Search

Subject Travel writing

1. Egerton MS 1900

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 1900
Title:
German translation of Niccolò da Poggibonsi’s Libro d’Oltramare; itinerary of a trip from Europe to the Holy Land and back; instructions for pilgrims to Jerusalem.
Scope & Content:
The main text of this manuscript recounts a first-person account of a pilgrimage to Jerusalem and Mount Sinai. Because of the contemporary note on one of the original flyleaves (f. 156r, copied in 17th century on f. 1v) stating that Gabriel Muffel (d. 1498), third son of the Nuremburg patrician ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German
Date Range:
c 1465
Extent:
A paper codex

2. IOR/L/MAR/C/587

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MAR/C/587
Title:
'Papers relating to Seas, Rivers and Countries connected with Steam Navigation in Asia'
Scope & Content:
Volume containing journals and other descriptions of journeys in and around the Arabian Peninsula and India, particularly sea and river journeys. The volume contains: ‘Captain Wainwright's Remarks on the Navigation of the Persian Gulph 1809-1810’ (folios 3-28), containing a description of the n...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jan 1811-13 Mar 1834
Extent:
1 volume (539 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 222-224

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 222-224
Title:
Journal of a Steam Trip to the North of Bagdad, with Sketches, by Lieutenant Jones of the Indian Navy
Scope & Content:
This item comprises an abstract listing enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 139 of 1846, dated 30 November 1846. In the abstract the enclosures are dated 25-30 November 1846. The enclosures, which are not present in this item...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Nov 1846
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/619

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/619
Title:
File 3540/1916 'MESOPOTAMIA 1919 PORTION (1)'
Scope & Content:
This volume consists of printed reports, typed letters and other miscellaneous correspondence by British officials relating to the British occupation of Mesopotamia [Iraq] in the period February 1916 to August 1919 covering topics such as criminal procedure regulations, proclamations and notices...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Feb 1916 - 25 Aug 1919
Extent:
1 volume (741 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/5/394

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/394
Title:
Journal of a Journey from Persia to India through Herat and Candahar. Also Report of a Journey to the Wahebee Capital of Riyadh in Central Arabia
Scope & Content:
The volume is Journal of a Journey from Persia to India through Herat and Candahar and Report of a Journey to the Wahabee Capital of Riyadh, in Central Arabia,written by Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and printed for Government by The Education Society's ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1866
Extent:

1 volume (132 folios)

6. Mss Eur F111/70

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111/70
Title:
Persia 1888. From Rishir to Bunder Abbas.
Scope & Content:
This volume is a report by Samuel Butcher, a superintendent and clerk in the Indo-European Telegraph Department, documenting the route from Rishir, a village near Bushire, to Bunder Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]. The report describes the different cities that Butcher went through on his way to Bunder ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 April 1888- 8 Jan 1894
Extent:
1 volume (32 folios)

7. Mss Eur F594

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F594
Title:
Hakluyt Society Archive
Scope & Content:
Archive of the Hakluyt Society, an organisation which has sought to publish scholarly and academic editions of works relating to historic voyages and travels and other material of geographical interest since its foundation in December 1846. The archive contains papers relating to the running of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1846-2002
Extent:

51 boxes, 9 loose volumes, 3 oversize portfolios

8. Or 7333

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 7333
Title:
Mecmuat-i Latife - مجموعات لطيفه
Scope & Content:
This volume contains accounts of travels in France written by Yirmisekiz Çelebi Mehmet Faizi Efendi, who was appointed Ambassador to the French Court in 1132 AH (1719-20 CE). This work, which has been printed twice, is referred to in the text as Mecmua-yi latif, but is more frequently known as S...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:

1 text, 31 ff

9. Or 7334

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 7334
Title:
Mir'atü'l-memalik - مرأت المملك
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the well-known account of a voyage to India and a journey to the Mughal court by Seyidi Ali Reis, Kitab-i Rumi. The manuscript was copied by Ahmet Lutfi ibnü'l-Hacc Hasan Efendi in 1139 AH (1726-27 CE).
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1139
Extent:
1 text, 51 ff

10. Or 13657

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13657
Title:
Alafranga, yahut 'Avrupa adab-ı muaşireti' - آلافرانغه ياخود "أوروبا آداب معاشرتى"
Scope & Content:
This volume contains an account of the manners and customs of upper- and middle-class Western European society by a 19th century CE Ottoman traveler. The manuscript is a fair copy likely intended for reproduction by lithography, but does not appear to have been published. The format of the pag...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
1 text, 115 ff