Madeira Islands

Date: 1850-1851

From: Pheney family: Shipboard diaries and portraits

By: Pheney, Richard, 1803-1881

Reference: MS-Papers-12139-1

Description: Loose leaf shipboard diary by Richard Pheney written during a voyage from Gravesend to New Plymouth on the 'Eden' in 1850, and subsequent voyages between New Zealand settlements. The diary is written in letter form, addressed to "Richard", with the first entry dated "Bay of Biscay, 20th June 1850". Some of the stations along the journey described include arrival at Isle of Wright on 11 June 1850, and off Madeira on 28 June 1850. The voyage ends at New Plymouth on 28 October 1850 - 140 days after departure from Gravesend. The diary then describes New Plymouth and another voyage from there to Nelson departing on 6 November 1850, and a voyage from Nelson to Port Nicholson departing on 25 November 1850 and arriving on 30 November 1850. The final sections of the diary describe Wellington, New Plymouth, and suggested articles for import and resale, and are dated "Wellington Decb. 3rd, 1850", "Wellington Dec. 6, 1850", with the latter addressed as "My dear Richard & Frank", and "New Plymouth 6 January 1851". Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph, loose leaf manuscript, 32 pages (one blank), ink on laid paper watermarked "Fellows 1819" with seated Britannia emblem, 32.5 x 20.3 cm.

Date: [ca 1830s-1860s]

From: Oliver, Richard Aldworth, 1811-1889: Sketches of New Zealand, European, and British landscapes and portraits

Reference: B-178-077

Description: Watercolour and pencil landscape in Madeira with three figures and a horse. Shows a landscape in the mountainous interior of the Portuguese island territory, Madeira, known as Curral das Freiras. Other title - Curral das Freiras Inscriptions: Verso - centre - Corral. Madeira. - July 16th [ink] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and pencil on paper, 262 x 354 mm.

Date: [ca 1830s-1860s]

From: Oliver, Richard Aldworth, 1811-1889: Sketches of New Zealand, European, and British landscapes and portraits

Reference: B-178-076

Description: Watercolour and pencil landscape in Madeira with four male figures, in naval uniform, one mounted on a horse, and a dog in foreground. Shows a landscape in the mountainous interior of the Portuguese island territory, Madeira, known as Curral das Freiras. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - Corral. Madeira. July 16th [ink] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and pencil on paper, 356 x 261 mm.

Date: 1817 - 1840 - 1841

From: Swainson, William, 1789-1855 :[Eighteen sketches. 1807-1851].

Reference: A-186-038

Description: Shows two sketches, the upper one a coastal profile of Porto Santo, and the lower one a larger sketch of the Deserta Islands with a small sailing ship in front of them. Swainson sailed to Brazil in 1817, and in 1840/41 on his way to New Zealand. The route to Brazil seems likely to have passed close by Madeira (it included the Cape Verde Islands further south), and therefore this sketch may have been executed on either voyage. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sheet 140 x 222 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Brian Groshinski, Australia, in 2003.

Date: 1867

From: Artist and photographers unknown :[Watercolours of the Bay of Plenty and thermal regions, Atlantic and Indian Ocean islands, and Ireland; photographs of Dover, a Belgian monument, Ireland and New Zealand bush, 1866-1868]

Reference: A-443-012-1

Description: Shows a sailing ship on a calm, pale blue sea off the coast of Porto Santo Island in the North Atlantic Ocean. Two sea birds, possibly seagulls, fly low in the foreground. The island appears to have a small settlement in view on the coastline. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [In ink] Off Porto Santo. Bottom right, 9 Septr. 1867 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 158 x 300 mm

Date: 1 September 1873-27 April 1883

By: Hanmer, John Graham Job, 1836-1919; Maggs Brothers (Firm)

Reference: MSY-8380

Description: Letterbook by Rear-Admiral John Graham Job Hanmer of the Royal Navy, from the period of his service as commander of the HMS 'President' and HMS 'Daring', 1873-1883. The volume is in two sections, each comprising copies of letters and dispatches in various hands. The first section comprises letters from the period 1873-1874 to various recipients including the Secretary of the Admiralty. The first entry is dated 1 September 1873 and records the fact that Hanmer has taken command of the HMS 'President' at West India Docks. The final entry in the first section is dated 26 September 1874. The correspondence records activities aboard HMS 'President' relating to the crew, supplies for the ship, financial matters, crew awards and promotions. The second section records the official correspondence from HMS 'Daring' under the command of Hanmer dated from the period 1 November 1874 to 27 April 1883. Includes commentary on a voyage in the Pacific Ocean by HMS 'Daring' as part of Britain's Pacific Station responsibilities. Includes communications addressed from Spithead, Madeira, Rio de Janeiro, Falkland Islands, Valparaiso, Coquimbo, Callao, Islay (Peru), Pabellón de Pica, Arica, Iquique, Panama, Corinto, Nicaragua, Acapulco, San Lucas, San Diego, San Francisco, Esquimalt, Society Islands, Papeete, Honolulu, Monte Video, Ascension Island, Sheerness, and Chatham. Hanmer reports on management of crew, Royal Navy duties in the various ports the vessel visited, relationships with British residents in the colonial outposts, colonial political matters, trade and shipping information. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Manuscript, volume bound in vellum, marbled edges, marbled endpapers, stationer's label (John Matthews Drew & Co in London) on front pastedown, watermarked laid paper, 33 x 21.7 cm.