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Key Information
- Title:
- Remarks On A Voyage From Hull, To Davis' Straits, In The Whale Ship, Dordon
- Object Name:
- book
- Date/Period:
- 1836
- Location on Display:
- Museum - Not Currently on display
- Accession No:
- KINCM:1980.155
- Brief Description:
- Book entitled 'Remarks On A Voyage From Hull, To Davis' Straits, In The Whale Ship, Dordon, Captain Willis, Commander, In The Eventful and Perilous Year, 1835', by William Woodmancy, Jun., published in 1836 and printed by C. Wilkinson, George Yard, Hull. It describes the loss of the ship on 20th October, 'and the sufferings of the crew, amongst the ice in the frozen regions, on that never to be forgotten, Calamitious Day; and from that period to the 15th of February, 1836, on board The Whale Ship, Abram, commanded by Captain Hibbs'. It also includes 'a stanza' written in Greenland in 1817 by William Woodmancy, Sen., aboard the ship 'Brothers'. A handwritten dedication on the first page reads 'Presented to the Society by Mr. Wm. Woodmancy, June 29th 1836'. The book has been rebound with hard blue boards and the title 'To Davis' Straits In The Dordon 1835' in gold on the front.
Dimensions:
| Type | Height | Width | Depth | Diameter | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 198[mm] | 132[mm] | 16[mm] |
