Description
First published in 1927. 'This diary is history' The Observer
This is the first complete published edition of Teonge's Diary. The edition of 1825, besides omitting several passages, contained many faulty transcriptions which have now been corrected for this edition. An intensely human document, enlivened with sketches of the people he met and places he visited, Teonge's Diary is one of the finest accounts of life on board ship in the seventeenth century. When not at sea, Henry Teonge's life was as a parson and this edition of his Diary includes a full inventory for his Parish, providing an excellent source of historical and social information on rural life in the late 1600s.
Table of Contents
Introduction 1. Account of the Manuscript 2. Sketch of the Author's Life 3. The Diary The Diary of Henry Teonge 1. First voyage to the Mediterranean, 1675-1676 2. Second voyage to the Mediterranean, 1678-1679 Appendices 1. Articles of Peace and Commerce between England and Tripoli, 1676 2. List of the Royal Navy, from Teonge's Diary 3. List of the Royal Navy, 1675, as delivered by Pepys 4. Sir John Narbrough's Expedition to Tripoli
