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[Bowditch (Ship) of Warren, R.I., mastered by Nelson J. Waldron, kept by Samuel L. Wood on voyage from 18 Sept. 1849-23 Apr. 1852]

Item Details

Creator: Bowditch (Ship)
Subjects: Arctic Ocean--Description and travel, Atlantic Ocean--Description and travel, Bering Sea--Description and travel, Bora-Bora (French Polynesia)--Description and travel, Brava (Cape Verde)--Description and travel, Child, Shubel P., Finback whale, Globicephala, Gray whale, Hong Kong (China)--Description and travel, Honolulu (Hawaii)--Description and travel, Humpback whale, Kamchatka Peninsula (Russia)--Description and travel, Killer whale, Marine accidents, Maui (Hawaii)--Description and travel, North Pacific Ocean--Description and travel, Okhotsk, Sea of--Description and travel, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskii (Russia)--Description and travel, Punishment, Right Whales, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)--Description and travel, Seafaring life, Sealing--Rhode Island--Warren, Seals (Animals), Shipwrecks, Sperm whale, Voyages and travels, Waldron, Nelson J., Walrus, Whale oil, Whalers (Persons), Whalers (Persons)--Death, Whales, Whaling masters, WhalingRhode Island--Warren
Collections: Whaling Collections
Contributor: New Bedford Whaling Museum
Date: 1849
Language: eng
Referring Collections: newbedfordwhalingmuseumlogbooksandjournals, americana

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