A Journal of a voyage to the Cape of Good Hope and Bombay (and Whampoa) in the Ship Sesostris by James Smith, 1829-1831

Above: Sesostris and Morley piloted through the Torres Straits by the little Britomart, Captn Stanley, c.1841

Contents

• Notices from The Times

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• The passengers
• The officers and crew
• London to Cape Town : 1 October 1829 - 6 January 1830
• Cape Town to Bombay : 16 January - 28 April 1830
• Bombay to Sincapore : 4 July - 7 August 1830
• Sincapore to Whampoa : 7 August - 26 August 1830
• At Whampoa Reach : 27 August - 2 December 1830
• Heading home : 3 December 1830 - 18 January 1831
  
  

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• About Sesostris
• Index of Ships mentioned in the Journal
• Floggings, mastheadings and other punishments
• Cargo carried by Sesostris
• James Smith: Who was he?
• A painting of Sesostris c. 1841
• Some contemporary maps
  
• Beaufort Scale and weather gradings
  

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• William Newton, Master Mariner. Evidence from the maiden voyage of Sesostris in 1817
• Was it murder? The First Officer of Sesostris on trial in 1839

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This page last updated 18th March 2022

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