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People

Throughout the early modern period, English and Scottish scholars, merchants, and poets travelled between libraries abroad, trading texts and ideas with their international hosts. In this section, you can explore the journeys of individual scholars, merchants, and diplomats between libraries abroad, from Aleppo to Massachusetts. 

Henry Savile

1549-1622

Thomas Seget

1569-1627

David Colville

1581-1629

George Strachan

1592-1634

John Greaves

1602-1652

John Eliot

1604-1690

Edward Pococke

1604-1691

Sir John Finch

1626-1682

Paul Rycaut

1629-1700

Robert Huntingdon

1637-1701

John Covel

1638-1722

William Trumbull

1639-1716

Sir Dudley North

1641-1691

Sir George Wheler

1651-1724

John Locke

1632-1704

Lady Catherine Whetenall

N/A - 1650

Thomas Roe

1581-1644

Richard James

1592-1638

Francis Vernon

1637-1677

Isaac Basire

1608-1676

Patrick Gordon

1635-1699

John Winthrop

1606-1676

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