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'Outlines of the Globe' or 'Imaginary World Tour' and related items - manuscript tours, natural history, and illustrations authored and compiled by Thomas Pennant (1726–1798), naturalist, traveller, and writer (Manuscript) c.1786-c.1793 P/16
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Introduction To the Arctic Zoology with additional illustrations (Manuscript) c.1792 P/16/24
A printed version of Pennant's 'Introduction to the Arctic Zoology', from the second edition of 1792, with lavish marginal illustrations likely by Moses Griffith. Some views (e.g. those of Dover on pp.…
London to Dover (Manuscript) 1787 P/16/20
'London to Dover'. A version of this volume published posthumously as 'A Journey from London to the Isle of Wight' (London, 1801), Vol. I.
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Spicy Islands (Manuscript) c.1792 P/16/19
'Spicy Islands'. A version of this volume published posthumously under the direction of Pennant's son David, as part of the 'Outlines of the Globe, Vol. IV: The View of The Malayan Isles, New Holland, and the Spicy Islands' (London, 1800).
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Malayan Islands and New Holland. (Manuscript) 1792 P/16/18
'Malayan Islands and New Holland'. A version of this volume published posthumously under the direction of Pennant's son David, as part of the 'Outlines of the Globe, Vol. IV: The View of The Malayan Isles, New Holland, and the Spicy Islands' (London, 1800).
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Southern and Eastern Africa ['Æthiopian Africa'] (Manuscript) c.1788-c.1793 P/16/12
Itinerary: 'From CAPE NEGRO [i.e. Cabo Negro in modern Angola]…as far as the Isthmus of Suez'. Roughly follows the African coast south to the Cape of Good Hope, and then north to complete a circumnavigation of Africa, including islands such as Madagascar, Mauritius, and the Seychelles.…
Coasts of Southern Spain and Southern France (Manuscript) c.1791 P/16/9
'This volume has two sections, 'Coasts of Southern Spain' and 'Southern Part of France' (latter beginning p. 483), each with a separate title page featuring antiquarian and plant designs, and a separate itinerary.
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Northern Regions. Including England: Scotland: Iceland: Holland: Denmark. (Manuscript) c.1786-c.1793 P/16/1
'Northern Regions, Vol. I: England: Scotland: Orkney Isles: Schetland Isles: Faroe Isles: Iceland: Holland: Denmark'.
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Western Hindostan. (Manuscript) c.1792 P/16/14
Western Hindostan. An updated version published as The View of Hindoostan: Vol. I. Western Hindoostan (London, 1798).
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Dover to the Isle of Wight. (Manuscript) c.1793 P/16/23
'Dover to the Isle of Wight'. A version of this volume published posthumously as 'A Journey from London to the Isle of Wight' (London, 1801), Vol. 2.
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Tour in Part of the Mercian and Northumbrian Kingdoms; from Downing to Alston Moor (Manuscript) c.1788–c.1791 P/16/22
'Tour in Part of the Mercian and Northumbrian Kingdoms; from Downing to Alston Moor'. A version of this tour was published posthumously as 'A Tour From Downing to Alston Moor' (London, 1801).

Title page illustrated with an oak garland.
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'Northern Regions, Vol. IIII: Nova Zemjla, Siberia, Kamtschatka. (Manuscript) c.1786-c.1793 P/16/4
'Northern Regions, Vol. IIII: Nova Zemjla, Siberia, Kamtschatka.'

Title page with illustration of a bear.
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Northern Africa (Manuscript) c.1788-c.1793 P/16/10
Full title: 'Africa: [Part] I Northern Africa'. Elaborate title page incorporating African wildlife (elephant, lion, crocodile, snakes, scorpions), antiquarian coins, and a quotation from Lucan's De Bello Civili, Book IX.
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France. 'From Le Pais D'Aunis…to the borders of Spain' (Manuscript) c. 1790 P/16/7
France. Full title: 'Part II. France From Le Pais D'Aunis Through Guienne Gascogne And the Pyrenees To the Borders of Spain'
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France. 'From Calais to...Bretagne' [Normandy and Brittany] (Manuscript) 1790 P/16/6
France. 'From Calais to...Bretagne'. Includes elaborate title-page to Pennant's 'France' by Moses Griffith, with heraldic design and a Gallic rooster.
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