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

  1. Notices from The Times
  2. A list of the passengers
  3. A list of the officers and crew
  4. London to Cape Town : 1 October 1829 - 6 January 1830
  5. Cape Town to Bombay : 16 January - 28 April 1830
  6. Bombay to Sincapore : 4 July - 7 August 1830
  7. Sincapore to Whampoa : 7 August - 26 August 1830
  8. At Whampoa Reach : 27 August - 2 December 1830
  9. Heading home : 3 December 1830 - 18 January 1831

  10. About Sesostris
  11. Index of Ships mentioned in the Journal
  12. Floggings, mastheadings and other punishments
  13. Cargo carried by Sesostris
  14. James Smith: Who was he? Notes on his Journal
  15. A painting of Sesostris c. 1841
  16. Some contemporary maps
  17. William Newton, Master Mariner. Evidence from the maiden voyage of Sesostris in 1817
  18. Journal of Mr John Dulhunty, Surgeon of Sesostris when transporting convicts to New South Wales 1825-1826
  19. Was it murder? The First Officer of Sesostris on trial in 1839
This journal of James Smith, ship's butcher of Sesostris, has been presented by:
Simon Kidner,© copyright 1998-2008;



Last updated: 15 November 2008

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