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Royal Navy, South America. William John Thorpe Rowley (b. 1842), his manuscript commonplace book while serving aboard HMS Sutlej (1855) Valparaíso, Chile, 1866, [86]ff of recorded data, prose and presumably original verse composition, the latter usually of maritime flavour, comprising the dangers of seafaring and perils of the sea, records include the ship's arrival and departure from all ports from December 1862 to May 1867, mentioning San Francisco, Rio de Janeiro and others, and a chronicle of all deaths on board the ship, citing drowning, being intentionally killed, one of whom was poisoned, etc., some leaves tatty, a few loosening, Rowley's 1860 Continuous Service Certificate loosely-inserted, contemporary roan over marbled boards, split, some losses and loosening, recto board chipped, 8vo
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