Oswald W.B. Brierly - Journal on H.M.S. Rattlesnake. Torres Straits, New Guinea &c. &c., mainly Aug. - Sep. 1849

A 511

item

1849-1849

Textual Records, Drawings

423735

Microfilm : CY 2961 (A 511)
Microfilm : Pt.1) and MAV/FM4/2565 (A 511: Pt.2)

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

[front cover]
9 Aug. - 18 Sep. 1849 ; Journal entries for voyage onboard Rattlesnake sailing Reef Isles Duperre in the Louisiade Archipelago to Islands off the South East coast of New Guinea. Includes movements of H.M.S. Bramble; rough conditions experienced at sea; general weather and sailing conditions; contact with Indigenous Australians and natives of Louisiades; description of canoes and customs; sketches of the ship
[back cover]
8 Oct. 1849 Evans Bay, Cape York. General Remarks - natives

Chronologically, this volume follows A 507, Oswald W.B. Brierly - H.M.S. Rattlesnake. Torres Straits, New Guinea, Louisiades &c., 1849
The volume is reversible, as it has been used from the front and back.
In Sep. 1944, the journal was bound into new covers.
D.S. Mitchell bookplate inside front cover.
"D.S. Mitchell" signature inside original front cover

Handwritten on page i, "Journal commencing August 9 / Ending / 1849"
A non-contemporaneous label on original cover, "H.M.S. Rattlesnake and "Bramble". Torres Straits, New Guinea &c. &c. O.W. Brierly, Aug 1849