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Log of the Snow Polly, 1800-1802.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hazard (Ship).
- Polly (Ship).
- Fur trade.
- Indigenous peoples.
- Motion sickness.
- Navigation.
- Weapons.
- Weather.
- Brazil--Rio de Janeiro.
- China--Guangzhou.
- China--Macau.
- Falkland Islands.
- Hawaii--Oahu.
- Massachusetts--Boston.
- Pacific Ocean--Sunda Strait (Java Sea).
- Genre:
- Logbooks
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Production:
- [Place of production not identified] : [producer not identified], 1800-1802.
- Summary:
- Log of the snow Polly on a voyage from Boston to the Northwest Coast, Canton and back to Boston, 26 August 1800 to 4 May 1802. Entries record a harbor log, weather and navigational readings, an encounter with pirates, and brief notes on the fur trade with the Native Americans on the Northwest Coast, 8 April to 19 June 1801. There is a gap from 22 September to 27 November 1801 while the ship was in port at Canton. Brief stops include Rio de Janeiro, Oahu, Hawaii, Macau, and the Sunda Strait.
- Notes:
- A snow, or snow-brig, was a common sailing rig for a two-masted sloop, and was usually a merchant vessel. Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Massachusetts Historical Society catalogue.
- AMDigital Reference: Ms. N-732
- Title from publisher's website.
- Description based on publisher metadata (viewed October 30, 2024).
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