Manuscript documents and letters, illustrating the daily life and responsibilities of sea captains in the 18th and early 19th centuries. The collection includes documents relating to Captain Robert Poultney in Jamaica and letters on personal and naval...
Description:
Robert Poultney was the captain of the ship Loretta in Jamaica in 1762-1764.
Subject (Geographic):
Mediterranean Region and Brittany (France)
Subject (Name):
Poultney, Robert., Wainwright, John, Captain., Chiffonne (Ship), Great Britain. Royal Navy, and Loretta (Ship)
Subject (Topic):
Officers, Sea life, Aids to navigation, Coasts, Navigation, Seafaring life, Ship captains, and Description and travel
Voyages de la Nouvelle France occidentale, dicte Canada
Description:
BEIN Z6 14: For other issues of the same year and their variations; cf. Sabin's Dictionary and the Church catalogue, vol. 3, 1907, pp. 976-981, no. 420. The Yale copy has also the following peculiarities: page 272 (1st count) is misnumbered 262; p. 2...
Publisher:
Chez Pierre LeMvr, dans la grand' salle du Palais
Subject (Geographic):
Canada and America
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Huron and French, Indians of North America, Navigation, Wyandot language, Montagnais language, Discovery and exploration, and French
