Notes written by Ivor James or collected by him from various manuscript and printed sources in connection with his study of S[amuel] T[aylor] Coleridge's poem 'The Ancient Mariner' and its sources.
They include biographical and other notes on various navigators as well as extracts from many well-known works relating to travel and discovery, particularly of the seventeenth century. NLW MS 4305 includes notes on John Dee, and NLW MS 4306 notes on Captain Thomas James.