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Bayward voyages and Atlantic news from 1760s ships
Coastal and Atlantic shipping items reveal outward-bound convoys sailing for the Atlantic from Bristol Liverpool and London ports with arrivals at Boston Liverpool Cork and Barbados. The piece notes Russian and Chinese imperial era fortifications and explores Bucharia gold dust hunting by Peter the Great era officials and muskets. It also records local London civic events and obituaries alongside a punch-house advert and a disease remedy testimonial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay
Torrington Mansion
Bristol
Prince George
Noall
Dublin
Hopewell
Pitt
Dolphin
St. Michael
Oporto
Boston
Sherrard
Barbadoes
Bolton
Arica
Gosport
Neale
South Carolina
Tortola
Betty
Peggy
Kenny
Africa
Lisbon
Success
Lewis
Joseph
Collins
New England
Francis Anthony
Woodig
London
Holyhead
Betsey
Clapp
New York
Hull
M‘gouin
Glasgow
St. Croix
Christian
Anker
Crookhaven
Whitehaven
Drontheim
Griffith
Jackson
Carlisle
Diamond
Crossthwaite
Harris
Liverpool
Tanner
Craig
Greenock
Roebuck
Jones
Philadelphia
Endeavour
Alderton
Newenham
Profesor Muller
Rufsian
Petersburgh
Bucharia
Irtisch
Omtkaia
Schefelenskaia
Jamischewskaia
Semipalatnaia
Uftkamenogorskaia
Russian Empire
Peter the Great
Russia
Indies
Orenburgh
Astracan
Muller
Tobolsk
Irtitch
Marfei Petrowitch Gagarin
Siberia
Peter
Chiva
Amu-daria
Oxus
Gagarin
Eucharia
Mus-'Fag
Great
Karia
Alexander Beckwitfch
Amudaria
Cowley
Aberdeen
Convy
Marlow
Virginia
Clyde
Bayonne
West Indies
Eagle
Knill
Scilly
Holland
Galway
Ireland
Europa
Guernsey
James Stearn
Hutchinson
Gibraltar
Plymouth
Barton
John
Sarah
Way
Biddeford
Nancy
Morgan
Jamaica
Elizabeth
Dunn
Guadaloupe
Milford