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[Sappho (Bark) of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by James T. Handy, keeper unknown, on voyage 1 October 1866 - 5 July 1870]

Item Details

Creator: Sappho (Bark)
Subjects: Accidents, Alejandro Selkirk Island (Juan Fernández Islands)--Description and travel, Alfred Gibbs (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Alto (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Amy (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Anna (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Atlantic Ocean--Description and travel, B. Colcord (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Blue whale, Charles W. Morgan (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Cleone (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Concepción (Chile)--Description and trave, Contest (Ship : 1866-1871)--Sightings and encounters, Darwin Island (Galapagos Islands)--Description and travel, Desertion, Naval, Diseases, Falcon (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Finback whale, Flyingfishes, Galapagos Islands--Description and travel, Globicephala, Grampus (Mammals), Handy, James T.,1842-, Horn, Cape (Chile)--Description and travel, Humpback whale, Isabela Island (Galapagos Islands)--Description and travel, J.L. Hall (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Juan Fernandez Islands--Description and travel, Killer whale, Marcella (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Marine accidents, Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia)--Description and travel, Mars (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Martha (Bark : 1850-1874)--Sightings and encounters, Martha and Mary (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Mary and Susan (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Massachusetts (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Mocha Island (Chile)--Description and travel, Mount Wollaston (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, New Georgia (Solomon Islands)--Description and travel, Niger (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Nuka Hiva (French Polynesia)--Description and travel, Pacific Ocean--Description and travel, Paita (Peru)--Description and travel, Palmetto (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Porpoises, Riffle (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Right Whales, Rousseau (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Santa Maria Island (Galapagos Islands)--Description and travel, Santo Antao Island (Cabo Verde)--Description and travel, Seabury, Otis,1808-1880, Seafaring life, Sexually transmitted diseases, Socorro Island (Mexico)--Description and travel, Sperm whale, Sunbeam (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Swansea (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Talcahuano (Chile)--Description and travel, Tumbes (Peru)--Description and travel, Ua Huka (French Polynesia)--Description and travel, Whale oil, Whalebone, Whalers (Persons)--Wounds and injuries, Whaling masters, Whaling ships--Equipment and supplies, Whaling ships--Maintenance and repair, Whaling--Massachusetts--New Bedford, Wind damage, Windstorms, Wounds and injuries
Collections: Whaling Collections
Contributor: New Bedford Whaling Museum.
Date: 1 October 1866 - 5 July 1870
Language: english-handwritten
Referring Collections: newbedfordwhalingmuseumlogbooksandjournals, americana

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