George Allan Magruder's journal of his Mediterranean cruise as Captain of the Fleet on the U.S. Frigate Congress and Senior Ordinance Officer for the Mediterranean Squadron, 1855-1858 / transcribed by Boyce Gaddes of Victoria, British Columbia in 1987.

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George Allan Magruder's journal of his Mediterranean cruise as Captain of the Fleet on the U.S. Frigate Congress and Senior Ordinance Officer for the Mediterranean Squadron, 1855-1858 / transcribed by Boyce Gaddes of Victoria, British Columbia in 1987.

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Journal that George Allan Magruder kept on board the Congress from June 15, 1855 to Nov. 12, 1857, includes information about the U.S. Naval Squadron Mediterranean Cruise which stopped at Gibraltar, Marseille, Toulon, Spezia, Naples, Milo, Piraeus, Smyrna, Constantinople, Patmos, Alexandria, Barcelona, Malaga, Cadiz, Palma, Mahon, Palermo, Paestum, Naples, Rome, Leghorn, Trieste, & Venice with overland travel to Granada, Paris, Geneva, Vienna, Prague, and Dresden. As well as the travel information, Captain Magruder included information on weather, sailing, harbors, and even mentioned the court martial of Lieutenant Porter of the Constellation.

[4] 179 leaves : maps, ports. ; 28 cm.

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