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- Creator
- Gardiner, Allen F., 1794-1851
- Call number
- MssCol 5976
- Physical description
- 1 v. (213 p.), ill, 24 cm; 1 v. (213 p.), ill, 24 cm
- Preferred Citation
- Allen Francis Gardiner journal, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
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.
Administrative information
Custodial history
Armorial bookplate of Samuel Gardiner.
Source of acquisition
Purchased from, Charles Apfelbaum, 1995Key terms
Names
Subjects
Places
- China -- Description and travel
- Great Britain. Royal Navy -- Officers -- Diaries
- Islands -- China -- Macau (Special Administrative Region) -- Description and travel
- Malaya -- Description and travel
- Philippines -- Description and travel
- Sri Lanka -- Description and travel
- Sumatra (Indonesia) -- Description and travel
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