MANUSCRIPT
Jack, John, 1828-1909 : Notes of a voyage from Edinburgh to Wellington, New Zealand via London
- Date
- 1883-1884
- By
- Jack, John, 1828-1909
- Reference
- MS-1074
- Description
The journal gives a very full and detailed account of non-stop voyage, including details of how various age groups and sections of the ship's company occupied themselves, programmes of entertainments, observations on birds and fish, and reference to the newly-installed refrigeration system and comments on its innovation. The journal concludes with first impressions of Wellington.
Jack, of Dundee, came to New Zealand in the sailing vessel Invercargill, Captain John Muir
Quantity: 1 volume(s) (175 pages).
Physical Description: Holograph (25 cm; in phase box)
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 volume(s) (175 pages), Diaries, Personal narratives, Manuscripts, Holograph (25 cm; in phase box)
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