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The voyage of the May Queen, October 1877-January 1878

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  • Description

    "This is a first hand account of a sea voyage from Gravesend to Auckland in 1877/8 written and illustrated by Bertha and Mary Dobie, the author's great-great-aunts. The report emanates from a diary which gives a remarkable and vivid account of everyday life on board ship in the 1870s, and it will to appeal to everyone interested in the social life of that period, and in sailing ships and sea voyages."--back cover.

  • Place
    Braunton, England, United Kingdom
  • Other Id

    DU407 DOB (Library of Congress Call Number)

    5830 (Cat ID)

    C 4705 (DBTextworks system ID)

    53650 (Presto content ID)

  • Department

    Publications

Images and documents

Catalogue

  • Object Type

    book

  • Name/Title
    The voyage of the May Queen, October 1877-January 1878
  • Primary Maker

    Margaret Brockman

    Mary Dobie

     Bertha Dobie

  • Contributor/Publisher
    Merlin Books
  • Place
    Braunton, England, United Kingdom
  • Date
    1992
  • Physical Description

    128 pages : illustrations (some colour), facsimiles, map, portraits (some colour) ; 24 cm

  • ISBN/ISSN
    0863035892
  • Language
    English
  • Level of Current Record
    Bib record
  • Member Object

    1 item in this collection. View all items.

  • Related Object Notes
    MS-1989-21 Herbert Boucher Dobbie / collated by John D. McCraw
    QK531.5 DOB New Zealand ferns / by H.B. Dobbie, 2nd edition, 1921.
  • Subject Category

    Immigrants--New Zealand--Diaries

    May Queen (Ship)

    Voyages and travels

  • Content
    Includes facsimiles of newspaper reports of the death of Mary Dobie at Te Namu, near Opunake, Taranaki.
  • Public Access Text

    [Keywords: Dobie, Bertha--Journeys; Dobie, Mary, 1851-1880--Journeys; Dobie, Bertha--Diaries; Dobie, Mary, 1851-1880--Diaries; Immigrants--Travel--New Zealand]

  • Subject Notes
    Mary and Bertha Dobie were the sisters of Herbert Boucher Dobbie, author of the blue books of New Zealand ferns and the 1921 edition of 'New Zealand Ferns'.
  • Collection Type
    Reading Room
  • Copyright
    All rights reserved
  • Last Update
    19 Dec 2023
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