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[Journal kept by Henry Thompson recording his time at sea on twenty six English whaling and merchant voyages]

Item Details

Creator: Thompson, Henry--(Shipmaster)
Subjects: --International trade, --Merchant ships--Equipment and supplies, --Ship captains, Accidents, Adam Drochart (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Amsterdam (Netherlands)--Commerce, Amsterdam (Netherlands)--Description and travel, Atlantic Ocean--Description and travel, Baltic Sea -- Description and travel, Barinhid, Martin, Batcheler (Ship), Bunta Callf (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Claus Peterson (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Coastwise shipping., Cornelius (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Cornelius Seamons (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Drammen (Norway)--Commerce, Drammen (Norway)--Description and travel, Esperance (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Exchange of Scarborough (Ship), Greenland Adventure (Ship), Greenland--Description and travel, Hamburg (Germany)--Description and travel, Harwich (England)--Commerce, Harwich (England)--Description and travel, Hathan, Edward, Hope (Ship), Hopewell (Ship), Hull (England)--Commerce, Hull (England)--Description and travel, Iceland--Description and travel, Jan de Yager (Ship)--Sightings and encounter, John Ditmarsh (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Lemmon, Robert--(Shipmaster), London (England)--Commerce, London (England)--Description and trav, Love's Increase (Ship), Marine accidents, Mayflower (Ship), Merchant marine, Merchant ships--England--Hull, Merchant ships--Germany--Stralsund, Merchant's Good Will (Ship), North Sea--Description and travel, Old Man (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Rescues, Rotterdam (Netherlands)--Commerce, Rotterdam (Netherlands)--Description and travel, Seafaring life, Shipping--England--Harwich, Shipping--England--Hull, Shipping--England--London., Shipping--England--St. Ives, Shipping--England--Yarmouth, Shipping--Netherlands--Amsterdam., Shipping--Netherlands--Rotterdam., Shipping--Norway--Drammen, Shipping--Poland--Leba, Shipwrecks, Smith, Marmeduke, Spitsbergen Island (Norway)--Description and travel, St. Ives (Cornwall, England)--Commerce, St. Ives (Cornwall, England)--Description and travel, St. John of Konigsberg (Ship), Supply (Ship), Whalers (Persons), Whaling masters, Whaling ships--Equipment and supplies, Whaling--England--Hull, William Logan (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Wind damage, Windstorms, Yarmouth (England)--Commerce, Yarmouth (England)--Description and travel
Collections: Whaling Collections
Contributor: New Bedford Whaling Museum
Date: 22 November 1668 - 1 March 1686
Language: eng
Referring Collections: newbedfordwhalingmuseumlogbooksandjournals, americana

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