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Record Id:

040-001959194

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-001959168

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000771.0x000025

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Add MS 51310

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GORDON PAPERS (MOFFITT COLLECTION). Vol. XX (ff. 47).

1. ff. 1-31. Sketch maps, etc., of the Nile; 1864-1879, n.d. Included are printed Italian maps showing the course of the expeditions by Miani in 1859-1860, and Speke and Grant in 1860-1862 (ff. 4b-5), the 1874 traverse survey by Watson and Chippindall of the Royal Engineers (f. 8), maps based on sketches by R. Gessi in 1876 (ff. 22, 23b-24), and a manuscript copy of the reconnaissance by Linant de Bellefonds in 1875 (f. 17). Partly Italian and Arabic.

2. ff. 32b-38. Sketch maps of the Sudan; 1874-1879.

3. ff. 39-47. Miscellaneous sketch maps and views; 1860-1883. Included (f. 40) is a printed map of Western Bengal, 1880.

includes:

ff. 1-31 Maps and Plans: Sketch maps, etc., of the Nile: 1860-1875.
ff. 1-31 River Nile: Sketch maps, etc.,: 1860-1875.
f. 4b Giovanni Miani, Italian explorer: Map showing course of expedition to find sources of the Nile: 1864: Ital: Lithogr.
f. 5 Lieutenant-Colonel James Augustus Grant, African explorer: Map showing sources of the Nile as explored by,: 1864: Ital: Lithogr.
f. 5 John Hanning Speke, African explorer: Map showing sources of the Nile as explored by: 1864: Ital: Lithogr.
f. 8 Lieutenant W. H. Chippendall, RE: Traverse survey of the White Nile from Khartum to Rigaf by Lieuts. Watson & Chippendall, R.E.: 1874: Printed.
f. 8 Colonel Sir Charles Moore Watson, RE; KCMG: Traverse survey of the White Nile from Khartum to Rigaf by Lieuts. Watson & Chippendall, R.E.: 1874: Printed.
f. 17 Ernest Linant de Bellefonds, French explorer: Sketch map of the Nile between Raguf and Lake Victoria based on reconnaissance by: 1875.
ff. 22, 23b-24 Romolo Gessi, Italian military commander in the service of General C G Gordon: Maps of the Nile and Lake Albert based on surveys by: 1876: Fr. and Arabic: Printed.
ff. 32b-38 Maps and Plans: Sketch maps of the Sudan: [1874-1879].
ff. 32b-38 Sudan: Sketch maps: [1874-1879].
f. 40 Maps and Plans: Map of Western Bengal and the central provinces,: [1879]: Printed.
f. 40 Bengal, India: Map of Western Bengal and the central provinces: [1879]: Printed.
ff. 41-45 Central Africa: Sketch maps, plans etc., of locations in the Congo: circa 1883.
ff. 41-45 Maps and Plans: Sketch maps, plans, etc., of locations in the Congo: [circa 1883?].
ff. 46b-47 South Africa: Sketch map of Transkeian provinces, with table of figures: [1882].
ff. 46b-47 Maps and Plans: Sketch map of Transkeian provinces of South Africa, with table of figures: [1882].

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Additional Manuscripts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-001959168
036-001959187
037-001959193
040-001959194

Is part of:

Add MS 51291-51312 : THE MOFFITT COLLECTION 51291-51312. GORDON PAPERS Correspondence and papers of Maj.-Gen. Charles George Gordon (b. 1833, d.…
Add MS 51306-51312 : GORDON PAPERS (MOFFITT COLLECTION). Vols. XVI-XXII. Miscel-laneous papers of General Gordon; 1857-1885, n.d. Seven volumes.
Add MS 51310-51312 : GORDON PAPERS (MOFFITT COLLECTION). Vols. XX-XXII. Maps and views; 1860-1885, n.d.

Add MS 51310 : GORDON PAPERS (MOFFITT COLLECTION). Vol. XX (ff. 47). 1. ff. 1-31. Sketch maps, etc., of the Nile; 1864-1879, n.d. Included are…

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032-001959168[0005]/036-001959187[0003]/037-001959193[0001]/040-001959194

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File

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Arabic
English
French
Italian

Scripts:

Arabic
Latin

Start Date:

1860

End Date:

1883

Date Range:

1860-1883

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Names:

Chippendall, W H, Lieutenant RE
Gessi, Romolo, called Gessi Pasha, army commander, explorer and colonial governor, 1831-1881
Grant, James Augustus, army officer and explorer, 1827-1892
Linant de Bellefonds, Ernest, French explorer
Miani, Giovanni, Italian explorer
Speke, John Hanning, African explorer
Watson, Charles Moore, Colonel RE, KCMG

Places:

Bengal, India
Central Africa, Africa
River Nile, Egypt
South Africa, Africa
Sudan, Africa