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Voyage of the Houqua.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Houqua (Ship).
- Christmas.
- Commerce.
- Health.
- Indigenous peoples.
- Navigation.
- Ships--Cargo.
- Storms.
- Voyages and travels.
- Weather.
- China--Guangzhou.
- New York (State)--New York.
- Genre:
- Logbooks
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Production:
- [Place of production not identified] : [producer not identified], 1855-1856.
- Summary:
- The Houqua was a 600 ton clipper of A A Low's fleet, built by Brown and Bell of New York in 1844. Named after a famous Chinese merchant. Henry Coleman was her first captain, but made only two voyages before retiring to Nantucket. This logbook documents a voyage from New York to Guangzhou.
- Notes:
- Collection: Ships' Logs Collection
- Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Nantucket Historical Association catalogue.
- Title from publisher's website.
- Description based on publisher metadata (viewed October 30, 2024).
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