Voyage of the ship Eliza : [under command of] Capt. Rowan, of Boston, [19--?].

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Voyage of the ship Eliza : [under command of] Capt. Rowan, of Boston, [19--?].

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Twentieth-century copy (or earlier) of William Sturgis's journal, recording details from the time when he served as an assistant to Captain James Rowan on the ship Eliza, which sailed from Boston, Mass. in the summer of 1798 on a fur-trading expedition to the northwest coast of North America and to China. The journal begins on 13 February 1799, while the Eliza was in the Pacific Ocean near Sitka Sound, and ends on 17 May 1799, en route to St. Francisco. Included with the journal are two appendixes, one a list of latitude and longitude readings for various points along the Pacific Northwest coast, and the other a glossary of English terms and their Caigenee and Sheetkah Indian language equivalents.

1 item (204 leaves) ; 26 cm.

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Eliza (Ship)

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Sturgis, William, 1782-1863

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William F. Sturgis, born in Barnstable (Mass.), 1782, married Elizabeth M. Davis in 1810. He was involved in the fur trade of the Pacific Northwest and China, and served in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts House and Senate. He donated the house and books that established Sturgis Library. He died in 1863. From the description of William Sturgis family papers. 1799-1863. (Clams, Inc). WorldCat record id: 63301946 ...