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Journal recounting a journey undertaken by Lewis Pelly in Zanzibar in 1862 [25v] (6/8)
The record is made up of 4 folios. It was created in 30 Jun 1862. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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The journal entry has been written on folios 23 and 24 only and recounts Lewis Pelly's visit to the Sohailee [Swahili] Sultan and describes the donkeys and men that awaited them on their boats arrival in the creek; the members of the French consul they encountered en route; and the countryside they traversed.
Folio 25 and the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of folio 26 are blank. On the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of folio 26 there are some excerpts, written in pencil, from the writings of the french philosopher August Comte.
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- Mss Eur F126/17, ff 23-26
- Title
- Journal recounting a journey undertaken by Lewis Pelly in Zanzibar in 1862
- Pages
- 23r:26v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence