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Peru. South America. Nation. Longitude: -76.0000. Latitude: -10.0000.

 Subject
Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Diary containing details of travels in Peru., ? 1852-? 1853.

 Item
Identifier: MS.42525
Scope and Contents

The manuscript was previously incorrectly attributed to Joseph Pentland, but is now believed to be written by John Lloyd.

This volume is a continuation from another volume (not present).

Dates: ? 1852-? 1853.

Letters of William Lockhart with a pen and ink drawing relating to the San Jacinto sugar plantation in Peru.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13560
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of fifteen letters mostly from William Lockhart, administrator of San Jacinto sugar plantation in Peru from 1876 to 1882, with some from other correspondents and a pen and ink drawing showing the plantation works.

Most of the letters are addressed to his Robert Lockhart in Dunoon. The correspondence deals with the daily affairs of the plantation, Peruvian politics and general family matters.

Dates: c. 1880s-1904

Photographs of travels of Patrick Leigh Fermor in Peru., 1971.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13338/635
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The archive consists of extensive correspondence from fans, friends and associates, including the poet Sir John Betjeman, painter Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghika, and Leigh Fermor's principal publisher John 'Jock' Murray. There are also literary manuscripts and typescripts, often with numerous annotations and revisions, diaries, notebooks, photographs, articles and research papers concerning most aspects of his and Joan's life, work and interests, including wide-ranging material on the war, in...
Dates: 1971.