These are the journeys that Pitt-Rivers is known to have carried out. For the most part evidence is taken either from his biographies or from references in the catalogue of the second collection or other artefactual documentation:

Dates

Place travelled to

Reason for travel

1852

France

Professional [Army]

1852

Belgium

Professional [Army]

1852

Piedmont, Italy

Professional [Army]

1854

Malta

Professional [Army]

1854

Crimea / Bulgaria

Professional [Army]

1855-1857

Malta

Professional [Army]

?1858

?Innsbruck, Austria

Holiday (based upon reported collecting)

1861-1862

Canada

Professional [Army]

1862-1866

Ireland

Professional [Army]

?1870

?Normandy, France

?Holiday [based on collecting]

?1870

?Jersey

?Holiday [based on collecting]

?1871

Northern France

?Holiday [based on collecting]

?1877

France

?Holiday [based on collecting]

1878

Brittany, France

Archaeological survey [also based on collecting]

1879

Brittany, France

Archaeological survey

1879

Germany, Denmark and Sweden

Archaeological travel with Rolleston see here and here

1881

Egypt

Travel with small amount of 
Archaeological work [based on published papers, biographies and objects]

1882

Belgium, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania

Holiday [based upon reported collecting]

1883

Scotland

Inspectorate [Based on collecting]

?1883

?France

Holiday (based upon reported collecting)

1885

Scotland

Holiday, met up with Tylors [see University of California diaries of Tylor] and also Inspectorate

?1886

Carlsbad, Austria

?Holiday [based on collecting]

1886

Scotland

Inspectorate [based on collecting etc]

?1888

Holland?

?Holiday [based on collecting]

1892

Clermont Ferrand and Paris, France

Holiday / Convalescence. [based on collecting]

 

He is also known to have travelled to Rome in Italy at some point [objects from there specifically said to have been collected by him are listed in 1896 see Add.9455vol4_p1319 /2. See here to find a list of the detailed journeys he made as Inspector of Ancient Monuments

AP revised May 2013

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