Henry William Downes - A cruise from England to New South Wales in the yacht 'Wanderer' R.Y.S., 1841-42

Henry William Downes. A cruise from England to New South Wales in the yacht 'Wanderer' R.Y.S., 1841-42

Journal of the yacht Wanderer kept by Henry William Downes on a voyage from Plymouth to Sydney via Madeira, Teneriffe, Grand Canary, Cape de Verde, Rio de Janeiro, Tristan da Cunha, Cape Town, St Pauls Island, Amsterdam Island, and Port Philip (Melbourne). The journal begins on 7 November 1841 with Downes' departure from London to join the yacht and concludes at Sydney on 16 August 1842. It contains a number of newscuttings, a photograph of Downes pasted in and three sketches: the entrance to Botany Bay, the Wanderer passing through Sydney Heads and an Aboriginal Australian woman. Downes provides details of the voyage including descriptions of the ports of call as well as navigational information and weather conditions. He devotes 17 pages to Sydney, referring to prices of goods, rents, churches, theatres, convicts, flora and fauna and Aborigines.

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