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Alexander Jardine

An 18th-century British army officer who also wrote vivid travel letters, he is best remembered for observations gathered across North Africa and southern Europe. His work blends the curiosity of a traveler with the perspective of a military man living through a turbulent era.

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Narrative of the Overland Expedition of the Messrs. Jardine from Rockhampton to Cape York, Northern Queensland

Narrative of the Overland Expedition of the Messrs. Jardine from Rockhampton to Cape York, Northern Queensland

by Alexander Jardine, Frank Lascelles Jardine

About the author

Alexander Jardine was a British army officer and author who died in 1799. Available catalog records identify him as the writer of Letters from Barbary, France, Spain, Portugal, Etc., a work that points to his interest in travel, politics, and society across several countries.

The surviving information found online is limited, but the outline is clear: he combined military service with literary work, and his writing has continued to circulate through later editions and library records. That makes him one of those lesser-known figures whose books preserve a firsthand window into the late 18th century.