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Deeper than Indigo: Tracing Thomas Machell, Forgotten Explorer

Wednesday 16th November 2016, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Jenny Balfour Paul, Hon. Research Fellow, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, Exeter University, will give an illustrated account of her adventures in the heartlands of India’s Raj, Polynesia, the South China Seas and Arabia, in search of Thomas Machell, indigo planter and explorer, whose remarkable journals she found in the British Library.

Entrance via South Door | Tea from 18.00.

FREE but booking essential.

Details

Date:
Wednesday 16th November 2016
Time:
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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Website:
https://www.prm.ox.ac.uk/friends-museum-events-programme

Venue

Pitt Rivers Museum
South Parks Road
Oxford, OX1 3PP United Kingdom
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Friends of Pitt Rivers Museum
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