Master Mariner

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Index

Abba Thulle, King, 29-40, 104-05, 178
Albuquerque, General, 312
Amboyna (Dryden), 49
Amboyna Island, 49-52
American consuls, 141, 145-46
Anderson, Captain, 172
Antelope (American packet), 28-29
Antelope (English brig), 231-33
Arabian Sea, 129
Artingall, revolt on, 30-39
Atlantic (privateer), 172
Atwell, Daniel, 286
Australia (New Holland), 71, 187-99

Baker, Elijah, 263
Balambangan, 88-89, 102
Banca, 117
Barney, Capt. Jonathan, 210-11
Bass's Straits, 187-89
Batavia, 8, 73, 82-86, 181
Benkulen, 77-78
Bermuda, 258
Bilbao, 268
Billiton, 117
Blanchard, Mr., 40, 103-04
Bligh, Lieutenant, 70-71
Blockade running, 268, 292
Bombay, 131, 134
Bonito poisoning, 119
Borneo, 87, 117
Bosun's conspiracy, 22-27, 57
Botany Bay, 71-72, 189, 207
Bounty episode, 70-72
Bowen, Lieutenant, 189, 194
Briggs, Daniel, 1-2
Brown, second officer, 221
Bryant ("Captain Martin"), 71-72
Buckley, John, and Son, 272

Caesar (privateer), 266
Calcutta, 133, 140-43
Cambay, Gulf of, 131
Canals, 83-84, 110
Cannibalism, isolated cases, 253, 261
Canton, 9-14, 176-77, 251-57; sealskin market, 114
Canton (ship), 132
Cape Cod sandbars, 273
Cape Comorin, 139
Cape Horn, 160-62
Cape of Good Hope, 187, 257
Cape Pillar, 162
Cape Town, 120
Castor and Pollux (ship), 172
Celebes, 103
Chatham (frigate), 266
Chatham Island, 163, 165
China, see Canton, Pekin
China Sea, 9, 117
China trade, 3, 143, 277
Chin-chin, 108
Chinese, character and 254-57
Clark, William, 221
Clive, Lord, 145
Cockawocky, interpreter, 22
Coffee trade, 143
Colnett, Captain, 170
Commerce wreck, 129-30
Concepción, 162, 224-26
Conn, Captain, 278-79
Cook, Captain James, 53, 161, 173; play about, 179
Copang, 65-72
Coquimbo, 231-33
Cotton trade, 124, 134
Crocker, Captain, 281, 283-85
Crocodiles, 85-86
Crusoe, Robinson, isle of, 234
Cumshaw, 115-16
Customs taxes, 115, 277-89

Dalrymple's Rock, 164
Dampier, Captain, 161
Deaths, dealt by Chinese gangsters, 166;

from disease, 68, 77, 79, 83, 172, 176-78;

in native attacks, 57, 89, 104;

at sea, 7-8, 184, 201-05, 264, 270;

on slave ship, 216
De Grasse, Count, 265
Delano, Captain Amasa, 1-5;

to China, 6-12;

quoted, on rigging and equipment, 7, 13, 91, 128;

shipwright in China, 12-13;

at Macao, 14-16;

lieutenant on the Panther, 16-106;

bosun's conspiracy against, 22-27;

visits King of Pelew, 28-40;

to New Guinea, 41-59;

visits Timor, 65-72;

repairs ships after typhoon, 77-82;

in Sumatra, 77, 79, 82;

at English fort, 77-79;

explores Batavia, 82-86;

visits Sooloo, 90-102;

quoted, on harem women, customs, 100-01;

transfers to the Endeavour, 106;

in China again, 107-12;

quoted, on the Malay trade, 107;

on native hostility, 111-12;

joins Captain Stewart, 114-16;

captains the leaky Eliza, 116-20;

quoted, on shoals and navigation, 117, 131-32;

at Île de France, 120-26;

in unusual hurricane, 127-28;

via Seychelles to Bombay, 129-31;

war difficulties, 132-33;

repairs ship in Bombay, 134-36;

on the Malabar coast, 137-39;

to Calcutta, 139-41;

debt difficulties, 142-47;

observes English methods in India, 143-45;

takes passage for home, 147;

repairs the Three Brothers in Cape Town, 148-49;

