Journal of John Maule Hudspeth: A Voyage to Greenland 1812

Journals of John Maule Hudspeth written from 1812 to the end of 1816. After medical training he worked as a ship's surgeon finally with the Hudson Bay Company in 1815 prior to emigrating to Van Diemen's Land in 1822. This journal is entitled 'A Voyage to Greenland in the good ship Inv...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hudspeth, John Maule
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: University of Tasmania Library Special and Rare Materials Collection 1812
Subjects:
430100 Historical Studies
Royal Society of Tasmania
Tasmania
social history
Australia
John Maule Hudspeth
Greenland
whaling
Thomas Potts
Captain
ship
Invernels
illustrations
icebergs
shipwreck
Ann
Hudson Bay
Hudson
Online Access:https://eprints.utas.edu.au/7144/
https://eprints.utas.edu.au/7144/1/rs_2_2%281%29_John_Hudspeth_Journal_1812.pdf
http://www.utas.edu.au/library/exhibitions/quaker/index.html
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Summary:Journals of John Maule Hudspeth written from 1812 to the end of 1816. After medical training he worked as a ship's surgeon finally with the Hudson Bay Company in 1815 prior to emigrating to Van Diemen's Land in 1822. This journal is entitled 'A Voyage to Greenland in the good ship Invernels commanded by Captain Thomas Potts 1812'. There are description of whaling and coloured drawings of landscapes, icebergs and a shipwreck at the end of the diary. RS 2/2(1)

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