Journal while assistant surgeon on board HMS Cleopatra, on anti-slavery patrols off the coast of East Africa

  • Piers, Henry, 1818-1901.
Date:
May 1844-January 1847
Reference:
MS.5990
Part of:
Piers, Henry (1818-1901), naval surgeon
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Journal while assistant surgeon on board HMS <i>Cleopatra</i>, on anti-slavery patrols off the coast of East Africa. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

On anti-slavery patrols off the coast of East Africa, especially Madagascar, Mozambique and Zanzibar. The journal includes information on health conditions and medical provision on board ship, and amongst the Portuguese settlers and the native population on the coast.

Publication/Creation

May 1844-January 1847

Physical description

1 volume 1 volume: 228 × 190 mm., ii, 218 pp. Original half-leather binding. Signatures of Henry Piers on the preliminary leaves.

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Acquisition note

Purchased from Henry Bristow, with the aid of the V & A Purchase Grant Fund, 1990.

Location of duplicates

Watercolour sketch of the Cape of Good Hope, Simonsberg, Table Mountain, and Cape [?], Wellcome Images ref L0049847

Finding aids

Database description taken from that in: Richard Palmer, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine: Western Manuscripts 5120-6244 (London: The Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine, 1999).

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  • 348353