Diary whilst fitting out for Antarctic Expedition in 1839

Diary whilst fitting out for Antarctic Expedition in 1839. Author's holograph MS. The first 46 pp. are missing. The diary extends from 22 February to 1 October, 1839. The expedition in question was that of Sir James Clark Ross [1800-1862] in H.M.S. Erebus, 1839-1843 in which McCormick was surgeon and naturalist.

1839

pp. 47-71 + 122 pp. + 115 pp. + 1 bl. l. + 44 ll. + 4 bl. ll. obl. 12mo. 8 x 10 cm. Unbound, loose in a morocco note-book cover.

Presented 1907.

Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).