Logbook of H.M.S Desperate
- Title
- Logbook of H.M.S Desperate
- Description
- The logbook of the British warship H.M.S. Desperate, kept by Lt. Marshall Little, contains wind and weather information, as well as descriptions of daily life aboard the ship. The ship, headquartered in Bermuda during the Civil War, traveled to Halifax and Pictou, Nova Scotia; Newfoundland; Jamaica; and Honduras. The first page of the book is decorated with watercolor flags and emblems. Logbook also includes a watercolor map of Nova Scotia, watercolor maps of voyages, and pencil drawings.
- Date
- 1862-1863
- Original Format
- administrative records
- Extent
- 21cm x 32cm
- Local Identifier
- 0472-002-b1
- Subject(s)
- Little, Marshall--Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.
- Desperate (Ship)
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Naval operations
- Spatial
- Location of Original
- East Carolina Manuscript Collection
- Rights
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Naval and Maritime History
- Location of Original
- William Howard Hooker Collection: H.M.S. Desperate Logbook from the East Carolina Manuscript Collection
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