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1 online resource (xix, 288 pages) : illustrations |
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Works issued by the Hakluyt Society, 0072-9396 ; 3rd ser., no. 3 |
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Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; 3rd ser., no. 3. 0072-9396
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Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface and Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and Conventions; Family Trees; Introduction; 1. The Bargrave Family; The Life of Robert Bargrave; Isaac Bargrave and Sir Henry Wotton; The Bargraves and the Civil War; 2. Robert Bargrave's Travels; The First Journey: April 1647-September 1652; The Second Journey: September 1652-March 1653; The Third Journey: November 1654-February 1656; The Fourth Journey: February-March 1656; Robert Bargrave's Dramatic and Musical Interests; 3. Robert Bargrave's Diary; Composition; Posthumous Provenance of MS Rawlinson C. 799 |
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The Eastry Court Manuscript of Robert Bargrave's TravelsThe Travel Diary of Robert Bargrave; I: Robert Bargrave's Sea Voyage from England to Constantinople and his Residence there (1647-52); II: Robert Bargrave's Overland Journey from Constantinople to England (1652-3); III: Robert Bargrave's Travels in Spain and Italy (1654-6); IV: Robert Bargrave's Journey from Venice to Margate (1656); Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z |
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This is the first fully annotated old-spelling edition of the entire text of the autograph English journal of Robert Bargrave (1628-61), recording his extensive travels as a merchant. This manuscript (now Bodleian Library MS Rawlinson C 799), describes four separate journeys made by Bargrave: his sea voyage from England to Constantinople; an arduous return journey overland from Constantinople to England, via Bulgaria, Romania, Poland, Germany, and the Low Countries; extensive travels, for both commercial and cultural purposes, in Spain, Sicily, Italy and the Morea; and a return journey from Ve |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 256-266) and index |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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Bargrave, Robert, 1628-1661 -- Diaries
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Bargrave, Robert, 1628-1661 -- Travel -- Europe
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Bargrave, Robert, 1628-1661 fast |
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Merchants -- Great Britain -- Diaries
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British -- Foreign countries -- History -- 17th century
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain.
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British -- Foreign countries
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Merchants
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Travel
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Europe -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92005862
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Europe
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Great Britain
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Diaries
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Early works
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History
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Brennan, Michael G
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| ISBN |
9781472460578 |
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147246057X |
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