Finding a Job Workshop. Our Job Workshops focus on helping people identify their skills and talents, and finding ways of expressing these in a new context.  Poetry Beyond Borders Workshops. Our poetry workshops bring together poets and poetry-lovers working across multiple languages. So far we have shared verse in Yiddish, Bangla, English, Nuer, French, Latin, and Scots. Share What You Know Finding a Job Workshop Beyond paying the bills, finding a job is important for a routine, one’s independence, and a sense of self. Our Job Workshops focus on helping people identify their skills and talents, and finding ways of expressing these in a new context. Thus far, we have organised workshops on 1. Skills and Experience, 2. Job Applications, and 3. The Interview. We have delivered these workshops at the Millennium Library, Norwich, and at the Ukraine Centre, Dereham. You can find templates here to help you organise job workshops in your own local library. All you need for these is a reasonably quiet space and some English-speaking volunteers who can help with wording and specific vocabulary. Download PDF Feedback from participants: “I wish I had heard of this when I first arrived. We need more of these to help people who are new in the city.” “I feel so much more confident about introducing myself at interviews and talking about my skills and experience”. “A great experience. I can take this learning to other people too – I will share this with people I know that are looking for a job.” Download PDF on “What You’ll Need”. Feedback from participants: “I wish I had heard of this when I first arrived. We need more of these to help people who are new in the city.” “I feel so much more confident about introducing myself at interviews and talking about my skills and experience”. “A great experience. I can take this learning to other people too – I will share this with people I know that are looking for a job.” Download PDF on “What You’ll Need”. Download PDF Share What You Know “I have never experienced an atmosphere as welcoming as this” Participant from Pakistan The “Share What You Know” workshop offers a friendly, informal space that allows people to share the skills, knowledge, and experience that they carry at their fingertips. Our workshops allow participants to share their knowledge and experience with their new community, whether explaining their mother tongue to the locals, or particular skills and interests. Rather than thinking of social integration as the responsibility of the individual asylum seeker, refugee, or new arrival, the Global Library approaches integration as a collaborative process between the individual and the host community, nurtured by the local library and inspired by the examples of mutual respect and exchange which have underpinned the library space historically. Download PDF on “What You’ll Need” Download PDF Impact and Engagement: Getting Started We have prepared a couple of documents which will help you to think about the goals and delivery of your own events and workshops. Impact Measurement 101 introduces the basics of impact measurement for organising an outreach and/or community event. Download PDF Download PDF Feedback from participants: “I wish I had heard of this when I first arrived. We need more of these to help people who are new in the city.” “I feel so much more confident about introducing myself at interviews and talking about my skills and experience”. “A great experience. I can take this learning to other people too – I will share this with people I know that are looking for a job.” Download PDF on “What You’ll Need”. Inclusive Events 101 looks at how we can ensure everyone is welcome at a given event, as well as how we can identify and remove barriers to participation.” Download PDF Find Out More Help with Formal English Find Out More Seminars The Library and Refuge Visit similar pages Poetry Beyond Borders Workshops Our poetry workshops bring together poets and poetry-lovers working across multiple languages. So far we have shared verse in Yiddish, Bangla, English, Nuer, French, Latin, and Scots. The first of these workshops was prompted by the generous donation of Ukrainian poetry by a Ukrainian barrister to the Millennium Library. In this first workshop, Mariia read from a collection of modern verse, entitled “Я Залишаюсь Тут!” (“I’m Staying Here!”) by Pavlo Derkach, written in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine. One participant responded with a poem celebrating the independence of Bangladesh, explaining the political context for the rest of us, while another shared his own verse on the civil war in Sudan: his delivery, in itself powerful, was reinforced by the information and