Whaling logbooks, and other documents, copied in New England (USA) repositories
- AU PMB MS 774
- Collectie
- 1790 - 1857
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); Date of voyage; Area or places visited.
PLEASE NOTE: PMB 768 to 783 - the names of the captains or logkeepers were not readily available for inclusion in these entries. Some of the names may be located in the indexes mentioned above.
PEACOCK USS, VINCENNES USS; 1838-42; Continued from reel PMB 773 HOPE; 1790-92; Pacific VANCOUVER; 1804-06; Pacific Taylor; Sketchbook, 1854-57 OTTER; 1809-11; Pacific
Of special interest on this reel (VANCOUVER; 1804-06) Early fur trading voyage; beauty of Hawaii; visit of royal family; (OTTER; 1809-11) Visited by king at Hawaii; difficulties of navigation; problems and dangers of trading with the Indians; note on Russian plans for extension of influence, 27 May 1810.
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