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Carter, William

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William Carter navigation book, 1807

 File — Box 4, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSC-364- File MSI 021
Scope and Contents

English seaman’s unpublished notebook entitled “William Carter’s Navigation Book, Givet Prison, France, 1807,” including watercolor drawings of ships, nautical scenes, instruments and equipment; Navigation calculations; Notes on seamanship; Log entry of voyage in the ADVENTURE OF LONDON, Madeira, etc., April-May 1796 (prepared or transcribed in Givet Prison); Log entry; Journal of voyage in RICHARD LANCASTER from the Spurn to the Neye of Norway, April 1-2, 1805, kept by John David Banks of Pillan (prepared or transcribed in Givet Prison).

Dates: 1807