Mrs Francis Stephen - letter received from John Edward Davis giving an account of a voyage by the Br...
Mrs Francis Stephen - letter received from John Edward Davis giving an account of a voyage by the Br...
Mrs Francis Stephen - letter received from John Edward Davis giving an account of a voyage by the British Antarctic Expedition from 23 November 1841 to 6 April 1842
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Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1842; transcribed 1999
Call Numbers
SAFE/MLMSS 6729/Folder 1X (Safe 1/194)
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Reference Code
Formats
Manuscripts, Pictures and Drawings
Physical Description
Contents
0.70 metres of textual material (1outsize folio) - 4 pages on 2 leaves, first page cross-written, with 4 drawings
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Access and use
Issue Copy
Microfilm : CY 3991, frames 15 - 32
Finding aids
Read the transcription here: http://archival-classic.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2017/D00007/a159.html
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Letter, dated May Day 1842, written on board H.M.S. Terror from the Falkland Islands and addressed to Mrs Francis Stephen, Adelaide Cottage, Wooloomaloo [sic], Sydney, NSW, in which Davis gives an account of the second voyage to the Antarctic from the time of sailing from the Bay of Islands in New Zealand on the 23 November 1841 until the arrival o...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Mrs Francis Stephen - letter received from John Edward Davis giving an account of a voyage by the British Antarctic Expedition from 23 November 1841 to 6 April 1842
Notes
General note
Digital order no: Album ID : 823713
Contextual Information
Source
Acquired from Sotheby's, Melbourne in 1998
Administrative / Biographical history
The British Antarctic Expedition, 1839-1843, consisting of two naval vessels, H.M.S. Erebus and Terror, was led by Sir James Clark Ross who had discovered the North Magnetic Pole in 1831. Its main purpose was terrestial navigation. Over the course of the expedition, three separate voyages were made to the Antarctic during the summer months. On the...
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Call Numbers
SAFE/MLMSS 6729/Folder 1X (Safe 1/194)
Record Identifier
YEGvDOjn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YEGvDOjn
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Reference code
99832
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