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Pages : 570
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English Men of Letters: Milton, by Mark Pattison, 1900; Goldsmith, by William Black, 1900; Cowper, by Goldwin Smith, 1898
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Pages : 570
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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
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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
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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 Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford Edited by Peter Cunningham
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Pages : 552
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Pages : 552
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The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford
Author: Horace Walpole
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Category : Authors, English
Languages : en
Pages : 570
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Category : Authors, English
Languages : en
Pages : 570
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Location Register of English Literary Manuscripts and Letters, Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries: A-J
Author: David C. Sutton
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Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 544
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Languages : en
Pages : 544
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Original autograph letters (List of interesting autograph letters) and historical documents. (on sale by John Waller) [afterw.] Autographs and historical documents
Author: John Waller (bookseller.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 60
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Pages : 60
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English Men of Letters: Johnson, by Leslie Stephen. Defoe, by William Minto. Goldsmith, by William Black. Scott, by R. H. Hutton. Thackeray, by Anthony Trollope
Author: John Morley
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 546
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 546
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Report
Author: Großbritannien Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts
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Languages : en
Pages : 896
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Pages : 896
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Literary and Miscellaneous Memoirs: Village memoirs : in a series of letters. Literary memoirs and epistolary correspondence. Poems
Author: Joseph Cradock
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Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 440
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Languages : en
Pages : 440
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Report
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Pages : 606
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Pages : 606
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