Cloth bound volume titled "Logs of H M Ships Nelson, Charybd...

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Cloth bound volume titled "Logs of H M Ships Nelson, Charybdis, Brisk, Challenger and Virago" as kept by Francis R Pelly Midshipman circa 1868 with pull out hand drawn plans of Australia, Sydney, Auckland, Queensland, Fiji Islands, Solomon Islands etc. most detailed tracking the ships journeys, the first entry starts with HMS Nelson on Wednesday 8th January 1868 "HMS Nelson from Cape Town to Melbourne" and finishes Saturday 8th February 1868, continues with HMS Charybdis Sunday 9th February 1868 "Melbourne to Adelaide" and finishes Thursday 20th February 1868, continues with HMS Challenger Friday 21st February 1868 "Sydney to Brisbane" and "Brisbane to Sydney" and finishes Wednesday 18th March 1868, continues with HMS Brisk Thursday 19th March "Sydney to Auckland", "Sydney to the Bay of Islands", "Bay of Islands to Auckland", "Auckland to Sydney", "Sydney to Fiji Islands" finishes on Friday 17th July 1868, continues again with HMS Challenger on Saturday 18th July 1868 "Plan of Levuka Harbour", "Plan of Rewa Harbour", "Rewa to New Hebrides", "Port Inyang New Hebrides", "Tanna Island", "Vella Bay Sandwick Isle to New Caledonia", "New Caledonia to Sydney", "Plan of Dillon Bay", "Plan of Deception Island and Havannah Harbour", "Plan of Vila Harbour", "Plan of Noumea Harbour" and finishes Tuesday 29th September 1868, continues with HMS Virago on Wednesday 30th September "Sydney to Brisbane", "Brisbane to Cato Island", "Wreck Reef to Bell Bay", "Port Denison to Cape Yosh", "New Guinea to Cape Yosh", "Somerset to Port Denison", "Cape Bowling Green to Gladstone", "Auckland to Tazmania" and finishes Wednesday 4th June 1869.