Blue Jacket journal and chronicle of the blue waters [manuscript]. 1855.

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Blue Jacket journal and chronicle of the blue waters [manuscript]. 1855.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/225641558

The MS Journal appeared weekly during the six-week voyage of the Blue Jacket from Liverpool to Melbourne, March-May 1855. It begins with a prospectus announcing its campaign against ennui and ends with the Editor's farewell address. Each issue contains letters to the editor, market reports and other editorial comments, mainly humorous, concerning life on board, together with anonymous verse and prose contributions. The sketches and illustrations are presumably Baines' work. There is also a 2 page tabular comparison of the logs of the Blue Jacket and the Red Jacket, travelling from Liverpool to Australia, the latter being "the fastest passage to Australia hitherto known"

122 p.

Libraries Australia

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SNAC Resource ID: 7066551

Libraries Australia

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Blue Jacket (Ship)

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Baines, Thomas, 1820-1875

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Epithet: MD British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000677.0x000130 Artist and explorer. Baines accompanied exploring expeditions in North-west Australia. From the description of Blue Jacket journal and chronicle of the blue waters [manuscript]. 1855. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225641558 Artist and explorer. Appointed artist and storekeeper on the North Australian Expedition under t...

Red Jacket (Ship)

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