Collection MS 769 - Whaling logbooks, and other documents, copied in New England (USA) repositories

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AU PMB MS 769

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

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  • 1798 - 1843 (Creation)

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1 reel; 35mm microfilm

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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. ANN AND HOPE; 1799-1800; Pacific ANN AND HOPE; 1800; Indian Ocean ANN AND HOPE; 1798-1799; Pacific ANN AND HOPE; 1799-1800; Pacific ENVOY; 1833-37; Pacific ENVOY; 1842-43; Pacific GENERAL CARRINGTON; 1823-24; Pacific PROVIDENCE; 1824; Pacific REBECCA; 1806-1807; Indian Ocean PANTHER; 1819-1822; Indian Ocean PANTHER; 1828-1830; Pacific OSPRAY (extracts); 1818, 1821; Pacific SUPERIOR; 1824-27; Pacific Of special interest on this reel (ANN AND HOPE; 1798-1800) Notes on Australian aboriginal weapons, language, customs; Benelong; Bass and Flinders' whaleboat expedition; skirmish with French privateer at Tinian; lists of European merchants and American ships at Canton.

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Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence, Rhode Island 02912

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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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ms769

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