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Robert Whyte's Famine Ship Diary 1847: The Journey of an Irish Coffin Ship

Robert Whyte's Famine Ship Diary 1847: The Journey of an Irish Coffin Ship

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General World HistoryImmigration & RefugeesIrish History

ISBN10: 1856350916
ISBN13: 9781856350914
Publisher: Mercier Press
Published: Oct 18 2024
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.30
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.10 Depth: 7.80
Language: English

The voyage of the 'coffin ship' Ajax, from Dublin to Grosse ÃŽle, the Canadian quarantine station as described in the contemporary diary of one of the passengers, Robert Whyte. Whyte was a Protestant gentleman of education and position, as well as being a professional writer who intended to publish his diary. The diary appeared in 1848. It is signed in the author's own handwriting and features vivid descriptions of the spectacular scenery along the way and the striking delineations of the passengers, the crew and the suffering travellers.

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