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Place Himalaya Mountains, Tibet

1. Mss Eur A20-21; B50-51; C39-45; C68-69; D236-69; E113; F35-41; G27-31

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur A20-21; B50-51; C39-45; C68-69; D236-69; E113; F35-41; G27-31
Title:
Moorcroft Collection: journals, correspondence and notes of William Moorcroft (1765?-1825), veterinary surgeon in the Bengal Army and superintendent of the Company's stud in Bengal 1808-25, apparently employed as a secret agent, chiefly relating to his journey to Bukhara 1820-25 and describing the Himalayan regions through which he passed.
Scope & Content:
Moorcroft Collection: journals, correspondence and notes of William Moorcroft (1765?-1825), veterinary surgeon in the Bengal Army and superintendent of the Company's stud in Bengal 1808-25, apparently employed as a secret agent, chiefly relating to his journey to Bukhara 1820-25 and describing th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1812-1825
Extent:
51 volumes

2. IOR/X/14713

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/14713
Title:
The Himalaya Mountains and Surrounding Regions
Scope & Content:
A topographical map in four parts showing altitude and spot heights, international and state boundaries, roads, railways and telegraph lines. At the bottom of the map are a legend, and two graphic indexes at an unknown scale; one to countries and provinces, and the other to mountain ranges. Compi...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1920
Extent:
4 sheets

3. IOR Neg 12032

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR Neg 12032
Title:
Journal (c1850) by an unidentified subaltern of travels in northern India, chiefly the Punjab, illustrated with drawings.
Scope & Content:
Journal (c1850) by an unidentified subaltern of travels in northern India, chiefly the Punjab, illustrated with drawings.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1850
Extent:
1 reel

4. Mss Eur A129

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur A129
Title:
John Edward Moffatt papers.
Scope & Content:
Journals, dated 1858-77, of John Edward Moffatt (1827-1912), British Army Staff Surgeon 1851-82, describing his voyages to India 1858, Canada 1862 and Bermuda 1864, and his travels in India including Kashmir and the Himalaya.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1858-1877
Extent:
1 volume

5. Mss Eur B336

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B336
Title:
John Hallett Batten papers.
Scope & Content:
Journal of John Hallett Batten (1811-86), Bengal Civil Service 1828-66, describing a tour from Simla to Saharanpur; also xerox copy of the Batten genealogy.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1835
Extent:
1 volume; 13 folios

6. Mss Eur B365

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B365
Title:
Hawkins Francis James papers.
Scope & Content:
Diaries and letters of Hawkins Francis James (1806-60), Bengal Civil Service 1827-55, and of his brother Lt-Col Henry Curry James (1817-66), 32nd Bengal Native Infantry 1835-66.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1827-1862
Extent:
14 items

7. Mss Eur C728

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C728
Title:
John Burt Shearer papers.
Scope & Content:
Letter from John Burt Shearer (1904-62), Indian Civil Service, Punjab 1929-47, describing a trek in the Himalaya.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1932
Extent:
12 folios

8. Mss Eur D137

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D137
Title:
Journal by Lt (later Capt) Alexander Gerard (1792-1839), Bengal Army 1808-36, of an exploration by himself, and his brother James Gilbert Gerard (1793-1835), Bengal Medical Service 1814-35, of the Eastern Himalaya on the Chinese border; also a technical memoir of a map of the area. Cf A Gerard, `Account of Koonawar in the Himalaya' (London 1841), and J G Gerrard, `Narrative of a journey from Soobathoo...', (JASB, xi, 1842).
Scope & Content:
Journal by Lt (later Capt) Alexander Gerard (1792-1839), Bengal Army 1808-36, of an exploration by himself, and his brother James Gilbert Gerard (1793-1835), Bengal Medical Service 1814-35, of the Eastern Himalaya on the Chinese border; also a technical memoir of a map of the area. Cf A Gerard, `...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1821
Extent:
1 volume

9. Mss Eur D786

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D786
Title:
Edward Ward Walter Raleigh papers.
Scope & Content:
`The Log of a Griffin': manuscript journal by Edward Ward Walter Raleigh (1802-65), Bengal Medical Service 1826-46, describing a tour by the Governor-General Lord Amherst, from Barrackpore through the Upper Provinces of Bengal, accompanied by his staff on which Raleigh served as Surgeon; with xer...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1827-1828
Extent:
1 volume; 2 files

10. Mss Eur D843

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D843
Title:
Papers of John Bicknell Auden (b 1903), Geological Survey of India 1926-54
Scope & Content:
Papers of Dr John Bicknell Auden (b 1903), Geological Survey of India 1926-54, Deputy Director Geological Survey of India 1952-54, comprising letters, technical reports, pamphlets and newspaper cuttings.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1931-1956
Extent:
21 items