Extract from book about the bewildering array of flags on the SS Great Britain.
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Voyage box 3, item 20
Extract from book: 'Flags at Sea: A Guide to the Flags Flown at Sea by British and Some Foreign Ships, from the 16th Centruy to the present day, iluustrated from the collections of the National Maritime Museum'. By Timothy Wilson.
The extract contains a quote from a New York Herald reporter who comments on the bewildering array of flags on the SS Great Britain when she arrives in New York in 1845
Original book is in David MacGregor Library: V305.G7 W55 1986.
1 black and white photocopy of a book extract. 1 sheet in total
TitleExtract from book about the bewildering array of flags on the SS Great Britain.
Author
Year of publication19861845
Dimensions1 black and white photocopy of a book extract
Materialresource
SubjectGreat Britain (steamship), SS Great Britain voyages, New York run, SS Great Britain voyage 3 out