Memoir and papers of Commander James Henry Butt, c. 1867-1869

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Title
Memoir and papers of Commander James Henry Butt, c. 1867-1869
Reference
BGR/53/2
Collection
  • National Maritime Museum, UK: Biographies (BGR)
Document Type
  • Artwork, Illustrations and Photographs
  • Memoirs and Narratives
Date
Jun 1867 - 31 Dec 1869
Description
Loose items found inside the memoir of James Henry Butt: (1) and (2) Two track charts showing survey work undertaken by HMS SYLVIA (1866) around the island of Formosa, June and July 1867. (3) Single sheet with a description of the burial place of the 'tycoons' (shoguns) at Shiba in Tokyo, visited by Butt on 8 April 1869. The other side has a poem and sketch on the subject of going to bed on New Year’s Eve. (4) Printed chart showing Kuru-Shima no Seto (Kuroshima Strait) and adjacent passages near Imabari, Japan, surveyed by Butt and others in 1869. (5) Small watercolour by Butt showing the Royal Naval College at Greenwich, with a steam tug and a sailing barge in the foreground, undated.
Theme
  • Everyday Life at Sea
  • Exploration and Discovery