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Royal Geographical Society

GOSTLING, Archibald Ernest Alfred


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0402 AEG

Held at: Royal Geographical Society

Title: GOSTLING, Archibald Ernest Alfred

Date(s): 1932

Level of description: Collection level

Extent: 2 folders

Name of creator(s): Gostling | Archibald Ernest Alfred | fl 1927-1932

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1927-1932; travelled widely in South America.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Typescript translations by Archibald Gostling, 1932, from the Spanish of accounts of a voyage to the Canary Islands by Nunez Cabeza da Vaca (c 1490-1564) and of book by Bartolome de las Casas (1484-1566) [possibly 'Very brief account of the Destruction of the Indies'].

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

As outlined in the Scope and Content.

Conditions governing access:

Accessed via the Foyle Reading Room. Free of charge for Fellows, Members and those with valid academic identification. All other users pay a charge and must bring identification in order to register on arrival.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Photocopying at Archivist's discretion, and subject to completion of 'application for copies' form. No reproduction or publication without permission of the RGS-IBG Archivist.

Physical characteristics:

Typed

Finding aids:

The RGS archives: a handlist / compiled by Christine Kelly. London: RGS, 1977.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Accruals:

None expected

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Unknown.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Revised by Sarah Drewery.

Rules or conventions: ISAD(G) ed.2, name authority NRA.

Date(s) of descriptions: Oct 2008.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
American history | National history
Geographical exploration | Geography
Spanish history | European history | National history

Personal names
Casas | Bartolome de las | 1484-1566 | priest
Vaca | Alvar Nuņez Cabeza de | [1490-1557] | Spanish explorer

Corporate names

Places
Canary Islands | West Africa | Africa