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- 1811-1817 (Creation)
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Born, 1770; a naturalist, whose journeys included New South Wales; died, 1829. See The devil's wilderness: George Caley's journey to Mount Barks 1804, ed Alan E J Andrews (Blubber Head Press, Hobart, Australia, 1984); Reflections on the colony of New South Wales, ed J E B Currey (Angus & Robertson, London, 1967).
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GB 0103 MS ADD 325 1811-1817 Collection (fonds) 1 volume Caley , George , 1770-1829 , farrier and naturalist
Born, 1770; a naturalist, whose journeys included New South Wales; died, 1829. See The devil's wilderness: George Caley's journey to Mount Barks 1804, ed Alan E J Andrews (Blubber Head Press, Hobart, Australia, 1984); Reflections on the colony of New South Wales, ed J E B Currey (Angus & Robertson, London, 1967).
The volume was found among the Tewkesbury Vicars' Papers at University College London Manuscripts Room.
Manuscript journal of George Caley, entitled 'Remarks on the weather &c', containing a travel diary, 1811-1817, describing a canal journey from London to Manchester and a journey to St Vincent in the West Indies.
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English
The volume is in a fragile condition.
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The Natural History Museum holds Caley's journals of tours in New South Wales. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Library and Archives holds transcripts of correspondence, 1799-1810. For 31 letters to Sir Joseph Banks, 1795-1818, see W R Dawson, The Banks letters (1958).
Sources: National Register of Archives; British Library OPAC. Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Jun 2001 Caley , George , 1770-1829 , naturalist Caribbean Climatology Diaries Documents England Europe Information sources Inland water transport Lancashire Literary forms and genres Literature London Manchester Natural history Nonfiction Primary documents Prose Saint Vincent and the Grenadines St Vincent Transport Travel Travel abroad UK Weather Western Europe
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The volume was found among the Tewkesbury Vicars' Papers at University College London Manuscripts Room.
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Manuscript journal of George Caley, entitled 'Remarks on the weather &c', containing a travel diary, 1811-1817, describing a canal journey from London to Manchester and a journey to St Vincent in the West Indies.
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- Latin
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The Natural History Museum holds Caley's journals of tours in New South Wales. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Library and Archives holds transcripts of correspondence, 1799-1810. For 31 letters to Sir Joseph Banks, 1795-1818, see W R Dawson, The Banks letters (1958).
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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