Papers of Richard Thornton
MSS.Afr.s.27-53
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Papers of Richard Thornton
Shelfmark
MSS.Afr.s.27-53
Summary
The collection mainly covers Thornton's time in Africa but there are a few papers (included in the volume of letters) which are dated after his death (to September 1866) and one notebook from 1857 which contains notes of geological work in England.
The collection contains:
Letters from Thornton to his family concerning his voyage to East Africa and his subsequent explorations (1858-1863) together with other letters (1863-1866) dealing with Karl Klaus von der Decken's expedition (the letters are bound into 1 volume).
Notebooks, partly in diary form, August 1857 to March 1863 (19 volumes)
Journals, 1858-1862 (4 volumes)
Sketchbook (1 volume)
Native vocabulary (1 volume)
Copies of articles from scientific periodicals (1 volume)
Associated place
Africa, East -- Discovery and exploration
Zambezi River -- Discovery and exploration
Kilimanjaro, Mount (Tanzania) -- Discovery and exploration
Date
1854-1866
Language
English
Physical extent
27 Volumes
Acquisition
Purchased.
Subject
Geologists -- Correspondence
19th century
Notebooks -- 19th century
