Notebooks written during the voyage of the Beagle, 1831-1836. From eighteen original notebooks at Down House, Kent.

This is a copy of the original manuscript from which Castiglioni's 1790 book was taken.

This journal was kept aboard the Brig Advance during the 2nd Grinnell Expedition.

This film includes the account of Luigi Castiglioni's travels in America from 1785-1787, which he published as "Viaggio negli Stati Uniti dell'America Settentrionale...1785, 1786 e 1787" (1790). Also included is the account of his travels in England and France, 1784-1785.

This journal was kept by Peale as the assistant naturalist of Stephen Long's expedition west of the Rocky Mountains, May 3-August 1, 1819.

This collection includes ca. 200 letters to and from Harvey's family, concerning Quakers, the Missouri Compromise, slavery, the depression of 1819-1820. There is also a commonplace book (1819-1820, 1821 Aug.), with observations on a balloon ascension of 2 Aug. 1819 from Vauxhall Gardens in England, slavery, Indians, and descriptions of Washington and Baltimore. There are also journals of trips to Niagara Falls and Canada in 1820 and to the American West, from Baltimore to Louisville and back, with an added description of a voyage around Long Island aboard the Robert Fulton in August 1821.

This collection is comprised of materials from seven repositories and includes correspondence from Banks' colleagues and explorers, such as John Hope, Josiah Wedgwood, Georg Forster, and Captain William Bligh; records of expenses for voyages and journeys; and journals kept during voyages to New Foundland and Labrador (1766) and around the world with Captain James Cook (1768-1771). Topics include botany and horticulture, marine life, and collecting specimens.