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Item # 548324

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February 14, 1887
OCEAN CHRONICLE, printed on board the ship "Frank Pendleton", February 14, 1887.

* Rare issue printed on a American ship

A very curious little newspaper of 4 pages printed on board a ship, as noted in the masthead (see), with a wide variety of items including bits on this current excursion, including:

* Passed the Cape of Good Hope Jan. ninth, fifty-nine days out from New York."
and "...We are now out 40 days & hope to pass the latitude of Rio tomorrow...

Measures 7 3/4 by 10 1/2 in., nice condition.