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Log of the Congress.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Crowninshield, Jacob, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Congress (Ship).
- Animals.
- Culture.
- Freight and freightage.
- Indigenous peoples.
- Latitude.
- Longitude.
- Navigation.
- Sailors.
- Seafaring life.
- Ship captains.
- Ships--Cargo.
- Tariff.
- Voyages and travels.
- Weather.
- Brazil--Rio de Janeiro.
- China--Guangzhou.
- Malaysia.
- Oregon.
- Pacific Area.
- Philippines--Manila.
- Genre:
- Logbooks
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Production:
- [Place of production not identified] : [producer not identified], 1819-1820.
- Summary:
- The journal of the US frigate Congress, convoy leader, details a voyage from Rio de Janeiro to China, Manila, and Malaysia. Master was John D Henley; log keeper was Jacob Crowninshield. It is a near-daily log describing wind, weather, location, trade in Canton, illnesses including a dysentery epidemic, description of a British transport vessel bound for Botany Bay, and sightings of ships, birds, and animals. Includes instructions for navigating the East Indies, Pacific Ocean, and the Columbia River.
- Notes:
- AMDigital Reference: Log 148
- Collection: Logbooks
- Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Peabody Essex Museum catalogue.
- Title from publisher's website.
- Description based on publisher metadata (viewed October 30, 2024).
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