IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0402 JWI
Held at: Royal Geographical Society
Title: WILSON, John (1811-1879)
Date(s): 1839-1843
Level of description: collection
Extent: 1 box
Name of creator(s): Wilson | John | 1811-1879 | ship's surgeon
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born in Leeds, 1811; LRCP, Edinburgh 1860; MRSC, Eng. 1844; LSA, 1839; Surgeon on a Whaling Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, 1839-1843; died, 1879.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Log and private journal of John Wilson as ship's surgeon on the second voyage of the South Seas whaler GYPSY, 23 Oct 1839-19 Mar 1843 and portfolio of 23 watercolours, illustrating places named in the journal.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
1 box containing a journal and a file of watercolours.
Conditions governing access:
Accessed via the Foyle Reading Room. Free of charge for Fellows, Members and those with valid academic identification. All other users pay a charge and must bring identification in order to register on arrival.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Photocopying at Archivist's discretion, and subject to completion of 'application for copies' form. No reproduction or publication without permission of the RGS-IBG Archivist.
Physical characteristics:
Cloth bound, ink, illustrations in ink and watercolour.
Finding aids:
Collection level description available in the Foyle Reading Room.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Donated by his son, J H Parker Wilson, 1923.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
RGS Archives - Correspondence Blocks 1921-1930 Wilson, J. Parker, on the donation of the log.
Publication note:
The log with some illustrations has been published as The Cruise of the Gipsy: The Journal of John Wilson, Surgeon on a Whaling Voyage to the Pacific Ocean 1839-1843, edited by Honore Forster, (Washington, 1991).
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Prepared by an archives volunteer using existing card index. Revised by Sarah Drewery.
Date(s) of descriptions: 22 November 2000; May 2008.