Africa

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  • continent of the eastern hemisphere straddling the Equator, separated from Europe by the Strait of Gibraltar, and adjoining Asia at the Sinai Peninsula area 11,677,239 square miles (30,244,049 square kilometers)

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        16 Archival description results for Africa

        8 results directly related Exclude narrower terms
        Peter H. Davis papers
        GB 235 RBG/2/DPH · Collection · 1944 - 1985
        Part of Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Institutional Archives
        • Folder of illustrations
        • Letter from J.E. Dinsmore (January 11, 1945)
        • Folder of family photographs
        • Map of Turkey (1973)
        • Folder of various loose prints and mounted photographic/artistic material
        • 2 boxes of negatives and prints
        • 2 boxes of negatives and contact prints
        • 1 box of transparencies
        • 1 box of medals
        • 3 degree certificate scrolls
        • 1 box of transparencies
        • 5 boxes of correspondence with contributors of Flora Turkey Accounts
        • 1 vol. of Turkish meteorology
        • Block of Flora of Turkey map
        • Flora Iranica funding application
        • 1 box of correspondence regarding collecting trips to Turkey: 1954, 1957, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1975, 1982, 1983.
        • Correspondence regarding collecting trips to Morocco (1970), Algeria (1971), Iran (1974), N. Africa (1975), Brasil (1976), Ghana - cancelled (1978)
        • Itineraries and maps of various plant collectors in Turkey
        • 1 box containing general correspondence regarding Flora Turkey project including:
          o SRC 1961-1976 (cost of project in that time)
          o SRC 1961-1976 (grants and claims)
          o SRC reports 1982-1985
          o NATO grants
          o Composer and EUP
          o Senior Research Fellowship
          o Box containing correspondence with Edinburgh University Press and Authors, vol.1-7 Plant geography of the Middle East
        • Flora of Turkey book reviews
        • Synopsis of costing of Flora of Turkey project
        • P.H. Davis various Articles
        • Diary of a visit to Leningrad in 1959
        • Seed and bulb lists (various) and subscribers
        • Steedman Ramage/ Curator Bonis correspondence (access restrictions apply)
        • Varia, C.V. and obituaries
        Davis, Peter Hadland
        GB 235 GBY/7/2/3 · Item · 1990
        Part of Professor Mary Gibby Collection

        1 page permit form from Provincial Administration of the Cape of Good Hope (Provinsiale Administrasie van Die Kaap die Goeie Hoop).

        Permit no. 83/1990, granted to Mary Gibby for 1 day, 31 Dec 1990 to collect Pelargoinium.

        stapled to a small piece of paper with letter head of Hoofdirektoraat Natuur-en Omgewingsbewaring.

        Unknown
        South Africa (large)
        GB 235 GBY/7/7/3 · Item · n.d.
        Part of Professor Mary Gibby Collection

        Colour map of South Africa. Drawn by Edward Weller, FRGS. Printed by Blacking & Son. Glasgow, Edinburgh, & London.

        approx. 545mm x 375mm

        Blackie & Son, Glasgow, Edinburgh, & London