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The Diary of Dr.Chaloner Clay: The Diary of the Voyage to Australia on Board the Sailing Ship 'hesperus' in the Year 1881
Contributor(s): Snow, Robert (Compiled by), Oliver, Matthew
ISBN: 0993492819     ISBN-13: 9780993492815
Publisher: Flying Disk Press
OUR PRICE:   $7.13  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: December 2015
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- History | Maritime History & Piracy
Physical Information: 0.22" H x 5.5" W x 8.25" (0.28 lbs) 106 pages
 
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The diary of Dr.Chaloner Clay is a unique piece of British maritime history published here for the very first time. This verbatim reproduction provides an insight on a way of travelling the high seas that is long since gone. This word-for-word journal was hand written when Britain did still literally rule the waves. This diary has been in the possesion of the great grandson of its author for many years and it is reproduced here word-for-word from the hand written original for the very first time. In todays modern world we take international travel for granted but in 1881 when this diary was produced things were very different indeed. The diary of Dr.Chalioner Clay will take you back in time to re-live a first hand account of sailing aboard the HESPERUS from the UK to Australia. It will take you on a real life journey the likes of which are from an era none of us have ever experienced and will never do again.

Contributor Bio(s): Snow, Robert: - Robert Snow lives in a small isolated village in Dorset in the South West of England. He is an ex-military man having spent a number of years in the army until he was medically discharged because of a serious spinal injury. He now works free-lance editor and proof-reader. Robert has always had a keen interest in history and in particular his own family history which can be traced back many hundreds of years. This diary was copied word for word and the spelling is exactly as in the original handwritten version. Robert has been in possession of the diary for a number of years since he inherited it when his grandfather Dr Richard Clay died. it is a fascinating book to read and he has decided that it would be nice to share it with other people who might have the same interest and fascination with times gone by.