GB 0064 BAX/101-102 - BAX, Bonham Ward (1837-1877)

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GB 0064 BAX/101-102

Title

BAX, Bonham Ward (1837-1877)

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  • 1871-[1877] (Creation)

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3 vols

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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).

Archival history

GB 0064 BAX/101-102 1871-[1877] Collection (fonds) 3 vols Bax , Bonham Ward , 1837-1877 , Captain RN

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).

The papers were presented by Admiral R.N. Bax in 1964.

Papers of Captain Bonham Ward Bax comprising his logs of the HMS DWARF, 1871 to 1874, and his letterbook in the HMS SYLVIA.

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Detailed catalogue online at the National Maritime Museum website.

Entry transcribed from the National Maritime Museum online catalogue by Sarah Drewery, May 2011.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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The papers were presented by Admiral R.N. Bax in 1964.

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Papers of Captain Bonham Ward Bax comprising his logs of the HMS DWARF, 1871 to 1874, and his letterbook in the HMS SYLVIA.

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  • English

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  • Latin

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English

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Detailed catalogue online at the National Maritime Museum website.

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National Maritime Museum

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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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  • English

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