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AU PMB MS 426
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- 1881 - 1887 (Creation)
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1 reel; 35mm microfilm
106 page digital PDF
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Buffett was a Norfolk Islander employed on whaling voyages in the New Bedford bark CANTON from 1881 to 1885 and in the bark PETREL in 1887. Buffett signed on the CANTON at Norfolk Island and visited many islands in the Pacific.
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Robert Edward Buffett was a Norfolk Islander, who died on Norfolk Island in 1953 at the age of 90. The book in which the journal was kept was originally owned by a Portuguese or Brazilian seaman, Manuel Jose. Some pages in Portuguese are in his hand at the beginning of the book, which he presented to Buffett.
The journal gives an account of a whaling voyage in the New Bedford bark CANTON from 1881 to 1885 and in the bark PETREL in 1887. Buffett signed on the CANTON at Norfolk Island. The bark subsequently visited many islands in the Pacific.
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- English
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(c.1971) Mrs Mavis Davies, Norfolk Island
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Access this title at PMB Member Libraries or by contacting the Bureau directly: http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/pambu/accessing.php
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ISO 639-3: English: eng
Glottolog: English: stan1293
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ms426
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Language codes added and digital PDF uploaded by Kari james on 21 June 2026.
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