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Conway, Sir W. M.

Catalogue reference: SSC/23

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SSC/23
Title
Conway, Sir W. M.
Date
1596-1897
Description

Collection of notes on the history of Spitsbergen, 1596-1897. (Used by Conway in the preparation of his book No man's land: a history of Spitsbergen, published in 1906.) See also RGS Correspondence Files: 1891-1919, (35 letters).


SCC/23/1: 1597-1617 (Spitsbergen) -- Loose notebook pages with references to Sir Thomas Smith Governor of Muscovie Companie, a petition of the English Merchants for discovery of trades and an agreement by Benjamin Joseph and Anthony Momier. -- Two Geographical Journal offprints; 'Hudson's voyage to Spitsbergen in 1907' by Sir Martin Conway (Geographical Journal, February 1900). 'Joris Carolus discoverer of Edge Island, a forgotten Arctic explorer' (Geographical Journal, June 1901).

SSC/23/2: Events of 1618

SSC/23/3: 1611-1631 -- Loose notebook pages with references to Muscovie Companie, trade, Scotland and notes on letters and affadavits (many taken from Purchas III) made by R. Salmon, John Catcher, William Heley and others. -- Also notes regarding soap and its history. -- A newscutting from the National Observer (August 15 1896) concerning piece by William Conway and his overwintering during September 1895 - May 1896 with description of rescue by two Hull ships. Annotation 'Captain Lancelot'.

SSC/23/4: 1632-1654 -- Loose notebook pages and a small map: 'Jan Mayen from an Austrian Government survey 1882-1883' with annotations.

SSC/23/5: 1655-1700 -- Includes: Reprint, Some unpublished Spitsbergen MSS by Martin Conway. The Geographical Journal (June 1900).

SSC/23/6: 1701-1800

SSC/23/7: 1801-1840

SSC/23/8: 1841-1870

SSC/23/9: 1871-1880

SSC/23/10: 1881-1900

SSC/23/11: 1891-1895

SCC/23/12: 1896 (Spitsbergen)

SSC/23/13: 1897 (Spitsbergen)

SSC/23/14: 1898 (Spitsbergen)

SSC/23/15: Russian trappers

SSC/23/16: Reprint: Spitsbergen, 1898 and 1899: voyages with H.S.H. The Prince of Monaco by William S. Bruce. The Scottish Geographical Magazine, Vol. 16 No. 9 (September 1900).

SSC/23/17: Reprint: The Swedish Arctic Expedition of 1898 by Prof. A. G. Nathorst. The Geographical Journal (July and August 1890).

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Royal Geographical Society
Language
English
Administrative / biographical background

FRGS 1893-1937. Awarded the RGS Founder's Medal 1905. Obit. Geog. Jnl. 1937, Vol. 90, pages 93-4.

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