history he was able to share with the group. We learnt a great deal from each other both in terms of poetry but also about the historical contexts from which these works had arisen. Feedback from participants: “This workshop gave me a glimpse into other cultures and languages – it was a joy to hear unfamiliar languages”. “I learnt that war and love and seashells and red flowers all have something in common: they inspire poetry. All languages sound poetic when they express heartfelt emotions”. “More please!” Download PDF on “What You’ll Need”. Download PDF Feedback from participants: “This workshop gave me a glimpse into other cultures and languages – it was a joy to hear unfamiliar languages”. “I learnt that war and love and seashells and red flowers all have something in common: they inspire poetry. All languages sound poetic when they express heartfelt emotions”. “More please!” Download PDF on “What You’ll Need”. Download PDF

dward Pococke 1604 - 1691. Global journeys travelling from England to Italy, Ottoman Empire and Syria. England, Italy, Ottoman Empire and Syria. Countries Visited 1604-1691 Date Edward Pococke Journeys 8th of November, born at Oxford 1604 Matriculated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford; studied Greek, Hebrew, Arabic under Matthias Pasor and William Bedwell 1619 Fellow of Corpus Christie, Oxford; worked on and published a translation of the epistles 2 Peter, 2 and 3 John, and Jude from Syriac 1628 31st of March, appointed Levant Company chaplain at Aleppo 1630 17th of October, arrived at Aleppo 1630 Left Aleppo, arrived in England, appointed Professor of Arabic 1636 July, left for Constantinople via Leghorn with John Greaves, Greaves stayed in Italy at Leghorn; lived in Galata in the residence of the English ambassador, first Sir Peter Wyche (for whom he acted as chaplain), later Sir Sackville Crowe 1637 July, met Christianus Ravius (sponsored by John Ussher), who arrived with a letter of recommendation from Vossius, also joined the English ambassador’s house 1639 In contact with several learned Jewish scholars, notably Jacob Roman, who introduced Pococke to the study of Judaeo-Arabic, and procured important Hebrew manuscripts for him; also received help from Cyril Lucaris, patriarch of Constantinople, but this ceased with Cyril's execution by the Turks in June 1638 1637-1640 August, embarked on the return journey to England, travelled via Paris, met with Grotius, discussed Grotius’ work on Muslims 1640 March, arrived in England 1641 Presented by his college to the rectory of Childrey in Berkshire, lived there for the next 18 years 1642 June, dispute over his position of canon at Christ Church, Oxford, resolved, moved to the canon's quarters 1660 10th of September, died, buried in Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford 1691 England, Italy, Ottoman Empire and Syria. Countries Visited 1604-1691 Date Edward Pococke Global Journeys View All John Covel (1638-1722) Sir John Finch (1626-1682) Paul Rycaut (1629-1700) Sir Dudley North (1641-1692) David Colville (1581-1629) George Strachan (1592-1634) Thomas Seget (1569-1627) Henry Savile (1549-1622) Sir George Wheler (1651-1724) Robert Huntingdon (1637-1701) Edward Pococke (1604-1691) John Greaves (1602-1652) John Eliot (1604-1690) William Trumbull (1639-1716)

Lady Catherine Whetenall / Whetenhall N/A - 1650 Global journeys travelling from England to Belgium, Italy, Paris  England, Belgium, Italy, Paris Countries Visited N/A - 1650 Date Lady Catherine Whetenall/Whetenhall Belgium, England, France, Italy. Countries Visited N/A - 1650 Date Lady Catherine Whetenall/Whetenhall Journeys Born N/A Travelled to the monastery of Bernardines at Osterloe, near Ghent 1648 Candlemas, moved from Osterloe to the Augustinian convent in Brussels overseen by the Countess of Barlamont 1648-49 September moved to Louvain for her wedding 1649 Travelled to Ghent through Antwerp to live with her husband’s uncle 1649 Travelled through Bruges, Newport, Calais, Paris, Lyon and arrived in Rome on Christmas Eve 1649 Lady Catherine visited the Vatican library and had audiences with the Pope and his sister-in-law Donna Olympia 1649 Visited the Countess of Carpegna, daughter to the Duke of Northumberland, in Florence 1649-50 The party proceeded to Loretto, Venice, Padua 1650 6th of July, died in Padua of a fever which first affected her female attendant, Mrs. Mary Sanders, who survived. Lady Catherine refused to leave her attendant and cared for her herself, caught the fever, had a stillbirth and died. 1650 Global Journeys View All John Covel (1638-1722) Sir John Finch (1626-1682) Paul Rycaut (1629-1700) Sir Dudley North (1641-1692) David Colville (1581-1629) George Strachan (1592-1634) Thomas Seget (1569-1627) Henry Savile (1549-1622) Sir George Wheler (1651-1724) Robert Huntingdon (1637-1701) Edward Pococke (1604-1691) John Greaves (1602-1652) John Eliot (1604-1690) William Trumbull (1639-1716)

