Pavlodar
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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Field notebook [No.5] '23 May 1887', 23 May - 15 July 1887
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8634/A.61
Scope and Contents
The fifth of seven notebooks kept by William Bateson during his trip to the Aral Sea and the surrounding area. The entries are part field notes and part travel diary. They include descriptions of visits to salt lakes and water holes, of shells, crustaceans and other species observed, e.g. pp. [24v-27r[, [37r-43v] & [46r-69], and of his travels and experiences with the Kirghiz people.Entries also include accounts of an earthquake (pp. [3v-4r] & [18v]), seeing a tarantula...
Dates:
23 May - 15 July 1887
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Field notebook [No.6] '16 July 1887', 16 July - 23 Aug. 1887
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8634/A.62
Scope and Contents
The sixth of seven notebooks kept by William Bateson during his trip to the Aral Sea and the surrounding area. The entries in this notebook are almost exclusively field notes rather than travel diaries. They include records of water quality at salt lakes and water holes, and of flora and fauna observed, e.g. on pp. [1r-3r], [5r-7r] and [9v-11v].A number of sketches are included, e.g. of people (pp. [4r-4v] and [9r]), plants (pp. [3v] and [68v]), a ship (page [12r]), a measuring...
Dates:
16 July - 23 Aug. 1887
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).