Voyage from Birkenhead to China and Japan on T.S.M.V. Menestheus
- Date:
- 1934-1935
- Reference:
- MS.7680
- Part of:
- Copithorne, Richard Ernest Cornish (fl. 1933-1998), ship's surgeon: diary
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
The voyage touches at Port Said and passes through the Suez Canal before calling at Penang, Port Swettenham, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Miike, Kobe, Osaka, Yokkaichi, Yokohama (visiting Tokyo by train), Nagoya and Osaka; on the return journey, touching at Colombo, Aden (taking on Jewish settlers bound for Palestine), Port Said, and Marseilles.
96ff. (70r-95r blank), plus summary of voyage on inside rear cover (numbered f.97).
Publication/Creation
1934-1935
Physical description
1 volume
Finding aids
Database description transcribed from Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts.
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores