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Company-wide Newsletters & Journals (internal)
Date: 1942 - 2000Reference: WF/M/PB/01Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Books
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A trip to Portugal. Or, a view of their strength by sea and land; an exact list of their forces, with the names of their regimental officers, the scituation of their frontier towns, and the true prospect of their fortifications. To which, is Added, A Catalogue of their Kings; Of the Places they were Born in; The Length of their several Reigns; And the Days of their Deaths. Also The manner of their Interrments In a letter from a voluntier at Lisbon to his friend in London.
C. S., (Gentleman at Oxford.Date: [1704]- Books
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Travels through Portugal and Spain, in 1772 and 1773. y Richard Twiss, Esq. F.R.S. With an appendix. In two volumes.
Twiss, Richard, 1747-1821.Date: M,DCC,LXXV. [1775]- Books
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Travels in Portugal; through the provinces of Entre Douro e Minho, Beira, Estremadura, and Alem-Tejo, in the years 1789 and 1790. Consisting of observations on the manners, customs, trade, Public Buildings, Arts, Antiquities, &c. of that kingdom. By James Murphy, Architect. Illustrated with plates.
Murphy, James Cavanah, 1760-1814.Date: 1795- Books
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Travels through several provinces of Spain and Portugal, &c. By Richard Croker, Esq. Captain in the late 99th Regiment of Foot.
Croker, Richard.Date: 1799- Books
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The cambrian directory, or, cursory sketches of the Welsh territories. With a chart, comprehending at one view, the advisable route - best inns - distances - and objects most worthy of attention.
Cliff, of Worcester.Date: 1800- Books
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Sketches of society and manners in Portugal. In a series of letters from Arthur William Costigan, ... to his brother in London. In two volumes. ...
Costigan, Arthur William, active 1778-1814.Date: [1787]- Books
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A new universal collection of authentic and entertaining voyages and travels, from the earliest accounts to the present time. Judiciously selected from the best writers in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, German, and other Languages. Comprehending an Account of whatever is Curious in the Government, Commerce, Natural History, Customs, Marriages, Funerals, And other Ceremonies of most Nations in the known World. Including an Account of the most remarkable Discoveries, Conquests, Settlements, Battles, Sea Fights, Hurricanes, Shipwrecks, Sieges, Tortures, Wonderful Escapes, Massacres, and Strange Deliverances, Both by Sea and Land. Aslo A Description of the Buildings, Mountains, Rivers, Harbours, Lakes, Islands, Peninsulas, Creeks, &c. of various Countries. The Whole forming a History of whatever is most worthy of Notice in Europe, Asia, Africa and America. Illustrated with maps from the latest Improvements, and beautiful plates, by Grignion, and other celebrated Masters. By Edward Cavendish Drake, Esq;
Drake, Edward Cavendish.Date: MDCCLXVIII. [1768]- Books
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Memoirs of the Right Honourable Lord Viscount Cherington, containing a genuine description of the government, and manners of the present Portuguese. ...
Muller, Richard, -1778.Date: M,DCC,LXXXII. [1782]- Books
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Dr. Stearns's tour from London to Paris. Containing, a description of the kingdom of France. - The customs, manners, polity, science, commerce, and agriculture of the inhabitants -Its ancient form of Government, and the new - Particulars concerning the Royal Family - Causes of the late Revolution - Proceedings and Decrees of the National Assembly - An Account of the Destruction of the Bastille, and of many dreadful Commotions which have happened in the Nation - With a minute Detail of the late grand Proceedings at the Champ de Mars. - The whole interspersed with a Variety of Reflections, humourous, moral, critical, and philosophical. After which is delineated, a new constitution: with a description of the road to liberty.
Stearns, Samuel, 1741-1809.Date: MDCCXCI. [1791]- Books
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Travels through Portugal and Spain, in 1772 and 1773. By Richard Twiss, Esq. F.R.S. With copper-plates; and an appendix.
Twiss, Richard, 1747-1821.Date: MDCCLXXV. [1775]- Archives and manuscripts
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Composite manuscript of medical works in Italian and Latin (Miscellanea Medica I)
Date: Early 14th century - Late 17th CenturyReference: MS.531- Books
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Travels into Turkey: containing the most accurate account of the Turks, and neighbouring nations, Their Manners, Customs, Religion, Superstition, Policy, Riches, Coins, &c. The whole being a series of remarkable observations and events, interspers'd with great variety of entertaining incidents, never before printed. Translated from the original latin of the learned A. G. Busbequius. With Memoirs of the Life of the Illustitious Author.
Busbecq, Ogier Ghislain de, 1522-1592.Date: M.DCC.XLIV. [1744]- Books
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A journey from London to Genoa, through England, Portugal, Spain, and France. By Joseph Baretti, ... In four volumes. ...
