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| Tango01 | 24 Oct 2019 9:15 p.m. PST |
… Cockburn's account of Napoleon's journey to St Helena. "With Napoleon Bonaparte having surrendered to British forces following his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo it was decided to send him into exile once again, this time to the remote South Atlantic island of St Helena. Rear Admiral Sir George Cockburn was given the task of transporting the former Emperor to the island on board HMS Northumberland and the Caird Library and Archive holds an extract from his journal (RMG ID: COC/9) covering these events. The journal provides us with an insight into the tense relationship that developed between Cockburn and Napoleon during this 67-day voyage. Cockburn was clearly fascinated to be able to talk at length with a man who had made such an enormous impact upon the world at that time and recorded his determination to ‘note down herein every particular this extraordinary man tells me'…"
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