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Bruce, James (1730-1794), explorer of Ethiopia
Date: 1760-1790Reference: MS.7330/20-25Part of: Explorers and Travellers in Africa- Books
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Travels, between the years 1765 and 1773, through part of Africa, Syria, Egypt, and Arabia, into Abyssinia, to discover the source of the Nile : comprehending an interesting narrative of the author's adventures in Abyssinia, and a circumstantial account of the manners, customs, government, religion, history &c &c of that country : being the substance of the original work / by the late James Bruce.
Bruce, James, 1730-1794.Date: [1812]- Books
Travels to discover the source of the Nile, in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 and 1773 / [James Bruce].
Bruce, James, 1730-1794.Date: 1790- Books
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Travels to discover the source of the Nile, in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 and 1773 / By James Bruce of Kinnaird.
Bruce, James, 1730-1794Date: 1804-1805- Books
Account of the life and writings of James Bruce, of Kinnaird ... Author of Travels to discover the source of the Nile, in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, & 1773 / By Alexander Murray.
Murray, Alexander, 1775-1813.Date: 1808- Books
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The life of Bruce, the African traveller / By Major F.B. Head.
Head, Francis Bond, Sir, 1793-1875.Date: 1830- Books
Travels in the footsteps of Bruce in Algeria and Tunis / illustrated by facsimiles of his original drawings, by R.L. Playfair.
Playfair, R. Lambert (Robert Lambert), Sir, 1828-1899.Date: 1877- Books
The pale Abyssinian : a life of James Bruce, African explorer and adventurer / Miles Bredin.
Bredin, Miles.Date: 2000- Pictures
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Mecca balsam (Commiphora opobalsamum): entire young plant. Line engraving by J. Heath, c. 1804.
Date: 1 October 1804Reference: 20919i- Pictures
Pods and seeds of a Sterculia plant. Line engraving by J. Heath, c. 1804.
Date: 1 October 1804Reference: 20925i- Pictures
Gaguedi plant (Protea): flowering stem. Line engraving by J. Heath, c. 1804.
Date: 1 October 1804Reference: 20923i- Pictures
Mupambangoma plant (Albizia gummifera): flowering stem with floral segments. Line engraving by J. Heath, ca. 1804.
Date: 1 October 1804Reference: 20920i- Pictures
Enset or abyssinian banana (Ensete): young plant with seed and floral segments. Line engraving by J. Heath, c. 1804.
Date: 1 October 1804Reference: 20921i- Books
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The natural history of the birds of Western Africa / By William Swainson ... ; the memoir by Andrew Crichton.
Swainson, William, 1789-1855.Date: 1837- 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- Books
Luigi Balugani's drawings of African plants : from the collection made by James Bruce of Kinnaird on his travels to discover the source of the Nile 1767-1773 / by Paul Hulton, F. Nigel Hepper, Ib Friis.
Hulton, P. H. (Paul Hope)Date: 1991