Lewis Monto - Coastal views of Diego Ramirez (Cape Horn),
Martin Vass,
& Ferdinand Noronha, c.1833-34.
Coastal views of
Diego Ramirez (Cape Horn), Martin Vass, & Ferdinand Noronha, c.1833-34.
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Annotations:
Top: "Island Diego Ramirez Cape Horn"
"Bearing WNW per Compas distance 42 miles"
"Longitude by Chro 68:20 W Latt by Obs 56:58 S"
Middle: "Martin Vass"
"West 15 miles"
Bottom: "Ferdinand Noronha"
"East 25 miles"
NOTES:
Lewis Monto's sketches of Diego Ramirez (Cape Horn), Martin Vass, & Ferdinand Noronha in 1833-34 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 cooper on the two voyage of the Plough Boy in 1828-1830; in 1830-1834 he sailed as third mate and returned as second mate.
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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