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Memorandum of a route overland from Ceylon (Sri Lanka) to England by Bombay (Mumbai) and the Red Sea, commenced in Dec 1822, 1822-1823
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 1091/1
Journal of Lieutenant George Baker, 1822-1823
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 1091/1, item 1
A journal in three notebooks, the last one incomplete, written by the grandfather of Dr C.J. Baker while making his journey to England on two years' sick leave from Ceylon (Sri Lanka), where he had been serving in the army. This journal describes the conditions of travel by sea at that time, the journey up the Red Sea in an Arab sailing boat, his visit to, and observations of, the Pyramids, and periods of quarantine in Alexandria and in the Lazaretto in Malta because of bubonic plague having...
Extents: 1 volume
Dates:
1822-1823
Journal of Lieutenant George Baker, 1822-1823
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 1091/1, item 2
A journal in three notebooks, the last one incomplete, written by the grandfather of Dr C.J. Baker while making his journey to England on two years' sick leave from Ceylon (Sri Lanka), where he had been serving in the army. This journal describes the conditions of travel by sea at that time, the journey up the Red Sea in an Arab sailing boat, his visit to, and observations of, the Pyramids, and periods of quarantine in Alexandria and in the Lazaretto in Malta because of bubonic plague having...
Extents: 1 volume
Dates:
1822-1823
Journal of Lieutenant George Baker, 1822-1823
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 1091/1, item 3
A journal in three notebooks, the last one incomplete, written by the grandfather of Dr C.J. Baker while making his journey to England on two years' sick leave from Ceylon (Sri Lanka), where he had been serving in the army. This journal describes the conditions of travel by sea at that time, the journey up the Red Sea in an Arab sailing boat, his visit to, and observations of, the Pyramids, and periods of quarantine in Alexandria and in the Lazaretto in Malta because of bubonic plague having...
Extents: 1 volume
Dates:
1822-1823
A contract between W. Adams, G.W. Hutchinson, and the Arab boat owner for sailing day and night along the Red Sea as soon as weather conditions allowed, 23 Jan 1823
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 1091/1, item 4
An Arabic letter of introduction, complete with seal, n.d.
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 1091/1, item 5
Fragment of a list of expenditure on the journey, n.d.
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 1091/1, item 6