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. ELIZABETH; Gifford; 1844-46; Pacific MOUNT WOLLASTON; Barker; 1877; Pacific LE0; Barker; 1878/1878-79/1979; Pacific MARY AND HELEN II; Barker; 1884-85; Pacific CORAL; Barker; 1880; Pacific PROGRESS; Barker; 1880-81; Pacific
Walter Edward Gudgeon (1842-1920) succeeded F.J. Moss as British Resident in the Cook Islands in September 1898. On the annexation of those islands by New Zealand in 1901, he became the first Resident Commissioner. He held this post until 1909. The papers are entitled:
The Activities of Walter Moss in the Pacific or the Eccentricities of a British Resident, (43 pp. typescript)
Cook Islands Maori Genealogical Tables (15pp. Mss and typescript)
The Kingdom in the Pacific (20 pp. typescript)
Letter to Lord Ranfurly of September 20, 1898 (3 pp. Mss)
The L.M.S. in the South Seas (6 pp. typescript)
The London Mission: Its Policy and Peculiarities (14 pp. typescript)
The London Mission Society in the Cook and Northern Islands (21 pp. typescript)
Message to the Cook Islands Parliament dated September 26, 1898 (3 pp. Mss).
Gold, a trader on Mangaia in the Cook Islands, was a frequent contributor to the <I>Pacific Islands Monthly</I> in the 1940s and 1950s. He also contributed several articles to the <I>Journal of the Polynesian Society</I>during this period.
The novel, in a barely disguised way, relates some of the author's experiences in the Cook Islands.
Please refer to the full entry in PMB 200. See also PMB 901
See indexes American Whalers and Traders in the Pacific, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1978 and Where the Whalers Went, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1984. The information sheets appear in alphabetical order by ship. On this reel: Ships Uncas - Zone Includes unidentified vessels
Please refer to the full entry in PMB 200. See also PMB 901
See indexes American Whalers and Traders in the Pacific, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1978 and Where the Whalers Went, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1984. The information sheets appear in alphabetical order by ship. On this reel: Ships Raduga - Tybee
Please refer to the full entry in PMB 200. See also PMB 901
See indexes American Whalers and Traders in the Pacific, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1978 and Where the Whalers Went, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1984. The information sheets appear in aphabetical order by ship. On this reel: Ships Nantucket - Prudent
Please refer to the full entry in PMB 200. See also PMB 901
See indexes American Whalers and Traders in the Pacific, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1978 and Where the Whalers Went, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1984. The information sheets appear in alphabetical order by ship. On this reel: Ships Lady Adams - Mount Wollaston
Please refer to the full entry in PMB 200. See also PMB 901
See indexes American Whalers and Traders in the Pacific, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1978 and Where the Whalers Went, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1984. The information sheets appear in alphabetical order by ship. On this reel: Ships Hamilton - Kutusoff
Please refer to the full entry in PMB 200. See also PMB 901
See indexes American Whalers and Traders in the Pacific, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1978 and Where the Whalers Went, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1984. The information sheets appear in alphabetical order by ship. On this reel: Ships Eagle - Gypsy
Please refer to the full entry in PMB 200.<BR>See also PMB 901
See indexes American Whalers and Traders in the Pacific, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1978 and Where the Whalers Went, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1984. The information sheets appear in alphabetical order by ship. On this reel: Ships C... - Dunbarton
