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Record ID 297619
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 165
Banks Voyages 4to
Borrowed: 1775/12/2 (Saturday). Returned: 1775/1/2 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Sir Alexander Gordon of Culvenan
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1771. Life dates: 1747-1830.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
Genre: Travel
A journal of a voyage round the world, in His Majesty's ship Endeavour, in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, and 1771.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.151.b.[23].
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Travel
A journal of a voyage round the world, in His Majesty’s ship Endeavour, in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, and 1771; undertaken in pursuit of natural knowledge, at the Desire of the Royal Society: Containing all the various occurrences of the Voyage, with descriptions of several new discovered countries in the Southern hemisphere; and Accounts of their Soil and Productions; and of many Singularities in the Structure, Apparel, Customs, Manners, Policy, Manufactures, &c. of their Inhabitants. To which is added, a concise vocabulary of the language of Otahitee.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T29207
Genre: Travel
Journal of a Voyage round the World, in His Majesty’s Ship Endeavour, in the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, and 1771
Borrowed: 1775/12/2 (Saturday). Returned: 1775/1/2 (Monday).
Borrower: Sir Alexander Gordon of Culvenan
Genre: Travel