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Log of the Parachute.

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):
Parachute (Ship).
Freight and freightage.
Latitude.
Longitude.
Navigation.
Sailors.
Seafaring life.
Ship captains.
Ships--Cargo.
Voyages and travels.
Weather.
India--Kolkata.
New York (State)--New York.
Saint Helena.
Genre:
Logbooks
Physical Description:
1 online resource.
Production:
[Place of production not identified] : [producer not identified], 1831.
Summary:
The logbook of the ship Parachute details a voyage from New York to Calcutta, St Helena, and back to New York (Feb 1831 to Dec 1831). Home port was Boston; owners were Michael H Simpson and Nathaniel Kinsman; master and log keeper was Nathaniel Kinsman. It is a daily log describing wind, weather, location, pilots, provisions, and damage to ship. Log does not continue in port.
Notes:
AMDigital Reference: Log 1202
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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