Paul Rycaut 1629 - 1700. Global journey travelling from England to Spain, Italy, Belgium, Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria, Ireland, Germany, Libya, Algeria, Syria. Journeys Born London 1629 Matriculated at Trinity College, Cambridge 1646 Travel to Madrid, enrolled at University of Alcalá de Henares 1650 Returned to England 1652 He joined Robert Blake's fleet in Italy for a punitive expedition against the privateers of Tunis (4th of April Porto Farina) 1655 December, returned to England 1655 Travel to Antwerp; return to England before 1660 1658 January, travel to Constantinople as chancellor and private secretary to Ambassador Heneage Finch 1661 Involved in the publication of the first ever book in English printed in the Ottoman Empire August 1663 - travel to Tripoli, Tunis, and Algiers; continued onto London 1663 August, travel to Tripoli, Tunis, and Algiers; continued onto London 1663 March, Travel back to Constantinople 1664 April, travelled to the English factory at Aleppo; then encamped with the Ottoman army at Belgrade 1665 December, travel back to London through the Balkans 1665 Published major book in London (The Present State of the Ottoman Empire) andadmitted to the Royal Society 1666 Appointed British consul at Smyrna (Izmir) 1667 Lead an expedition which rediscovered the lost site of Thyateira 1670 Travelled to Italy (6 months) on his way to London 1678 Active period of literary, translation and scholarly activity in England 1678-1686 Travelled to Dublin as chief secretary in Ireland 1686 Travelled back to London relieved of duties in Ireland 1687 Appointed resident at the Hanse Towns of Hamburg, Lubeck, and Bremen August 1689 - travelled to Hamburg 1689 August, travelled to Hamburg 1689 Active as a writer and scholar from Hamburg 1689-1700 May travelled back to London 1700 November, died in Wardour Street, London; buried in the church of St Peter and St Paul,Aylesford 1700 England, Spain, Italy, Belgium, Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria, Ireland, Germany, Libya, Algeria, Syria. Countries Visited 1629-1700 Date Paul Rycaut England, Spain, Italy, Belgium, Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria, Ireland, Germany, Libya, Algeria, Syria. Countries Visited 1629-1700 Date Paul Rycaut Global Journeys View All John Covel (1638-1722) Sir John Finch (1626-1682) Paul Rycaut (1629-1700) Sir Dudley North (1641-1692) David Colville (1581-1629) George Strachan (1592-1634) Thomas Seget (1569-1627) Henry Savile (1549-1622) Sir George Wheler (1651-1724) Robert Huntingdon (1637-1701) Edward Pococke (1604-1691) John Greaves (1602-1652) John Eliot (1604-1690) William Trumbull (1639-1716)

Thomas Roe 1581 - 1644. Global journeys travelling from Spain to South America, India, Constantinople, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Poland, Austria. Spain, South America, India, Constantinople, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Poland, Austria. Countries Visited 1581-1644 Date Thomas Roe England, South America, India, Greece, Turkey, Italy, Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Poland, Austria. Countries Visited 1651-1644 Date Thomas Roe Journeys 8 March, baptised at St Lawrence Jewry, London 1581 Matriculated as a commoner at Magdalen College, Oxford 1593 Left Oxford without taking a degree, joined the Middle Temple 1597 Travelled to Spain member of the suite of Charles Howard, first earl of Nottingham, sent to ratify the peace treaty between England and Spain 1605 Appointed a member the Royal Council of Virginia and of the council of the Virginia Company, one of the substantial early investors in the Company of Adventurers 1607 February, sailed as a commander of an expedition to Guiana, established settlers on the north bank of the Amazon 1610 Accompanied Princess Elizabeth to Heidelberg for her marriage 1613 Travelled to Spa from Heidelberg, he held some theological disputations with the Catholic priest and controversialist Thomas Wright which were published at Mechelen as Quatuor colloquia (1614); returned to Heidelberg and then to England 1613 Elected MP for Tamworth 1614 Travelled to the Low Countries to serve as a soldier 1614 October, returned to England and accepted an invitation from the East India Company to become England's first ambassador to Mughal India 1614 Ambassador to the Mughal Empire, travelled via the Cape of Good Hope 1615 - 1619 Presented his credentials to Emperor Jahangir at Ajmer 1616 