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Title Logbook of the Ship Rose
Reference MSS 220/LOG 366
Library Nantucket Historical Association
Collection Ships' Logs Collection
Date 29 Jul 1803 - 10 Jun 1804
Author / Creator Cary, James
Description Logbook kept by the captain of the Rose. It only records part of the voyage, which took a rather circuitous route out to China round Tasmania and Australia. There was a run-in with a privateer from Weymouth early in the voyage and fears of pirates on the approach to China.
Document Type Logbook, Manuscript
Theme(s) Trade and Commerce
Keywords pirate, privateer, attack, indigenous peoples, nautical chart, observation, weather
Countries USA; Cape Verde; Australia; Vanuatu; China
Places Mauritius; Tasmania; Northern Mariana Islands; Taiwan
Ports Nantucket, USA; Sydney, Australia; Macau, China; Guangzhou, China
Ships Rose
People Paul Gardner
Additional Information Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Nantucket Historical Association catalogue.
Copyright Nantucket Historical Association