IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0064 BAX/101-102
Held at: National Maritime Museum
Title: BAX, Bonham Ward (1837-1877)
Date(s): 1871-[1877]
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 3 vols
Name of creator(s): Bax | Bonham Ward | 1837-1877 | Captain RN
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Bax was the son of Henry Bonham Bax (q.v.). He entered the Navy in 1851 and specialized in surveying. From 1871 to 1875 Bax commanded the survey ship DWARF on the China Station and published an account of the voyage. From December 1876 until his death in July 1877, he commanded the SYLVIA, also on the China Station. He published The 'Eastern Seas' (London, 1875).
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Captain Bonham Ward Bax comprising his logs of the HMS DWARF, 1871 to 1874, and his letterbook in the HMS SYLVIA.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Please allow 4 working days to process your order for viewing (see website for full details).
Conditions governing reproduction:
Contact the Archives.
Finding aids:
Detailed catalogue online at the National Maritime Museum website.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
The papers were presented by Admiral R.N. Bax in 1964.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Entry transcribed from the National Maritime Museum online catalogue by Sarah Drewery, May 2011.
Date(s) of descriptions: May 2011