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Metadata
Catalog Number |
16922 |
Object Name |
Log, Ship's |
Scope & Content |
1806 log of the Ship Alexander Hodgdon on voyages from Beverly to Sumatra, leaving 20 September 1806; the return voyage from Sumatra toward Lisbon is in 1807. Other voyages are included in the log. The last voyage is in July 1811 arriving in Boston on 25 July. In the middle of the log are a hand drawn charts of Sumatra, and the waters around it and other places including Porto Santo and the island of Bonavista. |
Dates of Creation |
1806 - 1811 |
Title |
Maritime Log of Voyages of Ship Alexander Hodgdon to Sumatra |
People |
Thorndike, Andrew Thorndike, Israel, 1755-1832 |
Search Terms |
Ship Alexander Hodgdon Alexander Hodgdon maritime trade vessels ships logs account books charts map Sumatra Lisbon Portugal Porto Santo Bonavista pepper |
Lexicon category |
8: Communication Artifact |
Accession number |
16922 |
Medium |
paper |
Year Range from |
1806 |
Year Range to |
1811 |