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Log of the Bengal / [William Silver].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Silver, William, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bengal (Ship).
- Animals.
- Desertion, Military.
- Diseases.
- Freight and freightage.
- Indigenous peoples.
- Language and languages.
- Latitude.
- Longitude.
- Navigation.
- Poetry.
- Sailors.
- Seafaring life.
- Ship captains.
- Ships--Cargo.
- Voyages and travels.
- Weather.
- Whaling.
- Australia.
- Massachusetts--Salem.
- Pacific Ocean.
- Genre:
- Logbooks
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Production:
- [Place of production not identified] : [producer not identified], 1832-1835.
- Summary:
- The journal kept aboard the ship Bengal details a voyage from Oceania to Salem (Mar 1832 to Feb 1835). Home port was Salem; owners were Pickering Dodge, Benjamin Pickman, and Joseph Peabody; master was George Russell; log keeper was William Silver. It is a personal journal describing wind, weather, life at sea, sightings of ships, sightings of animals, whaling activities, naval desertions, shipboard illnesses including scurvy, encounters with indigenous people, provisions, disorderly conduct and punishment of seamen, shipboard occupations, and sightings of shipwrecks. Includes poetry, a crew list, illustrations of whales, and a dictionary of native words. Also includes account books for the ship, containing accounts payable and receivable (1829 to 1830).
- Notes:
- AMDigital Reference: Log 302
- 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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