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Wells, John, fl 1802

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: fl 1802

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Journal of a Voyage to the Coast of Guinea

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3871
Scope and Contents

Journal of a voyage in the ship Bruce Grove of London. Wells, the ship's clerk, left the ship at Grenada on the return voyage. His journal is preceded (fo. 1v) by a list of officers and crew, and includes a series of engravings, maps, and sketches, some in colour, and a cutting from Chambers' Edinburgh Journal.

Dates: 1 Jan. 1802-16 Oct. 1802
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