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Whaling logbooks, and other documents, copied in New England (USA) repositories
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Whaling logbooks, and other documents, copied in New England (USA) repositories

  • AU PMB MS 218
  • Collection
  • 1819 - 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.<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>FRANKLIN ADAMS; ?; 1850-64; Society Islands, Fiji, Rotuma<BR>WITCHCRAFT; ?; 1853; Pacific Ocean<BR>FRANKLIN; Rose; n.d.; (not copied)<BR>GAMBIA; ?Hartwell; 1844; New Zealand, Fiji, Manila<BR>GLIDE; Endicott; 1829-32; New Zealand, Tonga, Fiji, Manila<BR>GLIDE; Endicott; 1829-32; as above<BR>HAMILTON; ?Martin; 1819-23; Hawaii, China<BR>HIBERNIA;Eldredge; 1844-46; New Zealand, Hawaii, Society Islands<BR>JOSEPH MAXWELL; ?Wady; 1852-55; Indian Ocean<BR>HERCULES; ?; 1835; China<BR>JOSEPH MAXWELL; Chase; 1863-; Arctic, Pacific<BR>JOSEPH MAXWELL; ?; 1867-8; Whaling Cruise<BR>Of special interest on this reel (GLIDE; 1829) Good description of adventures ashore after a wreck in Fiji.

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