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The unfortunate Englishmen; or, a faithful narrative of the distresses and adventures of John Cockburn, and five other English mariners; viz. Thomas Bounce, John Holland, Richard Banister, John Balman, and Thomas Robinson, who were taken by a Spanish guarda costa, in the John and Anne, Edward Burt, Master, and set on shore at a place called Porto Cavallo, naked and wounded: Containing A Journey over Land from the Gulph of Honduras to the Great South Sea, wherein are some new and very useful Discoveries of the Inland of those almost unknown Parts of America: as also An Account of the Manners, Customs, and Behaviour of the several Indians inhabiting a Tract of Land of 2400 Miles; particularly of their dispositions towards the Spaniards and English.
Cockburn, John, Mariner.Date: [1790?]- Books
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A collection of voyages to the southern hemisphere. Vol. I. Contains 1. Sir Richard Hawkins, to Magellanica 2. Ferdinand de Quiros, to Polynesia and Australasia 3. George Spilberg, to Magellanica and Polynesia 4. James Le Maire, and William Schouten, to Magellanica, Polynesia, and Australasia 5. Garcia de Nodal, to Magellanica 6. Account of the Dutch navigations to the Terra Australis 7. Jaques Le Hermite, to Polynesia and Australasia 8. Francis Pelsart, to Australasia 9. Gerard Pool, to Australasia 10. Abel Tasman, to Australasia 11. Henry Brewer, to Magellanica 12. A Dutch frigate to the Isle of Tristan Acunha 13. Vink, to Australasia 14. Sir John Narborough, to Magellanica 15. Keyts, to Australasia 16. Bartholomew Sharp, to Magellanica 17. Cowley, to Magellanica and Polynesia 18. William Dampier, to Magellanica and Polynesia 19. Lionel Wafer, to Magellanica Vol. II. Contains. 20. De Gennes, to Magellanica 21. Ulaming, to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope 22. History of the New Phillippine Islands 23.Anthony Cantova to the Caroline Islands in the East Indies 24. Manners and customs of the inhabitants of the Marian or Ladrone Islands in the East Indies ... 36. Lozier Bouvet, to Magellanica 37. Commodore Anson's voyage round the world 38. Hon. George Murray's account of the separation of the ships Severn and Pearl from Anson's squadron 39. Don Antonio Ulloa, to the South Seas 40. Hen Brignon, to Magellanica 41. Byron, to the South Seas, &c.
Brosses, Charles de, 1709-1777.Date: MDCCLXXXVIII. [1788]- Books
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A description of the most remarkable high-ways, and whole known Fairs and Mercats in Scotland, with Several other Remarkable Things: As also, A Description of the High-Ways from one Notable Town to another, over all England, and thereby how to Travel from any of them to the City of London.
Date: 1711- Archives and manuscripts
Travel and other documents issued to Luigi Schiassi (b. c. 1762) of Bologna, Doctor of Medicine, in Russia
Date: 1786Reference: MS.5866/1-7Part of: Schiassi Family, of Bologna- Books
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Remarkable occurrences in the life of Jonas Hanway : comprehending an abstract of his travels in Russia, and Persia; a short history of the rise and progress of the charitable and political institutions founded or supported by him; several anecdotes, and an attempt to delineate his character / By John Pugh.
Pugh, John.Date: 1798- Archives and manuscripts
Mudge, John William, (1817-1886), MD, surgeon, Madras
Mudge, John William, 1817-1886Date: 1852-1859Reference: MS.7454- Books
The texts and versions of John de Plano Carpini and William de Rubruquis, as printed for the first time by Hakluyt in 1598, together with some shorter pieces / edited by C. Raymond Beazley.
Date: 1903- Books
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The description and use of a new much-improved sinical quadrant, whereby, A Person knowing Addition and Subtraction only, may learn, in Six Hours, to allow for Variation and Lee-Way, &c. Also, determine the Longitude at Sea, and keep a regular Journal of a Voyage to any Part of the World. This Instrument is equally useful in Altimetry, Surveying, &c. for taking Altitudes, and determining right angled Triangles. Invented by John Adams, at the Academy, In Brook-Street, Ratcliff; And Made by Richard Rust, Mathematical-Instrument-Maker, St. Catherine's, London.
