William Leverreth Hudson - Journal of the United States Exploring Expedition, 1840-1842

PMB 416

fonds

Canberra : Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, [19--]

440661

Microfilm : PMB 416

microfilm reel 35 mm

Captain Hudson (1794-1868) was commander of the U.S. ship Peacock, one of the vessels of the United States Exploring Expedition to the Pacific, 1838-1842, commanded by Commodore Charles Wilkes. He later transferred his flag to the Porpoise

The journal begins when the expedition was en route from Fiji to Honolulu, and gives an account of the Peacock's visits to the Hawaiian Islands, Oregon, Southern California, the Line, Phoenix and Tokelau Islands, Samoa, the Ellice and Gilbert Islands, and the wreck of the Peacock at the mouth of the Columbia River on the west coast of North America. After Hudson had transferred his flag to the USS Porpoise, he crossed the Pacific to the Philippines, Sooloo Islands and Singapore. The journal ends when he was in Singapore. (The journal is a continuation of that filmed as PMB 146, which covers the expedition's activities from 20 August 1838 to 8 August 1840)

PMB (Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau) ; 416
Available for reference
Microfilm copy of original held by University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C., U.S.A.