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Schooner yacht, 'Casco'
Unknown, 1888, Lantern slide
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Schooner yacht, 'Casco'
Schooner yacht, 'Casco'
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Item no
13693
Title
Schooner yacht, 'Casco'
Artist / maker
Unknown
Date
1888
Size
8.1 x 8.1 cm
Type
Lantern slide
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
Robert Louis Stevenson wrote of the Casco; "her fine lines, tall spars, and snowy decks, the crimson fittings of the saloon, and the white, the gilt, and the repeating mirrors of the tiny cabin, brought us a hundred visitors." The Casco was called Pahi Muni, the Silver Ship, by the people of Fakarava.
You can read the fascinating and dark history of the Casco on
Ross Laird's blog
.
Robert Louis Stevenson spent the latter years of his life both travelling and resident in the Pacific. The family chartered the 'Casco' in San Francisco and spent several weeks travelling in French Polynesia, including an extended stay in Tahiti where Stevenson recovered from a bout of illness. After this the Stevenson group continued to Honolulu, Hawaii, where they landed in January 1889. In the summer of 1889 Stevenson embarked on a six month voyage through the Gilbert Islands to Samoa aboard the 'Equator'. It was here that Stevenson bought an estate he named Vailima. After another voyage, aboard the trading steamer the 'Janet Nicoll', Stevenson returned to Vailima where he was to spend the remaining four years of his life.
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