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Journal of a voyage from Boston to the South Seas and Canton, China.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Child, John Richards, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- America (Ship).
- Hunter (Ship).
- New Hazard (Brig).
- Rambler (Bark).
- Battles.
- Cannibalism.
- Commerce.
- Death.
- Food.
- Indigenous peoples.
- Language and languages.
- Navigation.
- Salt.
- Sandalwood.
- Seafaring life.
- Ships--Cargo.
- Weapons.
- Weather.
- Chile--Cape Horn.
- China--Guangzhou.
- China--Huangpu Qu (Guangzhou Shi).
- Fiji.
- French Polynesia--Huahine Island.
- French Polynesia--Marquesas Islands.
- Massachusetts--Boston.
- Pacific Ocean.
- Tonga.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Production:
- [Place of production not identified] : [producer not identified], 1810-1815.
- Summary:
- A journal written while on a voyage to and from Guangzhou, China, kept from 13 Aug 1810 - 15 Sept 1815. Logbook-style entries note daily latitude and longitude coordinates and weather conditions, Child's duties as a seaman on the ship Hunter, a battle with Fiji Islanders in which men were killed and then eaten, his capture at Macau by the British frigate Doris, 18 March 1814, and his transfer to the ship America for passage home. Also included is a drawing of the ship Hunter.
- Notes:
- AMDigital Reference: Ms. N-2055 (T)
- Collection: John Richards Child Papers, 1731-1895
- 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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