Journal of a voyage in the yacht Gitana to the Mediterranean, 1849 Sept 20-Nov 27.

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Journal of a voyage in the yacht Gitana to the Mediterranean, 1849 Sept 20-Nov 27.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702147945

Holograph manuscript journal. Pages 50 and 66 contain copies of two poems presumably by Lord Byron; pages 29-32 contain a description of William Beckford's villa at Cintra. Laid in are two letters, one from C. G. Wheelhouse (surgeon on the Gitana) to the Earl of Lincoln (later fifth Duke of Newcastle) saying that he has been put in the guard house in Cadiz, and the other (not sent) from the Earl of Lincoln to Wheelhouse in mock sympathetic tone. This amusing incident is recorded in the diary for 9 October 1849.

1 v. (174 p.) ; 23cm.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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