Moses Thurston Bean
Moses Thurston Bean was a captain of sailing ships, including the Brig Orchilla, also listed as Ochilla.
The Brig Orchilla, from Charleston, South Carolina, arrived September 9, 1850 in San Francisco, California. Passengers included his wife, Elizabeth C. Webb (married in 1847), pregnant with their first child, Charles T. Bean, born July 6, 1850, in Talcahuano, Chile.
"The trip from South Carolina to San Francisco, California was 205 days, the cargo was 170,000 feet of lumber. The other passengers were Miss V. Mercer, Z. Wason, J.D. Walker."
This information provided by Knapp nee Dorsey/Chave/Bean is from their family bible and other sources, including San Francisco Ship Passenger Lists by Louis J. Rasmussen, and the Daily Alta California, Shipping Intelligence, Port of San Francisco, September 9, 1850.
Memoranda - Barque Isabel and Brig Achilles, the latter from South Carolina, sailed from Talcahuana for his port in coampany with the Selina; barque Ralph Cross and schooner Naomi to follow."
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Breverton's Nautical Curiosities: A Book of the Sea
Breverton's Nautical Curiosities" is about ships, people and the sea. However, unlike many other nautical compendiums, the focus of this book is on the unusual, the overlooked or the downright extraordinary.
Thus, someone most of us do not know, Admiral William Brown, is given equal coverage to Admiral Nelson. Without Admiral Brown releasing Garibaldi, modern Italy might not exist. And without the barely known genius John Ericsson designing the "Monitor," the Confederacy might have won the American Civil War.
You will be stimulated as you read about the remarkable people - explorers, admirals and trawlermen - who have shaped our world. The sea has had a remarkable effect upon our language. We hear the terms "steer clear of," "hit the deck," "don't rock the boat," "to harbour a grudge: and the like, and give little thought to their origins. In the pages of this book, the reader will find the roots of "bumpkin," a "brace of shakes," "born with a silver spoon," "booby prize," "above board," "bombed" (in the sense of being drunk), "blind-side," "the pot calling the kettle black," "wasteres," "barbecue" . . . Other colourful terms, which have passed out of common usage, such as "bring one's arse to anchor" (sit down), "belly timber" (food) and "bog orange" (potato) are also included, as well as important pirate haunts, technical terms, famous battles, maritime inventors and ship speed records.
Before the Wind
A Mayfair Game for Shrewd Merchants by Torsten Landsvogt
A fleet of commerce ships lies aside the quays, waiting to be loaded with valuable goods. An assortment of goods will fill the captain's bill, as his crew readies the ship for the sea. You are a prominent merchant trying to fill your warehouse with the goods these captains need to fill their holds. A ship's captain will only accept goods from one merchant, so quickly collecting the right combination of goods is the key to victory. Fill your warehouse with care and spend your guilders with prudence Tary not, and let not a moment pass before you load your goods, for the fleet will leave the harbor with the whim of the winds If you wait too long, your precious goods may spoil before you fill a captain's hold. Can you keep your merchant empire running Before the Wind? Or will the winds of Fortune blow ill upon you?
