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flag A woman was moved to learn her late partner’s 18th-century ship logbook, linked to the HMS Triton, could be worth £2,000.

flag A BBC Antiques Roadshow guest was deeply moved after learning a leather-bound 18th-century logbook from her late partner’s attic could be worth about £2,000. flag The journal, linked to the HMS Triton of the East India Company, detailed daily ship life, weather, and incidents including crew misconduct and a sailor’s suicide. flag It featured hand-drawn coastal sketches of Prince of Wales Island—now Penang, Malaysia—showing Fort Cornwallis. flag Expert Fuchsia Voremberg praised the skill needed to write such entries at sea with quill pens. flag The woman, stunned by the revelation, shared her partner’s wish to preserve the book for public viewing, a sentiment the expert endorsed. flag The episode aired on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.

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