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Journal of the Moctezuma (Ship), of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by William F. Tower, kept by Mrs. W.F. Tower Betsy Ann Palmer, on voyage from 1847 August 16-1851 March 25

Item Details

Creator: Moctezuma (Ship), Tower, William F., Tower, Mrs. W.F., Palmer, Betsy Ann
Subjects: Accidents, Aitutaki Atoll (Cook Islands)--Description and travel, Atlantic Ocean--Description and travel, Brava (Cabo Verde)--Description and travel, Cachelot (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Champion (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Children and the sea, Citizen (Ship : 1844-1861)--Sightings and encounters, Constitution (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Diseases, Dromo (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Faial Island (Azores)--Description and travel, Falkland Islands--Description and travel, Fenelon (Brig)--Sightings and encounters, Ferns, Finback whale, Flores Island (Azores)--Description and travel, Florida (Ship 1821-1871)--Sightings and encounters, Fogo (Cabo Verde)--Description and travel, Globicephala, Governor Troup (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Honolulu (Hawaii)--Description and travel, Humpback whale, Huntress (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Indian Ocean--Description and travel, Indigenous peoples, John A. Robb (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Juan Fernandez Islands--Description and travel, Killer whale, Lebaron (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Malta (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Marine accidents, Maui (Hawaii)--Description and travel, Midas (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Morea (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Nassau (Ship : 1824-1865)--Sightings and encounters, Niue--Description and travel, Oahu (Hawaii)--Description and travel, Okhotsk, Sea of--Description and travel, Ontario (Ship : 1820-1853)--Sightings and encounters, Pacific Ocean--Description and travel, Poetry, Portsmouth (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Punishment, Rescues, Richmond (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Right Whales, Sakhalin, Gulf of (Russia)--Description and travel, Sao Jorge (Azores)--Description and travel, Sao Tiago Island (Cabo Verde)--Description and travel, Seafaring life, Ships--Fires and fire prevention, Sperm whale, Tiger (Ship : 1845-1858)--Sightings and encounters, Tower, William F, Uncas (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Vancouver (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, West & Paine (New Bedford, Mass.), Whalers (Persons), Whalers' spouses, Whaling masters, Whaling--Massachusetts--New Bedford, Women and the sea
Collections: Whaling Collections
Contributor: New Bedford Whaling Museum
Language: English
Referring Collections: newbedfordwhalingmuseumlogbooksandjournals, regionaldigitizationmass, americana

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