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Collection Reference Number GLC05911.19.02
From Archive Folder Journals and log books of Edward Simpson Sr. and Edward Simpson Jr. 
Title Navigation note book
Date 14 October 1880 to 25 February 1882
Author Simpson, Edward (1824-1888)  
Document Type Diary; Military document
Content Description Lt. Simpson's navigational logbook aboard the U.S.F.S. Richmond in the South Pacific Ocean. Pages 156 - 180 are a series of question and answer exercises on the theory and practice of navigation. Page 181 contains a series of translation exercises from English into both Spanish and French.
Subjects Military History  Navy  Maritime  Australia and Pacific Islands  Global History and Civics  Foreign Affairs  Literature and Language Arts  
People Simpson, Edward (1824-1888)  
Place written U.S.F.S. Richmond in the South Pacific Ocean
Theme Naval & Maritime
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945