Baretti, Giuseppe, 1719-1789.Date: 1770- Books
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Travels through Spain and Portugal, in 1774; with a short account of the Spanish expedition against Algiers, in 1775: by Major William Dalrymple.
Dalrymple, William, Lieutenant-Colonel.Date: M,DCC,LXXVII. [1777]- Archives and manuscripts
'Safari diaries' - accounts of Denis Burkitt's travels
Date: 1956-1976Reference: WTI/DPB/D/1Part of: Burkitt, Denis Parsons (1911-1993)- Books
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England's bloody tribunal: or, popish cruelty displayed. Containing a compleat account of the lives, religious principles, cruel persecutions, sufferings, tortures, and triumphant deaths, of the most pious English Protestant martyrs, Who have sealed the Faith of our Holy Religion with their Blood. Exhibiting A full View of Popery, with all its superstitious and horrid Practices; and tending to promote the Protestant Religion, by displaying the Errors of Popish Idolatry, and confirming the true Believer in the Faith of Our Blessed Redeemer, who was crucified for our Sins, and rose again for our Justification, and now sitteth at the Right Hand of God, making Intercession for us. To Which IS Added, A faithful Narrative of the many hortid Cruelties and Persecutions that have been inflicted by the Roman Catholics on the Protestants of Scotland, Ireland, France and Germany. With A particular Description of the various Tortares and Barbarities, that are practiced by the Inquisition in Different Parts of the World. Also The Lives of the Primitive Reformers, whose Effigies are given in the Frontispiece to the Work. Together With A full and plain Refutation of the Errors of the Romish Church, laid down in such a Manner as to enable the unlearned Protestants to confute the chief Arguments of the most artful Popish Priests and their Emissaries. By the Reverend Matthew Taylor, D. D. By the King's Authority.
Taylor, Matthew, D.D.Date: MDCCLXXI. [1771]- Books
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A journey from London to Genoa, through England, Portugal, Spain, and France. By Joseph Baretti, Secretary for Foreign Correspondence to the Royal Academy of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture. ...
Baretti, Giuseppe, 1719-1789.Date: MDCCLXX. [1770]- Books
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Letters from Barbary, France, Spain, Portugal, &c. By an English officer. In two volumes. ...
Jardine, Alexander, -1799.Date: MDCCLXXXVIII. [1788]- Books
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A journey from London to Genoa, through England, Portugal, Spain, and France. By Joseph Baretti, Secretary for foreign correspondence to the Royal Academy of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture. In two volumes. ...
Baretti, Giuseppe, 1719-1789.Date: MDCCLXX. [1770]- Books
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County curiosities, Or, a New Description of Gloucestershire. Containing I. A particular survey of the county, both geographical and historical. II. An Ample and Accurate Account of all the Boroughs, Market Towns, Villages, Rivers, Royal - Places Noblemen's and Gentlemen's Seats. III. The Fairs, Trade, Commerce, and Product of the Same. IV Of the Rarities both Natural and Artificial. V. Of the eminent persons born, or who have resided in them, and of the extraordinary events that have happened there.
Date: 1757- Books
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Dr. Stearns's tour from London to Paris. Containing, A description of the Kingdom of France - the customs, manners, polity, science, commerce, and agriculture of the inhabitants -Its Ancient form of Government,-And the New-Particulars concerning the Royal Family-Causes of the late Revolution-Proceedings and Decrees of the National Assembly-An Account of the Destruction of the Bastille, and of many dreadful Commotions which have happened in the Nation-With a minute Detail of the late grand Proceedings at the Champ De Mars. - The whole interspersed with a Variety of Reflections, humourous, moral, critical, and philosophical. After which is delineated, a new constitution: with a description of the road to liberty.
Stearns, Samuel, 1741-1809.Date: MDCCXC. [1790]- Books
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An extract of the Rev. Mr. John Wesley's journal from his embarking for Georgia. To his Return to London.
Wesley, John, 1703-1791.Date: M.DCC.XLIII. [1743]- Books
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A brief account of some Lent and other extraordinary processions and ecclesiastical entertainments seen last year at Lisbon. In four letters to an English friend, by George Whitefield, late of Pembroke College; And Chaplain to the Right Hon. the Countess of Huntingdon.
Whitefield, George, 1714-1770.Date: MDCCLV. [1755]- Books
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A brief account of some Lent and other extraordinary processions and ecclesiastical entertainments seen last year at Lisbon. In four letters to an English friend. By George Whitefield, late of Pembroke College; And Chaplain to the Right Hon. the Countess of Huntingdon.
Whitefield, George, 1714-1770.Date: MDCCLV. [1755]