Travel journals.
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Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
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Found in 772 Collections and/or Records:
Journal of George Combe of a tour in Germany., 1837.
Item
Identifier: MS.7415
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
George Combe was educated at Edinburgh High School and at Edinburgh University, where he studied law; he became a Writer to the Signet in 1812. At this time he began to study the phrenological works of Franz Josef Gall and Johann Kaspar Spurzheim, and soon became a fervent advocate of that science. In 1837 he gave up his legal practice to devote himself to spreading the causes of phrenology, secular education, and criminal and prison reform, travelling widely in Europe and America. His views...
Dates:
1837.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of George Combe (1788-1858), lawyer, phrenologist and educationist, and his household.
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Notebooks and journals of George Combe.
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Miscellaneous notebooks and journals of George Combe, containing material chiefly concerning phrenology and Combe’s tours overseas.
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Journal of George Combe of a tour in Germany.
Journal of George Combe while in America., 1838-1840.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.7416-7418
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
George Combe was educated at Edinburgh High School and at Edinburgh University, where he studied law; he became a Writer to the Signet in 1812. At this time he began to study the phrenological works of Franz Josef Gall and Johann Kaspar Spurzheim, and soon became a fervent advocate of that science. In 1837 he gave up his legal practice to devote himself to spreading the causes of phrenology, secular education, and criminal and prison reform, travelling widely in Europe and America. His views...
Dates:
1838-1840.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of George Combe (1788-1858), lawyer, phrenologist and educationist, and his household.
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Notebooks and journals of George Combe.
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Miscellaneous notebooks and journals of George Combe, containing material chiefly concerning phrenology and Combe’s tours overseas.
Journal of George Combe while in America., 1838-1839.
Item
Identifier: MS.7416
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
George Combe was educated at Edinburgh High School and at Edinburgh University, where he studied law; he became a Writer to the Signet in 1812. At this time he began to study the phrenological works of Franz Josef Gall and Johann Kaspar Spurzheim, and soon became a fervent advocate of that science. In 1837 he gave up his legal practice to devote himself to spreading the causes of phrenology, secular education, and criminal and prison reform, travelling widely in Europe and America. His views...
Dates:
1838-1839.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of George Combe (1788-1858), lawyer, phrenologist and educationist, and his household.
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Notebooks and journals of George Combe.
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Miscellaneous notebooks and journals of George Combe, containing material chiefly concerning phrenology and Combe’s tours overseas.
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Journal of George Combe while in America.
Journal of George Combe while in America., 1839.
Item
Identifier: MS.7417
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
George Combe was educated at Edinburgh High School and at Edinburgh University, where he studied law; he became a Writer to the Signet in 1812. At this time he began to study the phrenological works of Franz Josef Gall and Johann Kaspar Spurzheim, and soon became a fervent advocate of that science. In 1837 he gave up his legal practice to devote himself to spreading the causes of phrenology, secular education, and criminal and prison reform, travelling widely in Europe and America. His views...
Dates:
1839.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of George Combe (1788-1858), lawyer, phrenologist and educationist, and his household.
/
Notebooks and journals of George Combe.
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Miscellaneous notebooks and journals of George Combe, containing material chiefly concerning phrenology and Combe’s tours overseas.
/
Journal of George Combe while in America.
Journal of George Combe while in America., 1839-1840.
Item
Identifier: MS.7418
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
George Combe was educated at Edinburgh High School and at Edinburgh University, where he studied law; he became a Writer to the Signet in 1812. At this time he began to study the phrenological works of Franz Josef Gall and Johann Kaspar Spurzheim, and soon became a fervent advocate of that science. In 1837 he gave up his legal practice to devote himself to spreading the causes of phrenology, secular education, and criminal and prison reform, travelling widely in Europe and America. His views...
Dates:
1839-1840.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of George Combe (1788-1858), lawyer, phrenologist and educationist, and his household.
/
Notebooks and journals of George Combe.
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Miscellaneous notebooks and journals of George Combe, containing material chiefly concerning phrenology and Combe’s tours overseas.
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Journal of George Combe while in America.
Journal of George L A Douglas describing a tour in Wales., 1806.
Item
Identifier: MS.10349
Journal of George L A Douglas describing a tour in Wales: another copy., 1806.
