Log kept by John Platt on the merchant ship HUMPHRIES, 1788

Log kept by John Platt as chief mate on the merchant ship HUMPHRIES (1785), master Anthony Collins, between 22 January 1788 and 11 September 1788. It records a voyage from London to the Bay of Honduras, during which the ship anchored off the Belize River and received a cargo of mahogany and logwood brought from various parts of the coast. The last entry records the ship working homewards in the estuary of the River Thames.

Record details

Item reference: PLT/10
Catalogue section: Personal collections
Level: ITEM
Extent: 1 item
Date made: 1788-01-22 - 1788-09-11
Creator: Platt, John
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London