Guide to the R. L. Mundy logbook, 1867-1871

Summary Information

Title:

R. L. Mundy logbook

Creator:

Mundy, R. L.

ID:

M194.M863 folio

Date [inclusive]:

1867-1871

Extent:

1 v.; 32 cm

Repository:

George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011

Abstract:

Log kept during the years 1867-1871, by R. L. Mundy, midshipman of the Royal Navy, documenting various training cruises by students of the Royal Naval College at Portsmouth, England, and including numerous manuscript charts and hand-drawn views of coastal landmarks, chiefly in the Caribbean region.

Using These Materials

Conditions Governing Access:

No restrictions

Conditions Governing Use:

If not in the public domain, copyright is retained by the author of the items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred Citation:

Cite as: R. L. Mundy Logbook, Miscellaneous Manuscript Collection, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine

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Scope and Contents

Controlled Access Headings

Corporate Name(s):

Great Britain. -- Royal Navy -- Sea life.
Great Britain. -- Royal Navy -- Officers -- Diaries.
Royal Naval College (Great Britain) -- Students.
Victory (Ship).
Urgent (Ship).
Royal Alfred (Ship).
Sphinx (Ship).
Vestal (Ship).
Terror (Ship).
Himalaya (Ship).
Duke of Wellington (Screw ship).
Agincourt (Battleship : 1865-1909).

Genre(s):

Diaries. -- lcgft.

Geographic Name(s):

Atlantic Ocean Region -- Description and travel.
Caribbean Sea -- Description and travel.
Caribbean Area -- Description and travel.

Personal Name(s):

Mundy, R. L. -- Travel.

Subject(s):

Logbooks -- Atlantic Ocean Region.
Logbooks -- Caribbean Sea.

Note

Forms part of the Miscellaneous Manuscript collection in the Bowdoin College Special Collections & Archives.