Captain Charles Bishop logs of ships Ruby and Nautilus, 1794-1799

MAV/FM4/6
MAV/FM3/23
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1794-1799

916225

2 microfilm reels of textual records - positive, negative

Charles Bishop, 1765?-1810, trader, commanded the merchant ship Ruby in 1794. In 1796 he sold the Ruby in Amboina, Moluccas, and bought the Nautilus

MAV / FM4 / 6
A. Log of the ship Ruby, June 1794-March 1796, from Bristol to the north-west coast of America, Sandwich Isles and Canton, China.
Includes letters and accounts, 1794-1796, and illustrated by sketches. The log ends at page 62
1 reel positive

Published version: The journal and letters of Captain Charles Bishop on the north-west coast of America, in the Pacific and in New South Wales, 1794-1799 / edited by Michael Roe. Cambridge : Published for the Hakluyt Society at the University Press, 1967.

MAV / FM3 / 23
B. Memoranda on the ship Nautilus, 1797-1799, from Amboina to Port Jackson, and to Canton, beginning at page 115.
Includes accounts and information relating to trading with natives in the Pacific
1 reel negative

The original, Charles Bishop - Memoranda on the ship Nautilus, Amboyna to Port Jackson and thence to Macao, 23 Oct. 1796 to 9 Sept. 1799, which commences at page 63, and covers 1796-1999 is held at C 192.

Original held by the Provincial Library, Victoria, British Columbia. Filmed by the Provincial Library, Victoria, British Columbia, 1952

Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (4-195C) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011