Commander William Igglesden. Log of Tigris on voyage to Torres Straits, May 1836-November 1836

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Subseries LOG/C/35
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Tigris was ordered to discover the fate of Charles Eaton, lost on a voyage from Sydney to Singapore.

Details of: Position; course; remarks - weather; voyage Bombay to Cochin; Celyon; voyage to Hobart - social engagements; Port Jackson - social engagements; excursion to Parramatta; visit to Sydney Museum; voyage to Torres Straits; friendly reception by Murray Islanders; memorandum from Captain of Isabella re fate of Charles Eaton; the natives of Murray Islands and their customs; Double Island; the fate of crew and passengers of Charles Eaton at hands of natives of Boydancy Island as told by survivor Ireland; Wednesday Island - natives' customs; natives of Raffles Bay; Timor - celebrations for King William's birthday; Batavia - exports, botany, prevalence of fever; voyage to Bombay.

Includes: Watercolour sketches; head of Madoo - a distinguished warrior of Murray's Island; appendices and notes re orders to search for Charles Eaton; picture of a savage by Major Mitchell.

(358p., pagination erratic)

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Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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