Series |
Life at Sea: Seafaring in the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1600-3266
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Summary |
Logbook kept on board ship DELHI for an East Asian trading voyage from Boston, Mass. to Guangzhou (China), Old Anjer (Indonesia) and return to New York. Contains verse to keeper's father (signed L.B.T.) and mentions large numbers of grasshoppers 480 miles from land. DELHI carried cargo of tea, cassia, gunpowder, silks and matting. Includes pencil illustration of land profiles. |
General note | AMDigital Reference:Log 947. |
General note | Mystic Seaport Museum: Logbooks. |
Original version | Reproduction of: Logbook, 1839 September 28-1840 October 29, 28 Sep 1839 - 29 Oct 1840. |
Location of original | Mystic Seaport Museum |
Copyright note | Material sourced from the Mystic Seaport Museum |
Genre/form | Art. |