Title: Chronometer Jack
First published: 2008
Description: "From a chance acquisition of a battered leather notebook, an extensive and extremely well-written narrative was revealed which recounted the life of a midshipman in the East India Company, through to the time when he owned his own vessels and settled in Tasmania."--Back cover.
Subjects: Biography, Coastal surveillance, Commerce, History, History, Naval, Naval History, Penal colonies, Ship captains, Great britain, commerce, Great britain, history, naval, Scotland, biography, Social life and customs
Places: Australia, Edinburgh, Great Britain, Scotland, Tasmania
People: John Miller (1802-1883)
Time periods: 19th century
LC classification: VK140.M535 A3 2008