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Morris Dorr travel journal : Diaries, Journals and Logbooks 03 Jul 1856 - 26 May 1857.
Life at Sea : Seafaring in the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1600-1900 Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dorr, Morris, author.
- Series:
- Life at Sea: Seafaring in the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1600-2583
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Navies.
- Sailors.
- Hong Kong (China).
- Logbooks.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2022.
- Summary:
- Travel journal of Morris Dorr of Boston, Mass., kept on board the ship ROMANCE OF THE SEA, 3 July 1856-26 May 1857, and addressed to his mother Sarah (Hayward) Dorr. The journal was written first on loose sheets for the trip from New York around Cape Horn to San Francisco, then in a bound volume for the trip from San Francisco to China. Long daily entries describe the sea voyage and events on board; the weather; his homesickness and boredom; sightings of land, animals, and other ships; time spent in California; the trans-Pacific passage to China and arrival in Shanghai; sights seen and social activities there; the Chinese people and their customs; news of violence in Guangzhou (Canton) and Hong Kong during the Second Opium War; and his return voyage westward around the Cape of Good Hope.
- Notes:
- Massachusetts Historical Society: Joseph H Hayward Family Papers.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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