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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Journal of Thomas Handasyd Perkins, 1789 |
| Reference | Special Collections-TH Perkins |
| Library | Massachusetts Historical Society |
| Date | 22 Mar 1789 - 10 Sep 1789 |
| Author / Creator | Perkins, Thomas Handasyd |
| Description |
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. |
| Document Type | Manuscript, Logbook |
| Theme(s) | Trade and Commerce |
| Keywords | supercargo, weather, climate, hunting, wildlife, seafaring, fishing, whaling, diet, sealife, indigenous peoples, social anthropology, scenery, cargo, merchant, mutiny, exploration, landscape, guns, navigation |
| Countries | Indonesia; Australia; China |
| Places | St Helena; Trinidad; Jakarta; Java; Sumatra; Christmas Island; Pacific Ocean; Sunda Strait |
| Ports | Guangzhou, China |
| Company | Perkins and Company |
| Ships | Astrea, Atlantic |
| People | Captain James Magee |
| Additional Information | Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Massachusetts Historical Society catalogue. |
| Copyright | Massachusetts Historical Society |
