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[Atkins Adams (Bark) of Fairhaven, Mass., mastered by William Wilson and then Jerome P. Tripp, keepers Jerome P. Tripp, Walter S. Church, James Folger, William Wilson, and James F. Taylor on voyage 8 October 1858 - 16 June 1863],

Item Details

Creator: Atkins Adams (Bark), Wilson, William--(Whaling master), Tripp, Jerome P, Church, Walter S.--(Logkeeper), Folger, James, Taylor, James F
Subjects: Accidents, Atlantic Ocean--Description and travel, Auckland (N.Z.)--Description and travel, Barney, Josiah--Death and burial, Billfishes, Blackler, William Greenleaf,--1803-1880, Blue whale, Brava (Cabo Verde)--Description and travel, Desertion, Naval, Diseases, Drowning--Resuscitation, Earthquakes, Finback whale, Galapagos Islands--Description and travel, Globicephala, Grampus (Mammals), Hand-to-hand fighting, Horn, Cape (Chile)--Description and travel, Humpback whale, Insubordination, Isabela Island (Galapagos Islands)--Description and travel, Islands, Bay of (N.Z.)--Description and travel, Juan Fern�ndez Islands--Description and travel, Knife fighting, Maria (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Marine accidents, Marquesa, Jose--Death and burial, Medicine, Naval, Mutiny, Myocardial infarction, Pacific Ocean--Description and travel, Paita (Peru)--Description and travel, Porpoises, Praia (Cabo Verde)--Description and travel, Punishment, Rescues, Seafaring life, Sperm whale, Talcahuano (Chile)--Description and travel, Tasman Sea--Description and travel, Tuberculosis, Tumbes (Peru)--Description and travel, Valdivia (Chile)--Description and travel, Valpara�so (Chile)--Description and travel, Waterspouts, Whalers (Persons)--Death, Whalers (Persons)--Wounds and injuries, Whalers' spouses, Whaling masters, Whaling ships--Equipment and supplies, Whaling ships--Maintenance and repair, Whaling--Massachusetts--Fairhaven, Women and the sea, Wounds and injuries
Collections: Whaling Collections
Contributor: New Bedford Whaling Museum
Language: English
Referring Collections: newbedfordwhalingmuseumlogbooksandjournals, americana

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