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Joseph Conrad – The Voyages of the Otago

Posted on February 9, 2026 by ianburnet

The Otago was a three-masted iron barque of 993 tons built in Glasgow in 1869 by Alexander Stephens and Sons for the Albion Shipping Company. Captain Angus Cameron sailed her to Port Chalmers, Otago, New Zealand, in 1871. This was … Continue reading →

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Joseph Conrad, a voyage to Mauritius

Posted on May 5, 2022 by ianburnet

In 1888 the barque Otago was commissioned to sail to Mauritius with general cargo and return with a cargo of sugar. As captain of the Otago, Joseph Conrad sought the permission of the owners to take the more difficult, but … Continue reading →

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