Smith, Gilbert
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Epithet: of Earl's Colne, county Essex
British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001199.0x00037b
Gilbert Smith was surgeon on the United States sealing voyage (from New York), 1800-1802 (leader Edmund Fanning). The corvette Aspasia sailed from New York on 11 May 1800, visiting Brazil and Tristan da Cunha, before arriving at South Georgia. This was a very profitable sealing voyage, during which circa 57,000 fur seal pelts were secured and taken directly to China.
From the guide to the Gilbert Smith collection, 1801, (Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge)
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Subjects:
- Journalism
- Newspaper editors
- Newspaper publishing
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- New York (State)--Utica (as recorded)