Boston via Philadelphia, 150;

poor and disappointed, 150-52;

builds and sails the Perseverance, 153-57;

quoted, on ship requirements, 153-55;

skirts South America, 157-71;

visits Hawaii, 172-80;

quoted, on smallpox, 177-78;

family enterprises, 181-87;

to Australia, 187-92, 207;

sealing trips, 192-234, 254, 257;

conflicts with English sealers, 192-99;

is saved from drowning, 199-204;

convict stowaways, 206-10, 239;

slave ship episode, 211-29;

quoted, on insurance risks, 220, 251;

receives Spanish honors, 229-30;

notes Spanish-English hatred, 230-33;

peril in small boat, 234-41;

revisits Hawaii, 246-49;

to China via Formosa, 249-52;

carries back shipwrecked Japanese, 249, 253-54;

in Canton, 255-57;

homeward bound, 257-58;

ancestry, 259-62, 275;

youth, 262-64;

early voyages, 264-71;

works as shipbuilder, 264, 265, 266, 270, 274, 277;

berth as captain, 270-71;

studies navigation, 271;

loses ship and cargo, 272-74;

fails at salvage job, 274;

West Indies customs difficulties, 277-89;

war idleness, 290-84;

in Boston, teaches navigation, 294;

memories and judgments, 294-312;

as cartographer, 3 12-14;

his book published, 312-15;

old age, 316-17;

see also Flora and fauna observations
Delano, Amasa (uncle), 260-61
Delano, Samuel (father), 1, 260-62
Delano, Samuel (brother), 5, 13, 14, 40, 152-53, 179, 182, 184, 204-05, 234, 263
Delano, William (brother), 181-82, 203-05, 221
Derwent River, 189
Diana (whaler), 156
Disease, 68, 77, 79, 83, 265; scurvy, 170, 172, 235; smallpox, 176-78
Doldrums, 157
Douglass, Captain, 14
Drew, Joseph (uncle), 270
Drummond, Lieutenant, 18, 21, 22, 38
Dryden's Amboyna…, 49
Dunlap, Mr., 133-34, 141-42, 145
Dutch East India Company, 10-11, 83, 86, 123
Dutch embassy to Pekin, 110
Dutch settlements: Amboyna, 49-52;

Batavia, 8, 73, 82-86, 181;

Calcutta, 733, 740, 142-43;

Penang, 75;

Sumatra, 76-77, 718;

Timor, 66-72
Duxbury, 1, 259-60

Ebbets, Captain, 248
Eliza (ship), 114-23
Embargo Act, 276-306
Endeavour (ship), 16-107 passim, 116
English East India Company, 59, 79, 103, 105, 143-44, 177-78
English embassy to Pekin, 107-10
English forts, 77-79, 88-89, 145
Evacuation Day, 261
Experiment (schooner), 185
Falkland Islands, 158
Fernando de Noronha, '57
Fishing trade, 182
Flora (privateer), 266
Flora and fauna observations, 20-21, 48, 49, 80-81, 85-86, 89, 90, 159, 164-68, 242-43, 313-74
Folger, Capt. Matthew, 72
Formosa Strait, 251-52
Fort William, 145
Fostram, John, 201, 205
France at war, 120
Freeman, Richard, 16
Fur trade, 14

Galapagos Islands, 163-70, 242-45
Giamberry, Captain, 185
Gibbs, sailmaker, 26
Goa, 138, 312
Grace (ship), 74
Grand Lama Island, 252
Grasse, Count de, 265
Gray, John, 270
Gregg, Samuel, 154
Guam, 251

