Whaling logbooks, and other documents, copied in New England (USA) repositories
- AU PMB MS 217
- Collection
- 1804 - 1865
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.<BR>Information is provided in the following format: Name of ship (in upper case); Name of Captain/Logkeeper; Date of voyage; Area or places visited.<BR>DARING; ?Henry; 1864-65; Continued from reel PMB 216<BR>DERBY; Hood; 1804-6; China<BR>ELIZA; Richardson; 1805-6; Norfolk Island, East Indies, China<BR>EDWARDS; Whittredge; 1824-5; (not copied)<BR>HENRY BRIGHAM; ?Potter; 1862-63; California, China<BR>GENERAL CUSHING; Dow; 1858; New South Wales, California<BR>Lanisford, D.W., Information relating to trade between Java and China; prices at Manila and China markets; tariff duties at Batavia, etc., 1814-23<BR>ELIZABETH; Saunders; 1836-40; Tonga, Samoa, Tahiti<BR>ELIZABETH; Saunders; 1836-40; Whaling Cruise<BR>ELIZABETH; ?Hall; 1845; Panama<BR>ELIZABETH; Hall; 1847-; Pacific Ocean<BR>MAJESTIC; ?; 1849-; Pacific Ocean<BR>NATCHEZ; ?; 1851; Pacific Arctic<BR>ELIZABETH; Baker; 1847-51; Ellice Islands, New Hebrides, New Zealand, Marshalls<BR>ROME; ?Currin; 1847-50; Manila, Indian Ocean<BR>Of special interest on this reel (ELIZABETH; 1836-40) Plans of harbours; port regulations; customs of islanders and influence of missionaries on their conduct.
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