Oswald W.B. Brierly - Journal on H.M.S. Maeander. South America, 12 Sep. 1850 - 30 Jul. 1851

A 514

item

1850-1851

Textual Records, Drawings

423764

Microfilm : CY 2965, frames 1-120 (A 514)

Textual Records - (manuscript) 1 volume - 0.03 Meters
Drawings

[front cover]
12 Sep. 1850 - 30 Jul. 1851; Valparisio to Rio Harbour
Glossary; pencil note on payment and settlement of an account [dated Jan. & May 1851]. The journal describes places of anchor including San Felipe; Plain of Chacabuco, Satiago de Chile, Valparisio, Coquimbo, Callao, Lima; sea and weather conditions; distances sailed; sketches undertaken; lifestyles and customs of cultures encountered. Includes sketches ships; the horizon; buildings; annotated diagrams of canoes; printed map of Tonga-Tabou.
[back cover]
8 - 31 Dec. 1850, 1 Nov. 1851; [Record of monies received]
19 Sep.; Additional [description of cargo and goods]
Notes on Department of Lima, the Province, climate, produce and production, rivers, hospital, police, water and channels, and general facilities
[looseleaf incomplete note]

The volume is reversible, as it has been used from the front and back.
Some pages are blank.
The journal has been rebound into new covers at an unknown date.
"D.S. Mitchell" signature on reverse of original front endpaper.

A non-contemporaneous label on original cover, "H.M.S. Meander in South America (chiefly M.S.) O.W. Brierly, 1850"