Rough journal on HMS Erebus, 19 September 1839-01 August 1840

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File WMs.3366
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Details of voyage- sighting other ships; birds; sketches of Madeira; ceremonies of crossing the line; Christmas dinner; visits on St Helena to Napoleon's house and tomb; Cape of Good Hope- expedition to estates, Table Mountain, sketches; descriptions of Simon's Bay and Cape Town; anchored at Possession Island; Kerguelen's Land; sighting whales, seals, penguins; Cumberland Bay expeditions, sketches, collecting specimens; voyage to Australia.

Parts 1-4. Pp. 1-520.

Part 5 pp. 521-527 were not filmed.

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Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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