9668704
- TitleItem 5: Diary of F. G. Simpkinson during a surveying voyage of H.M.S. Sulphur
- Call numberA 3343/Item 5
- Level of descriptionitem
- Date
20 October 1836, 28 March-25 August 1837 - Type of material
- Reference code9668704
- Issue CopyDigitised : Digitised from microfilm in 2022
- Physical Description0.01 metres of textual material (1 volume) - manuscript
- Scope and ContentDiary kept on surveying journey under Sir Edward Belcher, H.M.S. Sulphur, 29 March-25 August 1837, presumably by Francis Guillemard Simpkinson. Diary covers period when the Sulphur went up the West Coast of America from Montigo Bay to Panama to San Blas in Mexico, then to the Hawaiian Islands where Sir Edward Belcher and the frigate Venus attempted to restore order. Writer gives his opinion of the negotiations. The Sulphur then made for Prince William Sound, Alaska.
- System of arrangementPapers arranged chronologically. Brief notes and a small printed map of Hawaii, found loose in volume have been inserted.
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- Copying ConditionsOut of copyright:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales - General note
Microfilm copy located at CY 156, frames 353-429 - Signatures / Inscriptions
'F. G. Simpkinson' on cover and on a loose note. - Attributions / conjectures
Diary presumed to be by Francis Guillemard Simpkinson. 'F. G. Simpkinson' on cover and on a loose note. Navy List, 1846, lists a 'Francis G. Simpkinson, Lieutenant, 9 December 1845'. - Creator/Author/Artist
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