https://findingaids.library.upenn.edu/records/UPENN_RBML_PUSP.MS.CODEX2129
The First and Last Voyage, or the Sea Cadet
- Date
- 1844
- Extent
- 1 volume(s)
- Call Number
- Ms. Codex 2129
Description
Where the collection came from, what's inside, and how you can use it.
Biography/History
"The Sea Cadet" recounts descriptions of ports of call, impressions and feelings of Leent (Lieut.?) Evans. This unpublished verse narrative describes a last voyage, from Cowes in the Isle of Wight to Sydney, Australia, and back. Based on letters he wrote home, and specimens brought back from the voyage with him, the work can be dated by note 4 at the end of the book (p.135).
Scope and Content
Graphite and color wash portrait of the Sea Cadet, manuscript title-page decorated with coronet, vignette and British flags. There are 12 full-page original watercolor drawings of places along the voyage, from the Isle of Wight to Sydney Australia, one in grisaille; with 76 vignettes in the text, 40 in grisaille, and 36 in color, of iconic places and natural history specimens of the voyage. The full-page illustrations include images from the voyage, and from the Cadet's childhood: Norris & Seymour Castle near Cowes (p. 27); the Club House at Cowes (p. 31); Portland (p. 37); Funchal Madeira (p. 53); Funchal Madeira (p. 55); the Governor's House, Funchal (p. 58); the Loo Rock in 1821 (grisaille) (p. 60); The Island of Teneriffe. 90 miles! (p. 66); Orotavo (p. 70); the Mill Stream, Lock's Mills (p.95); Sydney Cove, Port Jackson, New South Wales(p. 121); and the Anchorage at Sydney N.S.W. (p. 124). Volume is inscribed on the verso of the front free endpaper: "This Book was Wrote by My Friend Leent Evans. C.J.F."
Acquisition Information
Gift of Sherry Witter, 2020.
Processing Information
Accessioned as 2020.000072a. Samantha Dodd processed, wrote, and encoded the finding aid, 2023.
Rights and citation
- Use
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Copyright restrictions may exist. For most library holdings, the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania do not hold copyright. It is the responsibility of the requester to seek permission from the holder of the copyright to reproduce material from the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts.
- Preferred Citation
- The First and Last Voyage, or the Sea Cadet, 1844, Ms. Codex 2129, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Finding aids author
- Samantha Dodd
- Date
- 2023 August 30
Subjects and headings
- Subject
- English diaries
- Sailors
- Language
- English
- Form
- personal narratives
Inventory
Everything in this collection, in the order the archivist chose to help you understand it.
Contact
These materials are held by University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts. Contact them to schedule a visit or ask about your research.
- Address
- 3420 Walnut Street, 6th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6206
- rbml@pobox.upenn.edu