1818 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT SHIP'S LOG DETAILING AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY 13,661 MILE VOYAGE FROM RHODE ISLAND TO INDONESIA BACK TO SANDY HOOK

On offer is a super, original manuscript relic of early 19th Century ocean going trade and commerce being a handwritten ship's log dated August 6, 1818 to March 11, 1820 detailing a 13, 661 mile voyage from Block Island of Rhode Island to Indonesia to Sandy Hook. The large folio has some 60 pages; most have three entries per page; 20 or so pages excised. The early pages had been cover as if someone paste over news clippings and scrap and then carefully removed to leave a difficult but readable text which gets much better quite soon. The ship sailed from Block Island to Gibraltar Bay; Madeira, Portugal; Cape Verde; Java, Malay Archipelago and Sunda Isles, Indonesia; Island of St. Helena to Sandy Hook. Marble sides, leather spine, covers detached, spine leather, worn. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Overall Fair+.; Manuscript; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF,19TH CENTURY, MARINE, NAVAL, GLOBAL TRADE, POST WAR OF 1812, BLOCK ISLAND, RHODE ISLAND, GIBRALTAR BAY, MADEIRA, PORTUGAL, CAPE VERDE, JAVA, MALAY ARCHIPELAGO, SUNDA ISLES, INDONESIA, ST. HELENA, SANDY HOOK, NEW JERSEY, SAILORS, AGE OF SAIL, SAILING, BARQUES, SLOOPS, SHIPS, OCEAN GOING TRAVEL, AMERICANA,HANDWRITTEN, MANUSCRIPT, AUTOGRAPHED, AUTHORS, DOCUMENT, LETTER, AUTOGRAPH, KEEPSAKE, WRITER, HAND WRITTEN, DOCUMENTS, SIGNED, LETTERS, MANUSCRIPTS, HISTORICAL, HOLOGRAPH, WRITERS, AUTOGRAPHS, PERSONAL, MEMOIR, MEMORIAL, PERSONAL HISTORY, ARCHIVE, DIARY, DIARIES, JOURNAL, LOG, PRIMARY SOURCE, FIRST HAND ACCOUNT, SOCIAL HISTORY, PERSONAL STORIES, LIVING HISTORY, ANTIQUITÉ, CONTRAT, VÉLIN, DOCUMENT, MANUSCRIT, PAPIER ANTIKE, BRIEF, PERGAMENT, DOKUMENT, MANUSKRIPT, PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO, ATTO, VELINA, DOCUMENTO, MANOSCRITTO, CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD, HECHO, VITELA, DOCUMENTO, MANUSCRITO, PAPEL,