Lot 37 , The late 19th century Ships Journal of Able Seaman A. White, aboard H.M.S. Canada, a 2380 ton Comus-class

The late 19th century Ship's Journal of Able Seaman A. White, aboard H.M.S. Canada, a 2380 ton Comus-class screw corvette, launched in 1881 and sold for scrap in 1897. The journal records the voyage and trials in North America and the West Indies, from November 12th 1889 to early December 1892, with visits to Cuba, Antigua, St. Vincent, Grenada, Bermuda, Montreal, Halifax etc., qto, 115 pages, illustrated with 45 full page watercolours of vessels, landscapes, flora and fauna, in a charmingly naive hand, together with "cabinet" photographs of the author and fiancée?.
Note: The Bow Badge of H.M.S. Canada is displayed in the Maritime Museum of British Columbia
Estimate £300-500

Rebound in faux wood stiff paper coming away at the spine, pages coming away, some detached, most pages discoloured due to age. General feel is well read/used.
Size 23 18cm.


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Sold for £650