Whaling logbooks, and other documents, copied in New England (USA) repositories
- AU PMB MS 699
- Colección
- 1800 - 1868
Please refer to the full entry in PMB 200
For indexes see American Whalers and Traders in the Pacific, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1978 and Where the Whalers Went, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1984. Information is provided in the following format: Name of ship (in upper case); Name of Captain/Logkeeper; Date of voyage; Area or places visited. NEPTUNE (also Weasel); Hurlburt; 1800-01; Continued from reel PMB 698 HARRISON; Braley; 1854-57; Indian Ocean OHIO; Norton; 1851-53; Pacific PARACHUTE; Devol; 1845-49; Pacific POCAHONTAS; Manter; 1844-46; Pacific EUPHRATES; Post; 1842-46; Post/Upham; Pacific POTOSI; Baldwin; 1824-25; CHILE; Stanton; 1825; Pacific RED JACKET; ?; 1866-68; Indian Ocean CHINA; Potter; 1840-42; Pacific - Sailed to areas other than Pacific or Indian Ocean. Of special interest on this reel (EUPHRATES; 1842-46) Sketches; water colour; (POCAHONTAS; 1844-46) Extensive notes on places visited and their inhabitants; good description of shipboard life; (RED JACKET; 1866-68) Reminiscences of clipper voyage to Australia from London; wrecks in Port Phillip; dinners for Duke of Edinburgh
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