Diary kept by George Alfred Luffman as a passenger on board the ROYAL CHARTER
| Author/creator | Luffman, George Alfred author. |
| Other author | Adam Matthew Digital (Firm) digitiser. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2022. |
| Description | 1 online resource. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://www.lifeatsea.amdigital.co.uk/documents/detail/diary-kept-by-george-alfred-luffman-as-a-passenger-on-board-the-royal-charter/20564410 |
| Subjects |
| Series | Life at Sea: Seafaring in the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1600-2153 |
| Summary | Leather bound notebook containing a diary kept by George Alfred Luffman, 1 October to 9 December 1856. It describes events during a voyage from Liverpool to Melbourne on the steam clipper ROYAL CHARTER (1855), owned by The Liverpool and Australian Navigation Co. Luffman witnessed an accident as a capstan raised the anchor at the start of the voyage and this relates to a newspaper cutting glued in the notebook. Two loose carte-de-visite photographs showing studio portraits of Luffman and his wife are also included. The photographer was Paterson, 8 Bourke Street East, Melbourne. |
| General note | AMDigital Reference:JOD/272. |
| General note | National Maritime Museum, UK: Journals And Diaries (JOD). |
| Original version | Reproduction of: Diary kept by George Alfred Luffman as a passenger on board the ROYAL CHARTER, 1856. |
| Location of original | National Maritime Museum, UK |
| Copyright note | © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Genre/form | Art. |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |