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Online
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| Date and Times | Monday 17th April 2023 | 4:45pm - 7:00pm |
| Prices | Free |
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Who was Thomas Pennant? What inspired him to write the 'imaginary tours'? How was his work received? What can we learn from studying the tours today?
Join us for a free online workshop that will offer an introduction to Thomas Pennant’s ‘Outlines of the Globe’, an ‘imaginary’ tour of the world in the 1700s, written at the author’s home in Wales. The 21 extant volumes of the 'Outlines’ have lain largely un-researched in the Caird library at the National Maritime Museum, but they offer an invaluable record of what a well-connected Welsh naturalist and travel writer could learn about the world without leaving his library. Each volume of the ‘Outlines’ offers a varied scholarly collage, including adaptations from books, quotations from eyewitness letters and journals, collections of maps, charts, and prints, specially commissioned artwork, and personal observations from the author himself.
Format
Speakers will give informal 10-minute talks on one image from, or aspect of, the ‘Outlines’, with topics including natural history, Pennant’s relationships with Sir Joseph Banks and James Cook, and the reception of Islam in Wales. This will be followed by general discussion and questions from the audience.
Speakers
Speakers will include: Rhys Kaminski-Jones (UWTSD), Edwin Rose (University of Cambridge), Stephanie Holt (Natural History Museum), Ffion Mair Jones (UWTSD). Elizabeth Edwards (UWTSD), Abdul-Azim Ahmed (Cardiff University), Elin Haf Gruffydd Jones (UWTSD), and Mary-Ann Constantine (UWTSD).
Event details
This event is free and open to everyone, and will take place via Zoom. For this session booking will be required and the zoom link to join the session will be included on the PDF 'ticket' you receive. If you encounter any problems with this, or would prefer to have the link sent directly to you, please contact research@rmg.co.uk
Book Here
Please join the link at 4:40pm for a 4:45pm start.
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'Outlines of the Globe' or 'Imaginary World Tour' in twenty-three volumes - narratives, natural history and sketches by Thomas Pennant (1726–1798), naturalist, traveller, and writer (Manuscript) (P/16)
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'Outlines of the Globe' or 'Imaginary World Tour' in twenty-three volumes - narratives, natural history and sketches by Thomas Pennant (1726–1798), naturalist, traveller, and writer (Manuscript) (P/16)
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'Outlines of the Globe' or 'Imaginary World Tour' in twenty-three volumes - narratives, natural history and sketches by Thomas Pennant (1726–1798), naturalist, traveller, and writer (Manuscript) (P/16)
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'Outlines of the Globe' or 'Imaginary World Tour' in twenty-three volumes - narratives, natural history and sketches by Thomas Pennant (1726–1798), naturalist, traveller, and writer (Manuscript) (P/16)
This workshop is supported by the Caird Fellowship programme at Royal Museums Greenwich, and by the AHRC-funded ‘Curious Travellers 2’ project based at UWTSD and the University of Glasgow.
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