Papers extracted from the 'Outlines of the Globe' volumes.

This item contains a range of material associated with or extracted from the other volumes in the collection, along with a catalogue listing each individual item.

Items are organised in order of the volumes from which they were extracted, and include:

Material related to the proposed sale of the 'Outlines of the Globe' for publication, to 'Mr White'; various extracted illustrations, prints, and charts, including original works, e.g. two watercolours ascribed to Nicholas Pocock in 1796 depicting British ships off the coast of India; letters addressed to Thomas Pennant from J. Aikin, J. E. Smith, Mr. Middleton, William Boys, Joshua Scrope, and Joseph Cooper Walker; letters addressed to David Pennant, Lord Kenyon, Mrs Havard[?] [from Admiral Totty], and Richard Bull; manuscript notes and sources for the 'Outlines'; a manuscript poem in Latin by the Rev. Richard Williams of Fron, addressed to Pennant as author of the 'Outlines', with a loose English translation; newspaper cuttings (many post-dating Pennant's death).

Folder 8-9: contains a sketch of Thomas Pennant (previously unidentified).

Record Details

Item reference: P/16/25
Catalogue Section: Manuscript volumes acquired singly by the Museum
Level: ITEM
Date made: 1773; 1773-1792 1787 1787-01-01 - 1792-12-31 1787-1792 1790 1791 1792-10-27 1792 c.1773–c.1832
Creator: Thomas Pennant
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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