Smith, correspondence (US Sealing Voyage)

This material is held atScott Polar Research Institute Archives, University of Cambridge

  • Reference
    • GB 15 Gilbert Smith/Correspondence (US Sealing Voyage)
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1801
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • Circa 3 letters

Scope and Content

  • MS 979/1-3;D Letters (3) to John and Peter DeWitt and H Smith, 1801 [Regarding sealing voyage on board Aspasia]

Administrative / Biographical History

This expedition was possibly the most profitable sealing voyage undertaken to the island of South Georgia. One of around 16 separate sealing voyages made to the island during the summer months of 1800-1801 the Aspasia obtained seal pelts which were shipped to China.

Arrangement

Alphabetical.

Related Material

The Institute holds several archival collections containing material on the sealing industry in the southern oceans during the nineteenth century.

Personal Names

Fanning Edmund

Corporate Names

Aspasia (Ship)