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Logbook of the Roscoe (Bark : 1833-1859) of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Asa Gifford, 2nd, kept by Gilbert Cook, on voyage 12 July 1839 - 15 June 1840

Item Details

Creator: Roscoe (Bark : 1833-1859), Gifford, Asa 2nd, Cook, Gilbert
Subjects: Albacore, Alexander Coffin (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Andrews (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Ascension Island (Atlantic Ocean)--Description and travel, Banaba (Kiribati), Benjamin Rush (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Bourne, Jonathan,--1811-1889, Bowhead whale, Cabo Verde, Charles Phelps (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Coffin, Geo.--(George),--1843, Control, Eliza Adams (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Emerald (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Fanning (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Favorite (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Finback whale, Gifford, Asa, Harvest (Bark : 1824-1861)--Sightings and encounters, Hawes, J, Hurricanes, Joseph Butler (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Kuril Islands (Russia), Lagoda (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Lisburne, Cape (Alaska), Macauley Island (Kermadec Islands), Martha (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Massachusetts, Maui (Hawaii), New Bedford, Nikunau (Kiribati), Okhotsk, Sea of--Description and travel, Phenix (Ship : 1810-1861)--Sightings and encounters, Porpoises, Purrington, Isaiah, Raoul Island (Kermadec Islands), Rats, Right Whales, Round Island (Dillingham Census Area, Alaska), Salmon, Sea Shell (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Seals, Skipjacks, Sperm whale, Trinidad, Whaling
Collections: Whaling Collections
Contributor: New Bedford Whaling Museum
Language: English
Referring Collections: newbedfordwhalingmuseumlogbooksandjournals, regionaldigitizationmass, americana

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