Diary of Robert Gale on HMS RATTLESNAKE, 1846-1849

Author/creator Gale, Robert author.
Other author Adam Matthew Digital (Firm) digitiser.
Format Electronic
PublicationMarlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2022.
Description1 online resource.
Supplemental Contenthttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://www.lifeatsea.amdigital.co.uk/documents/detail/diary-of-robert-gale-on-hms-rattlesnake-1846-1849/20564977
Subjects

SeriesLife at Sea: Seafaring in the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1600-2159
Summary Diary kept by Robert Gale, captain's steward on board HMS RATTLESNAKE on the scientific surveying cruise to Australia and New Guinea, includes an account recounting how he was on shore and walked too far one day so when he got back to the landing place the landing crew had already returned to the ship. Robert discharged his gun to attract attention to no avail realising he would have to stay the night as he states, in Robinson Crusoe style, he decided to stay near the shore making a fire there rather than sleep in the huts the locals had left. Fortunately he was rescued during the night by two crew members.
General noteAMDigital Reference:JOD/284/1.
General noteNational Maritime Museum, UK: Journals And Diaries (JOD).
Original versionReproduction of: Diary of Robert Gale on HMS RATTLESNAKE, 1846-1849, 1846-1849.
Location of originalNational Maritime Museum, UK
Copyright note© National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

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