Autograph Manuscript, “Observations at the Congo Mouth Feb. 1863 / from Log of H.M.’s S. ‘Griffin’”
$1,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller
Ink on paper, 12 lines. 1 vols. 5-1/2 x 7-1/2. Old folds, small rectangular portion excised. Very good. Howgego IV, B97. Item #368677 A record of meteorological information off the coast of Angola and at the mouth of the Congo RiverBurton was stationed on the island of Fernando Po as consul and toward the end of July 1863 “he boarded HMS ‘Torch’ for a voyage down the coast to Loango, and from there took ship
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