Official logs of H.M.S. Prince George and H.M.S. Fly, in one volume, Oct. 1844-June 1846; Private journal of E.A. Porcher, 1842-1844. Official appointment as Mate on H.M.S. Fly, Apr. 1846. Unbound extract from an exercise book, giving the dimensions of H.M.S. Fly, and daily latitude and longitude of the voyage from England to Van Diemen's Land, to Sydney, etc. and back to Plymouth.
Edwin Porcher joined the H.M.S. Fly in 1842, for a four-year voyage to Australia and the adjoining islands. In 1846 he served aboard the steam frigate Sidon, then on the Cleopatra in 1849. After several other tours he joined the Hibernia in 1857, on a special assignment in the Middle East for the British Government. He later published a history of the discoveries made at Cyrene during this expedition. In 1865 he was in command of the H.M.S. Sparrowhawk, stationed in British Columbia, where he remained until 1868. Here he composed many examples of his topographical artistry. After 25 years of naval service, he retired in 1872 and toured the continent until his death in Germany in 1878.
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