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[Empress (Brig) of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Joseph Bates Jr., keeper Joseph Bates Jr., on voyage 9 August 1827 - 16 June 1828],

Item Details

Creator: Empress (Brig), Bates, Joseph,--1792-1872
Subjects: --International trade, --Merchant mariners--Death, --Merchant ships--Massachusetts--New Bedford, --Ship captains, Accidents, Atlantic Ocean--Description and travel, Bahia (Brazil : State)--Commerce, Bahia (Brazil : State)--Description and travel, Collisions at sea, Conversion, Dartmoor Prison., Flour industry, Hides and skins industry, Imprisonment, Indigenous peoples, Marine accidents, Medicine, Naval, Merchant mariners--Religious life, New Bedford (Mass.)--Commerce, New York (N.Y.)--Commerce, New York (N.Y.)--Description and travel, Paraiba (Paraiba, Brazil)--Commerce, Paraiba (Paraiba, Brazil)--Description and travel, Piracy, Prayers, Prisons--England, Privateering--Argentina, Privateering--Brazil, Punishment, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) -- Commerce, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)--Description and travel, Rio Grande (Brazil)--Commerce, Rio Grande (Brazil)--Description and travel, Sails--Maintenance and repair, Salvador (Brazil)--Commerce, Salvador (Brazil)--Description and travel, Santa Catarina (Brazil : State)--Commerce, Santa Catarina (Brazil : State)--Description and travel, Seafaring life, Seventh-Day Adventist, Ship captains--Religious life, Shipping--Brazil--Bahia, Shipping--Brazil--Paraiba, Shipping--Brazil--Rio de Janeiro, Shipping--Brazil--Rio Grande, Shipping--Brazil--Salvador., Shipping--Brazil--Santa Catarina, Shipping--Massachusetts--New Bedford, Shipping--New York (State)--New York., Shipwrecks, Stubbs, James, Whale oil
Collections: Whaling Collections
Contributor: New Bedford Whaling Museum
Language: English
Referring Collections: newbedfordwhalingmuseumlogbooksandjournals, americana

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