Description of a storm in the Bay of Scanderoon, circa 1820.

Small sheet with a written description of a storm experienced in the Bay of Scanderoon (now Gulf of Iskenderun) in the Mediterranean. The darkness was followed by a vivid sunset and rainbow, as shown in a sketch on the reverse. The author and date are unknown, but this item may have been among the papers of Admiral Sir Frederick Thomas Michell (1788-1873).

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ID:	HSR/U/30
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	circa 1820
People:	Michell, Frederick Thomas
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	1 sheet
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Description of a storm in the Bay of Scanderoon, circa 1820.

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