Rivers, W E T, fl 1876-1877 : Log book of the proceedings on board Her Majesty's Sapphire

Rivers recorded hour, minute and second, courses, fathoms, wind, barometer and thermometer readings; he included remarks, bearing and distance; includes inserts and hand drawn maps. Notes on the River family included with volume.

The `Sapphire' sailed from Fiji to Samoa, Wallis Island, Sandwich Island, New Hebrides, Sydney, Farm Cove, Melbourne, Hobson's Bay, Auckland, Wellington, Chatham Islands, Campbell Island, Dunedin, Tauranga (some of these ports were visited more than once), and back to Fiji and Australia

Source of title - Transcribed

Accompanying material - Brief notes on the Rivers family

Rivers was captain of HMS `Sapphire'

Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.03 Linear Metres.

Physical Description: Holograph

Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchased from Neales, Nottingham, England, May 2003