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Diary kept by George Alfred Luffman as a passenger on board the ROYAL CHARTER : Artwork, Illustrations and Photographs|Diaries, Journals and Logbooks|Newspapers 1856.
Life at Sea : Seafaring in the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1600-1900 Available online
View online- Format:
- Image
- Author/Creator:
- Luffman, George Alfred, author.
- Series:
- Life at Sea: Seafaring in the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1600-2153
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Navies.
- Sailors.
- England.
- Genre:
- Art.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2022.
- Summary:
- Leather bound notebook containing a diary kept by George Alfred Luffman, 1 October to 9 December 1856. It describes events during a voyage from Liverpool to Melbourne on the steam clipper ROYAL CHARTER (1855), owned by The Liverpool and Australian Navigation Co. Luffman witnessed an accident as a capstan raised the anchor at the start of the voyage and this relates to a newspaper cutting glued in the notebook. Two loose carte-de-visite photographs showing studio portraits of Luffman and his wife are also included. The photographer was Paterson, 8 Bourke Street East, Melbourne.
- Notes:
- AMDigital Reference:JOD/272.
- National Maritime Museum, UK: Journals And Diaries (JOD).
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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