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Logbook of the Frolic (Bark) of London, mastered by Benjamin Disney, keeper unknown, on voyage 5 May 1840 - 15 August 1843

Item Details

Creator: Frolic (Bark), Disney, Benjamin
Subjects: --Norfolk Island--Description and travel, --Tonga--Description and travel, Abigail (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Adams, James, Agee, William, Allen, Hiram, Baker, James, Balina (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Baron, Thomas, Bassett, William, Bobby, Robert, Brava (Cabo Verde)--Description and travel, Britainart (Brig)--Sightings and encounters, Canton, John, Clark, George, Clark, John, Currie, Samuel, Dapoint, Francis, Death, Diseases, Disney, Benjamin, Drew, George, Equipment and supplies, Evans, William, Farmer's Island (Australia)--Description and travel, Favorite (Sloop)--Sightings and encounters, Fawn (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Ferguson, John, Finback whale, Fonualie Island (Tonga)--Description and travel, Fort Denison (Sydney, N.S.W.)--Description and travel, Frase, Pegter, Funeral rites and ceremonies, General Jackson (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Goat Island (N.S.W.)--Description and travel, Grasshopper (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Grau, Joseph, Gravesend (Kent, England)--Description and travel, Griffiths, George, Guam, George, Henrietta (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Hill, Henry, Humpback whale, Hynson, James, Insubordination, Islands, Bay of (N.Z.)--Description and travel, James Ray (Brig)--Sightings and encounters, James Steward (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Jane Clira (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Jones, Antonio, Josey, Francis, Jury, Francis, Knight, James, Knowles, John, Lindsay (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Loam, William, Loyd, John, Macauley Island (Kermadec Islands), Madeira (Madeira Islands)--Description and travel, Maintenance and repair, Manawatawhi/Three Kings Island (N.Z.)--Description and travel, Marine protests, Marshall, George, Matilda (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Matthews, Kenny, Matthews, William, McIntock, David, Miller, John, Naju, Henry, Narwhal (Steam bark)--Sightings and encounters, Nelson, John, Niue--Description and travel--Description and travel, Noble, William, North Cape (N.Z.)--Description and travel, Nukunonu (Tokelau)--Description and travel, Paruham, John, Pastell, William, Paul, John, Pennywell, William, Pitman, Thomas, Porpoises, Port Jackson (N.S.W.)--Description and travel, Prior, William, Punga Punga (Tanzania)--Description and travel, Pylstart Island (Tonga)--Description and travel, Raoul Island (Kermadec Islands)--Description and travel, Read, Joseph, Reaper (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Rice, George, Rivers, Joseph, Rotuma Island (Fiji)--Description and travel, Round Island (Seychelles)--Description and travel, Rowlands, Isaac, Russell (N.Z.)--Description and travel, Ryan, William, Sagan, William, Saint Paul Island (Terres australes et antarctiques francaises)--Description and travel, Santo Antonio (Sao Miguel, Azores)--Description and travel, Shaw, Archibald, Sperm whale, Sterling, James, Stevens, Frederick, Stowaways, Sutton, Francis, Tasmania--Description and travel, Tenison, Edward, Terry, Henry, Thomas, James, Thompson, Francis, Thompson, Frederick, Thompson, John, Thunderstorms--Sightings and encounters, Trinidad--Description and travel, Trismus, Vava?u Island (Tonga)--Description and travel, Watson, Ferdinand, Whalers (Persons), Whaling ships, Williams, William, Wilson, Benjamin, Wine, George, Wriles, John
Collections: Whaling Collections
Contributor: New Bedford Whaling Museum
Language: English
Referring Collections: newbedfordwhalingmuseumlogbooksandjournals, regionaldigitizationmass, americana

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