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Logbook of the Gay Head (Ship) of New Bedford, Mass., mastered and kept by Lewis H. Lawrence, on voyage from 1860 October 2-1865 April 12

Item Details

Creator: Gay Head (Ship), Gay Head (Ship), Lawrence, Lewis H.
Subjects: --Upolu (Samoa)--Description and travel, Apia (Samoa)--Description and travel, Arctic Archipelago (Nunavut and N.W.T.)--Description and travel, Arctic Ocean--Description and travel, Atlantic Ocean--Description and travel, Bowhead whale, Cape Verde--Description and travel, Desertions, Naval, Faial Island (Azores)--Description and travel, Finback whale, Globicephala, Gray whale, Hawaii--Description and travel, Humpback whale, J.B. Wood & Co. (New Bedford, Mass.), Lawrence, Lewis Henry, 1822 or 3-1901, Marine accidents, Medicine, Naval, Mutiny, Niuatoputapu Island (Tonga)--Description and travel, Punishment, Raoul Island (Kermadec Islands)--Description and travel, Right Whales, Saint Paul Island (Terres australes et antarctiques francaises)--Description and travel, Seafaring life, Seals (Animals), Ships--Equipment and supplies, South Pacific Ocean--Description and travel, Sperm whale, Sydney (N.S.W.)--Description and travel, Voyages and travels, Walrus, Whalers (Persons), Whales, Whaling masters, Whaling--Massachusetts--New Bedford, Women and the sea
Collections: Whaling Collections
Contributor: New Bedford Whaling Museum
Date: 1860
Language: English
Referring Collections: newbedfordwhalingmuseumlogbooksandjournals, americana

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