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A collection of the State Papers of John Thurloe
… their troops are in the field, and are marching over the Alpe Gothart, where there is at present very little snow. The …
University of London: the Historical Record (1836-1926)
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer: Edward Whymper's London Diary, 1855-1859
London Record Society, volume 43. Whymper's life was marked by the conquest of the Matterhorn, but his mountaineering achievements have overshadowed his distinction as a wood engraver and book illustrator. Before he had ever thought about the Alps, while a teenager fulfilling his apprenticeship in the family engraving studio, Whymper kept a diary for six years, detailing his daily life in Lambeth.