Robert Louis Stevenson and wife Fanny Van de Grift Stevenson take their second South Seas voyage with Robert's step-son, Lloyd Osbourne. Robert Stevenson wrote about the journey in his book, In the South Seas, publish in 1896. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Place |
|---|---|---|
| 1888/00/00 | Built in San Francisco as a copra trader, The EQUATOR is launched in Benicia, California. Listed in the NRHP, two-masted pygmy trading schooner was dismantled in 2023. | |
| 1889/06/24 | RLS and family depart Honolulu on the chartered schooner EQUATOR for an excursion to the South Pacific. As King Kalakaua waves farewell, his musicians serenade the departing voyagers. Listed in the NRHP, two-masted trading schooner was dismantled in 2023. | |
| 1889/09/00 | Stevenson family and the EQUATOR visits Butaritari. | Butaritari, Gilbert Islands |
| 1889/09/00 | The EQUATOR sails through the area near Winslow Reef. | Phoenix Islands Protected Area, Phoenix Islands |
| 1889/10/00 | The Stevenson family spend two months on Abemama Atoll. | Abemama, Gilbert Islands |
| 1889/10/00 | The EQUATOR takes the Stevenson party to the coral atoll of Abaiang. | Apaiang, Gilbert Islands |
| 1889/12/07 | The Equator arrives at Apia on the island of Upolo, Samoa. RLS and family stay with an American trader, H J Moors, Beach Road, Apia. | Apia, Samoa |
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