Author: Great Britain. Public Record Office
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Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 624
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Lists and Indexes
Author: Great Britain. Public Record Office
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Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 624
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Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 624
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The British Trade Journal
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 480
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 480
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reel 47-107
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Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 170
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Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 170
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Index to the Correspondence of the Foreign Office
Author: Great Britain. Foreign Office
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 780
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 780
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Index to the Correspondence of the Foreign Office for the Year
Author: Great Britain. Foreign Office
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 706
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 706
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The African Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks, 1767–1820
Author: Neil Chambers
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000965880
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 465
Book Description
This edition brings together in three fully edited volumes the correspondence and associated papers of Sir Joseph Banks regarding European and especially British exploration of Africa from 1767–1820, for the first time publishing this globally scattered material in one place, thereby revolutionizing its availability and understanding of the activities of a key figure who helped organize and publish a series of missions to penetrate the African interior, mainly from West Africa and by crossing the Sahara from Cairo and Tripoli. Banks was a founder in 1788 of the African Association, which mounted many of these missions, including those of Mungo Park to explore the River Niger, and J.L. Burkhardt exploring Syria, Arabia and Egypt. At the time, little was known about the African interior, its peoples, kingdoms and resources, and the aim of the African Association under Banks was to discover what lay there, to make contact with and study its societies, to map them and their lands and help establish trading links. Banks also maintained a lively correspondence with British diplomatic representatives in North Africa, such as James Mario Matra at Tangier and Henry Salt in Cairo, who were a rich source of news. Moreover, as unofficial director of the royal gardens at Kew he sent pioneering plant collectors to gather plants in South Africa, vastly boosting knowledge of this region’s important flora. At home, he corresponded with politicians, government officials, entrepreneurs, navigators, naturalists and campaigners like William Wilberforce about a great range of issues surrounding Africa. This work is multi-disciplinary and will stand alongside existing series of Banks’s correspondence published by Neil Chambers (Scientific Correspondence, 2007; Indian and Pacific Correspondence, 2007–14). It will appeal to scholars of African history in the Early Modern Period, to those studying exploration and collecting as well as those interested in natural history, the history of science, geography, cartography and the Enlightenment. An Introduction, detailed Calendar of Correspondents, Timelines for each volume and a comprehensive Index supplement the footnotes to nearly 800 documents included in this fascinating and comprehensive new series.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000965880
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 465
Book Description
This edition brings together in three fully edited volumes the correspondence and associated papers of Sir Joseph Banks regarding European and especially British exploration of Africa from 1767–1820, for the first time publishing this globally scattered material in one place, thereby revolutionizing its availability and understanding of the activities of a key figure who helped organize and publish a series of missions to penetrate the African interior, mainly from West Africa and by crossing the Sahara from Cairo and Tripoli. Banks was a founder in 1788 of the African Association, which mounted many of these missions, including those of Mungo Park to explore the River Niger, and J.L. Burkhardt exploring Syria, Arabia and Egypt. At the time, little was known about the African interior, its peoples, kingdoms and resources, and the aim of the African Association under Banks was to discover what lay there, to make contact with and study its societies, to map them and their lands and help establish trading links. Banks also maintained a lively correspondence with British diplomatic representatives in North Africa, such as James Mario Matra at Tangier and Henry Salt in Cairo, who were a rich source of news. Moreover, as unofficial director of the royal gardens at Kew he sent pioneering plant collectors to gather plants in South Africa, vastly boosting knowledge of this region’s important flora. At home, he corresponded with politicians, government officials, entrepreneurs, navigators, naturalists and campaigners like William Wilberforce about a great range of issues surrounding Africa. This work is multi-disciplinary and will stand alongside existing series of Banks’s correspondence published by Neil Chambers (Scientific Correspondence, 2007; Indian and Pacific Correspondence, 2007–14). It will appeal to scholars of African history in the Early Modern Period, to those studying exploration and collecting as well as those interested in natural history, the history of science, geography, cartography and the Enlightenment. An Introduction, detailed Calendar of Correspondents, Timelines for each volume and a comprehensive Index supplement the footnotes to nearly 800 documents included in this fascinating and comprehensive new series.
The Sale Catalogues of British Government Publications, 1836-1921
Author: Great Britain. Her Majesty's Stationery Office
Publisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 556
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Publisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 556
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British and Foreign State Papers
Author: Great Britain. Foreign Office
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 1520
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Publisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 1520
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Correspondence with the British Commissioners at Sierra Leone,
Author: Great Britain. Foreign Office
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Category : Capture at sea
Languages : en
Pages : 186
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Category : Capture at sea
Languages : en
Pages : 186
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Catalogue of the Library of the Royal Geographical Society
Author: Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). Library
Publisher: London : J. Murray
ISBN:
Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 852
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Publisher: London : J. Murray
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Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 852
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