Item
Identifier: MS.10350
Journal of George Lewis Augustus Douglas describing a tour in Wales; with another copy of the same., 1806.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.10349-10350
Journal of George Lewis Augustus Douglas of a tour of the Hebrides, 1800, a short tour in England, 1812, and a visit to London in the latter part of 1835., 1800, 1812, 1835.
Item
Identifier: MS.10348
Scope and Contents
The journal of a tour of the Hebrides was published Aberdeen, 1927.
Dates:
1800, 1812, 1835.
Journal of George Moncrieff-Scott of a visit to the United States., 1962-1963, 1965.
Item
Identifier: MS.26971
Scope and Contents
The journal gives George Scott-Moncrieff's impressions of the country during his travels from New Jersey through the southern states to California and back to Florida and the eastern states. There is also a fragment of a later journal, 1965 (folio 76). The inverted folios contain drafts of articles and a story about America.
Dates:
1962-1963, 1965.
Journal of George Rennie of a visit to France and Germany., 1814.
Item
Identifier: MS.19939
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
John Rennie was one of the distinguished group of Scottish engineers whose work contributed so much to the industrial and commercial development of the United Kingdom in the early 19th century. With the exception of roads, in which he appears not to have been interested, and steam engines, which he promised Watt not to build - though he frequently constructed the accompanying machinery - there was very little in the field of engineering that lay outside the range of his activities.
This...
Dates:
1814.
Journal of Henry Aston Barker describing a voyage to Constantinople, and his life there., 1799-April 1800.
Item
Identifier: MS.9647
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Henry Aston Barker left England in September 1799, and after calling at Lisbon, Gibraltar, and Mahon in Minorca, arrived at Palermo in December. Here he was entertained by Lady Hamilton and met Nelson. He reached Constantinople early in 1800, and spent much of his time working on drawings for his panorama of the city. His journal describes scenes in Turkey such as a procession, a dinner in a Turkish household, and the whirling dervishes.
Dates:
1799-April 1800.
Journal of Henry Aston Barker describing a voyage to Constantinople, and his life there., April-July 1800.
Item
Identifier: MS.9648
Scope and Contents
The journal contains a few pencil sketches of Turkish tombstones and boats (folio 18).
Dates:
April-July 1800.
Journal of Ilay Burns during a journey from Edinburgh to Brechin and back again, by coach and on horseback.
Item
Identifier: MS.6323
Scope and Contents
The journal includes Ilay Burns' observations and comments on the countryside, the state of crops, the situation of towns with regard to commerce, behaviour of fellow-travellers, and other matters.
Dates:
1799.
Journal of Isaac Samuel Benners, John Thomas Stanley's secretary during the expedition to Iceland in the 'John' of Leith., 1789.
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Identifier: MS.6318
Scope and Contents
This journal is incomplete, recording events only up to 18 September 1789; a note added on folio 116 in another hand explains what happened to Isaac Samuel Benners after that date. Large gaps are frequently left in the text for later insertion of drawings, and small blanks for names, mostly botanical.
Dates:
1789.
Journal of J Ker, Surgeon in the Royal Navy.
Item
Identifier: MS.1083
Scope and Contents
The Naval log is illustrated by sketches of ships, scenery, antiquities, etc., and accompanied by several poems and a dissertation on the putrid fever of St Lucia (folio 27). The scenes and incidents described include the West Indies, 1778-1779; Denmark and Zetland, 1780; the loss of the ‘Royal George’, 1782; and the battle of Cape St Vincent.
Dates:
1778-1782.
Journal of James Augustus Grant, containing his life in retirement., 5 January 1877-19 October 1891.
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Identifier: MS.17917
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
James Augustus Grant joined the Bengal Army in 1848 and was at the siege of Multan, the battle of Gujerat, and the relief of Lucknow. From 1860 to 1863 he was seconded to the Royal Geographical Society's expedition under John Hanning Speke, when the source of the Nile was identified and Uganda and southern Sudan visited. After further service in Kashmir and secondment to Napier's Abyssinian expedition, he retired with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in 1868. He was awarded the Gold Medal of...
Dates:
5 January 1877-19 October 1891.
Journal of James Augustus Grant, covering his first journey to and arrival in India., 4 February-31 December 1846.
