Allen Francis Gardiner journal

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unitid

{"value"=>"MssCol 5976", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"5976", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Allen Francis Gardiner journal"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1820-1821", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1820/1821"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 v. (213 p.) ;"}, {"name"=>"physfacet", "value"=>"ill"}, {"name"=>"dimensions", "value"=>"24 cm"}], "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1820

date_inclusive_end

1821

origination

{"value"=>"Gardiner, Allen Francis", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Allen Francis Gardiner (1794-1851) was a British naval officer, explorer and missionary.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

custodhist

{"value"=>"<p>Armorial bookplate of Samuel Gardiner.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>A narrative of Gardiner's voyages and travels as an officer of H.M.S. Dauntless from England to Ceylon, with excursions to Sumatra, Malaysia, the Philippines and China, January 1820-February 1821. The volume describes the natural landscape, architecture, and social and religious customs of inhabitants at places visited, including Trincomalee, Malacca, Singapore, Manila, Macao, Canton, and Kandy, with several line drawings of town plans, artifacts, etc. The journal concludes with an account of Gardiner's coastal and inland passage to Kandy and back, during the refitting of the Dauntless at Trincomalee.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"accession_number"=>"MSS 95 M 18"}

{"method"=>"Purchased from", "source"=>"Charles Apfelbaum", "date"=>"1995", "value"=>"Purchased from, Charles Apfelbaum, 1995"}

note

{"value"=>"<p>Binder's title and statement of responsibility on spine: Travels to China and Ceylon : Ms. journal, 1820-1821. Vol. II. / Allen F. Gardiner</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}

{"value"=>"<p>The narrative, not in Gardiner's hand, is apparently transcribed from his letters and notes</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}

keydate

1820

prefercite

{"value"=>"Allen Francis Gardiner journal, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Allen Francis Gardiner (1794-1851) was a British naval officer, explorer and missionary. A narrative of Gardiner's voyages and travels as an officer of H.M.S. Dauntless from England to Ceylon, with excursions to Sumatra, Malaysia, the Philippines and China, January 1820-February 1821. The volume describes the natural landscape, architecture, and social and religious customs of inhabitants at places visited, including Trincomalee, Malacca, Singapore, Manila, Macao, Canton, and Kandy, with several line drawings of town plans, artifacts, etc. The journal concludes with an account of Gardiner's coastal and inland passage to Kandy and back, during the refitting of the Dauntless at Trincomalee.", "generated"=>true}

extent_statement

1 v. (213 p.) ; : ill ; 24 cm

date_start

1820

date_end

1821

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