Collection: "Reminiscences of a Sailors Life"

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"Reminiscences of a Sailors Life"

Codex 003385
 Collection
Identifier: 003385

Description

Autobiography of an unidentified sailor born in 1826 in Deal, Kent County, England. He went to sea in January 1840 on a whaler and describes his reasoning for becoming a sailor, a whale hunt and islands visited including Trinidad and Galapagos. Includes water colored ink sketches of natives as well as ink sketches of a sperm whale, the author, without clothes on, being pulled onto the ship to escape a shark, and a giant turtle. Also includes quotations of the bible and mathematical problems related to navigation. The author did not intend to publish his account but wrote it for his family, twenty-five years after he had set sail.

Dates

  • 1865

Language of Materials

In English.

Conditions Governing Access

Unrestricted

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright on this material has not been evaluated. You are free to use this material in any way that is permitted by copyright that applies to your use.

Extent

1 volume ; 32 cm

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