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Add MS 32449
- Record Id:
- 032-002026245
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002026245
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000054.0x0002bb
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 32449
- Title:
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PAPERS of Dr. W. B. Baikie, connected with his expeditions to the Niger, 1854, 1857; including meteorological observations, f. 21 an essay "On the remittent fever of Western Africa," f. 34; and a translation of portions of the Bible, etc., into a native dialect, f. 63 (cf. C. A. L. Reichardt, Grammar of the Fulde Language, 1876). Paper; ff. 113. Quarto. Presented by the same.
- 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. 21 Meteorology: Observations up the River Niger, by Dr. Baikie: 1854, 1857.
- f. 34 Medicine: On the remittent fever of W. Africa, by Dr, Baikie: 1854-1857.
- f. 63 Bible. Paraphrases: Portions of the Bible in a W. African dialect: 19th cent.
- ff. 63, 77, 103, 140 François Louis de Pesmes, Sieur de St. Saphorin; French Ambassador to Vienna: Correspondence with T. Robinson: 1726, 1727.: Fr.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002026245
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002026245
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1854
- End Date:
- 1857
- Date Range:
- 1854-1857
- 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
Pesmes, François Louis de, Sieur de St Saphorin, French Ambassador to Vienna - Places:
- River Niger, W. Africa