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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Voyage Round the World on Board the Ship Columbia Rediviva and Sloop Lady Washington, 1787-1789 |
| Reference | Special Colls. Haswell |
| Library | Massachusetts Historical Society |
| Date | 28 Sep 1787 - 17 Jun 1789 |
| Author / Creator | Haswell, Robert |
| Description | Log and narrative of the voyage of the ship Columbia Rediviva and sloop Lady Washington, commanded by John Kendrick and Robert Gray respectively, from Boston to the northwest coast to trade with native Americans for sea otter furs, thence to Canton to trade the furs for tea and other wares, and then homeward to Boston. The narrative covers the period 28 Sep 1787 to 17 Jun 1789, when the ships were still plying the northwest coast for furs. Includes a 'vocabulary of Nootka Sound' - a glossary of words in the Nootka language. |
| Document Type | Manuscript, Logbook, Journal |
| Theme(s) | Trade and Commerce |
| Keywords | trade, sea otter, fur, indigenous people, language, culture, ship, voyage, goods, sea, vessel, seafaring, Nootka, officer, navigation, captain, hostility, longitude, latitude, weather, livestock, exploration, canoe, chief, tribe, whaling |
| Countries | Canada; USA; UK; China; Cape Verde |
| Places | Pacific Northwest; Falkland Islands |
| Ports | Guangzhou, China; Macau, China |
| Ships | Columbia Rediviva, Lady Washington |
| People | John Kendrick; Robert Gray; Joseph Barrell |
| 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 |
