James Wolfe - Journal of a Voyage in HMS Blossom, 1825-1928

PMB 538

fonds

Canberra : Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, [19--]

440731

Microfilm : PMB 538

microfilm reel 35 mm

HMS Blossom (Capt. F. W. Beechey) left England in May 1825 to go to Behring Strait to relieve two British expeditions that were searching for the North-West Passage. On the way, Beechey was instructed to explore such parts of the Pacific as were within his reach. After rounding Cape Horn, the Blossom called at Easter Island and Pitcairn Island before making an extensive survey of the Tuamotu Archipelago. The Blossom then spent a month in Tahiti before sailing for the Hawaiian Islands. A second call was made at Hawaii in January 1827 following a voyage to Arctic waters. The Blossom returned to England via Cape Horn in October 1828. Wolfe was a mate of the Blossom. He is said to have been particularly industrious in drawing charts and working in the observatory when it was erected on shore

PMB (Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau) ; 538
Microfilm copy of original held by Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., U.S.A.
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