Markham, Sphinx, Gibraltar Bay, to his father, unavoidable long silence as in quarantine, supplies of fresh bullocks taken on board, account of his visit to Tunis, fired on by Venetian ship and responded with the Thetis, received by Bey of Tunis, staying here for winter, busy with ships on the new mole

4 November 1784, Markham, Sphinx, Gibraltar Bay, to his father, unavoidable long silence as in quarantine, supplies of fresh bullocks taken on board, account of his visit to Tunis, fired on by Venetian ship and responded with the Thetis, received by Bey of Tunis, staying here for winter, busy with ships on the new mole

Record Details

Item reference: MRK/107/1/22
Catalogue Section: Personal collections
Level: ITEM
Date made: 1784
Creator: Markham, John
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London