Place: Peru, South America - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 37884
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Scope & Content:: Vol. XLIII. (ff. 244). June-Nov. 1806. William Windham, Secretary of State, etc: General political correspondence: 1782-1810. includes: ff. 1, 60, 105, 184 Samuel A-? Humphreys: Letters to W. Windham: 1803-1810. f. 3 Maria Elliott: Letter to W. Windham: 1806. f. 5 John Paul: Letter to W. Wind...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: Jun 1806-Nov 1806
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 38808 A
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Scope & Content:: SPANISH Collections and original articles, etc., viz.: — 1. Papers of the family of Saavedra, Marquises of Moscoso, relating to estates, etc., at Lima and elsewhere in Peru; 1639-1817. [italics]Spanish.[/italics] The names of the principal persons are given in the Index. f. 1. 2. Three poems ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Spanish
Date Range:: 1639-1817
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 38987
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Scope & Content:: Vol. LVII (ff. 431). Dec. 1860- 1861. Sir Austen Henry Layard, GCB; diplomatist and archaeologist: Correspondence with Lord J. Russell: 1853-1871. John Russell, 1st Earl Russell; Prime Minister: Correspondence with Sir A. H. Layard: 1853-1871. includes: ff. 1, 25 Baron Henri de Triqueti: Let...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, Hebrew, and Italian
Date Range:: Dec 1860-1861
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 39103
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Scope & Content:: Vol. CLXXIII (ff. 462). Apr.- Aug. 1862. Henry Richard Charles Wellesley, 1st Earl Cowley: Correspondence with Sir A. H. Layard: 1846-1881. includes: ff. 1, 12, 57, 68, 167, 177, 257 Edward Gilbertson, of the Ottoman Bank: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1860-1868. ff. 3, 458 William Henry Lytto...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, and Italian
Date Range:: Apr 1862-Aug 1862
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 46216-46218 B
Title:: HISTORY OF PERU 1790-1899, by Sir Clements Robert Markham, K.C.B., F.R.S. (d. 1916); aft. 1899. Autograph. It does not correspond to the author's A History of Peru, Chicago, 1892. The fourth volume, 46218 B, is made up of loose papers, mostly newspaper cuttings, removed from the manuscripts. For other manuscripts of Sir C. R. Markham see Add. MSS. 48197-48200. Paper; ff. ii+106, i+119, iii+65, 25. Quarto. 1860-1900. Transferred from the Department of Ethnography, British Museum.
Scope & Content:: Peru: History of Peru, etc., by Sir C. R. Markham: 1860-1900. Sir Clements Robert Markham, KCB; geographer: History of Peru, etc.: 1860-1900.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Spanish
Date Range:: after 1899
Extent:: 4 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 48197-48200
Title:: DRAMAS, LYRICS, etc., in the Quechua or Quichua language of Peru, collected by Sir Clements Robert Markham, K. C. B., F. R. S. (d. 1916), and described or mentioned in his The Incas of Peru, 1910. For other manuscripts of Sir C. R. Markham see Add. MSS. 46216-46218 A, B. Four volumes. Transferred from the Department of Ethnography, British Museum.
Scope & Content:: Quechua MSS: MSS: 18th-19th centt. Peru: Dramas, lyrics, etc., collected by Sir C. R. Markham,: 18th cent. -1913.: Mostly Quechua partly Span.and Engl. Sir Clements Robert Markham, KCB; geographer: Dramas, lyrics, etc., collected by.: 18th cent. -1913.: Quechua, with additions in Span. and Engl.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Quechua, and Spanish
Date Range:: 18th century-1913
Extent:: 4 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 48212 A-Q
Title:: MISCELLANE0US LETTERS AND PAPERS. Paper and ( artt. A, O, Q) Vellum; ff. 112. Folio. XII-XX centt.
Scope & Content:: includes: ff. 1, 2 Art. Illuminations and Drawings GERMAN: J. P. Bernhardi; coloured drawings of men and women: 1636.ff. 1, 2 Johannes Paulus Bernhardi, at Nuremberg: Coloured drawings of men and women: 1636.f. 3 British America, and United States: Letter of W. V. Walton describing battle...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 12th century-20th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 49514 B
Title:
Scope & Content:: WILLOUGHBY GORDON PAPERS. Vol. XLIV B (ff. 10). Account of the Indian Revolt in Peru; 1780-1783. Copy, on paper watermarked 1806. Peru: Account of Indian revolt in 1780: aft. 1806.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: [1801-1806]
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 52420
Title:: CHRISTY DE LA PALLIÈRE, JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE ROUND THE COASTS OF SOUTH AMERICA: 'Journal Du Voyage du Joseph Royal A la Mer du Sud Commancé L'an 1719. Et finy Lan 1723. Par Le sr delapallierre Christy'; 1719-1723. French. The journal describes the author's voyage to the South Seas as the second-in-command of the Joseph Royal, one of a squadron of ten ships in the service of the Compagnie des Indes, leaving St Malo 21 November 1719 and reaching Brazil in February 1720. De La Pallière recorded ...
Scope & Content:: South America: Maps and Plans: Compagnie des Indes: Christy de La Pallière, French naval commander: Ships and Shipping: Journal of voyage of the `Joseph Royal' round the coasts of S. America, with maps by C. de La Pallière: 1719 - 1723: Fr. includes: ff. 92, 93 Cape Verde Islands: Maps, by C...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: 1719-1723
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP022/1
Title:: Audiovisual ethnographic collections of Andean culture, Peru
Scope & Content:: Digitised photographs and slides of celebrations and festivals in the regions of Cajamarca, Ancash, and Juni in Peru. The project team also digitised audiovisual material which is not included here with this collection material.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1970-2006
Extent:: 3063 TIFF files

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