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Total number of records: 7

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Brotherton Collection1
Quaker Collection1

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black people7
voyages and travels7
enslaved persons2
slave trade2
slavery2
african americans1
scientific expeditions1

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PlaceCount
Brazil2
South America2
Africa, West1
Benue River Valley (Cameroon and Nigeria)1
Cuba1
Egypt1
Libya1
Niger1
United States1
West Indies, British1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Adams, John Esq. of Waltham Abbey2
Juan Y Santacilla, Jorge (1713-1773)2
Ulloa, Antonio De (1716-1795)2
Association For Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa1
Baikie, William Balfour (1825-1864)1
Burgess, Wilson1
Candler, John (1787-1869)1
Coleridge, Henry Nelson (1798-1843)1
Hornemann, Friedrich Konrad (1772-1800)1
Marsden, William (1754-1836)1

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Narrative of a recent visit to Brazil

Candler, John (1787-1869); Burgess, Wilson; Society of Friends

1853

Indexed in: Smith I, 379.

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Six months in the West Indies, in 1825

Coleridge, Henry Nelson (1798-1843)

1826

Signatures: [1] 2-25 26. Authorship from t.p. London, Murray, 1832 edition and Halkett and Laing.

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The journal of Frederick Horneman's travels : from Cairo to Mourzouk, the capital of the kingdom of Fezzan, in Africa. In the years 1797-8

Hornemann, Friedrich Konrad (1772-1800); Rennell, James (1742-1830); Marsden, William (1754-1836); Young, Sir William (1749-1815); Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa

1802

Signatures: [a] b-d e B-2B (2B2 + chi1) 2C. With a single leaf (p. 188 with blank verso) inserted after pages 188. Maps by James Rennell, engraved by J. Walker; hand-colored routes. Includes app...

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Transatlantic rambles : or, A record of twelve months' travel in the United States, Cuba, & the Brazils

1851

"Originally appeared between March, '50, and March '51, in a country paper"--Page iv. Errata pages [viii].

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A voyage to South America : Describing at large, the Spanish cities, towns, provinces, &c. on that extensive continent. Undertaken by command of the king of Spain (v.1)

Ulloa, Antonio de (1716-1795); Juan y Santacilla, Jorge (1713-1773); Adams, John Esq. of Waltham Abbey

1772

Written by Ulloa alone. First published, Madrid, 1748, under title: Relación histórica del viage a la América meridional. Jorge Juan's account of the scientific work of the expedition was publis...

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A voyage to South America : Describing at large, the Spanish cities, towns, provinces, &c. on that extensive continent. Undertaken by command of the king of Spain (v.2)

Ulloa, Antonio de (1716-1795); Juan y Santacilla, Jorge (1713-1773); Adams, John Esq. of Waltham Abbey

1772

Written by Ulloa alone. First published, Madrid, 1748, under title: Relación histórica del viage a la América meridional. Jorge Juan's account of the scientific work of the expedition was publis...

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