Europe

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  • a continent of the eastern and northern hemispheres that has the Atlantic Ocean to its west, the Arctic Ocean to its north, Asia to its east, and Africa and the Mediterranean and Black seas to its south area 3,997,929 square miles (10,354,636 square kilometers)

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        33 Archival description results for Europe

        Print of Jacque Balma
        GB 235 BLT/4/2 · Item · 1789
        Part of Thomas Blaikie collection

        Portrait of Jacques Balmat wearing a navy jacket and purple waistcoat in a circular, ageing stone frame; beneath is an old ledge under which is a old, cracked, inscribed tablet supported by two wooden bars; an axe and a broken spear cross each other beneath the portrait; foliage grows around the whole structure. Source: British Museum collection, where additional copies are held. https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3308021&partId=1&searchText=Balma&page=1
        (Box 3)

        von Mechel, Christian
        GB 235 BLT/4/6 · Item · unknown
        Part of Thomas Blaikie collection

        One colour photograph of a clock, standing on a wooden table in front of a painted background. Notes on the back state it is a clock belonging to Blaikie's family. Image 55 in P. Taylor's book is of an identical clock, labelled as a gift from Louis XVI to Thomas Blaikie. (Box 3)

        Unknown
        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
        Note in French
        GB 235 BLT/2/15 · Item · unknown
        Part of Thomas Blaikie collection

        Note in French detailing losses Thomas Blaikie incurred as a result of the French Revolution and total losses up to 1821.

        Unknown
        Note in French
        GB 235 BLT/2/16 · Item · unknown
        Part of Thomas Blaikie collection

        Note in French with 25 centimes franking mark. May possibly be signed by Laurarguais.

        Unknown
        Note in French
        GB 235 BLT/2/17 · Item · undated
        Part of Thomas Blaikie collection

        Handwritten note in French which appears to include detail of discussion relating to Thomas Blaikie's complaints.

        Unknown