Holograph journal of the ship Leviathan, flagship of Admiral Duckworth's command group in the Mediterranean and off Spain from May 1799 to May 1800. The logbook tracks weather conditions, routine activities on all of the ships under his command and si...
Description:
Binding: Contemporary marbled wrappers.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain., France, Great Britain, and Mediterranean Sea
Subject (Name):
Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805., Great Britain. Royal Navy, Bellerophon (Battleship), and Leviathan (Battleship)
Manuscript on paper of a fair copy of the ship's journal kept by the first mate of the pink Batchelor from 2 November 1669, off the Cape Verde Islands, to 4 April 1670, off the coast of Patagonia. The daily entries contain details of the Batchelor's v...
Description:
This copy, which is annotated by the Earl of Sandwich, may have been made for the Royal Navy's investigation of the incident in early 1671, when the Sweepstakes was still supposed lost.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain., Great Britain, and South Atlantic Ocean
Subject (Name):
Narbrough, John, Sir, 1640-1688., Sandwich, Edward Montagu, Earl of, 1625-1672., Batchelor (Warship), Great Britain. Royal Navy., and Great Britain. Royal Navy
Subject (Topic):
History, Seafaring life, Ships, History, Naval, and Discovery and exploration
