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[Chart of Voyage to West Indies 1821 / Brig Aeolus]

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n.p. / 1821

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12.7 x 15.5 inches (Whole sheet)

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Pen & Ink

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Stock# 74708

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The Brig Aeolus in 1821

Fascinating hand drawn sketch chart showing the course of a sailing vessel (the Brig Aeolus) in 1821, covering the an area between Halifax, Nova Scotia and the Eastern Caribbean.

The route travelled by the Aeolus seems to have travelled south from Nova Scotia toward Bermuda and then to the Virgin Islands. Several routes seem to be shown, including one originating in New York Harbor, bound for Bermuda, with a total of 3 tracks headed south to the Virgin Islands, each apparently represented by a vignette of a sailing ship headed south.

A single track is shown heading west toward Jamaica, then around the west coast of Cuba, before turning north along the coast of Florida and following the Gulf Stream up the East coast toward Nova Scotia.

Includes sketches showing the direction of the vessel in at least 6 places. More than 30 place names given.

The primary purpose of the chart seems to be to record the tracks of the Brig on its journey. The chart includes a date in the New York City area on March 18, 1821, a note "19th May, 1821 for Jamaica" and August 2, 1821 "for Halifax".

A note appears north of Bermuda noting "Bg. lying too under two half topsails."

The chart starts in the north with Cape Sable Nova Scotia, Grand Manan and Machias Maine and includes both the course of the voyage and the coast of North America to Charleston, Cape Canaveral and the passage between south Florida and the Bahamas and then south to Jamaica.

The chart seems to show several different trips, including one between Nova Scotia and the islands around St. Thomas, St. Croix and St. Barths, with a reference to the Sombrero Passage.

On the verso is a docket note Chart of Voyage to W. Indies 1821.

The Brig Aeolus

The Brig Aeolus seems to have been captured several times during the War of 1812 by American vessels (US Privateer Alexander, Apirl 4, 1813, US Privateer Whig, July 23,1814 and US Privateer Pike, July 1814).