423770
- TitleOswald W.B. Brierly - Journal on the Wanderer, Tristan D Acunha, mainly 1842
- Call numberA 530
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- Date
ca. 1816, 1825, 1830, 1842 - Type of material
- Reference code423770
- Issue CopyMicrofilm : CY 1067, frames 184-234 (A 530)
- Physical DescriptionTextual Records - (manuscript) 1 volume - 0.01 Meters
- Scope and Content16 Mar. 1842 - ; Description of the Tristan Da cunha Island group and Nightingale Island including geography, plants, animals; notes on weather and sea conditions; marine life encountered; distances covered; wreckage of Julia Brig; some sketches of ships and fish
28 Nov. 1816; Notes on the "Island" including population details; terrain; food supplies; whaling ships; dwellings; Someset Town; ships seeking water; memorial stone for crew of H.M.S. Julia [placed 1842]
13 Jan 1825; General observations including sheep shearing, sails, provisions, and water corks.
22 Nov. - 1 Dec. 1830; Expedition notes - General note
Journal is written in a ruled exercise book and text is mainly in ink with some notes in pencil.
"D.S. Mitchell" signature on original front cover - Signatures / Inscriptions
A non-contemporaneous label on front cover, "Wanderers visit to Tristan dacunha March 16 1842" - Name
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