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Samuel Kelly, an eighteenth century seaman, whose days have been few and evil, to which is added remarks, etc., on places he visited during his pilgrimage in this wilderness. / Now edited with an introd. by Crosbie Garstin; illustrated with twenty-four reproductions from old prints.

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Format:: Book
Author/Creator:: Kelly, Samuel, 1764-
Contributor:: Garstin, Crosbie, 1887-1930, editor.
Language:: English
Subjects (All):: Seafaring life.; Voyages and travels.; Kelly, Samuel, 1764-.; Kelly, Samuel.
Physical Description:: 320 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Place of Publication:: New York : Stokes, 1925.
Summary:: The author was born in Cornwall in 1764 and was a sailor from the age of 14. This autobiography, covering the years 1778-1795, describes seamanship in the eighteenth century. He sailed among others with Admiral Nelson on Diomede. He experienced the British evacuating New York, the foundations of St. John's, New Brunswick, and other historic events. The manuscript was found 100 years after his death.
Contents:: He joins the packet service; His third voyage in the 'Grenville'; He joins the transport service; He sails for New York; He sails for Florida; He sails for Nassau; He returns to Florida and England; He becomes a mate in the coasting trade; He sails for Philadelphia; He sails for Kingston, Jamaica; He becomes a master; He visits Barcelona and Yvaci; He sails for Philadelphia again; He makes a winter passage from Liverpool to New York; He sails to Philadelphia for the last time; He visits Malaga, Alicante, Carthagena and Newry; He revisits his birthplace and is later employed on a press tender; He becomes master of the "Thetis" and visits the Scilly Isles; He sails for St. Domingo; He sails for Jamaica; He sails for England.
OCLC:: 974546

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Samuel Kelly, an eighteenth century seaman, whose days have been few and evil, to which is added remarks, etc., on places he visited during his pilgrimage in this wilderness. / Now edited with an introd. by Crosbie Garstin; illustrated with twenty-four reproductions from old prints.

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