Thomas Waters Jr. Sketch of Barque Fawn (1840)
Thomas wrote this letter to his mother and father, Thomas Sr & Elizabeth Waters, shortly after he became a teenaged apprentice on the whaling ship Barque Fawn. You can faintly…
Royal Marines Statement of Service for Thomas Waters Sr.
Thomas Waters Sr.'s Statement of Service in Royal Marines. See also P. 174 of the By Sea, By Land book.
Transcription of Letters of Thomas Waters Jr. (1840-1871)
These transcriptions were done by Sheila Turvey and provided substantial source documentation for the book By Sea, By Land.
Sketch of the Slave Hold Design for the Slave Ship Brookes.
This image was produced to illustrate how enslaved Africans destined for the Americas were crammed into the hold of the slave ship Brookes. It shows 454 people, the maximum allowed…
Colonel Edward Nicolls (Early 1800s)
This is the only known portrait of Colonel Edward Nicolls. He and his wife would become important society supporters of Thomas Sr. & Elizabeth Waters. See also P. 75 of…
Sketch of H.M.S. Barham (1833)
The HMS Barham, sketched during a squall on the morning of October 26, 1833. Part of a series of sketches by Charles Frederick de Brocktorff of Barham that year. Public…
Sir Walter Scott (1830)
A portrait of the famous author Sir Water Scott and his deerhound “Bran” painted by Sir John Watson Gordon in 1830, near the time of his voyage on Barham. Thomas…
H.M.S. Barham in Malta Harbour (1833)
H.M.S. Barham in Malta Harbour. September 25, 1833. Thomas Waters is on this voyage. The image also depicts a second vessel and several pinnaces. This view is another from the…
H.M.S. Barham Saluting Sultan of Ottoman Empire
Barham saluting the Mahmud II, Sultan of the great Ottoman Empire, in the Bay of Bosporus near Topikapi Palace in 1832. Thomas Waters Sr. was on this voyage and wrote…
International Squadron Carrying Prince Otto of Bavaria; HMS Barham in Attendance
The international squadron carrying Prince Otto of Bavaria to become King of Greece firing a salute off Nafplio, February 1833. In addition to the thousands who thronged to meet him…
Example of Opium Clipper
An example of an “opium clipper,” called Water Witch. A British barque built in 1831. Joseph Waters' ship, Antonio Pereira, would have looked like this. Hill, Norman (artist); Peck, James…
First Opium War (1839)
An engraving representing one of the battles of the First Opium War, the attack on the First Bar battery in the Canton River. From Edward Belcher (1843). Public domain, via…