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Journal of the voyage of H.M.S. Tagus from England to the South Pacific

Title
  1. Journal of the voyage of H.M.S. Tagus from England to the South Pacific, 1813-1814.
Author
  1. Ross, F.

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  1. Tagus (Ship)
Description
  1. .16 linear foot (1 volume)
Summary
  1. F. Ross's journal of a voyage of the H.M.S. Tagus from England to the South Pacific, from November 26, 1813 through August 1814. Includes accounts of the capture of French ship of war Le Ceres and U.S.S. Essex and visits to Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo, Valparaíso, Callao, Guayaquil, Islands of Galapagos and Marquesas, and other locations. Includes eighteen watercolor sketches depicting the surrender of Le Ceres and views of Rio de Janeiro, La Plata, Montevideo, and other locations, as well as several unfinished pencil sketches, including "The Capture of the U.S.S. Essex."
  2. Volume appears to have been created in 1815, after the author's return to England.
Subject
  1. Guayaquil (Ecuador) > Description and travel
  2. Great Britain > Royal Navy > History > 19th century
  3. La Plata (Argentina) > Pictorial works
  4. Callao (Callao, Peru) > Description and travel
  5. Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia) > Description and travel
  6. Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) > Pictorial works
  7. Montevideo (Uruguay) > Description and travel
  8. Ceres (Ship) Pictorial works
  9. La Plata (Argentina) > Description and travel
  10. Valparaíso (Chile) > Description and travel
  11. Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) > Description and travel
  12. Sketches
  13. Montevideo (Uruguay) > Pictorial works
  14. Diaries > 19th century
  15. Navies > Officers > Diaries
  16. Essex (Ship) Pictorial works
  17. Galapagos Islands > Description and travel
  18. Watercolors (paintings)
Genre/Form
  1. Diaries – 19th century.
  2. Sketches.
  3. Watercolors (paintings)
Call number
  1. MssCol 2632
Access (note)
  1. Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
Author
  1. Ross, F.
Title
  1. Journal of the voyage of H.M.S. Tagus from England to the South Pacific, 1813-1814.
Restricted access
  1. Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
Added author
  1. Tagus (Ship)
Research call number
  1. MssCol 2632
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