Manuscript map made aboard ship of a transatlantic voyage from 1861 to 1863, visiting both North and South in the American Civil War.. Dieser Artikel ist nicht verfügbar.Manuscript map made aboard ship of a transatlantic voyage from 1861 to 1863, visiting both North and South in the American Civil War.

Made aboard HMS Rinaldo, the map charts its two-year voyage, in which it visited the capitals of both sides during the Civil War and transported Confederate emissaries, while surviving two serious weather incidents. The accomplished map shows the wide-ranging route of the ship, and includes drawings of the early Confederate flag, the "Stars and Bars". Rinaldo was a Camelion-class wooden screw sloop launched in 1860 and in operation until 1884. It was commanded by William Nathan Wrighte Hewett, who won a Victoria Cross during the Crimean War. The ship sailed from Spithead on 2 June 1861, but, as noted on the map, "sprang a leak" 400 miles offshore, and returned to Plymouth on 18 June. It set off again in July, and arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, following a stop in Madeira. It then travelled on to New York. In December, it went to Cape Cod to collect the Confederate emissaries, John Slidell and James Murray Mason. Slidell and Mason had been forcibly removed from the British steamer Trent, causing a diplomatic incident - the Trent Affair - between Britain and the Union government which came close to war. It then set off to Halifax where they could be transported back to Britain. However, harsh conditions off the coast of Newfoundland ensured the ship instead travelled to Bermuda. After it failed to arrive at Halifax, newspapers reported the ship was feared lost; some Union newspapers celebrated Slidell and Mason's likely demise. The passage on the map shows this abrupt detour. The ship arrived safely in Bermuda in late January 1862, where the emissaries switched to the La Plata for the voyage to Britain. From Bermuda, Rinaldo travels along the Confederate coast, visiting Charleston, Mobile, New Orleans, and Galveston. The map maker has drawn the Union flag over New York, and the early Confederate flag over Charleston, Mobile, and Galveston, featuring the stars in the upper left and red and white bars across, prior to the better-known flag used from 1863 onwards. For New Orleans, he has drawn the flag of Louisiana in use from 1861 to 1865. While in New Orleans, Commander Hewett succeeded in pressing General Butler to recognize the appointed British consul. Leaving America, the Rinaldo travelled to Havana, and then several stops across Mexico, the West Indies, and South America, returning to Bermuda along the way. In March 1863, Hewett was relieved of his command and returned home. The chart is unfinished, ending abruptly mid-Atlantic. Minutes of latitude and longitude are marked on the map. The Bahama Banks are shown in a pale wash, marking a serious hazard to shipping and suggesting the sailor knew these waters well. Regis A. Courtemanche, No Need of Glory: the British Navy in American Waters, 1860-1864, 1977, covers the voyage in detail. Manuscript on waxed linen, 752 x 431 mm. Slight soiling, creased where folded. In very good condition.…