Samuel Hill - Journals of voyages in the ships Ophelia' and Packet', 1815-1822

PMB 512

fonds

Canberra : Pacific Manuscript Bureau, [19--]

440721

Microfilm : PMB 512

microfilm reel 35 mm

At the beginning of 1815, Samuel Hill, a sea captain, calculated that he had $7,000 since the beginning of the war of 1812. To repair his fortunes, he undertook the command of the Ophelia' on a speculative voyage from Boston to Chile, China and return, after an absence of 20 months, he embarked almost immediately on a second similar voyage in the Packet'. On this voyage three trips were made from Chile to China. The Packet' returned to Boston after a voyage of four years, eleven months and 24 days

Informative accounts of proceedings and places visited on the voyages outlines above. On the first voyage, Hill visited or sighted the following Pacific Islands: Juan Fernandez, Galapagos, Hawaii, Ebon Atoll, Aranuka (Gilbert Islands), Santa Ana and Bougainville (Solomons), New Britain, New Ireland, the Admiralty Islands and Mapia. The accounts of Hawaii, Bougainville and Mapia are especially interesting. On the second voyage, Hill was in Hawaii on three occasions. He also landed on Agrigan in the Marianas. Otherwise, he generally kept clear of the islands

PMB (Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau) ; 512
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