Travelled with Jahangir from Ajmer to Mandu 1616 October, Roe followed Jahangir from Mandu to Ahmadabad 1617 September, travelled to Surat 1618 February, travelled back to England from Surat 1619 No travel but active involvement in the Virginia Company and in advocating for the Bohemian cause 1619 - 1621 Ambassador at Constantinople 1621 - 1629 October, travelled via Malaga, Messina, Zante, Chios and Alexandria Troas to Constantinople 1621 Collected antiquities, coins, medals and manuscripts; Cyril Lukaris, patriarch of Constantinople, and Roe became firm friends. Lukaris helped him to collect early Christian Greek manuscripts, which he presented to the Bodleian Library for the use of protestant scholars. Lukaris presented to Charles I through Roe the Codex Alexandrinus, now in the British Library. Roe aided the installation of a short-lived Greek printing press 1621 - 29 June, started travelling back to England; called at Smyrna, attacked by the Knights of St John at Malta, disembarked in Leghorn, travelled to Florence, Venice, Bergamo, and Turin, and thence through Switzerland and down the Rhine to The Hague to meet the exiled King and Queen of Bohemia (Elizabeth Stuart) 1628 Arrived to England 1629 Back to Europe on a diplomatic mission to build a Protestant alliance; met with the King and Queen of Bohemia in Rhenen, Gelderland; visited Christian IV in Copenhagen to advocate for Eastland Company 1629 August, met Gustavus Adolphus at the Swedish fortified camp near Marienburg in Brandenburg 1629 September, travelled to Warsaw to negotiate Swedish-Polish truce; successfully negotiated for the return of Latvian lands of Jacob, the Duke of Kurland (Jacob later provided 62 ships for Charles during the Civil Wars in return) 1629 December, back in Danzig, mediating an agreement between Danzig and the Swedes 1629 April, visited Hamburg and Glückstadt 1630 Involved in preparing an expedition for the discovery of the North-West passage 1630-31 No travel but active involvement in decisions about the future of Virginia colony 1631 Appointed ambassador-extraordinary at Hamburg for talks between France, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, and England; in Hamburg in 1638-39 1638 MP for Oxford in the Long Parliament 1640 April, ambassador to the Imperial Diet in Regensburg, travelled to Vienna, secured the release of Prince Rupert who was a prisoner of war 1641 June, travelled to the Hague to wait for Queen Henrietta Maria 1642 September, arrived in London 1642 January, summoned to Oxford, instructed to reopen correspondence with the king's representatives in Europe and the emperor's in London and Vienna 1643 November, died probably at Woodford Manor, Essex 1644 Global Journeys View All John Covel (1638-1722) Sir John Finch (1626-1682) Paul Rycaut (1629-1700) Sir Dudley North (1641-1692) David Colville (1581-1629) George Strachan (1592-1634) Thomas Seget (1569-1627) Henry Savile (1549-1622) Sir George Wheler (1651-1724) Robert Huntingdon (1637-1701) Edward Pococke (1604-1691) John Greaves (1602-1652) John Eliot (1604-1690) William Trumbull (1639-1716)

John Winthrop 1606 - 1676. Global journeys travelling from England to Turkey, United States of America, Ireland England, Turkey, United States of America, Ireland Countries Visited 1606-1676 Date John Winthrop England, Turkey, United States of America, Ireland Countries Visited 1608-1676 Date John Winthrop Journeys 12 February, born at Groton Manor, Suffolk; educated at the King Edward VI grammar school at Bury St Edmunds 1606 Admitted to Trinity College, Dublin 1622 Returned to England without a degree 1624 28 February, admitted to the Inner Temple 1625 attempted to secure a purser's berth on a Turkey-bound vessel in pursuit of alchemical knowledge; Unsuccessful, he then joined the duke of Buckingham's fleet sent to relieve the French protestant stronghold at La Rochelle 1627 Married his first cousin Marta and immigrated to New England 1631 Led a group of people to found the town of Agawan north of Boston 1633 Wife and infant daughter died; sailed to England; storm diverted vessel to Ireland; travelled through Ireland to England 1634 Married Elizabeth Reade; accepted a commission to serve for one year as the governor of the Connecticut river; in New England by November 1635 Returned to England to encourage more migration and investment; solicited support among his scientific associates for another venture: emigration to America to pursue alchemical research in a new riverine plantation along the Long Island sound 1641 Returned to New England 1643 Moved temporarily to New Haven 1656 21st of May, elected governor of Connecticut; waited six months before moving to his office in Hartford 1657 Mission to England to secure a royal charter for Connecticut; became the first colonial member of the Royal Society 1661 5 April, died, buried in Boston 1676 Global Journeys View All John Covel (1638-1722) Sir John Finch (1626-1682) Paul Rycaut (1629-1700) Sir Dudley North (1641-1692) David Colville (1581-1629) George Strachan (1592-1634) Thomas Seget (1569-1627) Henry Savile (1549-1622) Sir George Wheler (1651-1724) Robert Huntingdon (1637-1701) Edward Pococke (1604-1691) John Greaves (1602-1652) John Eliot (1604-1690) William Trumbull (1639-1716)

William Trumbull 1639 – 1716. Global journeys travelling from England to France, Italy, Morocco, Ottoman Empire. England, France, Italy, Morocco, Ottoman Empire. Countries Visited 1639–1716 Date William Trumbull Journeys 12 or 13th of August, born at Easthampstead Park, Berkshire 1639 Attended Wokingham School 1649-1655 5 April, matriculated at St John's, Oxford 1655 Travelled in France and Italy, in the company of Edward Browne, the son of the antiquary Sir Thomas Browne 1664-66 Admitted to the court of arches 1667 Lord Dartmouth, impressed with Trumbull's ability at the council table, chose him to serve as judge-advocate in his mission to evacuate Tangier. Trumbull arrived at Tangier Bay in mid-September 1683 November, Ambassador to France 1685 Mid-October, returned to London 1686 April, set off to Constantinople as Ambassador 1687 Set off for England 1691 Elected Fellow of the Royal Society 1692 Treasury commissioner, secretary of state, and MP 1692–1697 Governor of Hudson's Bay Company 1696–1700 Governor of the Levant Company 1696–1710 Retired; Trumbull's book collecting and literary interests led to friendship with the young Alexander Pope, his near neighbour at Easthampstead, who idolized him in some of his early verse as a paragon of virtuous 'retirement' 1697 14th of December died at Easthampstead and was buried at the parish church 1716 Global Journeys View All John Covel (1638-1722) Sir John Finch (1626-1682) Paul Rycaut (1629-1700) Sir Dudley North (1641-1692) David Colville (1581-1629) George Strachan (1592-1634) Thomas Seget (1569-1627) Henry Savile (1549-1622) Sir George Wheler (1651-1724) Robert Huntingdon (1637-1701) Edward Pococke (1604-1691) John Greaves (1602-1652) John Eliot (1604-1690) William Trumbull (1639-1716)

Help with Formal English, writing in a new language can be a daunting task. We offer a volunteer proofreading service for people who have experienced forced migration. If you would like some help preparing a CV, cover letter, or UCAS application etc, you can get in touch with us here. Help with Formal English Writing in a new language can be a daunting task. We offer a volunteer proofreading service for people who have experienced forced migration. If you would like some help preparing a CV, cover letter, or UCAS application etc, you can get in touch with us here. A member of the team or one of our colleagues will offer you feedback and suggestions. If you are interested in volunteering as a proof-reader, you can also get in touch with us here. Contact Workshops Visit similar pages Seminars

The Library and Refuge: locations, questions, methods, and ethics - The Library and Refuge explores how contemporary libraries are facilitating social integration, cross-cultural connectivity and knowledge-exchange for refugees and asylum-seekers. The Library and Refuge: locations, questions, methods, and ethics “In the library, I never feel alone. Never. It is a completely different space – it exists outside of time.” Anna, Ukrainian Psychologist now in Norfolk Data collection for this research involves participant observation, focus-groups and semi-structured interviews with (i) refugees and asylum-seekers who access libraries and (ii) service providers at these libraries (librarians, volunteers and social workers) in the UK and in key countries across Europe (including Germany, Greece, and Norway). In addition to public libraries, various types of libraries that offer services to refugees (including those established by NGOs, grassroot charities, and by refugees themselves) that aim to preserve their history, culture, and memories are also examined. During the first phase of the project, we are focusing on various libraries across Norfolk. We are conducting participant observation by attending migrant sessions, English Language Exchange sessions and Global Reading sessions at different libraries across the region. Participating in library sessions enables us to learn about migrants’ lives, as well as everyday practices and interactions at the libraries. As forced migrants are faced with multiple uncertainties and challenges, understanding the varied forms of vulnerability present, ensuring participant wellbeing, and addressing any potential risks for participants engaging in this research is of upmost importance. We focus on creating trust, non-hierarchical relationships, and establishing a safe space for sharing experiences and co-producing knowledge by researchers, participants, and practitioners. Rather than thinking of integration as the responsibility of the asylum seeker, ‘The Library and Refuge’ approaches integration as a collaborative process between the individual and the host community, nurtured by the local library and inspired by examples of mutual respect and knowledge exchange found in public and grass-roots libraries globally. The Library and Refuge explores how contemporary libraries are facilitating social integration, cross-cultural connectivity and knowledge-exchange for refugees and asylum-seekers. In recent years, the UK has seen the emergence of diverse library services for people who have experienced forced migration, including language learning sessions, access to relevant information and to technology, foreign language collections, as well as connections with local authorities and service providers. How do different groups experience services at the public library? What are the challenges and opportunities involved in accessing these services? What are the views and experiences of librarians in reorienting and delivering services for a wide range of communities who have experienced forced migration? This research employs an ethnographic approach to answer these questions, exploring whether and how libraries function as spaces for the acquisition and exchange of knowledge and social integration. While opening up public libraries as spaces for refugee support and integration is a rewarding experience for most librarians, it also comes with its own challenges. It requires the reorientation of library services and navigating how best to engage with different groups and their needs, and adapting to changes in workload and working environment. At the same time, the experience of accessing libraries for forced migrant groups is varied. While for some, it presents a familiar space that enables continuity of their experience and home, for others, exploring libraries is a new experience and opportunity. A forced-migrant who fled his home 12 years ago at the age of 14, stated that the ‘best thing’ at the library is the opportunity to simply enjoy some calm, ‘sitting silently and reading’, with the added potential of starting a conversation with somebody new. Workshops Visit similar pages Seminars

John Eliot 1604 – 1690. Global journeys travelling from England to United States of America. England, United States of America Countries Visited 1604–1690 Date John Eliot Journeys Born at Widford, Hertfordshire 1604 Matriculated at Jesus College, Cambridge 1619 Serving as usher or assistant master at Thomas Hooker's puritan academy at Little Baddow, near Chelmsford, Essex 1629 3rd of November, Eliot and his twenty-three barrels of books arrived in Boston aboard the Lyon with John Winthrop's wife and children 1631 Pastor of the First Church at Boston 1631 November, 1632 the ‘teacher’ (assistant pastor) under Thomas Weld at the new Roxbury settlement some 2 miles away 1632 Co-authored, with Richard Mather and Thomas Weld, the metrical Bay-Psalm Book—the first book printed in New England 1640 Roxbury Latin School, only the second such academy in English America (after Boston's) 1645 Started learning Massachusett language 1646 Published his first work in Massachusett, a catechism called The Indian Primer 1654 Eliot's ‘Indian Library’ of tracts and huge volumes in Massachusett ultimately included twenty separate titles and thousands of copies, all printed in the colony 1654–1688 Died 1690 England, United States of America Countries Visited 1604–1690 Date John Eliot Global Journeys View All John Covel (1638-1722) Sir John Finch (1626-1682) Paul Rycaut (1629-1700) Sir Dudley North (1641-1692) David Colville (1581-1629) George Strachan (1592-1634) Thomas Seget (1569-1627) Henry Savile (1549-1622) Sir George Wheler (1651-1724) Robert Huntingdon (1637-1701) Edward Pococke (1604-1691) John Greaves (1602-1652) John Eliot (1604-1690) William Trumbull (1639-1716)

