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Logbook of the James D. Thompson (Bark) of New Bedford, Mass., mastered and kept by William B. Waterman, on voyage from 1855 September 18-1858 April 3

Item Details

Creator: James D. Thompson (Bark), James D. Thompson (Bark), Waterman, William B.
Subjects: --John Land (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, --William Thompson (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Accidents, Agate (Brig)--Sightings and encounters, Alaska Natives, Albion (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Amethyst (Ship : 1823-1860)--Sightings and encounters, Anadyr, Gulf of (Russia)--Description and travel, Arctic Ocean--Description and travel, Atlantic Ocean--Description and travel, Barter, Bering Sea--Description and travel, Blue whale, Bowhead whale, Braganza (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Callao (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Cocos Island--Description and travel, Columbus (Bark : 1851-1858)--Sightings and encounters, Corinthian (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Diomede Islands (Alaska and Russia)--Description and travel, Diseases, Finback whale, Galapagos Islands--Description and travel, Globicephala, Grampus (Mammals), Gray whale, Hilo (Hawaii)--Description and travel, Horn, Cape (Chile)--Description and travel, Humpback whale, Ice, Indigenous peoples, Joshua Bragdon (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Killer whale, Kutusoff (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Le Maire Strait (Argentina)--Description and travel, Marine accidents, Mary Ann (Ship : 1838-1864)--Sightings and encounters, Matilda Sears (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Mocha Island (Chile)--Description and travel, Morning Light (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Motion sickness, Newburyport (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Oahu (Hawaii)--Description and travel, Okhotsk, Sea of--Description and travel, Pacific Ocean--Description and travel, Pernambuco (Brazil)--Description and travel, Porpoises, Reindeer (Ship : 1853-1871)--Sightings and encounters, Religion, Right Whales, Sabbath, Saint Lwarence Island (Alaska)--Description and travel, Sanders, Isaac--Death and burial, Seafaring life, Seals (Animals), Shepherdess (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Smallpox, Snow, Solon (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Sperm whale, Stanley (Falkland Islands)--Description and travel, Tamerlane (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Thompson, James D, Thompson, James Davis, 1807-1880, Tobacco use, Triton (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Tumbes (Peru)--Description and travel, Victoria (Brig)--Sightings and encounters, Voyages and travels, Walrus, Waterman, WIlliam B., Whale oil, Whalers (Persons), Whalers (Persons)--Death, Whalers (Persons)--Health and hygiene, Whalers (Persons)--Religious life, Whales, Whaling masters, Whaling ships, Whaling ships--Equipment and supplies, Whaling--Massachusetts--New Bedford, William C. Nye (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
Collections: Whaling Collections
Contributor: New Bedford Whaling Museum
Date: 1855
Language: English
Referring Collections: newbedfordwhalingmuseumlogbooksandjournals, americana

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