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1. IOR/L/MAR/C/570, ff 56-84

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MAR/C/570, ff 56-84
Title:
'Mr R. Scott's Letter on the Passage over the Isthmus of Suez, and Project of a New Route to India, 1780'
Scope & Content:
Letter concerning a crossing of the Isthmus of Suez by Mr R Scott. The letter describes the route taken (Alexandria, Aleppo, Bagdad [Baghdad], Bussorah [Basra]) and the people he met (for example, George Baldwin, late of Cairo).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jul 1780
Extent:
1 item (28 folios)

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