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Author Nagle, Jacob, 1762-1841.

Title The Nagle journal : a diary of the life of Jacob Nagle, sailor, from the year 1775-1841 / edited by John C. Dann
Edition First edition
Published New York:Weidenfeld and Nicolson , 1988, [publisher not identified], 1988

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 W'PONDS  973.35 Nag/Nja  AVAILABLE
Description xxx, 402 pages, 16 unnumbered pages color plates; illustrations (some color), maps, portraits
Contents In Washington's army -- The privateersman -- The West Indies -- The first fleet -- Around the world -- London -- Run to India -- The Mediterranean -- Prizemaster of HMS Netley -- Merchant seaman -- Voyage to China -- The Atlantic trade -- South America -- The final voyage
Summary Diary of an American sailor who was a crew member on the First Fleet ship the Sirius; his impressions of Sydney, the Aborigines, and Norfolk Island (pp 79-113)
Notes Maps on lining papers; Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 349-374
Notes Copy 2 - donation from Tom Austen Brown collection
Subject Nagle, Jacob, 1762-1841 -- Diaries.
Great Britain. Royal Navy -- Biography.
United States. Navy -- Biography.
Great Britain. Royal Navy. Fleet, First -- Sources.
Impressment.
Sailors -- Great Britain -- Diaries.
Sailors -- United States -- Diaries.
Voyages and travels.
SUBJECT Melanesia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79150421 -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024 -- 1788-1851 -- Sources
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Naval operations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140167
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Personal narratives. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100053
Genre/Form Biographies.
Author Dann, John C.
William L. Clements Library.
LC no. 88009623
ISBN 1555842232