Bollaert, William, 1807-1876

English traveller, chemist, geographer, ethnologist and antiquarian, William Bollaert wrote many accounts and reports about his discoveries and experiences in South America and Texas between 1827 and 1854.

From the description of Letter : London, to Sir R.I. Murchison, 1860 Oct. 3. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 34329268

From the description of Letter : London, to My dear Sir, 1847 Mar. 29. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 34328793

Epithet: FRGS

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000217.0x0002ed

William Bollaert (1807-1876) was an English writer, chemist, geographer, and ethnologist.

From the guide to the William Bollaert Papers, 1841-1849, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin)

From the description of Bollaert, William, papers, 1841-1849. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 271794151

William Bollaert, noted English traveler, explorer, author, chemist, geographer, and ethnologist, exemplifies the second great wave of British exploration in the Americas. Trained as a chemist, he sailed around Cape Horn to Peru in 1826 and worked as an assayer in silver mining regions, surveying vast mining districts for the Peruvian government, crossing the Atacama desert, and reporting his findings to the Arequipa Mining Company in London. returning to england in 1820, Bollaert published his discoveries but failed to win an academic appointment. In the following three decades he traveled to Portugal, to the new Republic of Texas (where he toured the countryside, joined the Texas navy, and made an official report of his observations to the British Admiralty), and back again to South America in 1854-1855, when he explored the land and made detailed assessments of the potential for British investments in railroads,mining, chemicals, and other profitable ventures. Bollaert published more than 80 reports and articles from his travels, a book on the Wars of Succession in post-Napoleonic Spain and Portugal, worked on a history of Texas (published postumously in 1956), and in 1861 translated from the Spanish for the Hakluyt Society Pedro Simon's 16th century account of "The Expedition of Pedro de Ursua & Lope de Aguirre in search of El Dorado and Omagua in 1560-1561."

From the description of Papers of William Bollaert , 1823-1855. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 762796254

William Bollaert (1807-76) was a writer, chemist, geographer, and ethnologist.

From the guide to the Miscellaneous papers of William Bollaert with a printed pamphlet by W.M.F. Castle, [ca. 1830-87], (University of Oxford, Bodleian Library)

English writer, geographer, chemist, and ethnologist, William Bollaert journeyed to the Republic of Texas in Feb. 1842 at the request of the British Consul at Galveston to examine the interior and coastline of the Republic.

During the next two years, Bollaert traveled throughout Texas and wrote detailed reports and accounts about his experiences. Troubled with yellow fever and the dimmed prospects of Britain's future in Texas, Bollaert returned to England in July 1844.

From the description of Notes : Cherokees Memos : to publish for an article on the Cherokees, 1843. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 36635233

English writer, geographer, and ethnologist, William Bollaert journeyed to the Republic of Texas in 1842.

During the next two years, Bollaert traveled throughout Texas examining both the coastline and interior of the new republic. From these investigations, he prepared a detailed report for the British Admiralty as well as maintained a comprehensive journal. Troubled with yellow fever and the dimmed prospects of Britain's future in Texas, Bollaert returned to London in July 1844.

From the description of William Bollaert's pencil sketches of Texas [graphic], 1836-[1844] (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 41525947

English writer, chemist, geographer, and ethnologist, William Bollaert journeyed to Texas in 1842 at the request of his friend William Kennedy.

Kennedy, who had travelled througout Texas during the year 1839, published upon his return to England in 1841, "The Rise, Progress, and Prospects of the Republic of Texas." Following his appointment as British Consul to Galveston, Kennedy returned to Texas in 1841 and served in that capacity until the annexation of Texas in 1846.

From the description of Notes for a life of Wm. Kennedy, 1846-1851. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 36452519