1818 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT SHIP'S LOG DETAILING AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY 13,661 MILE VOYAGE FROM RHODE ISLAND TO INDONESIA BACK TO SANDY HOOK
by UNKNOWN
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
-
Cochrane, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
BLOCK ISLAND RHODE ISLAND INDONESIA SANDY HOOK. Fair. 1818. On offer is a super, original manuscript relic of early 19th Century ocean going trade and commerce being a handwritten ship's log dated August 6, 1818 to March 11, 1820 detailing a 13, 661 mile voyage from Block Island of Rhode Island to Indonesia to Sandy Hook. The large folio has some 60 pages; most have three entries per page; 20 or so pages excised. The early pages had been cover as if someone paste over news clippings and scrap and then carefully removed to leave a difficult but readable text which gets much better quite soon. The ship sailed from Block Island to Gibraltar Bay; Madeira, Portugal; Cape Verde; Java, Malay Archipelago and Sunda Isles, Indonesia; Island of St. Helena to Sandy Hook. Marble sides, leather spine, covers detached, spine leather, worn. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Overall Fair+.; Manuscript; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF,19TH CENTURY, MARINE, NAVAL, GLOBAL TRADE, POST WAR OF 1812, BLOCK ISLAND, RHODE ISLAND, GIBRALTAR BAY, MADEIRA, PORTUGAL, CAPE VERDE, JAVA, MALAY ARCHIPELAGO, SUNDA ISLES, INDONESIA, ST. HELENA, SANDY HOOK, NEW JERSEY, SAILORS, AGE OF SAIL, SAILING, BARQUES, SLOOPS, SHIPS, OCEAN GOING TRAVEL, AMERICANA,HANDWRITTEN, MANUSCRIPT, AUTOGRAPHED, AUTHORS, DOCUMENT, LETTER, AUTOGRAPH, KEEPSAKE, WRITER, HAND WRITTEN, DOCUMENTS, SIGNED, LETTERS, MANUSCRIPTS, HISTORICAL, HOLOGRAPH, WRITERS, AUTOGRAPHS, PERSONAL, MEMOIR, MEMORIAL, PERSONAL HISTORY, ARCHIVE, DIARY, DIARIES, JOURNAL, LOG, PRIMARY SOURCE, FIRST HAND ACCOUNT, SOCIAL HISTORY, PERSONAL STORIES, LIVING HISTORY, ANTIQUITÉ, CONTRAT, VÉLIN, DOCUMENT, MANUSCRIT, PAPIER ANTIKE, BRIEF, PERGAMENT, DOKUMENT, MANUSKRIPT, PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO, ATTO, VELINA, DOCUMENTO, MANOSCRITTO, CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD, HECHO, VITELA, DOCUMENTO, MANUSCRITO, PAPEL, .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Katz Fine Manuscripts Inc.
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0002120
- Title
- 1818 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT SHIP'S LOG DETAILING AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY 13,661 MILE VOYAGE FROM RHODE ISLAND TO INDONESIA BACK TO SANDY HOOK
- Author
- UNKNOWN
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- BLOCK ISLAND RHODE ISLAND INDONESIA SANDY HOOK
- Date Published
- 1818
- Keywords
- Keywords: History Of, 19th Century, MARINE, NAVAL, Global Trade, Post War Of 1812, Block Island, Rhode Island, Gibraltar Bay
- Bookseller catalogs
- 19th Century Diary; 19th Century Manuscript;
Terms of Sale
Katz Fine Manuscripts Inc.
All items are guaranteed as stated for life or returnable for refund. If a refund is requested, seller must be notified within 7 days of postal delivery of the item based on postal tracking data. To receive a refund, the item must be returned to seller in the same condition in which it was received. All digital items are final sale.
About the Seller
Katz Fine Manuscripts Inc.
Biblio member since 2009
Cochrane, Alberta
About Katz Fine Manuscripts Inc.
Katz Fine Manuscripts Inc. (formerly M. Benjamin Katz Fine Books/Rare Manuscripts) is based out of both Ontario and Alberta, Canada. We do business by appointment, and have had an online presence selling fine books and rare manuscripts since 1999. Specializing in handwritten, historically significant books, manuscripts, diaries, documents and ephemera. A member of The Manuscript Societyeach treasure on offer is guaranteed authentic and as represented for life. Worldwide clientele includes esteemed collections and public, private and university libraries on both sides of the Atlantic and Pacific. Always buying collections and estates.
Katz Fine Manuscripts Inc.has been an online sales and auction presence with over 7000 transactions since 1999.
Katz Fine Manuscripts Inc.has been an online sales and auction presence with over 7000 transactions since 1999.
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