BEIN 1977 Folio 177: Imperfect: left sheet wanting. Right sheet measures 64.2 x 48.0 cm. Ms. note at head of title: Cook's voyages. Ms. note on verso: Map of Cook's last voyage. No. 12 of 34 maps bound together.
Publisher:
Printed for J. Bew
Subject (Name):
Cook, James, 1728-1779
Subject (Topic):
Travel, Maps, Voyages around the world, and World maps
Manuscript on paper, in a single secretary hand, of a tour guide of Italy, including descriptions of notable sights as well as directions from "London to Rome as also from one Citie to another in all Ittaly." The text is organized by city, and "trans...
Description:
Phillipps MS 16427.
Subject (Geographic):
Italy
Subject (Name):
Bell, Henry, Captain.
Subject (Topic):
English poetry, Latin poetry, Travel, Description and travel, and Religious life and customs
Gran trionfi fatti nella nobil citta de Treviso, nella venvta del christianissimo rè di Francia & di Polonia, Henrico terzo, Gran trionfi fatti nella nobil citta de Treviso, nella venuta del christianissimo rè di Francia & di Polonia, Henrico terzo, and Entrata della maesta del re christianissimo in Treuiso
Description:
Account of the festivities held in honor of the entry of Henry III, King of France in Treviso, Italy, July 1574 .
The collection contains nineteen letters written by the Marquess of Sligo during his travels in Greece and Asia Minor. Subjects include his planned itineraries; travel expenses; his elaborate entertainment by Veli Pasha; impressions of and experiences...
Description:
Howe Peter Browne, 2nd Marquess of Sligo (1788-1845) was educated at Eton and Jesus College, Cambridge, where he befriended Lord Byron. After succeeding to his father's title in 1809, in 1810-11 he toured the Mediterranean and the Levant, sending home...
Subject (Geographic):
Greece., Mediterranean Region., Greece, Istanbul (Turkey), Mediterranean Region, and Turkey
Subject (Name):
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824, Sligo, Howe Peter Browne, Marquess of, 1788-1845., and Stanhope, Hester, Lady, 1776-1839.
Subject (Topic):
Friends and associates, Travel, Classical antiquities, Collectors and collecting, Grand tours (Education), Travelers' writings, English, Pashas, Description and travel, and History