Hacket, William, 1
Hancock (frigate), 262
Hawaii (Owyhee), 172-73, 246-49
Hector (ship), 127-47, 179
Henry (ship), 171, 232-33
Henry Island, 137
Hills, Captain, 248
Hood's Island, 163, 165
Hooghly River, 140
Hoppos, 115-16
Hudson, Captain, 248
Hurricanes, 9, 126-28 157, 264, 269, 287-88

Île de France (Mauritius), 120-26
Independence (brig), 262
India, 131, 133-34, 740, 743
Indian Ocean, 10, 119, 129, 147
India Pilot, 140
India trade, 143
Industries, native, Insurance risks, 220, 251
Integrity (cutter), 189, 194
Iris (brig), 268-70

James Bay, 170
James Island, 166
Jane (ship), 271-73
Japanese shipwreck, 249
Java, 7, 84; see also Batavia
Java Head, 75
Jefferson, President, 276, 306
Jonathan, Captain, 248
Joy, Benjamin, 141, 145-46
Juan Fernández, 234-41

Kamebameha, King, 173-75; 174-75, 178-79, 246-47
Kanakas, 176-79; actor, 179
Kara Ka Koos Bay, 173
Kendrick, Capt. John, 180
Keneri Island, 137
King, Gov. Philip G., 194-96
King's Island, 187-88
Kinni Balla (Kinibalu), 87

Ladrone (Marianas) Islands, 249
La Peyronse, Captain, 161
Leopard (frigate), 15
Lima, 232; viceroy at, 226-27
Linzee, Capt. John, 4
Lisbon, 272
Lock, Capt. John, 158
Lowe, Mr., 221-23
Luther, Nathaniel, 221
Lydia (brig), 248

Macao, 9-10, 14-15, 106, 251-53, 256
Macartney, Lord, 107-08, 286
McClay, George, 179, 246
McCluer, Commodore, 16, 20-106 passim
McCluer's Inlet, 53
Madagascar, 120, 169, 187
Magee, Capt. John, 3
Magellan, 160
Malabar, 137-39; guide, 18-21
Malartick, Governor, 125-26
Malays, 46-48, 59, 69, 84, 88, 91,93-97, 107; pirates, 117-18
Manouran Island, 42-46, 249
Marianas (Ladrone) Islands, 249
Maritime laws, 301-03
Mars (ship), 210-11
Mars (privateer), 264-65
Martinique, 268
Massachusetts (ship), 4-11, 15
Massacres, 49, 59-60, 173, 216-17
Mauritius (Île de France), 120-26
Merchant marine, 292-93, 306-07, 318
Middle Island, 117
Monsoons, 7, 9, 10, 41, 107, 114, 117, 119, 131, 137, 251
Moorish guide in Sooloo, 92-94
Morrill, Capt. Joseph, 194-99, 206
Mount St. Peter, 87
Mutinies, 216-17, 225; Bounty, 70-72

Nantucket shoals, 258
Native hostility, 111-12
Navy functions, 306-07
New Guinea, 41,46-49, 53-59
New Holland (Australia), 71, 187-
New South Wales, 189
New Zealand, 208-10
Nickerson, Dr., 18, 21, 54-57

Oahu, 246-48
O'Cain (ship), 248
O'Higgins, Governor, 235-38
O'Higgins, Viceroy Ambrosio, 235
Onour Island, 28, 106
Onroost Island, 82
Opium trade, 108
Osaca, 249, 251
Owyhee (Hawaii), 172-73, 246-49

Palau, see Pelew
Palo Bay, 76-77
Palo-Mysery, 41
Panther (ship), 10-106 passim, 116
Parker, Captain, 16
Peacock (brig), 266-69
Pearl (ship), 248
Pearl trade, 107
Pekin, 107-10
Pelew (Palau) Islands, 17, 22, 28 40, 102-06, 310
Pelicans, 242
Penang, 75
Pencoolen, 77-78
Penelope (frigate), 4
Penguins, 159
Perkins, Handasyd, 3
Perseverance (ship), 153-258 passim, 277-91
Philippines, 88,89
Phillip, Governor, 189
Pilgrim (schooner), 179-258 passim, 292
Pilots, Chinese, 10, 252-53
Pirates, Chinese, 15; early, 291; Malay, 117-18
"Pitcher, Molly," 5
Port Jackson, 189, 194-99
Portugal, 271-72
Prince, Capt. Job, 4
Privateers, 120, 123, 124, 132-34, 172, 231-33, 258, 262-66, 276, 292
Proas, 75, 118-19 93, 303-04

