The Maiden Voyage of the Charlotte Jane 1848-1850 (Paperback)

This book contains a memoir written by Miriam Lawrence describing the extraordinary voyage she made in 1848-50 aged 20. She had accompanied her husband, Captain Alexander Lawrence, on the maiden voyage of the Charlotte Jane, a wooden 3 mast merchant sailing ship. They set sail with their baby daughter, a teenage nursemaid, a surgeon and 264 emigrants for Sydney, Australia. Then they sailed to Hong Kong, Singapore, Bombay, Whampoa (Canton), returning via Cape Town to London. Besides the memoir, there are extracts from her husband's logbook and letters to and from Miriam's parents. There are also maps showing each stage of the voyage, illustrations of the ship from the Canterbury Museum Christchurch, New Zealand, and contemporary pictures of the places visited. They were nearly shipwrecked, faced fearful storms and at one point a near mutiny. Their second child was born in the China Seas. Miriam's writing provides an evocative account of what it had been like for a young woman to take part in such an adventure; one which many British merchant seamen were undertaking at that date: circumnavigating the world.

General

Imprint:	Grosvenor House Publishing Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2021
Compiled by:	Cass Moggridge
Maps by:	Hal Moggridge
Memoir by:	Miriam Lawrence
Dimensions:	254 x 178 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	176
ISBN-13:	978-1-83975-495-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Sport & Leisure > Transport: general interest > Ships & shipping: general interest > General Books > Biography > General
LSN:	1-83975-495-8
Barcode:	9781839754951

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