Item
Identifier: MS.17912
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
James Augustus Grant joined the Bengal Army in 1848 and was at the siege of Multan, the battle of Gujerat, and the relief of Lucknow. From 1860 to 1863 he was seconded to the Royal Geographical Society's expedition under John Hanning Speke, when the source of the Nile was identified and Uganda and southern Sudan visited. After further service in Kashmir and secondment to Napier's Abyssinian expedition, he retired with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in 1868. He was awarded the Gold Medal of...
Dates:
4 February-31 December 1846.
Journal of James Augustus Grant, dealing with his triumphant reception in England, his final military service in India and Abyssinia, and his life in retirement at Nairn, including frequent engagements in London and tours abroad., 1 January 1864-29 December 1876.
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Identifier: MS.17916
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
James Augustus Grant joined the Bengal Army in 1848 and was at the siege of Multan, the battle of Gujerat, and the relief of Lucknow. From 1860 to 1863 he was seconded to the Royal Geographical Society's expedition under John Hanning Speke, when the source of the Nile was identified and Uganda and southern Sudan visited. After further service in Kashmir and secondment to Napier's Abyssinian expedition, he retired with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in 1868. He was awarded the Gold Medal of...
Dates:
1 January 1864-29 December 1876.
Journal of James Augustus Grant, describing his African expedition with John Hanning Speke in great detail., 23 February 1858-31 December 1863.
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Identifier: MS.17915
Scope and Contents
Inverted at the end of the journal is a list of letters written 1858-1862, photographic and botanical notes, a list of porters, African vocabulary, etc.
Dates:
23 February 1858-31 December 1863.
Journal of James Augustus Grant, describing his service in the Second Sikh War., 23 April 1848-12 April 1849.
Item
Identifier: MS.17913
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
James Augustus Grant joined the Bengal Army in 1848 and was at the siege of Multan, the battle of Gujerat, and the relief of Lucknow. From 1860 to 1863 he was seconded to the Royal Geographical Society's expedition under John Hanning Speke, when the source of the Nile was identified and Uganda and southern Sudan visited. After further service in Kashmir and secondment to Napier's Abyssinian expedition, he retired with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in 1868. He was awarded the Gold Medal of...
Dates:
23 April 1848-12 April 1849.
Journal of James Augustus Grant, describing hunting expeditions in North India with John Hanning Speke., 20 May 1852-20 March 1854.
Item
Identifier: MS.17914
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
James Augustus Grant joined the Bengal Army in 1848 and was at the siege of Multan, the battle of Gujerat, and the relief of Lucknow. From 1860 to 1863 he was seconded to the Royal Geographical Society's expedition under John Hanning Speke, when the source of the Nile was identified and Uganda and southern Sudan visited. After further service in Kashmir and secondment to Napier's Abyssinian expedition, he retired with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in 1868. He was awarded the Gold Medal of...
Dates:
20 May 1852-20 March 1854.
Journal of James Augustus Grant junior, kept during his membership of Joseph Thomson’s expedition in 1890., 1890.
Item
Identifier: MS.17918
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
James Augustus Grant joined the Bengal Army in 1848 and was at the siege of Multan, the battle of Gujerat, and the relief of Lucknow. From 1860 to 1863 he was seconded to the Royal Geographical Society's expedition under John Hanning Speke, when the source of the Nile was identified and Uganda and southern Sudan visited. After further service in Kashmir and secondment to Napier's Abyssinian expedition, he retired with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in 1868. He was awarded the Gold Medal of...
Dates:
1890.
Journal of James B Burnett kept on voyages to Spain and Calcutta., 1812-1815.
Item
Identifier: MS.24602
Scope and Contents
James B Burnett was with the naval squadron stationed near Bilbao in 1812, and his journal describes visits ashore, occasionally mentioning enemy action. He then served on board the East Indiaman 'Charles Grant'.
Dates:
1812-1815.
Journal of James Byers, the architect and archaeologist, describing visits he made to Southern Italy, Sicily and Malta in 1766.
Item
Identifier: MS.10339
Scope and Contents
There are particular descriptions of churches and ancient temples, especially the architectural details of each. James Byers also gives detailed observations of terrain, local inhabitants and their customs. The journal is illustrated with his own line drawings principally of buildings.
Dates:
1766.