Le annotazioni manoscritte del Decano William Vincent al volume The Voyage of Nearchus conservato nella Westminster Abbey Library

in the London Westminster abbey Library, in the Dean’s department, is kept the volume of The Voyage of Nearchus of William vincent, belonged and noted by the author: there are 119 handwritten annotations which can point out the political and cultural climate of england, between the late 18th and early 19th centuries, with particular stress on the travel reports - ancient and modern - between india and Pakistan.vincent, Headmaster of Westminster School, with the authority of his role and his classical culture, probably realized the historical importance and po- litical implications of the nearchus’ voyage and concentrated his studies linking the story of the admiral of alexander with the british expansion in india.