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Journals kept by Mr McAdams of five voyages in several Snows : Diaries, Journals and Logbooks 1744-1804.
Life at Sea : Seafaring in the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1600-1900 Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McAdams, author.
- Series:
- Life at Sea: Seafaring in the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1600-2173
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Navies.
- Sailors.
- America.
- Logbooks.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2022.
- Summary:
- Journal of a voyage from Whitehaven to Cape Fear in North Carolina via Holland, in the snow BESSBOROUGH (spelled 'Bessbourough'), Captain George Gibson, 1744; Journal of a voyage from Virginia to Whitehaven in the snow BUBY, Captain William Atkinson, 1746-1747; Journal of a voyage from Whitehaven to Virginia in the snow PEACE, Captain George Nicholson, 1749; Journal of a voyage from Virginia to Barbados in the snow MOLLY, 1752 (begins with a written piece of music called 'The Graces'); Journal of a voyage from Cape Henry to Cape Clear, then Whitehaven to Virginia, in the snow JINNY AND NANCY, Captain Court, 1754. The volume also contains later additions such as lists of expenses, mortgage calculations and other lists, dated 1795 to 1804.
- Notes:
- AMDigital Reference:JOD/301.
- National Maritime Museum, UK: Journals And Diaries (JOD).
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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