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Log of the Bengal [Aug-Dec 1827].

China, America and the Pacific Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Kinsman, Nathaniel, 1798-1847, author.
Contributor:
Phillips Library (Peabody Essex Museum), owner.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Bengal (Ship).
Animals.
Culture.
Freight and freightage.
Indigenous peoples.
Latitude.
Longitude.
Navigation.
Sailors.
Seafaring life.
Ship captains.
Ships--Cargo.
Tariff.
Voyages and travels.
Weather.
India.
Indonesia--Sumatra.
Massachusetts--Salem.
Genre:
Logbooks
Physical Description:
1 online resource.
Production:
[Place of production not identified] : [producer not identified], 1827.
Summary:
The logbook of the ship Bengal details a voyage from Salem to India, the East Indies, and Sumatra. Home port was Salem.; owner was Pickering Dodge; master and keeper was Nathaniel Kinsman. It is an incomplete daily log describing wind, weather, location, provisions and supplies, and sightings of ships and animals.
Notes:
AMDigital Reference: Log 217
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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