Journal of John Maule Hudspeth: A Second Voyage to Greenland 1813

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 Second Voyage to Greenland in the good s...

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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 1813
Subjects:
430100 Historical Studies
Royal Society of Tasmania
Tasmania
Van Diemen's Land
social history
Australia
John Maule Hudspeth
ships surgeon
Hudson Bay Company Greenland
whaling
Thomas Potts
Captain
ships
Invernels
Davis Streight
Davis Straight
whale fisheries
illustrations
measurements
Hudson Bay
Greenland
Hudson
Online Access:https://eprints.utas.edu.au/7146/
https://eprints.utas.edu.au/7146/1/rs_2_2%282%29_John_Hudspeth_Journal_1813.pdf
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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 Second Voyage to Greenland in the good ship Invernels under the command of Captain Thomas Potts 1813'. There are description of whaling and a 'List of ships in the Greenland and Davis Streights Whale Fisheries in 1813' at the end. Contains illustrations of whale tails with measurements and a coloured sketch of a mountainous island. RS2/2(2)

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