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1. Add MS 4159

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Title:
State papers of John Thurloe, Secretary of State, 1652-1660, with other state papers, c. 1578-1629 and 1661-1692.
Scope & Content:
Many of the documents here formed part of the original collection of John Thurloe (d. 1668), Secretary to the Council of State and subsequently to the two Cromwells, Lord Protectors. They illuminate both the domestic and international politics of the period, as also the scope of Thurloe's intell...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1578-1700
Extent:
1 volume

2. Add MS 8686

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Title:
RELAZIONI TO THE VENETIAN SENATE; 16th cent. Italian. Copies. Three relazioni to the Venetian Senate from Vincenzo Querini, Venetian Oratore or Extraordinary Ambassador to Philip of Burgundy, Andrea Querini, possibly one of the Stimadori or appraisers of the Venetian Arsenal, and Nicolò Soranzo, Provveditore generale d'armata or commissioner of the fleet. Table of contents (f. 1) by a later hand. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. Purchased fr...
Scope & Content:
Venice: Relazioni to the Venetian Senate: 16th cent.: Ital: Copy. includes: ff. 1-32v Portugal General: Spain, General: Venice: Vincenzo Querini, Venetian Ambassador: Philip, Archduke of Austria; son of Maximilian I: Relazione of Spain and Portugal by Vincenzo Querini: [1506]: Ital: Copy. ff. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 11410

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Title:
COLLECTION of Papers relating to English affairs in the West Indies, and chiefly in Jamaica, 1654-1682. Folio. [11,410.]
Scope & Content:
West Inches: Papers relating to English affairs there: 1654-1682. Island of Jamaica: Papers relating to English affairs there: 1654-1682.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1654-1682
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 11411

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Title:
ENTRY BOOK of Letters relating to public affairs and to private business in the West Indies, written by Thomas Povey, 1655-1660. Folio. [11,411.]
Scope & Content:
West Inches: Letters relating to public affairs, etc., by T. Povey: 1655-1660. Thomas Povey: Entry-book of letters written by him, relating to the West Indies: 1655-1660.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1655-1660
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 15717

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Title:
A COLLECTION 0F MAPS and plans of places chiefly in the dominions of Spain in Europe and America, viz. Cartagena (in Spain);-Bay of Cadiz;-S. W. coast of Spain and Portugal;-Lisbon;-Corcubion; -Ferrol and Coruña;--Camarinas;-Santander;-Cadiz;-Malaga; -Barcelona;-Genoa;-Oran;-Palma;-Yviça;-San Juana de Puerto Ryco;-Headlands on the W. I. islands;-Santiago de Cuba; -the Havannah;-Bay of Campeche;-Mouths of the Mississippi; -Bay of Owa, in Hispaniola;-Vera Cruz;-Cartagena;-Santa Cathalina, in B...
Scope & Content:
Corcubion, Spain: Map of. Algiers, Africa: Charts of. City of Lisbon: Map. West Inches: Headlands on W. I. Islands. Havana, Cuba: Map of. Republic of Genoa: Map. Malaga, Spain: Maps of. Corunna, Spain: Map of. Maps: Maps and plans of places in the dominions of Spain in Europe and America...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 15737

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A COLLECTION OF CHARTS and Views of headlands, viz. :-Headlands of Carwar, Barselore, Batticola, &c.;-Coasts of Hindostan and Ceylon, with headlands;-St. Augustin's Bay, in Madagascar;- Island of Johanna;-Channel of the Mosambique;-Strait of Babel-Mandeb;-Strait of Sincapore;-Entrance of the Persian Gulf;- South Coast of Pegu;-Beniar, Massine, and Martapore (Borneo);- Bay of Trincomalee ; - Ceylon ;- - Island of Bottone ;-Bay on English Forest (Madagascar);-N. E. and S. E. Harbours...
Scope & Content:
Cagliari, Sardinia: Chart of. Alicante, Spain: Chart of. Johanna; Island of, Comoro Islands: Map. West Inches: Headlands of the Islands Orchilla and Aves. Good Hope: Chart of and of Saldanha Bay. Crookhaven: Chart of. Leghorn, Italy: Chart of. Carwar: Chart of the bay with headlands. Ma...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 15741

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Title:
. OBSERVATIONS of the Master of the St. Ann, in a voyage to the West Indies, in 1762; with views of headlands, and charts of Funchal Road, Carlisle Bay in Barbados, and Platform Bay in Hispaniola; -Journal of the Argo, from Madras to China and the Cape of Good Hope, with charts of Batavia Road, and of St. Augustin's Bay, in Madagascar. Folio. [15,741.]
Scope & Content:
Maps: Charts of Funchal Road, Carlisle Bay in Barbados, and Platform Bay in Hispaniola: 1762. West Inches: Observations in a voyage to the W. Indies in 1762, with views and charts: 1762. Hispaniola: Chart of Platform Bay: 1762. Funchal, Madeira: Chart of the road: 1762. Island of Barbados: C...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1762
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 17815

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Title:
DESCRIPTION of towns, ports, rivers, islands, etc., in the West Indies, alphabetically arranged. Spanish. Paper. Small Quarto. [Add. 17,815.]
Scope & Content:
West Inches: Description of.: Span.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Spanish
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 22129

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Title:
LIST of official appointments in North America and the West Indies; compiled about 1780. Paper. Duodecimo.
Scope & Content:
West Inches: List of official appointments in: circ. 1780. America: List of official appointments in N. America: circ. 1780.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 22904

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Scope & Content:
"VOYAGE to the West Indies and New Spain made by John Chilton in the year 1560, containing an account of their people, manners, cities, mines, riches, forests, &c., and a list of the Provinces and Governments in New Spain." Prefixed is a note by Dawson Turner, stating that the MS. differs fr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1560
Extent:
1 item