Gilbert Smith collection 1801

United States Sealing Voyage New York to South Georgia 1800-1802

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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...

Aspasia (Ship)

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Fanning, Edmund, 1769-1841

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