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Record ID 406171

Library: Orkney Library. Register: C05-100-04 (1817-1820, Type: Town). Page: 81

1st.Vol. Humboldt's Narrative

Borrowed: 1820/8/8 (Tuesday). Returned: 1820/9/13 (Wednesday).


Borrower

Dr Alexander Russell Duguid
Gender: Male. Address: Main Street, Kirkwall.
Occupation (normalised): Medicine and Health > Physician.


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Alexander von Humboldt (Male, born 1769, died 1859)
Genre: Travel
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent during the years 1799-1804, by A. de Humboldt and A. Bonpland
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

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Confidence level: Likely

Alexander von Humboldt (Male, born 1769, died 1859)
Genre: Travel
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent during the years 1799-1804.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1814-1829. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 7 vols.
Translators: Williams, Helen Maria, 1762-1827
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 170 times in 73 borrowing records


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Alexander von Humboldt (Male, born 1769, died 1859)
Genre: Travel
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent during the Years 1799-1804

Borrowed: 1820/8/8 (Tuesday). Returned: 1820/9/13 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Dr Alexander Russell Duguid

Author: Alexander von Humboldt (Male, born 1769, died 1859), Genre: Travel

Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent during the Years 1799-1804

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 406174

Library: Orkney Library. Register: C05-100-04 (1817-1820, Type: Town). Page: 81

1st. Parks Travels

Borrowed: 1820/8/8 (Tuesday). Returned: 1820/9/13 (Wednesday).


Borrower

Lieutenant John Baikie
Gender: Male. Address: Broad Street, Kirkwall.
Occupation (normalised): Independent Means > Gentleman. Mariner > Ships Owner. Military > Navy.


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Mungo Park (Male, born 1771, died 1806)
Genre: Travel
Travels in the interior districts of Africa: performed in the years 1795, 1796, and 1797. [Park]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Mungo Park (Male, born 1771, died 1806)
Genre: Travel
Travels in the interior districts of Africa: performed in the years 1795, 1796, and 1797. [1817]
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1817. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 90 times in 67 borrowing records


Book Work

Mungo Park (Male, born 1771, died 1806)
Genre: Travel
Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa, Performed in the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797

Borrowed: 1820/8/8 (Tuesday). Returned: 1820/9/13 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Lieutenant John Baikie

Author: Mungo Park (Male, born 1771, died 1806), Genre: Travel

Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa, Performed in the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1