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A Voyage Round the World Onboard the Ship Columbia Rediviva and Sloop Washington

A Voyage Round the World Onboard the Ship Columbia Rediviva and Sloop Washington
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Robert Haswell, September 1787-June 1789

32 cm x 23 cm

The title page of this manuscript log and narrative (the only page of this volume currently online) features a sketch of the ship Columbia Rediviva and the sloop Lady Washington.


[ This description is from the project: MHS 225th Anniversary ]

Robert Haswell's log kept aboard the ship Columbia-Rediviva and the sloop Washington documents the young merchant's journey on the newly opened trade route from America to the East Indies and Canton, China. Sea otter fur was among the most desired goods exchanged for Chinese tea.