People: Travellers not included in the Dictionary files

This material is held atPaul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art

  • Reference
    • GB 3010 RBF/3
  • Dates of Creation
    • [c 1950-1990s]
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 22 files

Scope and Content

This series consists of 22 files of information concerning travellers not included in the Dictionary, arranged alphabetically by surname. The material contained within the files includes research notes compiled by Brinsley Ford and others involved in the publication of the Dictionary. Most of the research material from this series was not included in the published version of the Dictionary and was kept as a separate series titled 'Travellers not included in the Dictionary '. It contains information about travellers from before 1701 and after 1800, uncertain identities, unintelligible names from Italian archives, priests and sailors.

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