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[Adeline Gibbs (Bark) of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Jacob L. Cleaveland and then Frederick J. Forman, keeper unknown, on voyage 1 September 1870 - 26 September 1870; 19 October 1870 - 21 May 1875],

Item Details

Creator: Adeline Gibbs (Bark)
Subjects: --Louisa (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, A.R. Tucker (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Atafu (Tokelau)--Description and travel, Atlantic Ocean--Description and travel, Bartholomew Gosnold (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Benjamin Cummings (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Bourne, Jonathan,--1811-1889, Brava (Cabo Verde)--Description and travel, Cleveland, Jacob L.--(Jacob Luce),--1821-1870--Death and burial, Desdemona (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Desertion, Naval, Diseases, Finback whale, Forman, Frederick, Gardner Pinnacles (Hawaii)--Description and travel, Globicephala, Greyhound (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Humpback wale, Indian Ocean--Description and travel, Indigenous peoples, Maluku (Indonesia)--Description and travel, Mattapoisett (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Mindanao Island (Philippines)--Description and travel, New Caledonia--Description and travel, New Ireland Island (Papua New Guinea)--Description and travel, Orlando (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Pacific Ocean--Description and travel, Penguin Island (W.A.)--Description and travel, Port Louis (Mauritius)--Description and travel, Right Whales, Saint Helena--Description and travel, Seafaring life, Shipwrecks, Solomon Islands--Description and travel, Sperm whale, Stafford (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Stowaways, Sunbeam (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Ternate (Indonesia)--Description and travel, Typhoid fever, Whale oil, Whalebone, Whalers (Persons)--Death, Whaling masters--Death, Whaling ships--Equipment and supplies, Whaling ships--Maintenance and repair, Whaling--Massachusetts--New Bedford, Wind damage, Windstorms, Women and the sea, Woodlark Island (Papua New Guinea)--Description and travel
Collections: Whaling Collections
Contributor: New Bedford Whaling Museum
Language: english
Referring Collections: newbedfordwhalingmuseumlogbooksandjournals, americana

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