| Evidence: | 'Worked for an hour to day at French and read some Grecian History, The latter is certainly rather dry.' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 1 Oct 1857 | ||||||||||
| Country: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | other location: on board HMS Pelorus, near Madeira | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Albert Battiscombe |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1831 |
| Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
| Occupation: | Lieutenant Royal Navy |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | n/a |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Leonhard Schmitz |
| Title: | A History of Greece, from the earliest times to the destruction of Corinth, B.C. 146 |
| Genre: | History |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | 1851 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 11504 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | |
| Author: | Albert H.W. Battiscombe | |
| Title: | Journal of H.M.S Pelorus 21, August 1st 1857 to March 11th 1859 | |
| Location: | Royal Naval Museum | |
| Call no: | 1976/110(1) | |
| Page/folio: | p.14 |
| Citation: | Albert H.W. Battiscombe, Journal of H.M.S Pelorus 21, August 1st 1857 to March 11th 1859 Royal Naval Museum, p. 1976/110(1), p. p.14, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=11504, accessed: 29 May 2023 | |
| The identification of the book is tentative; Battiscombe continues reading it later in the diary. |
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