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H.M.S. Firebrand and H.M.S. Folly logbook

Title: H.M.S. Firebrand and H.M.S. Folly logbook, 1847-1849.
Author: Firebrand (Ship)

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Status	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Mixed material	Request in advance	MssCol 1003	Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328

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Frolic (Sloop)

Description

.08 linear foot (1 volume)

Summary

This logbook of the H.M.S. Firebrand and the H.M.S. Frolic was kept by the same (unknown) author. Entries pertaining to the Firebrand were made from December 1, 1847-June 16, 1848, when the ship sailed along the South American coast, stopping at: Colonia and Montevideo, Uruguay; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and Balna, Argentina. Entries pertaining to the H.M.S. Frolic were made from June 22, 1848-March 7, 1849 when the ship sailed from Portsmouth, England, stopping at Waterford and Cork, Ireland; Naples and Messina, Italy; the Piraeus and Salonica, Greece; and Smyrna, Turkey. Volume contains many watercolor sketches of South American and West Indian ports, not necessarily contemporaneous with the voyage described. A list of the sketches is filed with the volume.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Ships' logs.
Watercolors (paintings)

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Call Number

MssCol 1003

OCLC

755091629

Author

Firebrand (Ship)

Title

H.M.S. Firebrand and H.M.S. Folly logbook, 1847-1849.

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Frolic (Sloop)

Research Call Number

MssCol 1003

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