Sir George Wheler 1651 - 1724. Global journeys travelling from England to France, Switzerland, Italy, Greece, Ottoman Empire. England, France, Switzerland, Italy, Greece, Ottoman Empire. Countries Visited 1651-1724 Date Sir George Wheler Journeys Born at Breda in the Netherlands 1651 The family returned from exile to Charing, Kent 1652 31 January, matriculated at Lincoln College, Oxford 1668 4 July, admitted to Middle Temple 1671 Started a continental tour in the company of George Hickes (1642-1715), his Oxford tutor 1673 October, travelled through France and Switzerland 1673 Travelled to Venice, met Jacob Spon there 1675 Travelled through Greece and Asia Minor 1675-1676 June to September - visited Corfu, Zante and the Cyclades 1675 September, arrived to Istanbul 1675 October, left for Izmir, travelled through Bursa, claimed to have studied a synthronon in Bursa in a ‘great Church turn’d into a Mosque’ 1675 November, sailed from Izmir to Zante 1675 February, arrived to Athens from Zante 1676 Explored Attica from Athens 1676 Travelled to England through Italy and France 1676 15 November, arrives in England 1676 Married and became a Fellow of the Royal Society 1677 01 September, Knighted 1682 Ordained 1683 Became a canon of Durham 1683 Vicar of Basingstoke, Hampshire 1685-1702 Rector of Winston 1706 Rector of Houghton-le-Spring 1709 15 January, died in Durham, buried in Durham Cathedral 1724 England, France, Switzerland, Italy, Greece, Ottoman Empire. Countries Visited 1651-1724 Date Sir George Wheler Global Journeys View All John Covel (1638-1722) Sir John Finch (1626-1682) Paul Rycaut (1629-1700) Sir Dudley North (1641-1692) David Colville (1581-1629) George Strachan (1592-1634) Thomas Seget (1569-1627) Henry Savile (1549-1622) Sir George Wheler (1651-1724) Robert Huntingdon (1637-1701) Edward Pococke (1604-1691) John Greaves (1602-1652) John Eliot (1604-1690) William Trumbull (1639-1716)

Isaac Basire 1608 - 1676. Global journeys travelling from France to Netherlands, England, Italy, Sicily, Malta, Greece, Syria, Ottoman Empire. France, Netherlands, England, Italy, Sicily, Malta, Greece, Syria, Ottoman Empire. Countries Visited 1608-1676 Date Isaac Basire France, Netherlands, England, Italy, Sicily, Malta, Greece, Syria, Ottoman Empire. Countries Visited 1608-1676 Date Isaac Basire Journeys Baptised at the Huguenot church in Rouen, France 1608 October, enrolled at the School of Erasmus in Rotterdam 1623 Enrolled at Leiden University 1625 Graduated from Leiden University 1627 He joined Robert Blake's fleet in Italy for a punitive expedition against the privateers of Tunis (4th of April Porto Farina) 1627-29 Established in England by this date; 31 May ordained in the Church of England by Bishop Morton 1629 Domestic chaplain of Bishop Morton 1631 Moved to Durham with the Bishop 1632 Spent three months at St John’s College, Cambridge 1635 Married Frances Corbett and became rector of Eaglescliffe 1636 A series of promotions and uncertain movements during the Civil Wars, chaplain to the King 1636-47 Went into exile in Rouen on the patrimony of Preaumont left to him by his father; left his wife and family in England 1647 Moved to Paris with his three pupils 1647 - 48 Left for Italy with the pupils; obtained letters of commendation to a cardinal in Rome and to Sir Kenelm Digby, the King’s representative, from the exiled Queen Henrietta Maria 1648 Travelled to Rome through Pisa, sightseeing in Pisa 1648 October, set off from Rome for a tour of the Kingdom of Naples, Sicily and Malta 1648 Arrived back to Rome; pupils left by 1650; started planning a trip to the Levant to achieve a union of the Church of England and the Greek Church (his own plan) 1649 Travels in the Levant 1650 - 54 Went to Zante, preached so effectively that he was persecuted by the Roman Catholics and had to escape to the mainland, where the metropolitan asked him to preach in Greek to the bishops and clergy 1650 Went to Padua to study medicine 1651 Spent Easter in Aleppo 1652 Summer, a tour of the Holy Land 1652 Spent the winter in Aleppo 1652-53 Travelled by land to Constantinople with some Turkish merchants 1653 Acted as a chaplain at the English Embassy and to the French community 1653 Accepted an invitation from George Racoczi II, prince of Transylvania, to be professor of theology at the University of Alba Julia; after the destruction of the university by a Turkish invasion acted as a secretary to George Racoczi II 1654 Racoczi killed at the battle of Gyala, Basire prepared for travelling home 1660 Landed in Hull 1661 Established in Durham 1662 13th of October, died in Durham, buried in the Cathedral churchyard alongside the grave of a servant who had served him for many years rather than alongside his wife of forty years 1676 Global Journeys View All John Covel (1638-1722) Sir John Finch (1626-1682) Paul Rycaut (1629-1700) Sir Dudley North (1641-1692) David Colville (1581-1629) George Strachan (1592-1634) Thomas Seget (1569-1627) Henry Savile (1549-1622) Sir George Wheler (1651-1724) Robert Huntingdon (1637-1701) Edward Pococke (1604-1691) John Greaves (1602-1652) John Eliot (1604-1690) William Trumbull (1639-1716)