Oswald W.B. Brierly - Wanderer. Voyage to Rio de Janeiro, Feb. 1842
Oswald W.B. Brierly - Wanderer. Voyage to Rio de Janeiro, Feb. 1842
About this item
Full title
Date
1842
Call Numbers
A 529
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Physical Description
Contents
Textual Records - (manuscript) 1 volume - 0.01 Meters
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Item
Access and use
Issue Copy
Microfilm : CY 1067, frames 143-183 (A 529)
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
2 - 13 Feb. 1842; Rio de Janeiro and Sugar Loaf Mountains
Describes daily activities; weather conditions; distances covered (with longitude and latitude); the creation of drawings; wildlife observed; and Rio Carnival. Includes sketches of ships, birds, canoes, and vegetation.
Alternative Titles
Full title
Oswald W.B. Brierly - Wanderer. Voyage to Rio de Janeiro, Feb. 1842
Notes
General note
Journal is written in a ruled exercise book and text is mainly in ink with some notes in pencil.
One page is torn and another has the bottom portion missing.
"D.S. Mitchell" signature inside original front cover
Signature / Inscriptions
On original front cover, "Rio"
Handwritten p.1, "Rio de Janario" [i.e. Janeiro]
Contextual Information
Source
Bequeathed by D.S. Mitchell, 1907
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
A 529
Record Identifier
YK5QwvXn
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YK5QwvXn
Other Identifiers
Reference code
423766
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