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Logbook of the South America (Bark) of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Washington T. Walker, relief master, John L. Gifford, kept by Benjamin Franklin Gallup, on voyage 3 October 1855 - 5 May 1859

Item Details

Creator: South America (Bark), Walker, Washington T., Gallup, Benjamin Franklin, Gifford, John L.
Subjects: --Tahmaroo (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, (Washington Teel),--1814-, Accidents, Aitutake Atoll (Cook Islands), Albatrosses--Sightings and encounters, Block Island (R.I. : Island), Brownell, W. O, Cook Islands, Cuttyhunk Island (Mass.), Death, Dolphins, Fernando de Noronha (Brazil), George and Susan (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Gifford, John L, Honolulu (Hawaii)--Description and travel, Horn, Cape (Chile), Illustrations, Josephine (Ship : 1824-1852)--Sightings and encounters, Maintenance and repair, Mangaia (Cook Islands), Massachusetts, Montauk Point (N.Y.), New Bedford, Quillota (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Rarotonga (Cook Islands), Right Whales, Rio de la Plata (Argentina and Uruguay), Sperm whale, Trinidad, Walker, Washington T., Whalers (Persons), Whaling, Whaling ships, Wild boar
Collections: Whaling Collections
Contributor: New Bedford Whaling Museum
Language: English
Referring Collections: newbedfordwhalingmuseumlogbooksandjournals, regionaldigitizationmass, americana

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