A MIDSHIPMAN JOURNAL FOR LONDON-AUSTRALIA S.V. SUPERB , CIRC...

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A MIDSHIPMAN JOURNAL FOR LONDON-AUSTRALIA S.V. SUPERB , CIRCA 1878

kept by D.W. Barker between 1878-1884, 274 leaves, in several hands for voyages between London, Sydney, Newcastle NSW, San Francisco and others, finely hand-coloured vignette frontispiece of a polar scene by Barker, pen and ink map, 4 illustrations of a solar eclipse, pen and ink and pen and wash drawings, 3 hand-coloured, coloured illustration of the Superb loosely inserted, plying between London and Melbourne and the reverse, several times, Newcastle N.S.W. to San Francisco and San Francisco to Queenstown (Ireland) and Queenstown to Sharpness (in the Severn), several pages of notes on the outward passage (including a description of the Persian Gulf Expedition in 1883-84), 20 July 1878 - 25 April 1884; bound at the end are 34 leaves of the log book of the International under the command of Captain Thomson and Captain Tindall from Santa Cruz to [illegible], Cape Verde Islands to S. Vincent and San Pedro Bay, S. Jago to S. Vincent, Cape Verde to Tenerife and London to Suakin, cloth over calf, spine loose, 11 x 8 1/2in. (27.8 x 21.2 cm.); together with a small collection of ephemera relating to the Superb, loosely inserted, including a typed letter from R. Hughes-Jones & Co. to W. L. Allnut, 16 August 1890, relating that the Superb was dismasted ande abandoned by its crew voyaging from Rio de Janeiro to Middlesbrough with a cargo of ore 'a few weeks later she was fallen in with, we believe, the ship "Seafearer", of this port [Liverpool], and the captain placed a number of his crew on board to navigate the ship to Gibraltar. Where the vessel is now we cannot say'; together with a publication comprising lists of British butterflies, other lepidopterous insects and what they feed on and British birds (5 leaves) Ship Worcestr, pen and ink drawing of two mermaids holding a banner under a hand-coloured monogram, May 19 1875 - Observations on Natural Phenomena at Sea. Log of Ship Newcastle. C. E. Le Poer Trench commander, from London to Australia, written by midshipman D. W A. Barker, 11 leaves, 4 fine hand-coloured calligraphic initials on title, and a shield depicting 6 hand-coloured calligraphic flags, calligraphic title, 15 October 1876 - 27 May 1877 -- Log of ship Superb from London to Australia, E. S. Home Commander, 16 leaves, calligraphic title, 8 August 1877 - 2 April 1878 -- Log of ship Windsor Castle, D. Barrington, R.N.R., from London to Australia, 16 leaves, calligraphic title, 16 February 1874 - 28 April 1875 -- Phases of the moon and other planetary influences, 12 leaves, 1 January - 26 November 1881; together 6 works in one volume, cloth-covered boards, fine calligraphic bookplate of D. W. A. Barker, 10 1/2 x 8in. (26.7 x 20.2 cm.) A fascinating list of all marine and avian life to be found between England and Australia.

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