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[Mercator (Bark) of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Alexander H. Macomber, keeper unknown, on voyage 6 July 1850 - 9 September 1852]

Item Details

Creator: Mercator (Bark)
Subjects: Accidents, Aerial (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Andrews (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Ann Alexander (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Ann Elizabeth (Brig)--Sightings and encounters, Annawan (Brig : 1841-1859)--Sightings and encounters, Antarctic (Schooner)--Sightings and encounters, Atlantic Ocean--Description and travel, Bahamas--Description and travel, Baltimore (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Barclay (Ship : 1819-1856)--Sightings and encounters, Bevis (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Cornelia (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Desertion, Naval, Diseases, Dominica--Description and travel, Drowning, Drowning victims, Dunbarton (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, E. Nickerson (Brig)--Sightings and encounters, Eugene (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Exchange (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Faial Island (Azores)--Description and travel, Finback whale, Flores Island (Azores)--Description and travel, Franklin (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Garland (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, General Scott (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, George Howland (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, George Washington (Ship : 1832-1860)--Sightings and encounters, Globicephala, Good Hope, Cape of (South Africa : Cape)--Description and travel, Governor Hopkins (Brig)--Sightings and encounters, Grampus (Mammals), Greyhound (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Harbinger (Brig)--Sightings and encounters, Indian Ocean--Description and travel, John M. Mayo (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Killer whale, Lagrange (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Lightning (Brig)--Sightings and encounters, Macomber, Alexander, Malta (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Marine accidents, Martha (Bark : 1850-1874)--Sightings and encounters, Mary Emiline (Brig)--Sightings and encounters, Metacom (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Mexico (Brig)--Sightings and encounters, Minerva (Ship : 1816-1860)--Sightings and encounters, Once (Schooner)--Sightings and encounters, Osceola (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Parker, John Avery, --1769-1853, Peri (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Pico Island (Azores)--Description and travel, Pocahontas (Ship : 1821-1857)--Sightings and encounters, Punishment, Resolution (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Sacramento (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Saint Thomas (United States Virgin Islands : Island)--Description and travel, Sal (Cabo Verde)--Description and travel, Sao Jorge Island (Azores)--Description and travel, Sao Miguel Island (Azores)--Description and travel, Sao Vicente Island (Cabo Verde)--Description and travel, Sea Fox (Bark : 1851-1890)--Sightings and encounters, Seafaring life, September (Brig)--Sightings and encounters, Spartan (Bark : 1869-1876)--Sightings and encounters, Sperm whale, Stafford (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Sun (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Sylph (Whaling ship)--Sightings and encounters, Terceira Island (Azores)--Description and travel, Thomas Winslow (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Tiger (Ship : 1845-1858)--Sightings and encounters, Union (Schooner : 1847-1883)--Sightings and encounters, Whalers (Persons)--Death, Whalers (Persons)--Health and hygiene, Whaling masters, Whaling--Massachusetts--New Bedford, William C. Nye (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, William Rotch (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Winthrop (Bark)--Sightings and encounters
Collections: Whaling Collections
Contributor: New Bedford Whaling Museum
Date: 6 July 1850 - 9 September 1852
Language: english-handwritten
Referring Collections: newbedfordwhalingmuseumlogbooksandjournals, americana

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