Knowles, Josiah Nickerson, 1830-1896
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Josiah Nickerson Knowles was born in Eastham, Massachusetts, in 1830. As clipper ship captain, he commanded ships including the Wild Wave, the Kentuckian, and the Charger, setting records for fast passages. In 1858, he was stranded for several months as a result of the wreck of the Wild Wave on Oeno Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. The Glory of the Seas was his last clipper ship command. In 1880, Knowles settled in San Francisco, where he was active as a merchant and shipper in the whaling industry. Knowles died in Oakland, California, in 1896. The Glory of the Seas was built by Donald McKay in 1869 and sailed until 1923.
From the description of Accounts of the ship "Glory of the Seas" / Josiah N. Knowles, master, 1871 July-1876 Oct 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78478277
From the description of Accounts of the ship "Glory of the Seas" / Josiah N. Knowles, master, 1871 July-1876 Oct 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702150096
Ship captain, of Eastham, Mass.
From the description of Papers, 1853-1935 ; (bulk 1853-1873). (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 28419828
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Subjects:
- Clipper ships
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- Merchant ships
- Shipwrecks
- Voyages and travels
- Voyages to the Pacific coast
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- Ship captains
- Ship captains
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- Liverpool (England) (as recorded)
- Liverpool (England) (as recorded)
- Polynesia (as recorded)
- Eastham (Mass. : Town) (as recorded)
- San Francisco (Calif.) (as recorded)
- Massachusetts (as recorded)
- England--Liverpool (as recorded)
- United States (as recorded)
- Chile (as recorded)
- California--San Francisco (as recorded)
- Valparaíso (Chile) (as recorded)
- San Francisco (Calif.) (as recorded)
- Pitcairn Island (as recorded)
- California (as recorded)
- San Francisco (Calif.) (as recorded)
- California--San Francisco (as recorded)