Adams, John, approximately 1730-approximately 1800.Date: MDCCLXXXI. [1781]- Books
Hints to Europeans in tropical stations without a doctor and to travellers in warm climates / by Hans Ziemann ; edited and amplified by H.B. Newham.
Ziemann, Hans (Hans Richard Paul), 1865-1939.Date: 1910- Books
The first three English books on America : (?1511)-1555 A.D. : being chiefly translations, compilation, etc., by Richard Eden, from the writings, maps, &c., of Pietro Martire, of Anghiera, Sebastian Münster, and Sebastian Cabot : with extracts, &c., from the works of other Spanish, Italian, and German writers of the time / edited by Edward Arber.
Date: 1885- Books
Voyage pittoresque, ou, Description des royaumes de Naples et de Sicile.
Saint Non, Jean Claude Richard de, 1727-1791.Date: 1781-86- Archives and manuscripts
Autograph letter, signed (plus manuscript dealer's cover), from Romme to Dr. Pallas on methods of extracting gold and silver from mines
Date: late 18th centuryReference: MS.7497/15Part of: Romme, Gilbert (1750-1795), French mathematician and republican politician- Archives and manuscripts
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Savage, Richard (John)
Date: 29/09/2009Reference: TP1/A/2034Part of: One and Other Project- Archives and manuscripts
Barr, John Fulton , RAMC (1868-1954)
Barr, John Fulton , 1868-1954.Date: 1900-1948Reference: PP/JFB- Videos
The girl with the x-ray eyes.
Date: 2005- Books
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Britannia: or, a chorographical description of the flourishing kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the islands adjacent; from the earliest antiquity. By William Camden. Translated from the edition published by the author in MDCVII. Enlarged by the latest discoveries, by Richard Gough, F. A. & R. SS. In three volumes. Illustrated with maps, and other copper-plates. ...
Camden, William, 1551-1623.Date: MDCCI.XXXIX. [1789]- Books
Sketches illustrative of the manners and costumes of France, Switzerland, and Italy / By R. Bridgens.
Bridgens, Richard.Date: 1821- Books
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Report of the directors of the Western Inland Lock-Navigation Company, to the Legislature. 16th February, 1798.
Western Inland Lock Navigation Company (New York)Date: [1798]- Books
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The voyages and adventures of Captain Robert Boyle, in several parts of the world. Intermix'd with the story of Mrs. Villars, an English lady with whom he made his surprizing escape from Barbary; the history of an Italian captive; and the life of Don Pedro Aquilio, &c. Full of various and amazing Turns of Fortune. To which is added, the voyage, shipwreck, and miraculous preservation, of Richard Castelman, Gent. With a Description of the City of Philadelphia, and the Country of Pensylvania.
Chetwood, W. R. (William Rufus), -1766.Date: 1726- Pictures
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The hospital of St. Petronilla, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk: exterior. Etching by R.B. Godfrey, 1781, after M. Tyson.
Tyson, Michael, 1740-1780.Date: 1 January, 1781Reference: 15753i- Pictures
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James Bruce of Kinnaird, having reached a fountain at Gisha (Abyssinia) regarded as the source of the Nile, uses a coconut to drink the water to the health of King George III and Empress Catherine the Great. Engraving by J. Gillray, 1793, after R.M. Paye.
Paye, Richard Morton, 1750-1821.Date: March 1793Reference: 667946i- Archives and manuscripts
Meryon, Charles Lewis (1783-1877), physician to Lady Hester Stanhope
Date: 1846Reference: MS.7116- Archives and manuscripts
Markham, Sir Clements Robert (1830-1916)
Markham, Sir Clements Robert, 1830-1916, geographerDate: 1845-1915Reference: MS.7308 & WMS/Amer.126- Pictures
Sir John Richard Somers Vine. Colour lithograph by L. Ward (Spy), 1893.
Ward, Leslie, Sir, 1851-1922.Date: July 27, 1893Reference: 821965iPart of: Vanity fair (London, England : 1868)- Archives and manuscripts
Macartney, George (1737-1806), 1st Earl Macartney
Macartney, George Macartney, 1737-1806, EarlDate: 1782-c.1805Reference: MSS.3352 & 5746