Papers relating to Pelly's expedition to Riyadh, including a draft of a talk given by him to to the Royal Geographical Society.
Date:
1864/1866
Description:
Abstract: The papers relate primarily to the Royal Geographical Society who published Pelly's account of his journey to Riyadh and invited him to submit a talk to be read on his behalf at a Society event.There is also correspondence relating to the botanical specimens collected during the expedition and an article on Wahabism, the sect of Islam followed by the Najd tribes.Physical description: Foliation: The papers have been foliated in the front top right corner of each folio with a pencil number enclosed in a circle.