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[Java (Bark) of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Charles H.S. Kempton, keeper unknown on voyage 4 May 1867 - 12 January 1872],

Item Details

Creator: Java (Bark)
Subjects: Accidents, Alaska (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Alexandra (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Atlantic Ocean--Description and travel, Aurora (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Avola (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Buka Island (Papua New Guinea)--Description and travel, Charles Hitch & Son (New Bedford, Mass.), Charles Pendleton (Schooner)--Sightings and encounters, Drowning, Drowning victims, Duke of York Group (Papua New Guinea)--Description and travel, Finback whale, Flores Island (Azores)--Description and travel, Gazelle (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Globicephala, Good Hope, Cape of (South Africa : Cape)--Description and travel, Governor Carver (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Her Majesty (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Hermit Islands (Papua New Guinea)--Description and travel, Horn, Cape (Chile)--Description and travel, Indian Ocean--Description and travel, Japan, Sea of--Description and travel, Java Sea (Indonesia)--Description and travel, Kempton, Charles H. S, Killer whale, Lavinia (Schooner)--Sightings and encounters, Malay (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Marine accidents, Mauritius--Description and travel, Menshik (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Molucca Sea--Description and travel, Murder, Mutiny, New Ireland Island (Papua New Guinea)--Description and travel, Orlando (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Pacific Ocean--Description and travel, Papua New Guinea--Description and travel, Punishment, Seafaring life, Selina June (Brig)--Sightings and encounters, Sourabaya (Indonesia)--Description and travel, Sperm whale, Stafford (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Sunbeam (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Whalers (Persons)--Death, Whaling masters, Whaling--Massachusetts--New Bedford, What Cheer (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, William (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Xantho (Bark)--Sightings and encounters
Collections: Whaling Collections
Contributor: New Bedford Whaling Museum
Language: English
Referring Collections: newbedfordwhalingmuseumlogbooksandjournals, americana

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