1
Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon, in the East-Indies: Together with an Account of the Detaining in Captivity the Author and divers other Englishmen now Living there, and of the Author’s Miraculous Escape : exemplars
Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon, in the East-Indies: Together with an Account of the Detaining in Captivity the Author and divers other Englishmen now Living there, and of the Author’s Miraculous Escape : exemplars
Creator:
Knox, Robert, 1640?-1720
Publication Date:
1681
Publisher:
Printed by Richard Chiswell
Type:
Artifact
Source Institution:
SOAS, University of London
Subject Keyword:
British -- Sri Lanka -- History -- 17th century -- Early works to 1800
Sri Lanka -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800
Sri Lanka -- Social life and customs -- History -- 17th century -- Early works to 1800
ஆப்பிரிக்கா -- இலங்கை
අප්රිකාව -- ශ්රී ලංකා
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- Sri Lanka
Language:
English
2
Execution by an eliphant.
Execution by an eliphant.
Creator:
Knox, Robert, 1640?-1720
Publication Date:
1681
Type:
Artifact
Source Institution:
SOAS, University of London
Holding Location:
Brunei Gallery
Subject Keyword:
Elephants
Trampling
ஆப்பிரிக்கா -- இலங்கை
අප්රිකාව -- ශ්රී ලංකා
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- Sri Lanka
Language:
English
3
Flocks of elephants that lay wast whole forrests : a cornfield defended by a she elephant
Flocks of elephants that lay wast whole forrests : a cornfield defended by a she elephant
Creator:
Ludolf, Hiob, 1624-1704
John Phillips (1631-1706) ( contributor )
Publication Date:
1684
Type:
Artifact
Source Institution:
SOAS, University of London
Holding Location:
Brunei Gallery
Subject Keyword:
Elephants
Trampling
እስያ -- ኢትዮጵያ
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Ethiopia
Language:
English
4
Discovery and conquest of the Molucco and Philippine islands : containing their history ancient and modern, natural and political, their description, product, religion ... habits, shape, and inclinations of the natives : with an account of many other adjacent islands ...
Discovery and conquest of the Molucco and Philippine islands : containing their history ancient and modern, natural and political, their description, product, religion ... habits, shape, and inclinations of the natives : with an account of many other adjacent islands ...
Creator:
Leonardo de Argensola, Bartolomé, 1562-1631
Stevens, John, ?-1726
Publication Date:
1708
Type:
Book
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
SOAS University of London
Subject Keyword:
English imprints -- Early works to 1800
Maluku (Indonesia) -- History -- Early works to 1800
Philippines -- History -- Early works to 1800
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- Philippines
Asia -- Filipinas
Asya -- Pilipinas
Asia -- Indonesia -- Maluku -- Maluku Islands
Asia -- Indonesia -- Maluku -- Islas Maluku
Language:
English
5
A Plain chart of the Caspian Sea, According to the Observations of Capt John Elton, Author of Elton's Quadrant & Thomas Woodroofe Master of the British ships Empress of Russia who Navigated this Sea three years, Presented to Mr Jonas Hanway of St Petersburg in 1745 by his most Obedient Servant Thomas Woodroofe (MCA/01/02/03/07)
A Plain chart of the Caspian Sea, According to the Observations of Capt John Elton, Author of Elton's Quadrant & Thomas Woodroofe Master of the British ships Empress of Russia who Navigated this Sea three years, Presented to Mr Jonas Hanway of St Petersburg in 1745 by his most Obedient Servant Thomas Woodroofe (MCA/01/02/03/07)
Creator:
Elton, John ( Mapmaker )
Woodroofe, Thomas ( Mapmaker )
Publication Date:
1753
Type:
Map
Source Institution:
SOAS, University of London
Donor:
Dr. Cyrus Ala'i
Subject Keyword:
ایران -- آسیا
Maps -- Early works to 1800
Caspian Sea -- 1753
نقشه ها -- کارهای اولیه، تا 1800
دریای خزر -- 1753
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- Iran
Asia -- Caspian Sea
Language:
English
6
Geographia antiqua : Being a complete sett of maps, of antient geography, beautifully engraved from cellarius. On thirty-three copper-plates. Designed for the use of schools, and of gentlemen who make the antient writers their delight or study
Geographia antiqua : Being a complete sett of maps, of antient geography, beautifully engraved from cellarius. On thirty-three copper-plates. Designed for the use of schools, and of gentlemen who make the antient writers their delight or study
Creator:
Cellarius, Christoph, 1638-1707
Publication Date:
1755
Publisher:
Printed for John and Paul Knapton, in Ludgate-Street ( London )
Type:
Book
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Geography, Ancient -- Maps
Language:
English
Latin
7
Thoughts upon slavery
Thoughts upon slavery
Creator:
Wesley, John, 1703-1791 ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:
1774
Publisher:
R. Hawes
Type:
Book
Edition:
Third Edition
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Slavery
Slavery and the church
Slavery and the church -- Methodist Church
Slavery and the church -- Wesleyan Methodist Church
Slavery in the Bible
Spatial Coverage:
Europe -- United Kingdom -- England -- Greater London -- London
Language:
