Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pazera ramakore gumi namanomwe Rodgers akaitwa mukuru mukuru wechikepe chevatengesi "Harmony" naKaputeni Folger. Pakazosvika nguva Rodgers apedza makore ake mashanu ekudzidzira basa muna 1793, Folger akamukurudzira zvikuru kuti ave mutungamiriri wengarava yevatengesi yainzi "Jane" iyo yaishandiswa nguva dzose mukutengeserana kweEurope uye yaive nevatengesi vakakurumbira veBaltimore Samuel naJohn Smith. Rodgers akashanda somukuru wechikepe ichi pakati pemakore mana nemashanu, achifamba nechikepe kubva kuBaltimore achienda kuzviteshi zvakasiyana-siyana muEurope. Rwendo rwake rwokutanga rwakamuendesa kuchiteshi chengarava cheSpain cheCádiz mumwedzi yokutanga ya1793, achidzokera kumusha aine mutoro wemunyu. Rwendo rwaRodgers rwakatevera rwakamutumira kuHamburg, Germany, asi nemhaka yemamiriro ezvinhu akaoma muNorth Sea akamanikidzwa kumira muEngland munguva yechando uye haana kusvika kwaaienda kutozosvikira muchirimo chegore rakatevera. Muna September 1795 akaenda kuBaltimore achibva kuLiverpool, achisvika kumusha pashure pokufamba kwemwedzi mitatu. Zviitiko zvizhinji mukati mokutungamirira kwake "Jane" zvinogona kuzivikanwa kubva mumabhuku egungwa egungwa anofukidza nguva yaJuly-August 1796, nguva iyo France neEngland vakanga vachiri pa
hondo. Paiva pa"Jane" apo Rodgers akaziva unyanzvi hwokutungamirira ngarava, unyanzvi hwaakawana nyore nyore.