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A narrative of the shipwreck of the Ann. Captn. Irving Which was wrecked on the Coast of Barbary on

Creator:
Irving, James, 1759-1791
Call Number:
Osborn c399
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript fair copy, of dated entries recounting the departure from Liverpool, the shipwreck on the Barbary Coast, the crew's enslavement in northern Africa, and their return to Dartmouth. Many entries concern the work done, foods, illnesses and inju...
Description:
Binding: contemporary half-calf, marbled-paper boards.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, Africa, North., Africa, North, and Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Sailors, Ship captains, Shipwrecks, Slavery, Description and travel, and Foreign relations
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A narrative of the shipwreck of the Ann. Captn. Irving Which was wrecked on the Coast of Barbary on the 26th of May 1789. the crew sold for slaves, continued in that state untill January 1790 were detain'd at Mogodore, to Aug 1st. arrived at Dartmouth, on the 26 of October 1790, [1790(?)].

2.
Documents concerning ship captains and shipping, 1762-circa 1809

Call Number:
OSB MSS 155
Container / Volume:
Box
Image Count:
30
Abstract:
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
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Documents concerning ship captains and shipping, 1762-circa 1809

3.
Moby Dick, or, The whale

Creator:
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891, author
Published / Created:
1930.
Call Number:
Za M497 851kb 1
Image Count:
13
Resource Type:
text and still image
Abstract:
A classic of the sea, telling of the pursuit of Moby Dick, the white whale who defied capture
Description:
BEIN Za M497 851kb Copy 1: In original cloth. With dust jacket. Bookplate of Carl Van Vechten. Bookseller's label: The Holliday Bookshop, 49 E. 49th St., New York.
Publisher:
Random House and The Lakeside Press
Subject (Name):
Ahab, Captain (Fictitious character)
Subject (Topic):
Whaling ships, Ship captains, Whaling, and Whales
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Moby Dick, or, The whale

4.
The Irish adventuress The gallant sea captain. [graphic]

Published / Created:
[1787]
Call Number:
787.00.00.16
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Two head-and-shoulder portraits in separate ornamental oval frames, used to illustrate Town and country magazine, xix, p. 249, an account of the captain of an East Indiaman who acquired a fortune and bought an estate in a western country ... His mistr...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Publish'd by T. Walker, No. 79 Dame Street
Subject (Topic):
Couples and Ship captains
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Irish adventuress The gallant sea captain. [graphic]