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423768
  • Title
    Oswald W.B. Brierly - Journal on the Wanderer, mainly May - Jun. 1842
  • Call number
    A 532
  • Level of description
    item
  • Date

    1841-1842
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    423768
  • Issue Copy
    Microfilm : CY 1067, frames 472-542 (A 532)
  • Physical Description
    Textual Records - (manuscript) 1 volume - 0.02 Meters
  • Scope and Content
    [front cover]
    14 - 15 May 1842; [page of O.W. Brierly signatures and initials]; commentary on colour choices for drawings and methods employed for figures, objects, sky, hulls; harbour and access to St. Pauls & Amsterdam; journey around the Islands; weather and sea conditions.
    14 May - 9 Jun. 1842; [Log book] Entries include course, winds, remarks, distance, longitude and latitude, chronometer, barometer, thermometer, observations, and some sketches of ships.
    [back cover]
    17 Mar. 1841; Notes on drawings and colours; action plans and lists of ["things to do"]; notes at sea; effects of the sky [with sketches]; and forms of mountains
  • General note

    The journal was rebound at an unknown date into new covers.
    D.S. Mitchell bookplate inside front cover.
    "D.S. Mitchell" signature inside original front cover
  • Signatures / Inscriptions

    A non-contemporaneous label on front endpaper, "On Board the Wanderer" (a few sketches) Jan - May 1842. O.W. Brierly 1841"
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