Log-books of HMS Amazon off the coast of Spain and Portugal and in the Channel Squadron, 1808-1812, kept by Captain William Parker.
Dates
- 1808-12
Extent
3 shelfmarks
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Eng. hist. c. 252].
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Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Eng. hist. c. 252, d. 179-180
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 12730
Biographical / Historical
HMS Amazon, 5th Rate ship, Royal Navy.
Other Finding Aids
M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. I, nos. 39882-4.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The log-books were bought from Holland Brothers in 1939.
- Title
- Log-books of HMS Amazon
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Emily Tarrant
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Contact:
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Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk