Miscellaneous documents
Reference: D/X 1463 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Passport of Osbert Salvin
Covering Dates: 1857-1860
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Records given:11 November 2004 Acc: 3088(D)
Osbert Salvin FRS (25 February 1835 - 1 June 1898) was an English naturalist, ornithologist, and herpetologist best known for co-authoring Biologia Centrali-Americana (1879-1915) with Frederick DuCane Godman. This was a 52 volume encyclopedia on the natural history of Central America.
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Passport of Osbert Salvin, 1857 (Ref: D/X 1463/1)Ref: D/X 1463/1
Passport issued to Osbert Salvin (British subject) travelling on the Continent and Africa, 2 February 1857
The passport records Osbert Salvin visiting Marseilles (February and July 1857); Paris (February 1857); Algeria (February 1857); Tunis (February and March 1857); Guatemala (June 1858, May 1862 and March 1863); and Sweden (July 1860)
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