English
8
Persia divided into its Great Provinces by Samuel Dunn, Mathematician, published in London by Robert Sayer (MCA/01/01/06/13)
Persia divided into its Great Provinces by Samuel Dunn, Mathematician, published in London by Robert Sayer (MCA/01/01/06/13)
Creator:
Dunn, Samuel ( Mathematician )
Sayer, Robert ( Mapmaker )
Publication Date:
1774
Publisher:
Robert Sayer
Type:
Map
Source Institution:
SOAS, University of London
Donor:
Dr. Cyrus Ala'i
Subject Keyword:
ایران -- آسیا
Maps -- Early works to 1800
نقشه ها -- کارهای اولیه، تا 1800
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- Iran
Language:
English
9
A new map of Persia by John Bayly published in The Geographical Magazine,  London (MCA/01/01/06/14)
A new map of Persia by John Bayly published in The Geographical Magazine, London (MCA/01/01/06/14)
Creator:
Bayly, J. ( Kitchin, Thomas )
Publication Date:
1782
Publisher:
Geographical Magazine
Type:
Map
Source Institution:
SOAS, University of London
Donor:
Dr. Cyrus Ala'i
Subject Keyword:
ایران -- آسیا
Maps -- Early works to 1800
نقشه ها -- کارهای اولیه، تا 1800
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- Iran
Language:
English
10
Detail of a map of the Island of Sumatra
Detail of a map of the Island of Sumatra
Creator:
Marsden, William, 1754-1836
Publication Date:
1783
Type:
Artifact
Source Institution:
SOAS, University of London
Holding Location:
Brunei Gallery
Subject Keyword:
Sumatra (Indonesia) -- Maps
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- Indonesia -- Sumatra
Language:
English
11
Chart of the Caspian Sea [by Thomas Kitchin, William Coxe, printed by J Nichols] and published in London by Thomas Cadell (MCA/01/02/03/10)
Chart of the Caspian Sea [by Thomas Kitchin, William Coxe, printed by J Nichols] and published in London by Thomas Cadell (MCA/01/02/03/10)
Publication Date:
1784
Publisher:
Thomas Cadell
Type:
Map
Source Institution:
SOAS, University of London
Donor:
Dr. Cyrus Ala'i
Subject Keyword:
ایران -- آسیا
Maps -- Early works to 1800
نقشه ها -- کارهای اولیه، تا 1800
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- Iran
Asia -- Caspian Sea
Language:
English
12
Reasons for abstaining from West-India rum and sugar, suited to the understandings of the common people
Reasons for abstaining from West-India rum and sugar, suited to the understandings of the common people
Creator:
Valton, John, 1740-1794 ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:
1792
Publisher:
no publisher given
Type:
Book
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Subject Keyword:
Boycotts
Boycotts -- Great Britain
Drinking of alcoholic beverages
Rum
Sugar
Language:
English
13
Short sketch of the evidence, for the abolition of the slave trade, delivered before a committee of the House of Commons.  To which is added, a Recommendation of the subject to the serious attention of people in general
Short sketch of the evidence, for the abolition of the slave trade, delivered before a committee of the House of Commons. To which is added, a Recommendation of the subject to the serious attention of people in general
Creator:
Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833 ( contributor )
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 ( contributor )
Publication Date:
1792
Publisher:
no publisher given
Type:
Book
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Subject Keyword:
Slaves
Slave -- Emancipation
Abolitionists
West Indies, British
North America -- Caribbean
Language:
English
14
Plants of the coast of Coromandel : Selected from drawings and descriptions presented to the hon. court of directors to the East India Company
Plants of the coast of Coromandel : Selected from drawings and descriptions presented to the hon. court of directors to the East India Company
Creator:
Roxburgh, William, 1751-1815
Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820
Publication Date:
1795
Publisher:
East India Company ( London )
Type:
Book
Format:
volumes 1, fasc. 1-4, volumes 2, fasc. 5-8., volumes 3, fasc. 9 : col. illustrations
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Botany -- New Zealand -- Coromandel Peninsula
Plants -- New Zealand -- Coromandel Peninsula
Tipu -- Aotearoa -- Te Taone o Coromandel
Spatial Coverage:
New Zealand -- Coromandel Peninsula
Oceania -- New Zealand -- Waikato -- Thames-Coromandel District Council -- North Island -- Coromandel Peninsula
Te Moana nui a Kiwa -- Aotearoa -- Waikato -- Te Kaunihera Takiwa o Thames-Coromandel -- Te Tai Tokerau -- Te Taone o Coromandel
Language:
English
15
Sermons, preached in London, at the general meeting of the London Missionary Society : to which are prefixed the proceedings of the meeting and the report of the directors
Sermons, preached in London, at the general meeting of the London Missionary Society : to which are prefixed the proceedings of the meeting and the report of the directors
Creator:
London Missionary Society ( Author, Corporate )
Publication Date:
1795
Publisher:
London Missionary Society
Type:
serial
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
London Missionary Society
London Missionary Society -- General Meeting
Missions -- Sermons
Missions -- British -- History
Missions -- Theory
Spatial Coverage:
Europe -- United Kingdom -- England -- Greater London -- London
Genre:
serial (sobekcm)
16
Sermons, preached in London, at the general meeting of the London Missionary Society : to which are prefixed the proceedings of the meeting and the report of the directors
Sermons, preached in London, at the general meeting of the London Missionary Society : to which are prefixed the proceedings of the meeting and the report of the directors
Creator:
London Missionary Society ( Author, Corporate )
Publication Date:
1796
Publisher:
London Missionary Society
Type:
serial
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
London Missionary Society
London Missionary Society -- General Meeting
Missions -- Sermons
Missions -- British -- History
Missions -- Theory
Spatial Coverage:
Europe -- United Kingdom -- England -- Greater London -- London
Genre:
serial (sobekcm)
17
Portrait of the Ship Duff
Portrait of the Ship Duff
Creator:
Wilson, William, active 1769-1801 ( Publisher )
Saunders, John Cunningham, 1773-810 ( Engraver )
Publication Date:
1797
Publisher:
Missionary Society ( London )
Type:
Photograph
Format:
52 cm x 38 cm
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
SOAS University of London
Subject Keyword:
Duff (Ship)
Spatial Coverage:
Europe -- United Kingdom -- England
Oceania
Genre:
engraving
Language:
English
18
Sermons, preached in London, at the general meeting of the London Missionary Society : to which are prefixed the proceedings of the meeting and the report of the directors
Sermons, preached in London, at the general meeting of the London Missionary Society : to which are prefixed the proceedings of the meeting and the report of the directors
Creator:
London Missionary Society ( Author, Corporate )
Publication Date:
1797
Publisher:
London Missionary Society
Type:
serial
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
London Missionary Society
London Missionary Society -- General Meeting
Missions -- Sermons
Missions -- British -- History
Missions -- Theory
Spatial Coverage:
Europe -- United Kingdom -- England -- Greater London -- London
Genre:
serial (sobekcm)
19
An authentic account of an embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China : including cursory observations made, and information obtained, in travelling through that ancient empire, and a small part of Chinese Tartary, together with a relation of the voyage undertaken on the occasion of His Majesty's ship the Lion, and the ship Hindostan, in the East India Company's service, to the Yellow Sea and Gulf of Pekin, as well as of their return to Europe
An authentic account of an embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China : including cursory observations made, and information obtained, in travelling through that ancient empire, and a small part of Chinese Tartary, together with a relation of the voyage undertaken on the occasion of His Majesty's ship the Lion, and the ship Hindostan, in the East India Company's service, to the Yellow Sea and Gulf of Pekin, as well as of their return to Europe
Creator:
Staunton, George, Sir, 1737-1801 ( Author, Primary )
Macartney, George Macartney, Earl, 1737-1806 ( contributor )
Gower, Erasmus, Sir, 1742-1814 ( contributor )
Publication Date:
1797
Publisher:
G. Nicol
Type:
Book
Format:
3 vol.
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Voyages and travels -- Early works to 1800
English imprints -- Early works to 1800
China -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800
China -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century -- Early works to 1800
航海与旅行 -- 1800 年前的早期作品
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- China
Language:
English
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An authentic account of an embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China : including cursory observations made, and information obtained, in travelling through that ancient empire, and a small part of Chinese Tartary, together with a relation of the voyage undertaken on the occasion of His Majesty's ship the Lion, and the ship Hindostan, in the East India Company's service, to the Yellow Sea and Gulf of Pekin, as well as of their return to Europe
An authentic account of an embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China : including cursory observations made, and information obtained, in travelling through that ancient empire, and a small part of Chinese Tartary, together with a relation of the voyage undertaken on the occasion of His Majesty's ship the Lion, and the ship Hindostan, in the East India Company's service, to the Yellow Sea and Gulf of Pekin, as well as of their return to Europe
Creator:
Staunton, George, Sir, 1737-1801 ( Author, Primary )
Macartney, George Macartney, Earl, 1737-1806 ( contributor )
Gower, Erasmus, Sir, 1742-1814 ( contributor )
Publication Date:
1797
Publisher:
G. Nicol
Type:
Book
Format:
3 vol.
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Voyages and travels -- Early works to 1800
English imprints -- Early works to 1800
China -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800
China -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century -- Early works to 1800
航海与旅行 -- 1800 年前的早期作品
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- China
Language:
English