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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Log of the Bengal |
| Reference | Log 953 |
| Library | Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum |
| Collection | Logbooks |
| Date | Dec 1827 - Nov 1828 |
| Author / Creator | Kinsman, Nathaniel |
| Description | The logbook of the ship Bengal details a voyage from Sumatra to Gibraltar and Marseilles. Home port was Salem; owner was Pickering Dodge; master and log keeper was Nathaniel Kinsman. It is an incomplete daily log describing wind, weather, location, detention of the vessel, quarantine, shipboard medicine, disorderly conduct, punishment, shipboard occupation, port activities, and sightings of ships. |
| 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, supplies, disease, medicine |
| Countries | USA; Indonesia; France |
| Places | Sumatra; Gibraltar |
| Ports | Marseilles, France; Salem, USA |
| Ships | Bengal |
| 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 |
