Glossary of terms and editorial notes on James Smeal's Morning Light diary and his account of the Eliza shipwreck.
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Madeira
A group of Portuguese islands in the north Atlantic; south-west of Portugal and west of Morocco.
27-10-1860: ‘At midday we fell in with a vessel bound for Fleetwood, so that now our 2 "kidnapped" as they have been styled are to be sent home by her. As we came near her, we found her to be the "Celeric" for Fleetwood from Madeira, a barque of about 900 tons register.’
A group of Portuguese islands in the north Atlantic; south-west of Portugal and west of Morocco.
27-10-1860: ‘At midday we fell in with a vessel bound for Fleetwood, so that now our 2 "kidnapped" as they have been styled are to be sent home by her. As we came near her, we found her to be the "Celeric" for Fleetwood from Madeira, a barque of about 900 tons register.’
