Forbes, James, 1749–1819, A Voyage from England to Bombay, with Descriptions in Asia, Africa, and South America, 1765 [section title], between 1794 and 1800
- Call Number:
- Folio A 2023 69
- Holdings:
- [Request]
- Creator:
- Forbes, James, 1749–1819
- Title(s):
- A Voyage from England to Bombay, with Descriptions in Asia, Africa, and South America, 1765 [section title]
- Date:
- between 1794 and 1800
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Series:
- Series I: A voyage from England to Bombay with descriptions in Asia, Africa, and South America
- Part of Collection:
- volume 1, page 11
- Provenance:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Conditions Governing Access:
- The materials are open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use:
- The collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts.
- Scope and Content:
- The words are written onto an illustration of a large rock, somewhat overgrown, surrounded by a cannon, globe, anchor, compass, telescope, sextant, maps, a cornucopia, flags, and a trumpet. Below the illustration is a short passage taken from "From Yarico to Inkle: An Epistle," a poem of unknown authorship drawn from a story first included in Richard Ligon's A True and Exact History of the Island of Barbadoes, beginning with the line: "Ah! now the ship unfurls its crackling sails."
- Physical Description:
- 1 page
- Genre:
- Botanical illustrations, Ornithological illustrations, Travel sketches, Maps, Watercolors (paintings), Drawings (visual works), Engravings (prints), and Portraits
- Subject Terms:
- Forbes, James, 1749-1819. Descriptive letters and drawingsForbes, James, 1749-1819. Oriental memoirs
- Associated Places:
- EnglandItalyScotlandWales
- Associated People/Groups:
- East India CompanyForbes, James, 1749-1819
- Finding Aid Title:
- James Forbes archive
- Collection PDF:
- https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/11734.pdf
- Archival Object:
- https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/3199241
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/3199241?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1