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Papers relating to African expeditions
Catalogue reference: RM 19
What’s it about?
This record is about the Papers relating to African expeditions dating from 1840-1893.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RM 19
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Title (The name of the record)
- Papers relating to African expeditions
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1840-1893
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Description (What the record is about)
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This collection consists of volumes relating to four different expeditions into Africa in the 19th century:
- West Africa Niger Expedition, c1840-1886;
- Zambesi Expedition, 1859-1883;
- East Africa - Kilimanjaro Expedition, 1881-1890;
- Sierra Leone, Boundary Commission, 1890-1893.
Online descriptions of individual records can be viewed on Discovery, see RM 19. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew online catalogue is also available to search.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Library and Archives
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- AEX
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Not Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 4 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- The material in this series has been calendared to folio level and is available at RBG, Kew
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Described at subseries level for each of the expeditions.
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Copies information (Indicates existence, availability, location and format of copies)
- The whole of the volumes of the Zambesi and Kilimanjaro Expeditions have been digitised as part of the Aluka2 Project. Every item within this volume has been catalogued and the digital images and descriptions are available on line through the Aluka website since Feb 2007: www.aluka.org.
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Published library material is available at the RBG, Kew.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16489/
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