Logbook : for the yacht Casco : manuscript, 1888 June 28 - 1889 Jul 24.

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Logbook : for the yacht Casco : manuscript, 1888 June 28 - 1889 Jul 24.

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Logbook kept by the crew of the yacht Casco, A.H. Otis, Master, of daily latitude and longitude on a round-trip voyage between San Francisco and Tahiti with a port call in Hawaii. Includes a modern map with a tracing of the route and a caricature drawing in pencil of Robert Louis Stevenson on the entry for 25 Sep 1888.

[179] p., bound : map ; 21 cm.

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Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894

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Robert Lewis (later changed to "Louis") Balfour Stevenson was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on November 13, 1850. He attended the University of Edinburgh intending to become a civil engineer like his father, but ill health curtailed his studies and prompted him to travel to warmer climates. This inspired Stevenson to write stories, novels and essays about his travels. While in France he met American artist Fanny Osbourne. The two fell in love, and in 1879 Stevenson traveled to California, where he...

Casco (Yacht).

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Gormsen, Robert W.,

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Otis, A. H.

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Robert Louis Stevenson chartered the yacht Casco from Dr. Samuel Merrit for a cruise in the Pacific in June 1888. Stevenson traveled with his wife Fanny Osbourne, his mother and his stepson Lloyd Osborne to Hawaii on board the Casco. The Stevenson party remained in the south seas and the Casco returned to San Francisco in July 1889. From the description of Logbook : for the yacht Casco : manuscript, 1888 June 28 - 1889 Jul 24. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612813544 ...