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Journal of Thomas Handasyd Perkins, 1789.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Perkins, Thomas Handasyd, 1764-1854, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Magee, James.
- Astrea (Ship).
- Atlantic (Whaling ship).
- Animals.
- Diet.
- Discoveries in geography.
- Ethnology.
- Firearms.
- Fishing.
- Hunting.
- Indigenous peoples.
- Landscapes.
- Merchants.
- Mutiny.
- Navigation.
- Seafaring life.
- Ships--Cargo.
- Supercargos.
- Weather.
- Whaling.
- Australia.
- China--Guangzhou.
- Christmas Island.
- Indonesia--Jakarta.
- Indonesia--Java.
- Indonesia--Sumatra.
- Pacific Ocean.
- Pacific Ocean--Sunda Strait (Java Sea).
- Saint Helena.
- Trinidad and Tobago.
- Genre:
- Diaries
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Production:
- [Place of production not identified] : [producer not identified], 1789.
- Summary:
- Diary kept by Thomas Handasyd Perkins, 22 March to 10 September 1789, while serving as the supercargo aboard the merchant ship Astrea, bound for Guangzhou, China with a stop at Jakarta, Indonesia. Diary describes hunting birds, sharks, and dolphins, weather, sailing direction, location, and course, longitude and latitude, stops for wood and water and exploring, daily activities and rituals aboard ship.
- Notes:
- AMDigital Reference: Special Collections-TH Perkins
- 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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