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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Log of the Ship Midas |
| Reference | Log 140 |
| Library | Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum |
| Collection | Logbooks |
| Date | 1818-1819 |
| Author / Creator | Peele, J B |
| Description | Details a voyage from Salem to Canton, and Boston (Sept 1818 to Sept 1819). It is a daily log describing wind, weather, location, sightings of ships and birds, provisions and supplies, indigenous peoples, and shipboard occupations. Includes dinner menus. |
| Document Type | Logbook |
| Theme(s) | Trade and Commerce; Employment and Labour |
| Keywords | voyage, vessel, ocean, weather, storm, navigation, port, crew, cargo, land, landscape, trade, commerce, transportation, employment, labour, indigenous peoples, provisions, supplies, animals, flora and fauna, food, birds, slave market, slaves, pilot |
| Countries | China; USA |
| Places | Boston |
| Ports | Salem, USA; Guangzhou, China |
| Ships | Elizabeth, Endeavour |
| Additional Information |
Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Phillips Library Catalogue. |
| Copyright | Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum |
