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A COPY LETTER BOOK FROM H.M. PADDLE SLOOP GORGON, CIRCA 1858
48 leaves in a clear copperplate hand on blue paper kept between May 16 1856 – August 1 1857, contemporary half sheep, small folio -- 12¾ x 7¾ins. (32.5 x 20cm.)
Built in 1837 by Pembroke Dockyard, in 1840 Gorgon saw action with three other ships at the bombardment of Acre under the command of Admiral Robert Stopford (1768-1847). In 1843 she arrived in the River Plate during the Uruguayan Civil War and in August 1856-June 1857 she was at Bodrum commissioned to transport the finds from Sir Charles Thomas Newton’s excavation at the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus (Caria) to the British Museum. In 1858 she assisted in the laying of the first transatlantic telegraph cable. In 1863 she was despatched to Madagascar to keep the peace on the death of King Radana II and was eventually broken up on 17 October 1864.
spine and corners worn
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