Autograph letter signed : "Deans yard," to Alexander Dalrymple, 1799 June 4.
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Dalrymple, Alexander, 1737-1808
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Hydrographer and author. Entered the service of the East India Co., and became a hydrographer in 1779. Through the work of Dutch and French navigators and cartographers Dalrymple was convinced that the southern continent existed. His charts and work were esteemed by the early navigators in Australian waters. A Fellow of the Royal Society. From the description of Papers of Alexander Dalrymple, 1784-1806 [manuscript]. 1784-1806. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225644314 ...
Bruce, James, 1730-1794
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James Bruce (1730-94) was a great African traveller. He was educated for the legal profession, but in the course of a visit to Spain and a study of the manuscripts of the Escurial he developed a taste for oriental and especially Ethiopian literature. He was consul at Algiers in 1763-5, and from 1765 to 1773 led a roving life in Ethiopia and Upper Egypt. From 1774, until his death in 1794, he lived chiefly in Scotland. His Travels to discover the source of the Nile was first published in 1790. Se...
Vincent, William, 1739-1815
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Author and Dean of Westminster. From the description of "Bruce's system of the Monsoons for proving that Sofala is the Ophir of Solomon," together with, "Systems contrary to Bruce" : autograph manuscript unsigned, undated [ca. 1799?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270585645 From the description of Autograph letter signed : "Deans yard," to Messrs. Cadell and Davies, [no year] "Saturday." (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270585642 From the description of Autograph let...
