THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Series One: The Papers of Sir Hans Sloane, 1660-1753 from the British Library, London
Part 3: Manuscript Records of Voyages of Discovery, 1450-1750 REEL 38
Sloane Ms. 1554: Notes on Brazilian Natural History
Sloane Ms. 1899: Travels of Thomas Browne in Kent, 1693
Sloane Ms. 1900: Travels of Edward Browne in England (bound with Medical treatises)
Sloane Ms. 1905: Travels of Edward Browne in Austria, Germany, Hungary and Eastern Europe and observations on parts of Turkey, 1669
Sloane Ms. 1906: Miscellaneous notes, including travels of Edward Browne in England, 1663-1664
Sloane Ms. 1908: Travels of Edward Browne in Holland, Belgium, France and Italy, 1668 REEL 39
Sloane Ms. 1910: Diary of George Weldon and Abraham Havarres recording a journey to the Court of the Great Mogul, 1688 and 1689. Persia
Sloane Ms. 1950: Commonplace book. Includes notes on China
Sloane Ms. 2026: Portuguese manuscript treatise on Brazil
Sloane Ms. 2032: Naval Papers: A list of ships in the English Fleet, 1665, 1672 & 1673
Sloane Ms. 2034: Journals kept by Isaac Hunt on board Patience, 1680, to Tangier Zant, 1681, to Venice; and African, 1682, to Tangier REEL 40
Sloane Ms. 2113: Longitudes, latitudes, length, breadth and climes of the continents and the most notable islands in the world … according to Mercator. Seventeenth century
Sloane Ms. 2177: Miscellany including 'the briefe of our voyage with Sir Francis Drake and Sir John Hawkins into the West Indies, 1595' (f18b)
Sloane Ms. 2178: Quastiones Psychologicae and (f35) Charter granted by Charles II to the East India Company, 3 April 1661
Sloane Ms. 2179: A treatise on corporations and trading companies. Also, 'Keymer's book of observations … touchinge trade and traffique beyond the seas'.
Sloane Ms. 2291: Journal of a voyage to Maryland and homeward with an account of the natural produce of the country and the habits of the Indians, 1705.
Sloane Ms. 2292: Rutters describing navigation from Brazil to the West Indies, etc
Sloane Ms. 2296: Record of the voyage of the Sidney from Land's End, England, to Canton, China, and India, 1703
Sloane Ms. 2302: Letters of J Walduck to James Petivar regarding the history, laws, produce and trade of Barbados REEL 41
Sloane Ms. 2337: A description of American plants by Charles Plumiere, 1693.
Sloane Ms. 2376: Various notes on voyages to Java, China, etc. Records fish caught off the Cape of Good Hope.
Sloane Ms. 2441: An account of Barbados, 1684
Sloane 2442: 'A collection of several instructions and directions to divers ambassadors and other commissioners appointed to treat with foreigne Princes about affaires of State.' Includes instructions to Martin Frobisher for his second voyage, 1577 (f23).
Sloane Ms. 2447: A copy of the patent of the Hudson's Bay Company, 2 May 20 Car II
Sloane Ms. 2450: Naval Papers. Includes material regarding Drake (f79), John Hawkins (f121-131), Martin Frobisher (f105-120) and an 'Account of Extraordinary expenses in the Navy in the Year 1588.' REEL 42
Sloane Ms. 2496: Miscellany. Includes records regarding Cadiz, 1702, Henry Fymberley's trip from Cairo to Jerusalem, 1601/2, accounts of an expedition for the discovery of China (in 4 ships), a journal of a voyage to the West Indies, 1699, 1700, 1701, 1702 and a treatise on voyages, 1585-1603.
Sloane Ms. 2497: Miscellany. Includes orders for navy (f46), material on Drake (f47) and also poems by Herbert.
Sloane Ms. 2504: Miscellany. Contains accounts of voyages of Montaigne, 1699/1700, Griffin, 1709/10, Phoenix, 1681/2 and St David, 1677-1688
Sloane Ms. 2716: Miscellany with material on the Hudson's Bay Company
Sloane Ms. 2717: Naval Papers REEL 43
Sloane Ms. 2720: Diary of a Journal to Smyrna, Halicarnassus and Constantinople, 1679
Sloane Ms. 2724: Papers of the Earle of Carlisle on Jamaica, with material on African trade, 1680, and pirates in the West Indies
Sloane Ms. 2752: Miscellany including observations on Italy, a voyage to Porto Bello from Jamaica, 1679, a voyage round South America, 1680/1, and material on Coxon, Harriss, Sawlkins, Bartholomew Sharp etc
Sloane Ms. 2872: Observations on China, 1650 REEL 44
Sloane Ms. 2902: A collection of papers respecting trade, imports and exports, by Abraham Hill, including notes on African trade, 1696, an account of Florida, 1698 (f108), Pennsylvania (f165), Albany, 1689-98 (f166), Rhode Island, New York, and the East India Company,1692 (f147)
Sloane Ms. 2992: An account of Ethiopia, 1700. Also, an account of one Indian and six English men taken into slavery for 16 years REEL 45
Sloane Ms. 3052: Historia de las Indias (occidentale) par Don F Bartolome de Las Casas, obispo de Chiapa, 1492-1500 (Heavy showthrough) REEL 46
Sloane Ms. 3053: Historia de las Indias (occidentale) par Don F Bartolome de Las Casas, obispo de Chiapa, 1492-1500 (Heavy showthrough) REEL 47
Sloane Ms. 3055: Spanish papers on the Mines of Potosi
Sloane Ms. 3079: Sir Walter Raleigh's arraignment at the Castle of Winchester, 1605
