Seaman's chest
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A seaman's chest is a wooden chest which was commonly used by sailors to store personal belongings. They are also known as sea chests, not to be confused with the recesses found in the hull of certain
Seaman's chests at the Åland Maritime Museum in Finland
Seaman's chests from Sild island with the Dannebrog og North Frisias flag
Seaman's Chest at the Schifffahrtsmuseum in Flensburg
Robert Louis Stevenson
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Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. He is best known for the novels Treasure Island, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and Kidnapped and for the poet
Seaman's chest
…some other trinkets of little value and mostly of foreign make, a pair of compasses mounted with brass, and five or six curious West Indian shells. — Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island Though these belongings would have been reasonable for a former first mate and pirate such as Bones, most sailors would have only owned…
Stevenson in 1893
Daguerreotype portrait of Stevenson as a child
Stevenson's childhood home in Heriot Row
Stevenson at age 7