Lewis Monto - Coastal views of
North and South Islands in
the Bonin group, c.1832.
Coastal views of
North and South Islands in
the Bonin group, c.1832.
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Annotations:
"Bonin Islands"
Top: "South Island Bearing South From North Island"
"There is two watering places here
one at the N and one at the S end of
this Island But no Anchorage"
"Latt 26:00 N Long 142:50 East"
Bottom: "South West point of North Island from the Harbour"
"Latt 26:40 N Long 142:50 East"
[showing: "Bluff Rock", "White Sand beach"]
NOTES:
Lewis Monto's sketches of North and South Islands in the Bonin group in 1831 was originally found in his manuscript journal of the 1828-1830 whaling cruise of the Nantucket whale ship, Plough Boy, Nathan Chase, commander. Monto was the ship's cooper on this voyage. The sketch however was made on the voyage of 1830-1834.
See
The Plough Boy in the Bonins page for an extracted section of Lewis Monto's journal with a number of additional photos.
The sketch is now in the collection of the Nantucket Historical Association on the island of Nantucket, Massachusetts.
Last updated by Tom Tyler, Denver, CO, USA, Dec 3 2021.
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