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the ambassadors sent by Frederick Duke of
Holstein, to the Great Duke of Muscovy, and the king of Persia. Begun in ...
M.DC.XXXIII. and finish'd in M.DC.XXXIX.
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Record ID 49906
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 4: Professors Receipt Book (1765-1770, Type: Professorial). Page: 33r
Olearius Voyages & Travels of y.e Ambassadors
Borrowed: 1767/8/25 (Tuesday). Returned: 1767/12/4 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 25 Aug 1767. Original Returned Date: 4 Dec 1767.
George Muirhead
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor of Oriental Languages 1753-1754; Chair of Humanity 1754-1773; Dean of Faculty 1764-1766; Clerk of the University 1769.
Original Full Name: Mr Muirhead. Life dates: 1715-1773. Academic dates: 1728; MA 1742 (Edin.).
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
Adam Olearius (Male, born 1603, died 1671)
Genre: Travel
Voyages and travels of
the ambassadors sent by Frederick Duke of
Holstein, to the Great Duke of Muscovy, and the king of Persia. Begun in ...
M.DC.XXXIII. and finish'd in M.DC.XXXIX.
Number: 10. Original Author: Olearius, Adam, approximately
1599-1671.. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bn6-c.2 . Press: S. Shelf: 7.
Confidence level: Certain
Adam Olearius (Male, born 1603, died 1671)
Genre: Travel
The voyages & travels of the ambassadors sent by Frederick Duke of Holstein, to the great Duke of Muscovy, and the King of Persia. Begun in the year M.DC.XXXIII. and finish’d in M.DC.XXXIX. Containing a compleat history of Muscovy, Tartary, Persia, and other adjacent countries. With several publick transactions reaching neer the present times; in VII. books. Whereto are added the Travels of John Albert de Mandelslo, (a gentleman belonging to the embassy) from Persia, into the East-Indies. Containing a particular description of Indosthan, the Mogul’s Empire, th oriental ilands [sic], Japan, China, &c. and the revolutions which happened in those countries, within these few years; in III books. The whole work illustrated with divers accurate mapps, and figures.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1662. Format: folio.
Translators: Davies, John.
Number of borrowings: 2
ESTC: R21580
Adam Olearius (Male, born 1603, died 1671)
Genre: Travel
Voyages and Travells of the Ambassadors sent by Frederick Duke of Holstein, to the Great Duke of Muscovy and the King of Persia
Borrowed: 1767/8/25 (Tuesday). Returned: 1767/12/4 (Friday).
Borrower: George Muirhead
Author: Adam Olearius (Male, born 1603, died 1671), Genre: Travel