Samuel Wilkes 1822 diary onboard HMS HECLA detailing life in the North West Passage

Author/creator Wilkes, Samuel 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/samuel-wilkes-1822-diary-onboard-hms-hecla-detailing-life-in-the-north-west-passage/20567855
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SeriesLife at Sea: Seafaring in the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1600-2186
Summary Diary kept by S Wilkes, Petty Officer, on board HMS HECLA, July -September 1822 covering the second voyage under Parry of HMS HECLA and HMS FURY in search of the North West Passage, with many details such as whale hunting; meeting 21 Inuit's with more than 40 dogs with them; lifting HECLA out of the water when it became trapped in ice and the ship falling to the side on the ice; the finding of Amherst Island by Captain Lyon; ill crew members one with a 10 yard tapeworm after eating a bear.
General noteAMDigital Reference:JOD/321.
General noteNational Maritime Museum, UK: Journals And Diaries (JOD).
Original versionReproduction of: Samuel Wilkes 1822 diary onboard HMS HECLA detailing life in the North West Passage, 2 Jul - 9 Aug 1822.
Location of originalNational Maritime Museum, UK
Copyright note© National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

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