Memoir of James Henry Crowe, master mariner, 1850-1854, vol. 4

Author/creator Crowe, James Henry author.
Other author Adam Matthew Digital (Firm) digitiser.
Format Electronic
PublicationMarlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2022.
Description1 online resource.
Supplemental Contenthttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://www.lifeatsea.amdigital.co.uk/documents/detail/memoir-of-james-henry-crowe-master-mariner-1850-1854-vol.-4/20688663
Subjects

SeriesLife at Sea: Seafaring in the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1600-2335
Summary Volume 4 of the memoir written by Crowe, covering the years 1850-1854. For part of this period Crowe was master of the barque AUGUSTA (1841), employed in the guano trade. One of his daughters died following an earthquake at Coquimbo in Chile and another was born while the ship was anchored in the Downs. The volume then describes voyages on the WILLIAM GIBSON (1844) and HURKARU (1853), both owned by Thomas Hamlin & Co, Greenock. Crowe supervised the completion of the HURKARU on the River Tyne and was master on her maiden voyage to Port Phillip.
General noteAMDigital Reference:BGR/52/4.
General noteNational Maritime Museum, UK: Biographies (BGR).
Original versionReproduction of: Memoir of James Henry Crowe, master mariner, 1850-1854, vol. 4, 1850-1854.
Location of originalNational Maritime Museum, UK
Copyright note© National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Genre/formAutobiographies.