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- GLC#
- GLC05911.20-View header record
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- September 17, 1894-January 19,1896
- Author/Creator
- Simpson, Edward, 1824-1888
- Title
- [Lieutenant Edward Simpson, Jr.'s personal journal of a voyage on the U.S.S. Concord and the U.S.F.S. Baltimore in the South Pacific].
- Place Written
- South Pacific
- Pagination
- 1 v. : 50 p. : Height: 33 cm, Width: 20.5 cm
- Primary time period
- Rise of Industrial America, 1877-1900
- Sub-Era
- Empire Building
Written aboard the U.S.S. Concord and the U.S.F.S. Baltimore. Particularly focused around Port Arthur, Japan. U.S.F.S. Baltimore containing 1) 9 October 1894 Nippon, Japan, "S. Ito, Commander-in-chief of H. I. Japanese M.'s United Squadron" "Official Report of the Naval Engagement which took place in the sea off Taikoshan . . . (Extract [and translation] from the report made by our commander-in-chief of the Fleet" and 2) 2 October 1894 Jiji Shimpo "The Real Condition of the Great Naval Battle in the Yellow Sea." Collateral material removed from volume: envelope addressed to Lieutenant Edward Simpson, U.S.N. which includes a Japanese newspaper with hand-written notes in English. Quarter red leather and corners; red, blue and yellow marbled covers.
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