Day 256. Flying fish and salt horse: a seafaring tale
12th April 1860:
Thursday 12th. Mrs King the Capt of the Kensington wife, safely delivered of a Son.
Wonder if his birth certificate will say Chincha Islands? What must it have been like to be pregnant at sea and then she’s been surrounded by guano for weeks. As the trip from England was likely to take 2 years there and back, this is the only way she can see her husband in that time.