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Field name | Value |
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Title | Port Journal of the Belisarius and Letters from John Crowninshield |
Reference | Log 1318 |
Library | Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum |
Collection | Logbooks |
Date | Dec 1797 - Feb 1798 |
Author / Creator | Crowninshield, John |
Description | The port journal of the master of the ship Belisarius details a three month period spent in Calcutta, India. It includes descriptions of daily life, notes on cargo and provisions, and letters to shipping merchants in the ship’s home port of Salem. |
Document Type | Logbook, Manuscript |
Theme(s) | Trade and Commerce; Transport and Communication |
Keywords | ship, voyage, sea, seafaring, crew, sailor, sailor's life, captain, officer, vessel, weather, latitude, longitude, navigation, cargo, freight, goods |
Countries | USA; India |
Ports | Salem, USA; Kolkata, India |
Ships | Belisarius |
Additional Information | Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Peabody Essex Museum catalogue. |
Copyright | Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum |