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Log of the Eclipse.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Beckford, Simeon, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Freight and freightage.
- Latitude.
- Longitude.
- Navigation.
- Religion.
- Sailors.
- Seafaring life.
- Ship captains.
- Ships--Cargo.
- Voyages and travels.
- Weather.
- China--Guangzhou.
- China--Huangpu Qu (Guangzhou Shi).
- Massachusetts--Salem.
- Philippines--Manila.
- Genre:
- Logbooks
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Production:
- [Place of production not identified] : [producer not identified], 1831-1832.
- Summary:
- The logbook of the ship Eclipse details a voyage from Salem to Manila, Philippines; Lintin [i.e. Nei Lingding Island in Lingding Roads], China; Whampoa [i.e. Huangpu Qu], China; and back to Salem (July 1831 to August 1832). Home port was Salem; owners were Joseph and George Peabody; master was William Johnson; log keeper was Simeon Beckford. It is a daily log describing wind, weather, location, shipboard occupations, and sightings of ships. Includes a sermon by Charles Flanders and illustrations of ships. Also includes three log entries for the schooner Catharine, detailing a voyage from Green Bank to Beverly, Massachusetts (Oct 1842).
- Notes:
- AMDigital Reference: Log 289
- 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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