Golovnin, Vasily Mikhailovich, 1776-1831 (Russian naval officer)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1776 - 1831
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
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Notes on Golovnin and Reed, circa 1880
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Parkes 33/38
Scope and Contents
'Reed's Miss Bird's} Japan': undated notes in Parkes' hand taken from Vasily Mikhailovich Golovnin, 'Memoirs of a Captivity in Japan, During the Years 1811, 1812, and 1813, with Observations on the Country and the People' (the 2nd edition of Golovnin's 'Narrative of my Captivity in Japan', 1818) (3 vols; London, 1824), vol. 2, p. 136, and from Sir Edward Reed, 'Japan: Its History, Traditions, and Religions. With the Narrative of a Visit in 1879' (2 vols; London, 1880), vol. 1, pp. 273 and...
Dates:
circa 1880
Conditions Governing Access:
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