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Add MS 32448
- Record Id:
- 032-002026244
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002026244
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000054.0x0002ba
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 32448
- Title:
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"JOURNAL of an exploring expedition up the rivers (Niger) Kwora and Ishadda, in the screw steam vessel 'Pleiad.' Kept by Dr. William Balfour Baikie, R.N., Medical Officer and Naturalist, and in temporary charge of the Government expedition"; from 8th July, 1854, to 3rd Feb. 1855. Followed, at f. 127 b, by the journal of a second expedition, from 3rd April to 18th Sept. 1857. At the end, f. 165, are meteorological observations and notes on natural history in the expedition of 1854. Paper; ff. 176. Small Folio. Presented by Robert Cust, Esq.
- Scope & Content:
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Voyages and Travels: Up the Niger river, by Dr. Baikie: 1854 - 1855, 1857.
River Niger, W. Africa: Journals, etc., of voyages up: 1854-1855, 1857.
William Balfour Baikie, MD; naturalist: Journals, etc., of expeditions up the Niger: 1854-1855, 1857.
includes:
- f. 165 Natural History: Notes up the R. Niger , by Dr. Baikie: 1854-1855 32.
- f. 165 Meteorology: Observations up the River Niger, by Dr. Baikie: 1854, 1857.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002026244
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002026244
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1854
- End Date:
- 1857
- Date Range:
- 8 Jul 1854-18 Sep 1857
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Custodial History:
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Robert Cust: Presented: in 1885.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Baikie, William Balfour, physician, naval surgeon, philologist, 1825-1864
Cust, Robert, of Add MS 32448 - Places:
- River Niger, W. Africa