| Description | Travel journal of a cruise on the Steam Yacht Sapphire setting off from Southampton to Marseille, France and from there to Genoa and Naples, Italy, then to Alexandria and Cairo, Egypt, and back via Naples, Palermo, Tunis, Syracuse, Leghorn, (visiting Pisa), Monaco and the Riviera, and Corsica.
Frequently mentions travelling companions, such as Lord and Lady Annesley (Lady Annesley was Alfred Edward Miller Mundy's eldest daughter), and Lord and Lady Westmorland. Includes photographs, such as a group photograph of men and women mounted on camels and a donkey in front of the Sphynx and a pyramid, Neapolitan musicians in traditional dress, a view of Pisa showing the leaning tower, and travelling companions aboard the yacht. |
| Administrative History | Alfred Edward Miller Mundy, was probably commonly known as Edward, and the Edward M. Mundy journal of the cruise of S.Y. Sapphire has been attributed to him as being the most likely writer, particularly as it mentions Godfrey, Alfred Edward Miller Mundy's son who would have been aged 15 at the time of the cruise, and Lady Annesley, his eldest daughter. |