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Itinerarium Mundii [The travel journal of Peter Mundy]

[to be determined], 1-208 (Diary)

Bodleian Library, Oxford University, Oxford

Date:c.1639-1648 Collector (major)John, the Elder Tradescant (c.1570s-c.15 Apr 1638) Collector (major)John Tradescant, the Younger (4 Aug 1608 [bap.]-22 Apr 1662) VisitedJosias Best (bap. 6 Dec 1596-fl. 1638) VisitorPeter Mundy (c. 1596-c. 1667) Annotation:This is the first account of the Tradescant collection, recorded in the travel journal of Peter Mundy. This manuscript is a beautiful document with printed and drawn images incorporated. Bibliographic Source(s): The Travels of Peter Mundy, in Europe an..., page: