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Illustrations: "Marimbah, Cafanjah, Two musical instruments of St Mary Madagascar, Page 15 Ch 8 / No. 20". (Manuscript)
1822-1823
BTL/2/1/18
Black ink and watercolour drawings of four musical instruments: top drawing is a percussion instrument, labelled "Marimbah", the middle drawing is a thumb-piano labelled "Cafanjah" (approximate transcription), and the lower two drawings depict two musical instruments of Madagasca…
Illustration: "Poor Tom / No. 26". (Manuscript)
1822-1823
BTL/2/1/19
Black ink and watercolour drawing of a man wearing a conical hat and glasses, carrying a telescope, standing on a small ship. The title could be "Poor Tom" or "Poor I am", it is not clear.…
Illustration: "Madagascan utensils etc Page 3 Ch 12 / No. 32". (Manuscript)
1822-1823
BTL/2/1/20
Black ink and watercolour drawing of agricultural tools, a spear, a drinking or cooking vessel and possibly a sieve.
Loose papers relating to Commander Thomas Boteler. (Manuscript)
1826-1829
BTL/2/3
Edinburgh review piece; Cutting from Jamaica Courant, 14 August 1823; BARRACOUTAS Officers on leaving England; Ode to the memory of Cmdr.…
Illustration: "MunKopaline, Delagoa, Oct 10, 1822". (Manuscript)
1822
BTL/2/1/29
Black ink drawing of a Delagoan man smoking a pipe, dressed in a high-collared European-style coat. "MunKopaline" is an approximate transcription of the annotation.
Illustration without title or annotation, of an unknown object. (Manuscript)
1822-1823
BTL/2/1/32
Black ink drawing of an unknown object, which appears to be some sort of bag or container.
Illustration, without title or annotation, of a pirate. (Manuscript)
1822-1823
BTL/2/1/34
Black ink and watercolour drawing of a pirate, pointing towards a violent encounter between five people in the middle-distance, with a fort in the background flying the Jolly Roger flag.
Illustration: "Tutueila native dance". (Manuscript)
1822-1823
BTL/2/1/31
Black ink drawing of a group of people dancing. "Tutueila" is an approximate transcription of the annotation. The back of the page contains the title of the drawing and a small drawing of a boat.
Letter book kept by Commander Thomas Boteler, R.N., HMS HECLA, 1826-1829. (Manuscript)
1826-1829
BTL/2/2
Letter book kept by Commander Thomas Boteler, R.N., HMS HECLA from 1826 to 1829.
Illustration: "Ahoombah the shell / Sofala, Sept 21, 1823". (Manuscript)
1823
BTL/2/1/30
Black ink drawing of a thumb-piano, a traditional African musical instrument, decorated with shells.
Illustration: "Peasantry of Teneriffe, March 18, 1822". (Manuscript)
1822
BTL/2/1/28
Black ink and watercolour drawing of three women, one sitting by a windmill, one on a donkey, and one standing.
Illustration without title or annotation, of the interior of a wooden building. (Manuscript)
1822-1823
BTL/2/1/33
Black ink drawing of the interior of a room in a wooden structure, housing some sort of machine or contraption, and two individuals, one carrying a knife and a spear, the other may be a woman.
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