Whaling logbooks, and other documents, copied in New England (USA) repositories
- AU PMB MS 779
- Collection
- 1805 - 1855
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. WEYMOUTH; 1828-31; Pacific MARIA; 1831-34; Pacific THAMES; 1805-08; Pacific INDIAN CHIEF; 1842-44; Pacific PERUVIAN; 1848-52; Pacific REINDEER; 1853-54; Pacific CAROLINE; 1846-49; Pacific UNIDENTIFIED; 1835-37; ? CHARLES DREW; 1836-38; Pacific NORMAN; 1851-55; Pacific Of special interest on this reel (INDIAN CHIEF; 1842-44) Sketches of islands; poems; (REINDEER; 1853-54) Difficulties of obtaining water at Juan Fernandez; notes on loading customs at Chincha; (THAMES; 1805-08) Notes on birds and fish.
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