Quincy, 1-3

Rainbow (frigate), 262
Rao, Kook, King, 105
Rat-Island-Basin, 79-82
Revenge Straits, 46
Roberts, Josiah, 4
Russel, George, 221
Russell (ship), 265

St. Bartholomew, 277-89
St. Croix, 265; rum, 278-79
St. Helena, 258
St. Paul's Island, St. Ubes (Setúbal), 271-72
Salt cargoes, 272-73, 291
Salt Island, 117
Sanborn, Captain, 281-85
Sandwich Islands (Hawaii), 170-79, 246-49
Santa Maria, Governor, 236
Santa Maria Harbor, 210-1 8
Saxenburg Island, 186
Sealing trade, 114-16, 156, 159, 165, 168, 171, 181, 186-87, 192-234 passim, 254, 257
Serampore, 142-43
Setébal (St. Ubes), 271-72
Severo, Capt. Bonito, 213-29
Seychelles Islands, 128-31
Sharks, 80-81, 85, 129
Shaw, Major, 2-12 passim
Ship requirements, 153;
equipment, 7, 131;
repairs, 13-14, 128, 134-36;
rigging, 128, 289;
supplies, 18, 42-45, 59-63, 90-92, 102, 170, '73, 186, 235-36, 245, 251;
destruction of vermin, 81-82
Shipwreck, Japanese, 249
Shoals, 129-31, 137-38, 158, 160, 188; Nantucket, 258
Shoemaker, broker, 279-82
Silk trade, 14, 108
Slave ship, 211-29
Slave trade, 185
Snows, Dutch, 74-76
Sole, Capt. Cornelius, 231, 249, 254
Sooloo, Sultan of, 88, 92, 97-102
Sooloo (Sulu) Islands, 87-103
Sooloo (Sulu) Sea, 88
South America, 157-63, 210-34
South Sea Islands, 189
Spain, 268
Spanish possessions, 89
Spence, Charles, 221
Spice trade, 143
Stanton, Sir George, 186
Stephen's Bay, 163
"Stewart, Alexander:' 174-75, 178-79, 246-47
Stewart, Capt. William, 114-43 passim
Stimson, Jeremiah, 147-50
Strait of Magellan, 160
Sugar trade, 116, 119-23, 143, 181
Sulu, see Sooloo
Sumatra, 76-77, 118
Sunda Strait, 74, 77
Sydney, 206

Tabo (brig), 231, 249
Tartary, 109
Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land), 187-98
Tea Trade, 14, 108
Thames (frigate), 15
Thomas (brig), 269
Thompson, William, 202, 205
Three Brothers (ship), 147-50
Timor, 65-72
Trade, 8, 14, 48, 74, 84-85, 89-90, 107-08, 124, 134, 143, 182; see also Sealing, Whaling
Trinidad, 186
Tristan da Cunha, 186
Turtle hunts, 22-27, 167-69
Typhoons, 9, 10, 76, 139
Tyral (slave ship), 211-29

Van Brann, Mr., 12, 115-16, 122, 146-47
Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania), 187-98
Van Este, Governor, 65
Vermin on ships, 81-82
Vose, Mr., 200, 203-04

War of 1812, 209-93
Warships, seizure by, 276, 291
Watson, Captain, 171-72
Wedgeborough, Mr., 135, 138
West Indies, 185, 265-66, 277-89
Whaling, 171
Whampoa, 12-14
White, Lieutenant, 62-63
Williams, Deacon, 266
Wilson, Capt. Henry, 28-29
Women, in China, 255-57; in Sooloo harem, 100-01