Diary whilst fitting out for Antarctic Expedition in 1839

Date:
1839
Reference:
MS.3365
Part of:
McCormick, Robert (1800-1890)
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Description

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.

Publication/Creation

1839

Physical description

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.

Acquisition note

Presented 1907.

Finding aids

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).

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  • 18870