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Mss Eur F594/6/3/10
- Record Id:
- 040-003419974
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002297343
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100062868062.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F594/6/3/10
- Title:
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'Alvares'
- Scope & Content:
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File belonging to R.A. Skelton, Honorary Secretary of the Hakluyt Society, regarding the proposal for and publication of The Prester John of the Indies: A True Relation of the Lands of the Prester John, being the narrative of the Portuguese Embassy to Ethiopia in 1520 written by Father Francisco Alvares. The work consists of the translation of Lord Stanley of Alderley (1881) revised and edited with additional material by C.F. Beckingham and G.W.B. Huntingford. Includes detailed notes relating to the publication of the volume. Also includes newspaper cuttings and reviews for the published work, as well as copy of Ethiopia in Review No. 3, Autumn 1957, which contains a black and white picture entitled 'An artist's version of the monuments at Axum'.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002297343
036-003413430
037-003418185
040-003419974 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur F594 : Hakluyt Society Archive
Mss Eur F594/6 : Papers concerning Proposals for Volumes
Mss Eur F594/6/3 : Files Relating to Published Works
Mss Eur F594/6/3/10 : Alvares - Hierarchy:
- 032-002297343[0006]/036-003413430[0003]/037-003418185[0010]/040-003419974
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F594
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 folder
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1956
- End Date:
- 1961
- Date Range:
- Jan 1956-Aug 1961
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliated; 173 folios
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)