Sloane Ms. 3105: 'A treue relation concerninge Newe England as it was presented to his Majestie'
Sloane Ms. 3143: A treatise on the Art of Navigation by Middle Latitude, sailing after the true method. Seventeenth century
Sloane Ms. 3145: Voyage of Captain Francis Stanes from Rochester, England, to Muscat and Arabia, 1703/4
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Sloane Ms. 3228: Record of a pilgrimage from Scotland, through France, to Jerusalem, 1655-1656
Sloane Ms. 3231: Voyage of Charles Wilde on the Buritto from England to Madras, 1649-1651, and back, 1651-1652
Sloane Ms. 3232: Papers of William Penn, including a discourse on the English Navy, 1638 REEL 49
Sloane Ms. 3236: Record of voyages of William Dampier to the South Seas, 1681-1691
Sloane Ms. 3237: Voyage of the Panther to Cadiz, 1696; Mary Bonaventure to the Canaries, 1700; and sundry other voyages
Sloane Ms. 3271: The 'true and real state of trade into the East Indies' by Richard Wylde
Sloane Ms. 3272: Miscellany including two letters by Raleigh regarding the second Guiana voyage and two tracts about the same
Sloane Ms. 3295: Journal by John Strong, Commander of the ship Welfare, to the straits of Magellan and the South Seas, 1689 REEL 50
Sloane Ms. 3296: Journal of voyage from Panama to Porto di Pitas. Seventeenth century
Sloane Ms. 3324: James Petivar commonplace book - including his account of animals and plants in Maryland and Dr Mather on savages of New England, 1721/2 REEL 51
Sloane Ms. 3332: James Petivar commonplace book - including records regarding Barbados
Sloane Ms. 3336: James Petivar commonplace book - including papers regarding the Cape of Good Hope and the East Indies REEL 52
Sloane Ms. 3340: James Petivar commonplace book - including papers regarding America and other subjects
Sloane Ms. 3364: A description of the 3rd voyage, 1596, taken to Cathay and China
Sloane Ms. 3448: A relation concerning the estate of New England, c1640 REEL 53
Sloane Ms. 3456: Jesuit letters from Japan, 1591-1592
Sloane Ms. 3459: The language of Japan, 1632
Sloane Ms. 3492: Voyage of Thomas Clement from England to Surat via the Cape of Good Hope and back, 1632-1635
Sloane Ms. 3494: Records of the Venetian Armada against the Turks
Sloane Ms. 3520: Raleigh: Letters regarding the Guiana expedition, 1617-1618
Sloane Ms. 3527: Pierre Radisson surveying Canadian North for the Hudson's Bay Company in 1684
Sloane Ms. 3612: Accounts of Proceedings of the Scotch Merchants Co, May-Nov 1696, regarding trade with Africa and the Indies
Sloane Ms. 3650: Instructions by George, Lord Dartmouth, regarding sailing and fighting. Seventeenth century
Sloane Ms. 3662: Miscellany. Records of colonisation of Newfoundland. Records of war against the governors of Macasser and the Dutch East India Company, 1666-1669. History of Barbados and Grenada. Lieutenant General Ryan's Journal of Guiana, 1665-1667 REEL 54
Sloane Ms. 3665: Captain John Kempthorne's book of sea views, 1688-1690 (China, Japan, Martinique, Cape of Good Hope, Mauritius, etc)
Sloane Ms. 3668: Captain John Kempthorne's journals of voyages to the East Indies,1666/7, 1668/9, 1681 etc
Sloane Ms. 3669: Voyage of William Perse to India, 1679
Sloane Ms. 3670: Captain John Kempthorne's journals of voyages to the East Indies, 1684-1687
Sloane Ms. 3671: Captain John Kempthorne's journals of voyages to the East Indies, 1688 REEL 55
Sloane Ms. 3672: Voyage of John Preston to India in the Charles, 1682-1684, and records of voyages to Africa
Sloane Ms. 3673: Voyage to the East Indies in a Dutch vessel, 1666-1670
Sloane Ms. 3674: Voyage from the East Indies to England and back in the Scarborough,1703-1705
Sloane Ms. 3675: Voyage of John Goodfellow in the Abingdon to Bombay, 1703/4
Sloane Ms. 3814: Captain John Kempthorne's journals of voyages to the East Indies,1668-1670, on the Sampson
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Sloane Ms. 3816: Records of naval and military expedition to Cadiz, 1625, by John Glanvill, secretary to the expedition
Sloane Ms. 3820: Records of an overland expedition by Basil Ringrose from Porto Bello to Panama and voyages in the South Seas, 1681
Sloane Ms. 3833: Voyage from England to Patagonia on the Sweepstakes, 1669-1670
Sloane Ms. 3916: East Indies Papers including anatomy of an elephant, 1715
Sloane Ms. 3918: 'A most exact and particular account of the Island of Jamaica,' by Henry Barham, c1725
Sloane Ms. 3926: Journal of a voyage from Stokes Bay to the West Indies, by Commander General Penn, 1654-1655 REEL 57
Sloane Ms. 3931: Custom House papers
Sloane Ms. 3964: 'The booke … of the compasse.' Navigation
Sloane Ms. 3970: An account of General Vernon's attempt upon Carthagena in the West Indies, 1741
Sloane Ms. 3986: A miscellany with much on the West Indies and including John Smith’s account of a revolt in Guinea, 1697 (f10-20), an account of Greenland (f78ff) and papers on William Dampier
Sloane Ms. 4002: Papers of Revd John Banister of Virginia on local plants and animals
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