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Diary of the adventures of a merchant captain in the Mediterranean, 1711-1715, compiled by George Aptall
Aptall, George
1715
Contains Captain George Aptall's personal account of his misadventures in the Eastern Mediterranean, signed by him on 17 October 1715.
Diary of travels through Italy and France, compiled by Sir William Trumbull, 1664-1665.
Trumbull, William
1664-1670
The main body of the text is a diary in English of Sir William Trumbull's travels from Gravesend on 14 March 1664 through Italy to Rome and then through France as far as Avignon on the return journey ...
An abstract of a voyage from England to the Mediteranian : the diary of an anonymous English naval victualler, 1694-1696.
1694-1696
Contains the log of an anonymous English naval victualler on a voyage from Gravesend in England to Cadiz in the Mediterranean between 31 December 1694 and 29 October 1696.
Travells into Holland &c., an anonymous diary of an Englishman's tour of Holland, Belgium, and France during 1687.
1687
Contains an account of a seventeenth-century Englishman's tour from London on Thursday, 30 June, 1687 to Holland, Belgium, and France, arriving back in London on Tuesday, 22 November, 1687.
A journall of my voiage into Holland to fetch the Prince of Orange the 7th of October 1670, supposedly by Sir Edward Turnor
Turnor, Edward
1670
Contains a diary of Sir Edward Turnor's voyage to Holland in October 1670 to fetch William Prince of Orange on a visit to London.
Journal of John Spencer-Stanhope: account of his travels in Spain and North Africa
Spencer-Stanhope, John (1787-1873)
1810-1811
Commences at both ends. Ff. 71v-78r are blank
Voyage aux »les Borromées Ë Milan et au glacier du Rhône par le Simplon le St Gothard, la Furka la Grimsel, Meyringen Berne et Fribourg, [14-27 July 1863; and] Voyage Ë la Bella Cola et au glacier de Zinal par Sierre et St Luc, [18-22 July 1865], par Uline Fayod
Fayod, Uline
1863-1865
The signature of Uline Fayod appears at the end of the first item
Diaries of Professor A.J. Grant, devoted mainly to holidays and travel
Grant, Arthur James (1862-1948)
1910-1947
Contents are as follows: (1) 1910; (2) 2 July 1913 - 16 Jan. 1914 (New Zealand); (3) 13 Sept. 1916 - 30 July 1920 (holidays); (4) 23 March - 13 Sept. 1921 (Belgium, Langdon Beck, Rosthwaite); (5) 27 M...
Anonymous diary of an early eighteenth-century traveller through Europe.
1711-1712
Contains an account of a tour of Europe beginning in London on Friday, 29 June, 1711, continuing through the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, and Austria, and arriving in Hanover on 13 July, ...
Liber Caro, a diary of a tour through western Europe in 1611-1612, by Sir Charles Somerset.
Somerset, Charles
c.1612
Contains probably a nearly contemporary copy of the diary kept by Sir Charles Somerset of his tour through France, Italy, Austria, Germany, and the Netherlands between April 1611 and May 1612.
Diary for the year 1827, giving an account by Frederick Culling Smith of his journey to Portugal and his activities there on the staff of Sir Henry Bouverie's expedition, including notes on political events in Portugal and Britain
Smith, Frederick Culling
1827
Written in the diary portion of 'Thomas's Daily register; or, complete remembrancer, for 1827'. Bound in half-leather. Front cover inscribed in ink: 'Frederick Culling Smith 1827'.
Anonymous diary of an early eighteenth-century Englishman's travels through France, Belgium, and Holland.
1700
Contains an account of a tour of France, Belgium, and Holland from London, between Wednesday 1 May 1700 and Wednesday 25 September 1700, being incomplete at the end. The names of many public figures, ...