Digital Benin Research
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
institution
Journal by Cyril Punch
archival unit
Diary
document type
1889-01-01/1906-01-01
date
specific objects
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edo designations
Punch, Cyril
source
target
Powis, Henry
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Olomu, Nana
Blair
Ahoorakoo
Akissa
Selby
mention
Institutional metadata
Title
Journal by Cyril Punch
Description
A visit to the King of Benin: a journal by Punch, then a trader in West Africa, 1889 (manuscript and separate transcript); with extracts from the diary of Antera Duke, an Efik slave-trading Chief in Calabar, 1785-1788, and a report on the native law of Egbaland, 1906 (typescript).
Creator
Cyril Punch, trader in West Africa
Creation
1785-1788, 1889, 1906
Extent
1 volume, 1 file
Language of Materials
English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS.Afr.s.1913].
Shelfmark
MSS.Afr.s.1913
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 3814
Biographical / Historical
Cyril Punch, trader in West Africa
Other Finding Aids
The library holds a card index of all manuscript collections in its reading room.
Geographic
Benin (Nigeria) -- Kings and rulers
Topical
18th century, 19th century, 20th century
Related Names
Punch, Cyril, fl 1889, trader in West Africa (Person); Duke, Antera, fl 1785-1788, Efik slave-trading Chief in Calabar (Person)