Midshipman's notebook aboard USS Columbia
Book details
- Title
- Midshipman's notebook aboard USS Columbia
- Publication year listed
- 1839
- Format
- Public domain eBook
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About this book
Midshipman's notebook aboard USS Columbia
Author: Unknown
Year: 1839
This notebook was kept by a midshipman referred to only as "Julius" serving aboard USS Columbia in 1839 during the ship's around the world cruise under Commodore George Read. The notebook includes 168 pages of questions and answers involving seamanship, masting, rigging, gunnery, sailing evolutions, tactics, and fighting the ship. Two full-page penned illustrations support answers to a pair of questions likely to be asked of a young midshipman seeking promotion to passed midshipman.; Place of origin: Aboard USS Columbia; Credit line: USS Constitution Museum Collection.
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