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Record Id:
040-003375451
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-003374833
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100043495867.0x000001
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ISAD(G)
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Add MS 89230/3/3
Title:

HMS Triumph Volume Three (Pacific Station)

Scope & Content:

Volumes 7-9 of Markham's Triumph journal, documenting his time in the Pacific Station.

Commences on 2 February 1881, whilst stationed at Callao to observe the hostilities between Chile and Peru. The Triumph then travelled, anchoring at Coquimbo and Valparaiso, with Markham making several on shore expeditions, including to Santiago. The Triumph then continued its tour in the Pacific Station, cruising the coast of south America, calling at Taltal, Antofagasta, Iquique, Arequipa, before heading back to Callao. Markham visited Lake Titicaca and the surrounding country. The journal provides plenty of information on the accident of 23 November, when a tin of xerotine siccative caused an explosion on ship, killing three men and injuring several others. The journal closes with an entry dated 28 November 1881.

Throughout the volume Markham provides details of his travelling companions and fellow crew members; life on board ship; observations on the weather, landscape, animal life, collection of botanical, animal and insect specimens; details of his expeditions, and social events attended; and the political and military situation.

Several small items have been loosely inserted into the volume:

  • Letter to Markham from Oscar Veil, regarding the torpedoes used by the Peruvian Navy, dated 10 February, f 10.
  • Invitation addressed to Markham to attend a banquet in honour of General Manuel Baquedano, (in Spanish), f 49.
  • Letter to Markham from Benjamin Vicuña Mackenna, regarding the torpedoes used by the Peruvian Navy, dated 5 April, (in Spanish), ff 63-64.
  • Table seating card for Markham, f 95.
  • Letter to Markham from [illegible signature], dated SS Iberia, Valparaiso, 24 May, ff 112-113.
  • Letter to Markham from E W Clark of the US Revenue Marine, dated 14 April 1881, ff 116-117.
  • Card to Markham from Roych, apologising for not meeting him, f 143.
  • Letter to Markham from Commodore Jansen, congratulating him on Polar Reconnaissances, and providing news of the Willem Barents, ff 158-159.
  • Newspaper clipping, reporting the list of presentations at the Drawing Room held by the Queen on 5 [June], including Miss Mary Markham by the Countess of Leitrim, f 168.
  • Dinner invitation, f 184.
  • Note to Markham from R Carrabba, regarding an upcoming visit, f 188.
  • Card to Markham from Roych, (in French), f 193.
  • Duplicate letter from the Admiralty Secretary to Rear Admiral R H Stirling, commanding him to pass on to Albert Markham the thanks of the Admiralty for his report on the use of torpedoes by the Peruvian Navy, dated 13 September 188, f 223.
  • Folio headed 'Weekly Readings', providing details of a lecture to be given by Markham on board the Triumph, followed by a play performed by the crew, f 252.
  • Invitation to attend a banquet being held in honour of Domingo de Toro Herrera, f 280.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-003374833
036-003374839
040-003375451
Is part of:
Add MS 89230 : Expedition journals of Sir Albert Hastings Markham
Add MS 89230/3 : Expedition journals: Royal Navy

 

Add MS 89230/3/3 : HMS Triumph Volume Three (Pacific Station)
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032-003374833[0003]/036-003374839[0003]/040-003375451
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Record Type (Level):
File
Extent:
1 volume, plus inserts (282 folios)
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1881
End Date:
1881
Date Range:
Feb 1881-Nov 1881
Era:
CE
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User Conditions:
Physical Characteristics:
Three stationer's notebooks bound into one volume, half blue dark morocco over pebbled boards, front cover stamped in gilt with the Markham arms and crest, spine lettered in gilt.
Arrangement:
  • Volume 7, ff 1-92.
  • Volume 8, ff 93-191.
  • Volume 9, ff 192-282.
Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
HMS Triumph, 1870-1921