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Mss Eur F594/6/1/85
- Record Id:
- 040-004546356
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002297343
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100187087569.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F594/6/1/85
- Title:
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Sir John Milner Gray: Francis Moore's Travels in West Africa (I)
- Scope & Content:
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Papers amassed by Sir John Milner Gray for his proposed edition of Francis Moore's Travels into the Inland Parts of Africa, containing a description of the several nations for the space of six hundred miles up the ... Gambia ... To which is added Capt. Stibbs's Voyage up the Gambia in the year 1723, ... with ... map ... and ... plates. Also extracts from the Nubian's Geography, Leo the African, and other authors, ... concerning the Niger-Nile, or Gambia, etc. (London; 1738):
Annotated typescript 'Biographical Note Regarding Francis Moore', 9 pp.
Bundle of typescript and handwritten papers entitled 'Historical Information', 159 pp, in 15 parts.
'Appendix A: Journal of Cornelius Hodges', handwritten introductory note, typescript, and photocopy of 'The Journey of Cornelius Hodges in Senegambia, 1689–90', English Historical Review, Vol XXXIX, Issue CLIII, Jan 1924, pp. 89–95.
'Appendix B: The Courlanders in the Gambia', annotated typescript extracts from various original sources, 22 pp.
'Appendix C: Correspondence relating to the Commonwealth Guinea Company of 1651', annotated typescript 12 pp.
'Appendix D: Journals of John Vermuyden', two annotated typescripts: i) 'A copy of a brief summary of the Voyage unto Gmbia from Jan 27th until Mar 21st 1660', from Eliot Warburton Memoirs of Prince Rupert and the Cavaliers (London, 1849, III 538-540, 3 pp. & ii) 'A Journall going up the River Gambia and return from the 18th Mar incl. Anno 1660 until the 2nd Jun anno 1661 with some observations on the same', Huntingdon Library, California, 18 pp.
'Appendix E: Some Memoirs of the Life of Job the son of Solomon', photocopy of Thomas Bluett Some memoirs of the life of Job, the son of Solomon, High Priest of Boonda in Africa ...(London; 1734), 63 pp, with three additional pages of handwritten notes.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002297343
036-003413430
037-003414576
040-004546356 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur F594 : Hakluyt Society Archive
Mss Eur F594/6 : Papers concerning Proposals for Volumes
Mss Eur F594/6/1 : Files on Lapsed, Abandoned, or Rejected Proposals
Mss Eur F594/6/1/85 : Sir John Milner Gray: Francis Moore's Travels in West Africa (I) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002297343[0006]/036-003413430[0001]/037-003414576[0085]/040-004546356
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F594
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 folder (22 items)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1960
- End Date:
- 1969
- Date Range:
- 1960s
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Legal Status:
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- Related Material:
- Another copy of Sir John Milner Gray's typescript and manuscript materials relating to his proposed edition of Moore's Travels into West Africa... are held by Cambridge University Library ref: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 125