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Voyage round the world on board the ship Columbia Rediviva and sloop Lady Washington, 1787-1789.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Haswell, Robert, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Barrell, Joseph, 1739-1804.
- Kendrick, John, approximately 1740-1794.
- Columbia (Ship : 1787-1801).
- Lady Washington (Brigantine).
- Canoes and canoeing.
- Commerce.
- Culture.
- Discoveries in geography.
- Indigenous peoples.
- Language and languages.
- Latitude.
- Livestock.
- Longitude.
- Navigation.
- Nuu-chah-nulth Indians.
- Sea otter.
- Seafaring life.
- Ship captains.
- Ships.
- Tribes.
- Voyages and travels.
- Weather.
- Whaling.
- Cabo Verde.
- Canada.
- China--Guangzhou.
- China--Macau.
- Falkland Islands.
- Great Britain.
- Pacific Northwest.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations.
- Production:
- [Place of production not identified] : [producer not identified], 1787-1789.
- Summary:
- Log and narrative of the voyage of the ship Columbia Rediviva and sloop Lady Washington, commanded by John Kendrick and Robert Gray respectively, from Boston to the northwest coast to trade with native Americans for sea otter furs, thence to Canton to trade the furs for tea and other wares, and then homeward to Boston. The narrative covers the period 28 Sep 1787 to 17 Jun 1789, when the ships were still plying the northwest coast for furs. Includes a 'vocabulary of Nootka Sound' - a glossary of words in the Nootka language.
- Notes:
- AMDigital Reference: Special Colls. Haswell
- Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Massachusetts Historical Society catalogue.
- Title from publisher's website.
- Description based on publisher metadata (viewed October 30, 2024).
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