'Mr R. Scott's Letter on the Passage over the Isthmus of Suez, and Project of a New Route to India, 1780' [‎69v] (28/58)

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'Mr R. Scott's Letter on the Passage over the Isthmus of Suez, and Project of a New Route to India, 1780'

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Ref: IOR/L/MAR/C/570, ff 56-84

The record is made up of 1 item (28 folios). It was created in 6 Jul 1780. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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Content: Letter concerning a crossing of the Isthmus of Suez by Mr R Scott. The letter describes the route taken (Alexandria, Aleppo, Bagdad [Baghdad], Bussorah [Basra]) and the people he met (for example, George Baldwin, late of Cairo).
Extent and format: 1 item (28 folios)
Written in: English in Latin script

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Reference: IOR/L/MAR/C/570, ff 56-84
Title: 'Mr R. Scott's Letter on the Passage over the Isthmus of Suez, and Project of a New Route to India, 1780'
Pages: 56r:84v
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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