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Logbook of the Cortes (Ship) of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by John W. Hammond, kept by Abner Durfee or Charles S. Howes, on voyage from 1842 June 30-1846 July 21

Item Details

Creator: Cortes (Ship), Hammond, John W., Durfee, Abner, Howes, Charles S.
Subjects: Autumn (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Bay of Islands (N.Z.)--Description and travel, Bonin Islands (Japan)--Description and travel, Finback whale, Galapagos Islands--Description and travel, Globicephala, Hammond, John W.--(Whaling master), Howland, George,--1781-1852, Humpback whale, Indigenous peoples, Maui (Hawaii)--Description and travel, Murder, Naval deserters, Paita (Peru)--Description and travel, Poetry, Pohnpei Island (Micronesia)--Description and travel, Punishment, Raoul Island (Kermadec Islands)--Description and travel, Rarotonga (Cook Islands)--Description and travel, Right Whales, Rotuma Island (Fiji)--Description and travel, Samoa--Description and travel, Sea shanties, Seafaring life, Sperm whale, Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island)--Description and travel, Trials (Murder), Wallis Island (Wallis and Futuna)--Description and travel, Whale oil, Whalebone, Whalers (Persons)--Death, 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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