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[Falcon (Bark) of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by A.O. Herendeen, then P.B. Handy, then James A. Crowell, keeper P.B. Handy, then John B. Nye, on voyage 26 October 1875 - 20 April 1879],

Item Details

Creator: Falcon (Bark : 1817-1895), Handy, P. B.--(Pliny B.),--1840-, Nye, John B
Subjects: --Abraham Barker (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, --Drinking of alcoholic beverages, Alejandro Selkirk Island (Juan Fern�ndez Islands)--Description and travel, Atlantic Ocean--Description and travel, Blue whale, Crowell, James A, Darwin Island (Galapagos Islands)--Description and travel, Desertion, Naval, Diseases, Drowning--Resuscitation, Falkland Islands--Description and travel, Globicephala, Hercules (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Herendeen, Alonzo O, Horn, Cape (Chile)--Description and travel, Isla de los Estados (Argentina)--Description and travel, Jason Archipelago (Falkland Islands)--Description and travel, John and Winthrop (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, John Carver (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, John P. West (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Knife fighting, Laetitia (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Maggie Hill (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Mars (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Mary and Susan (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Medicine, Naval, Mental Illness, Midas (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Milton (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Morning Star (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Murder, Napoleon (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Nautilus (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Ocean (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Pacific Ocean--Description and travel, Seafaring life, Smallpox, Sperm whale, Talcahuano (Chile)--Description and travel, Thomas Knowles & Co. (New Bedford, Mass.), Tumbes (Peru)--Description and travel, Virginia Marks (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Whale oil, Whalebone, Whalers (Persons)--Death, Whalers (Persons)--Wounds and injuries, Whaling masters, Whaling ships--Equipment and suppiles, Whaling ships--Maintenance and repair, Whaling--Massachusetts--New Bedford, Wounds and injuries
Collections: Whaling Collections
Contributor: New Bedford Whaling Museum
Language: English
Referring Collections: newbedfordwhalingmuseumlogbooksandjournals, americana

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