Logbooks
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Log Books, Captains' logs
Collection
Identifier: Microfilm-78-7/28-78-47/50
Scope and Contents
Log books and Captains' logs of various ships of the British Navy, namely the Furnace, Gorgon, Gloucester, Hyaena, Fox, Intrepid, Chatham, Hindostan, Blonde, Adventure, Assistant, Discovery, Resolution, Dolphin, Endeavour, Providence, and Swallow. These log books and journals were kept by various crew members on voyages to the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand. In addition to the usual details about weather and the ships' movements, these records often contain personal comments of the...
Dates:
1740-1826
Log books: masters’ logs.
Collection
Identifier: Microfilm-78-29/46--78/46
Scope and Contents
Log books and masters' logs for the following ships of the British Admiralty on voyages to the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand: Roebuck, Gloucester, Crown, Hyaena, Perserverance, Sirius, Arrogant, Amboyna, Buffalo, Centurion, Gorgon, Hobart, Intrepid, Orpheus, Porpoise, Reliance, Resistance, Supply, Swift, Victorious, Calcutta, Daedalus, Dromedary, Chanticleer, Beagle, Blonde, Fox, Barracouta, La Sybille, Lady Nelson, Seaflower, Success, Suffolk and Lyra.
Dates:
1698 - 1836
Log books, supplementary series I
Collection
Identifier: Microfilm-78/70--78/84
Scope and Contents
Supplementary log books; series I: Masters' logs. These are log books and journals kept by the Masters and various crew members of British Admiralty ships on voyage to the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, 1808-1866. The ships recorded are: the Acheron, Alligator, Anson, Beagle, Blenheim, Belleisle, Buffalo, Calliope, Cleopatra, Cockatrice, Pandora, Portland, Virago, Hermes, Camelion, Childers, Cormorant, Favorite, Janus, Jupiter, Lee, Melville, Nimrod, North Star, Opossum, Orpheus,...
Dates:
1808 - 1866
Log books, supplementary series II
Collection
Identifier: Microfilm-78-85/115
Scope and Contents
Supplementary log books; series II: Explorations. These are log books and journals kept by various crew members on voyages around the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, 1757-1861. The voyages recorded are those of the Adventure, Assistant, Providence, Bathurst, Chatham, Discovery, Dolphin, Dromedary, Endeavour, Enterprize, Erebus, Herald, Investigator, Porpoise, Rolla, Cumberland, King George, Lord Holland, Plover, Resolution, Samarang, Seaflower, Starling, Swallow, Tamer, Terror, Argonaut,...
Dates:
1757 - 1861