Name/Title
Officer’s manuscript signal book.Entry/Object ID
L2024.6.9Description
Manuscript signal book kept by a Lieut. Wainwright. Vendor suggests the compiler of this volume might have been John Wainwright, who entered the British navy in 1808, served in the War of 1812, and made lieutenant in 1819. Includes hand-colored drawings of flags and their uses in signaling; signals per Howe's printed text circa 1790 with occasional colored flag illustrations; pendant signals with color flag illustrations; officer's signals with colored flags; fireships with colored flags; compass signals with colored flags; private ship signals with colored flags; signals with jacks, pendants, and whefts; pilot signals; fog signals. Thumb indexed for ease of referenceCollection
UCSD Library Special Collections and ArchivesBook Details
Date Published
circa 1810Call No.
V285 .G7 O33 1810z Vault
