H.M.S. Princess Royal logbook, 1864-1866.

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H.M.S. Princess Royal logbook, 1864-1866.

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Logbook, including sketches and maps of British naval ship's path, kept by Charles LeStrange, relating to a voyage from Plymouth, England, to Shanghai, China, and Yokohama, Japan, via Madeira Islands, Sierra Leone, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, Singapore, and Bangkok, Thailand.

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Rice University, Fondren Library

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Rice University, Fondren Library

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Princess Royal (Flag ship)

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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...