 and 1837
Scope & Content:
Contains letters of credit and bankers notes; hotel bills; and plans and actual routes with lists of places to stop at, a breakdown of the distance in miles and the number of days and so on. This was a long trip - Elphinstone travelled through Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and France
Papers of Mountstuart Elphinstone: notes on his journey to and about Sicily
Scope & Content:
Contain routes, bills, plans on places to visit with a breakdown of the distance (in miles) and the number of days to spend in each place; information on the route by the Via Latina - Naples to Rome; information on the route from Naples to Sicily; and plans of his journey from Sicily back to Lond...