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Logbook of the ship Rose.

China, America and the Pacific Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Cary, James, author.
Contributor:
Nantucket Historical Association, owner.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Indigenous peoples.
Nautical charts.
Pirates.
Weather.
Cabo Verde.
China--Guangzhou.
China--Macau.
Massachusetts--Nantucket.
Mauritius.
New South Wales--Sydney.
Northern Mariana Islands.
Taiwan.
Tasmania.
Vanuatu.
Genre:
Logbooks
Physical Description:
1 online resource.
Production:
[Place of production not identified] : [producer not identified], 1803-1804.
Summary:
Logbook kept by the captain of the Rose. It only records part of the voyage, which took a rather circuitous route out to China round Tasmania and Australia. There was a run-in with a privateer from Weymouth early in the voyage and fears of pirates on the approach to China.
Notes:
AMDigital Reference: MSS 220/LOG 366
Collection: Ships' Logs Collection
Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Nantucket Historical Association catalogue.
Title from publisher's website.
Description based on publisher metadata (viewed October 30, 2024).

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