James Alden - Journal, 1838-1842
James Alden - Journal, 1838-1842
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
Canberra : Pacific Manuscripts Bureau [19--]
Call Numbers
PMB 89
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Physical Description
Contents
ne microfilm reel 35 mm
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Collection
Access and use
Issue Copy
Microfilm : PMB 89
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
The journal gives an account - but not a day-by-day account - of the Vincennes' voyage which took in the Tuamotu Archipelago, Tahiti, Samoa, Fiji, Australia, New Zealand, the Antarctic, Hawaii, the Gilbert, Ellice and Marshall Islands
Alternative Titles
Full title
James Alden - Journal, 1838-1842
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
PMB (Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau) ; 89
Available for reference
Microfilm copy of original held by Mariners Museum, Newport News, Virginia, U.S.A.
United States Exploring Expedition, (1838-1842)
Contextual Information
Administrative / Biographical history
Alden was an officer in the sloop-of-war Vincennes, the flagship of the United States Exploring Expedition which spent four years in the Pacific under the command of Commodore Charles Wilkes
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PMB 89
Record Identifier
1xqZrVGY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1xqZrVGY
Other Identifiers
Reference code
440460
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