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Sepia photographs and watercolor drawings

Creator:
Whymper, Frederick
Published / Created:
1864.
Call Number:
WA MSS 525
Image Count:
25
Abstract:
The 23 views and 35 photographs were made on an 1864 exploring expedition of Vancouver Island
Description:
Frederick Whymper (1838-1901) was a British artist and explorer. He served on the 1864 Vancouver Island Exploring Expedition initiated by Governor of Vancouver Island, Arthur Edward Kennedy (1809-1883), and the Western Union Telegraph Co.'s expedition...
Subject (Geographic):
Vancouver Island (B.C.)
Subject (Name):
Whymper, Frederick. and Vancouver Island Exploring Expedition.
Subject (Topic):
Watercolor painting
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Sepia photographs and watercolor drawings

2.
Edwin Augustus Porcher HMS Sparrowhawk diary and watercolor drawings, 1865-1868

Creator:
Porcher, Edwin Augustus
Call Number:
WA MSS S-1972
Container / Volume:
Box 2
Image Count:
4
Abstract:
Holograph diary kept by Porcher while commander of the HMS Sparrowhawk during its voyage from England to British Columbia by way of South America, through the Straits of Magellan, from Callao to the Hawaiian Islands, and from Honolulu to Esquimalt Har...
Description:
British naval officer who entered the service in 1837, was appointed captain in 1868, retired in 1872, and died in Germany in 1878. Porcher served on various ships on voyages to Australia, the Orient, and the Middle East, where he prepared drawings fo...
Subject (Geographic):
British Columbia., British Columbia, Vancouver Island (B.C.), Esquimalt (B.C.), and Northwest Coast of North America
Subject (Name):
Porcher, Edwin Augustus., Seymour, Frederick, 1820-1869., Great Britain. Royal Navy., and Sparrowhawk (Ship)
Subject (Topic):
Voyages and travels, Voyages to the Pacific coast, Mines and mineral resources, Coal mines and mining, Gold mines and mining, Lumber trade, Indians of North America, Commerce, Description and travel, Politics and government, Social life and customs, Missionaries, and Fur trade
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Edwin Augustus Porcher HMS Sparrowhawk diary and watercolor drawings, 1865-1868

3.
Edwin Augustus Porcher HMS Sparrowhawk diary and watercolor drawings, 1865-1868

Creator:
Porcher, Edwin Augustus
Call Number:
WA MSS S-1972
Container / Volume:
Box 3
Image Count:
3
Abstract:
Holograph diary kept by Porcher while commander of the HMS Sparrowhawk during its voyage from England to British Columbia by way of South America, through the Straits of Magellan, from Callao to the Hawaiian Islands, and from Honolulu to Esquimalt Har...
Description:
British naval officer who entered the service in 1837, was appointed captain in 1868, retired in 1872, and died in Germany in 1878. Porcher served on various ships on voyages to Australia, the Orient, and the Middle East, where he prepared drawings fo...
Subject (Geographic):
British Columbia., British Columbia, Vancouver Island (B.C.), Esquimalt (B.C.), and Northwest Coast of North America
Subject (Name):
Porcher, Edwin Augustus., Seymour, Frederick, 1820-1869., Great Britain. Royal Navy., and Sparrowhawk (Ship)
Subject (Topic):
Voyages and travels, Voyages to the Pacific coast, Mines and mineral resources, Coal mines and mining, Gold mines and mining, Lumber trade, Indians of North America, Commerce, Description and travel, Politics and government, Social life and customs, Missionaries, and Fur trade
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Edwin Augustus Porcher HMS Sparrowhawk diary and watercolor drawings, 1865-1868

4.
Edwin Augustus Porcher HMS Sparrowhawk diary and watercolor drawings, 1865-1868

Creator:
Porcher, Edwin Augustus
Call Number:
WA MSS S-1972
Container / Volume:
Box 1
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Holograph diary kept by Porcher while commander of the HMS Sparrowhawk during its voyage from England to British Columbia by way of South America, through the Straits of Magellan, from Callao to the Hawaiian Islands, and from Honolulu to Esquimalt Har...
Description:
British naval officer who entered the service in 1837, was appointed captain in 1868, retired in 1872, and died in Germany in 1878. Porcher served on various ships on voyages to Australia, the Orient, and the Middle East, where he prepared drawings fo...
Subject (Geographic):
British Columbia., British Columbia, Vancouver Island (B.C.), Esquimalt (B.C.), and Northwest Coast of North America
Subject (Name):
Porcher, Edwin Augustus., Seymour, Frederick, 1820-1869., Great Britain. Royal Navy., and Sparrowhawk (Ship)
Subject (Topic):
Voyages and travels, Voyages to the Pacific coast, Mines and mineral resources, Coal mines and mining, Gold mines and mining, Lumber trade, Indians of North America, Commerce, Description and travel, Politics and government, Social life and customs, Missionaries, and Fur trade
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Edwin Augustus Porcher HMS Sparrowhawk diary and watercolor drawings, 1865-1868

5.
Relacion del viage hecho por las goletas Sutil y Mexicana en el año de 1792, para reconocer el

Creator:
Espinosa y Tello, Josef, 1763-1815
Published / Created:
1802.
Call Number:
Zc70 +802ea
Image Count:
11
Description:
By some bibliographers the author is wrongly supposed to be Dionisio Alcalá Galiano, commander of the expedition; Medina and Leclerc ascribe the historical introduction to Alcalá Galiano, commander of the Sutil, and Cayetano Valdés, commander of th...
Publisher:
Imprenta real
Subject (Geographic):
Juan de Fuca, Strait of (B.C. and Wash.), Northwest Passage., Northwest Coast of North America., British Columbia, Vancouver Island (B.C.), and Spain
Subject (Name):
Sutil (Ship) and Mexicana (Ship)
Subject (Topic):
Description and travel, Nootka Indians, Nootka language, and Exploring expeditions
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Relacion del viage hecho por las goletas Sutil y Mexicana en el año de 1792, para reconocer el estrecho de Fuca; con una introduccion en que se da noticia de las expediciones executadas anteriormente por los españoles en busca del paso del noroeste de la América