Reining King was George IV – House of Hanover – King of England from 1820-1830.

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Reining King was George IV – House of Hanover – King of England from 1820-1830

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Reining King was George IV – House of Hanover – King of England from 1820-1830

Sheerness Harbour 1839

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Sheerness Dockyard C1830

http://www.thamespilot.org.uk Dockyard SheernessSubject Date: Circa 1830 Creator: T M Baynes Owner: Sheerness Library Contributor: Sheerness Library

Bussorah Merchant

"Bussorah Merchant", Wooden sailing ship painted by David Michael Hartigan Little (held at The State Library of Victoria in the La Trobe Picture Collection.)

Maybury Journal: (5th Day 31st March) “Had a full view of Calais from off Dover Point which was extremely magnificent.”

This map shows the location of the Strait of Dover between England and France, and part of the English Channel and the North Sea. It also shows nearby towns such as Dover, Calais, and Dunkirk

Cliffs of Dover

Isle of Wright

Isles of Scillyin relation to Cornwall England – aerial view

Maybury Journal: (6th Day – 1st April) “Reached the Hills of Scilly.”

Thomas Buttersworth: The East Indiaman Kent on Fire in the Bay of Biscay

Maybury Journal: (10th Day – 5th April) . Wind favourable tho’ blusterous still in the Bay of Biscay. Near the place where the Kent East Indiaman was lost by fire .

THE BURNING OF THE "KENT" This print was published by Joseph Bibby in the 1911 issue of Bibby's Annual. The print measures 9 x 6 inches and has text on the reverse side, as follows: "The loss of the East-Indiaman "KENT" was one of those shipping disasters that send a shudder through the nation & leave a lasting impression upon popular memory. The "KENT" sailed from the Downs in February, 1825, having on board troops, passengers, & crew amounting to 637 souls. In the Bay of Biscay, on March 1st, fire broke out & spread with alarming rapidity, owing to a violent gale which was raging. Fortunately, the "CAMBRIA", bound for Mexico, hove in sight and succeeded in rescuing 554 persons. At two o'clock in the morning of March 2nd, the fire reached the powder magazines & the doomed vessel blew up."

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Narrative of the Loss of the Kent East Indiaman By Fire in the Bay of Biscay. 1st March 1825

Tenerife Island – part of the Canary Island

Maybury Journal: (18th Day – 13th April) . Had a view of the island or peak of Teneriffe which is more than 3 miles perpendicular in height.

Maybury Journal: (23rd Day – 18th April) . “had in sights the tremendous mountains of the island of St. Anthony which is 1450 yards high – we passed it very close – leaving it in our [illegible] the sight surpassed every thing I have ever seen. One might imagine, if one were at the top, that we might have touched Heaven. It is a Portugese Island and lays between Spain and the Atlantic Ocean on the Coast of Africa”.

Maybury Journal: (24th Day – 19th April) “about Noon had in sights the Island if Bissago[1]. We also passed this Island very close. The scenery was beautiful. [unkn] of the rocks looked magnificent at a distance. These islands are all on the coast of Africa” [1] Bijagós also spelled  Bissagos,  Portuguese  Arquipélago dos Bijagós   islands of Guinea-Bissau, 30 miles (48 km) off the Guinea coast of western Africa.

Bissagos Is (center of 1840 navigation map)

Maybury Journal: (49th Day – 14th May) “passed the Island of St. Helena on the left”

St. Helena Island

Cape of Good HopeMaybury Journal: (74th Day – 8th June) “A winters morning, very fine but very cold got round the Cape of Good Hope. Noon in latitude 33 /2.”

Maybury Journal: (84th Day – 18th June) “early this morning a fine flying fish flew on board and was caught by one of the sailors.”

Maybury Journal: (94h Day – 29th June) “. About noon passed the Island of St. Paul[1]. it is uninhabited and lays east of India in the Indian Ocean and about 3 thousand miles from Sydney

Maybury Journal: (118th Day – 22nd July) “Had in sight the curious rocks of Bass’s Straits They lay off the Coast of New Holland”

Maybury Journal: (122nd Day – 26th July) “About 2 o’clock had in sight Sydney Light House – about 4 entered the Harbour, which is narrow but beautiful in the extreme.”

The first Macquarie Lighthouse, built 1816-18 photograph taken in the 1870s

Maybury Journal: (122nd Day – 26th July) “I am happy to inform you that it is nothing but a paradise or the Garden of the World – the surrounding scenery no picture could excel for beauty, the Rocks, the Water and the very situation of the Town in general is really grand”

Augustus EARLE (1793 - 1838) The North

Head of Port Jackson, New South Wales.

Robert Havell (1769–1832)

The Entrance of Port Jackson and Part of the Town of Sydney, New South Wales 1823

Maybury Journal: (122nd Day – 26th July) “I am happy to inform you that it is nothing but a paradise or the Garden of the World – the surrounding scenery no picture could excel for beauty, the Rocks, the Water and the very situation of the Town in general is really grand”

From the collection of the Art Gallery of South Australia. Jacob Janssen, artist, c1845 - section of Sydney Harbour