Title: Private journal of a voyage to Australia 1838-39
Description: On 19 November 1838 James Bell, then aged 21, set out in the sailing vessel the Planter from St Katharine Docks in London to travel to Adelaide, an infant colony half a world away and not yet two years old. He left behind family, good friends and the mysterious C.P., a young woman with whom he hoped one day to be reunited".
Subjects: Voyages and travels, Travel, Planter (Ship), Diaries, Australia, description and travel
Places: Adelaide (S. Aust.)
People: James Bell