Recto: The YARMOUTH sails to Algiers, where a plan to attack the fleet is thwarted by calm weather. The sailors ransom some Englishmen taken as slaves. Verso: Cagliari, Sardinia, with a view of the Rock of Lisbon.
Page 115 and 116 of Edward Barlow's journal.
Page 115 (recto): The YARMOUTH sails to Malaga. Barlow explains how sailors sell their clothes to local people at a loss, to raise money for buying wine. They arrive at Algiers and plan to attack the fleet there with fireships, but the weather is too calm and peace is made instead. The sailors raise money to ransom some Englishmen taken as slaves. Barlow goes ashore for the first time in seven months.
Page 116 (verso): Cagliari, Sardinia, with a view of the Rock of Lisbon.
Page 115 (recto): The YARMOUTH sails to Malaga. Barlow explains how sailors sell their clothes to local people at a loss, to raise money for buying wine. They arrive at Algiers and plan to attack the fleet there with fireships, but the weather is too calm and peace is made instead. The sailors raise money to ransom some Englishmen taken as slaves. Barlow goes ashore for the first time in seven months.
Page 116 (verso): Cagliari, Sardinia, with a view of the Rock of Lisbon.
Record Details
| Item reference: | JOD/4/115-116 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Manuscript volumes acquired singly by the Museum |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Extent: | 1 page |
| Date made: | 1668 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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