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Journal of the Awashonks (Bark), Midas (Bark), and Morning Star (Bark) of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Ariel Norton, Charles Hamill, Thomas McKenzie and Edward A. King, kept by Charles West Shaw and Rufus John Shaw, on three voyages from 1870 October 19-1894 June 26

Item Details

Creator: Awashonks (Bark), Midas (Bark), Morning Star (Bark), Norton, Ariel, Hamill, Charles, McKenzie, Thomas, King, Edward A., Shaw, Charles West, Shaw, Rufus John
Subjects: --Fiji--Description and travel, --Petrel (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Accidents, Aconcuqud (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Arctic (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Arctic Ocean--Description and travel, Ascension--Description and travel, Atlantic Ocean--Description and travel, Basking shark, Blue whale, Bowhead whale, Brownell, William O, Canton (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Carlotta (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Champion (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Christmas cooking, Concordia (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Daniel Webster (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Desertion, Naval, Diamond Head (Hawaii)--Description and travel, Diomede Islands (Alaska and Russia)--Description and travel, Diseases, Dolphins, Drowning, Drowning victims, Drowning--Resuscitation, Emily Morgan (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Eugenia (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Europa (Ship : 1853-1872)--Sightings and encounters, Fanny (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Finback whale, Fogo (Cabo Verde)--Description and travel, Fox Islands (Alaska)--Description and travel, Gay Head (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Gazelle (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, George (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Globicephala, Glopicephala, Grampus (Mammals), Hamill, Charles, Hawaii Island (Hawaii)--Description and travel, Henry Taber (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Homesickness, Horn, Cape (Chile)--Description and travel, Humpback whale, Hurricanes--Sightings and encounters, Ice--Sightings and encounters, Indigenous peoples--Sightings and encounters, Isla de los Estados (Argentina)--Description and travel, J. & W.R. Wing & Co. (New Bedford, Mass.), James D. Thompson (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, John Wells (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Kathleen (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Killer whale, King, Edward A, Lagoda (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Lisburne, Cape (Alaska)--Description and travel, Marine accidents, Maui (Hawaii)--Description and travel, McKenzie, Thomas (Whaling master), Midas (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Minerva, 2nd (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Monticello (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Navarch (Steam bark)--Sightings and encounters, Norton, Ariel, Oahu (Hawaii)--Description and travel, Oliver Crocker (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Oriole (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Pacific Ocean--Description and travel, Porpoises, Porpoises Walrus, Progress (Bark)--Sightings and encounter, Progress (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Punishment, Reindeer (Ship : 1853-1871)--Sightings and encounters, Right Whales, Roman (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Rosa Baker (Brig)--Sightings and encounters, Rousseau (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Saint Helena--Description and travel, Saint Lawrence Island (Alaska)--Description and travel, Seafaring life, Shaw, Charles West, Shaw, Rufus John, Ships--Salvaging, Shipwrecks, Shipwrecks--Sightings and encounters, Sperm whale, Sunbeam (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Tierra del Fuego (Argentina and Chile)--Description and travel, Trinidad--Description and travel, Tristan da Cunha--Description and travel, Tuberculosis, Victoria (Brig)--Sightings and encounters, Whalers (Persons)--Death, Whalers (Persons)--Health and hygiene, Whalers (Persons)--Wounds and injuries, Whaling masters, Whaling ships--Equipment and supplies, Whaling ships--Maintenance and repair, Whaling--Massachusetts--New Bedford, William Rotch (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Wounds and injuries
Collections: Whaling Collections
Language: English
Referring Collections: newbedfordwhalingmuseumlogbooksandjournals, americana

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