Papers [manuscript]. 1842-1846.

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Papers [manuscript]. 1842-1846.

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Official logs of H.M.S. Prince George and H.M.S. Fly, in one volume, Oct. 1844-June 1846; Private journal of E.A. Porcher, 1842-1844. Official appointment as Mate on H.M.S. Fly, Apr. 1846. Unbound extract from an exercise book, giving the dimensions of H.M.S. Fly, and daily latitude and longitude of the voyage from England to Van Diemen's Land, to Sydney, etc. and back to Plymouth.

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Prince George (Ship)

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Fly (Ship)

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Porcher, Edwin Augustus, 1824-1878

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Edwin Porcher joined the H.M.S. Fly in 1842, for a four-year voyage to Australia and the adjoining islands. In 1846 he served aboard the steam frigate Sidon, then on the Cleopatra in 1849. After several other tours he joined the Hibernia in 1857, on a special assignment in the Middle East for the British Government. He later published a history of the discoveries made at Cyrene during this expedition. In 1865 he was in command of the H.M.S. Sparrowhawk, stationed in British Columbia, where he re...

Great Britain. Royal Navy

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Richard Howe, Earl Howe, was born in London, England, on March 19, 1726, the son of Emanuel Scrope Howe (1699-1735) and Mary Sophia Charlotte von Kielmansegg (1703-1782). Around 1735, he joined the crew of the merchant ship Thames, and in July 1739 he joined the 40-gun Royal Navy ship Pearl . Howe then served on several ships in the Caribbean and off the South American coast. After being promoted to lieutenant in 1744 and post captain in 1746, he continued his military service in th...