Account of a voyage on the USS Constitution leaving New York 1844, and arriving at Manila Bay 1845 : Diaries & Journals 18440530-18450912.
| Author/creator |
Buckner, Washington P. author. |
| Other author/creator | Adam Matthew Digital (Firm) digitiser. |
| Format | Electronic and Book |
| Publication Info | Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2018. |
| Description | 1 online resource |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=http://www.exploration.amdigital.co.uk/Documents/Details/NL_VAULT_Ayer_MS_119 |
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| Summary | Description: Diary kept by Midshipman Washington P Buckner while serving on the USS Constitution during its 1844-1847 around-the-world voyage under the command of Captain John Percival. Entries begin after departure from New York City, 30 May 1844, and end in Manila Bay, 12 Sep 1845. They include exhaustive accounts of life aboard ship, indigenous peoples, and ports of call. Also noted are diplomatic passenger Henry A Wise and family, equatorial shaving ceremonies, American consuls and local rulers, provisioning, crew member illnesses and deaths, and an attempt to rescue a captive French missionary in Cochin China. The diary entries are followed by manuscript poems (9 p.) written by crew members, including Midshipman John E Hart. At the end of the volume is an account by Buckner of the cruise of an impressed American sailor aboard the Portuguese frigate, Don Pedro, together with sketches of rifles. |
| General note | AMDigital Reference: VAULT Ayer MS 119. |
| Original version | Reproduction of: Account of a voyage on the USS Constitution leaving New York 1844, and arriving at Manila Bay 1845 30 May 1844 - 12 Sep 1845. |
| Location of original | The Newberry Library |
| Copyright note | The Newberry Library |
| Source of description | Description based on online resource (viewed on May 28, 2018). |
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