Log of the Grace
FORTHCOMING: Onboard An Historic Voyage . . .
The Log of the Grace contains original page entry images for the historic voyage from Macao, China to Japan’s Kii Peninsula in company with Captain John Kendrick and the Lady Washington. After the ten-day visit to Japan, the brig Grace parted with the Washington and crossed the North Atlantic to the coast of Alaska, trading there and at Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands) for furs. The account includes skirmishing in unknown bays, a visit to the Hawaiian Islands, the illness and death of Captain William Douglass, and return to Macao. Covering the period of April 8 to September 11, 1791, the handwritten pages recorded by 22 year-old Samuel Delano contain hour-by-hour conditions and daily latitude and longitude positions at sea. The sum is a rich and raw historical account of life onboard ship during the 13,000 nautical mile journey. Compiled and edited by Scott Ridley.