Entitled 'Abstract of illustrated journal of two voyages to Australia in the ship Orwell, 1859-1860

 
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Item Volume 3
Content Summary:

46pp. Actually not a journal but a log, with single line entries per day, giving position, course, distance, barometer, thermometer, winds, weather, remarks.

1st Voyage Plymouth-Melbourne-Gravesend April-November 1859

2nd Voyage Plymouth-Melbourne-Gravesend February-October 1860

The title page is highly decorated and there are 7 watercolour sketches. At the end of the volume are lists of the crews and passengers on each voyage.

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