- Creator
- Firebrand (Ship)
- Call number
- MssCol 1003
- Physical description
- .08 linear feet (1 volume)
- Preferred Citation
- H.M.S. Firebrand and H.M.S. Folly logbook, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
This logbook of the H.M.S. Firebrand and the H.M.S. Frolic was kept by the same (unknown) author. Entries pertaining to the Firebrand were made from December 1, 1847-June 16, 1848, when the ship sailed along the South American coast, stopping at: Colonia and Montevideo, Uruguay; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and Balna, Argentina. Entries pertaining to the H.M.S. Frolic were made from June 22, 1848-March 7, 1849 when the ship sailed from Portsmouth, England, stopping at Waterford and Cork, Ireland; Naples and Messina, Italy; the Piraeus and Salonica, Greece; and Smyrna, Turkey. Volume contains many watercolor sketches of South American and West Indian ports, not necessarily contemporaneous with the voyage described. A list of the sketches is filed with the volume
Key terms
Names
Subjects
Places
- Argentina
- Colonia del Sacramento (Uruguay)
- Cork (Ireland)
- İzmir (Turkey)
- Messina (Italy)
- Montevideo (Uruguay)
- Naples (Italy)
- Piraeus (Greece)
- Portsmouth (England)
- Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
- South America -- Description and travel
- Thessalonikē (Greece)
- Waterford (Ireland)
Material types
Using the collection
Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328