Draft diary [184-] [manuscript]
- Bib ID:
- 2887724
- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author:
- Stokes, J. Lort (John Lort), 1811-1885
- Access Conditions:
- Available for reference. Not for loan.
- Description:
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- [184-]
- 12 leaves.
- Summary:
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Part of a manuscript of a proposed book entitled "The voyage of the Acheron" which was never published and was found, incomplete, in The National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, England. The donor discovered the rest of the manuscript in the Hocken Library, Dunedin, N.Z. (MS 157).
- Biography/History:
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John Lort Stokes was an explorer and hydrographer. (For biographical details see Australian Dictionary of Biography Vol. 2: 1788-1850, 1-2 p.488-9).
- Notes:
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- Manuscript reference: NLA MS 5598.
- Photocopy of typescript.
- Original held by National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, England.
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Explorers
- Copyright:
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Out of Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Since 1955 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1885
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1849
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