New Euphrates_1797

British Southern Voyage

WRIBV062910
VesselNew Euphrates
MasterHenry Glasspoole
Departure1797-12-01
Return (days)1799-07-27 (634)
Port (dock)London
DestinationGalapagos
East/ WestWest
Owner (Agent)Mather & Anderson
SourcesSST1; SST2; SST3; LOG National Library of Scotland
ReportsReported 5 March 1799 at Galapagos August / September 1798
NotesVoyage well documented until the Marquesan Islands in The Marquesan Journal of Edward Robarts 1797 , 1824. Didn't actually leave England till January 1798 and then via St Jago and Rio then via the Horn to the Pacific. Cruised for whales at the Galapagos (having taken 9 whales) then north to the Californian coast where they took 8 more whales and lost a 90 barrel whale. Spoke the Liberty (Captain Baxter) and Buttersworth (Captain Sharpe of London. At the Marquesas cargo recorded by Robarts with 1200 barrels (100 sperm oil) out 13 months. Holmes , 2nd officer ; Bowden , Cooper ; Martin , Seaman ; Edward Robarrts , Seaman ;

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