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- Published / Created:
- [1815]
- Call Number:
- File 64 Sa141 815+++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text and still image
- Abstract:
- A description of the island of Saint Helena, with twelve numbered points of interest keyed to the letterpress text below that appears on either side of the caption title. Below the title are two columns of text with detailed description of the topogra...
- Description:
- Caption title.
- Publisher:
- Printed for J. and E. Wallis, 42, Skinner-Street, Snow-Hill; and J. Wallis, Jun., Marine Library, Sidmouth
- Subject (Geographic):
- Saint Helena
- Subject (Topic):
- Description and travel and Economic conditions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A descriptive sketch of the island of St. Helena : including its extent, climate, productions, population, government, means of defence, &c. &c.
3.
- Call Number:
- LWL Mss Vol. 48
- Image Count:
- 93
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in a single hand, of a diary of a journey from Dublin to England and then to Cork, written in a lighthearted and sometimes satirical manner. Traveling with his father, his friend Valerius, and a servant, the Irish author records his impre...
- Description:
- Author of the manuscript is an unknown Irishman.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England, Liverpool (England), London (England), and Nottingham (England)
- Subject (Topic):
- English wit and humor, Travelers' writings, English, Women, Conduct of life, Description and travel, and Buildings, structures, etc
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A journey through England, 1752 May 8.
4.
- Creator:
- Deeker, James
- Call Number:
- LWL Mss Vol. 50
- Image Count:
- 168
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in a single hand, of a description of the author's tour through France and Italy in 1770, traveling with his master Robert Fellowes and Thomas Durrant, and recording his interactions with the inhabitants, curious sights, local hygienic pra...
- Description:
- James Deeker was one of the first aeronauts in England. His hot-air balloon ascent in Norwich in June, 1785, was witnessed by Horace's nephew, George, the 3rd Earl of Orford.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Europe., Europe, France, Italy, and Vesuvius (Italy)
- Subject (Name):
- Deeker, James.
- Subject (Topic):
- Grand tours (Education), Tourism, Travelers' writings, English, Ruins, Social life and customs, and Description and travel
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Journal, 1770
5.
- Creator:
- Ainslie, John (Surveyor)
- Published / Created:
- [1800]
- Call Number:
- Folio 15 800Ai
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- cartographic image
- Alternative Title:
- Scotland drawn and engraved from a series of angles and astronomical observations
- Description:
- Title from cartouche.
- Publisher:
- Printed and sold by the proprietor Thomas Brown, North Bridge Street, Edinburgh and Publish'd according to Act of Parliament with improvements till 1800 by Thomas Brown ... Edinburgh and William Faden ... London
- Subject (Geographic):
- Scotland, Orkney (Scotland), Shetland (Scotland), Scotland., Orkney., and Shetland.
- Subject (Topic):
- Description and travel and Travel
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Scotland : drawn and engrav'd from a series of angles and astronomical observations
6.
- Creator:
- Young, Arthur, 1741-1820
- Call Number:
- LWL Mss Vol. 52
- Image Count:
- 208
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of descriptions of residences of English nobility. The author focuses on descriptions of the views from each seat and the landscape in which the house is situated; occasionally he also describes the archi...
- Description:
- In English.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England., England, and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Young, Arthur, 1741-1820.
- Subject (Topic):
- Architecture, Domestic, Gentry, Homes and haunts, Nobility, Social life and customs, Travelers' writings, English, and Description and travel
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Young's descriptions of noblemen's and gentlemen's seats, prospects, &c, in different parts of England, [ca. 1790].