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![Track of the H.M.S. Asia from Decber. 2 1848 to Febry. 3d 1849 From Valparaiso to Valparaiso [cartographic material] / W. E. Denison](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Frail.huntington.org%2FIIIF3%2FImage%2F22APN4MOZX0K%2Ffull%2F%5E360%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=750&q=75)
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One of four manuscript maps showing the voyage of the H.M.S. Asia from England to Valparaiso and back, 1848-1851. This map shows the coast of Chile and the route of the H.M.S. Asia as she sailed from Valparaiso south to Concepcion, back to Valparaiso, on to Coquimbo in the North and return to Valparaiso.
mssHM 15468 map 4
![Track of the H.M.S. Asia from Lisbon to Rio Janeiro 1st Decber. 1847 to 13th Febry. 1848 [cartographic material] / W. Denison](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Frail.huntington.org%2FIIIF3%2FImage%2F22APN4MO8BXO%2Ffull%2F%5E360%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=750&q=75)
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One of four manuscript maps showing the voyages of the H.M.S. Asia, 1848-1851. This map shows the outward bound leg from Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro of the larger roundtrip voyage charted in mssHM 15468 map 1, beginning in January 1848 (despite the 1847 date given in the map's title). Designated "No 4" at top.
mssHM 15468 map 3
![Chart shewing the track of the H.M.S. Asia between the 31st of October 1849 and 29th of May 1850 [cartographic material] / By W. E. Denison](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Frail.huntington.org%2FIIIF3%2FImage%2F22APN4MO8AYI%2Ffull%2F%5E360%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=750&q=75)
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One of four manuscript maps showing the voyages of the H.M.S. Asia, 1848-1851. This map shows the west coast of part of Mexico, Central America and South America to Chile. The Galapagos are also depicted. There is a small loss of paper on the lower left corner of the map. designated "Map No. 2" at top.
mssHM 15468 map 2
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The volume is Byron's handwritten daily account of the H.M.S. Blonde's voyage from England to Hawaii and from Hawaii back to Valparaíso, Chile (June 10, 1824 to November 19, 1825). Byron records longitude and latitude, distance traveled, weather conditions, bearings, and barometer/thermometer readings. Along with those details, Byron records the daily activities and repairs on the ship, the punishments of sailors for various grievances, trading of supplies with other ships, and ports visited including Rio de Janeiro, Cape Horn, and Valparáiso. Byron also notes activities after the ship's arrival in Hawaii including the bodies of the Hawaiian royals taken ashore, his visits from King Kamehameha III and Queen Kaahumanu, the completion of the first monument for Captain James Cook, and the discovery of Malden Island.
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The 85 manuscripts, known as the Kashnor maps, are named after the proprietor of the Museum Book Store, from which they were purchased. They include original maps and copies of cartographic renderings dating from the late 17th to the mid-19th centuries. The maps focus primarily on sites and land involved in the French and Indian War in New York and Canada (67 maps), but there are also maps related to the American Revolution (3 maps), and ones of Central America (4 maps), and other regions (10 maps). The collection also contains a drawing of a dart or fire-arrow retrieved near Fort William Henry after Montcalm's attack in 1757. Some of the maps in the collection are hand drawn copies of earlier maps. These include ones executed during the French and Indian War. There are also four maps charting the voyages of the H.M.S. Asia in 1848-1851 that were copies made in 1856. Consequently, the creation dates of the Kashnor maps are from 1754-1856.
mssHM 15399-15475
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A collection of letters, manuscripts, and ephemera related to Charles Dickens. The majority of the material is written by Dickens and covers the most productive years of his writing career. The letters are written from Devonshire Terrace, Broadstairs, and Tavistock House, as well as letters from various cities in England, Europe, and America. The collection also includes letters by Dickens' family members, friends, and business associates; there is also one forgery (mssHM 18751) and many of the letters include envelopes. Correspondents in the collection include, among others, Maria Beadnell, Hablot Knight Browne, George Cruikshank, Frederick Dickens, Georgina Hogarth, Charles Kent, William Charles Macready, Thomas Mitton, Frederic Ouvry, Richard Watson, Livinia Jane Watson, William Henry Wills, and the publisher Chapman and Hall. The collection also includes a small amount of ephemera.
mssDickens
mssHM 64596