The papers of Clinton Thomas Dent contain articles written by him as well as maps presumably used for his mountaineering activities in the Caucasian region.
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"The Ascent of Tsiteli (Central Caucasus) by C.T. Dent (Read before the Alpine Club June 1898)". Draft manuscript of the Paper with many amendments. Handwritten, 10 pages.
Manuscript: Climbing in Caucasus. Chapters for a book on climbing in the Caucasus. The manuscript is incomplete and not correctly ordered. Typed with handwritten amendments and handwritten pages inserted. On the first page has been added "Clinton T. Dent. Proposed Caucasus Book" but this may be of a later date. Also on the first page are some more notes, only partly legible which include "Dent's Caucasus".
Printed travel maps of Caucasus with marbled paper covers, all marked ‘C. T. D.’ or ‘Clinton T. Dent’ on the covers. Three of the maps can also be associated with the travel writer John Frederick Baddeley. These are:
- Colour map showing the Dykh Tau mountain and its northern glaciers in central Caucasus, with routes marked in red. Scale: 0.5 inches to 1 English mile. This map was published for the proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society, May 1890, and sold by Edward Stanford in London. Marked ‘Baddeley 1’ on the cover.
- Map showing the relief, rivers and towns around Abkhasia in the western Caucasus, with ‘author’s route’ marked in red. With a smaller map showing a route from Kutais to Gebi. Scale: 1.25 inches to 10 English miles. Marked ‘Baddeley 3’ on the cover.
- Map showing the topography in the district of Nalchik, no. XX—28. Scale: 1:42,000. Sold by Edward Stanford in London. In Russian. Labels on the cover marked ‘Caucasus. Stulee-veek District’ and ‘Dent 4’.
- Map showing the topography in the district of Vladikavkaz, no. XX—29. Scale: 1:42,000. Sold by Edward Stanford in London. In Russian. Labels on the cover marked ‘Caucasus. Central Group’, ‘Dykh-Tau & Koshtan Tau’ and ‘Baddeley 2’.