HMS Blonde and HMS Plover (volume and inserts), 1841 Jan.-1842
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Includes Simpson's highly detailed journal, plus additional journal entries, notes, charts, and sketches originally laid in between blank pages, describing his experiences on the HMS Blonde, which saw action in the Anglo-Chinese War during 1841-1842. Contains many references to other ships, to battles, and weather, and comments on his travels from England to his destination, including descriptions of a stay in Capetown. The journal then turns to his first service aboard the HMS Plover, undated, and contains similarly detailed entries on the voyage, which appears to be his first service on the Plover (circa 1848). The papers also include one sheet that refers to issues faced by the emigration transport Superior, which at that time operated off the West Coast of Africa, transporting Africans freed from illegal slave ships and other individuals from Sierra Leone to colonies such as Guyana. The Superior was one of many ships who performed this work during the period following the abolishment of the slave trade in the 1830s.
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