Explorers and Travellers, chiefly 19th century English

Correspondence and papers of various explorers and travellers, formerly held in a subject file in the Western Manuscripts Department's Autograph Letters Sequence.

1776-1918

56 items

Material filed in alphabetical order of author.

Purchased from: Sotheby's, London, July 1919 (acc.67326) and July 1930 (acc.63152); Charavay, Paris, October 1928 / April 1929 (acc.63700); Stevens, London, July 1930 (acc.56565), September 1930 (acc.56360), February 1931 (acc.68117 and 68296; the latter might in fact be February 1932), March 1931 (acc.56490), August 1931 (acc.68228); Sotheby's, London, April 1931 (acc.67516); Puttick and Simpson, April 1931 (acc.67562); Glendining, London, January 1932 (acc.67620), September 1933 (acc.67762 and 67768), October 1933 (acc. 67799) and February 1933 (acc.67754); Sotheby's, London, February 1932 (acc.76069); H. Ballière and Company, September 1937 (acc.69885) (the accession register records a book rather than a manuscript at this number, so the reference on the document may be erroneous). Accession details of nos.4, 14-16 (possibly acc.76069), and 40 not recorded.

Described in typescript supplements, by Christopher Hilton and Richard Aspin, to the Library's published finding aids.