Papers of Commander James Henry Butt, circa 1867-1869.

Loose items found inside the memoir of James Henry Butt:
(1) and (2) Two track charts showing survey work undertaken by HMS SYLVIA (1866) around the island of Formosa, June and July 1867.
(3) Single sheet with a description of the burial place of the 'tycoons' (shoguns) at Shiba in Tokyo, visited by Butt on 8 April 1869. The other side has a poem and sketch on the subject of going to bed on New Year’s Eve.
(4) Printed chart showing Kuru-Shima no Seto (Kuroshima Strait) and adjacent passages near Imabari, Japan, surveyed by Butt and others in 1869.
(5) Small watercolour by Butt showing the Royal Naval College at Greenwich, with a steam tug and a sailing barge in the foreground, undated.

Record Details

Item reference: BGR/53/2; MSS/93/027
Catalogue Section: Manuscript volumes acquired singly by the Museum
Level: ITEM
Extent: 5 items
Date made: circa 1867-1869
Creator: Butt, James Henry
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London