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Logbook of the Beluga (Steam bark), out of San Francisco, Calif., mastered by Hartson H. Bodfish, kept by Hartson H. Bodfish, on voyage from 30 March 1897-1899 October 4

Item Details

Creator: Beluga (Steam bark), Beluga (Steam bark), Bodfish, Hartson H.
Subjects: Arctic Ocean--Description and travel, Beaufort Sea--Description and travel, Bering Strait--Description and travel, Bowhead whale, Cape Bathurst (N.W.T.)--Description and travel, Chukchi Sea--Description and travel, Diomede Islands (Alaska and Russia)--Description and travel, Dutch Harbor--Description and travel, Griffith, Edwin L., Herschel Island (Yukon)--Description and travel, Illustrations, Indigenous people, Logbooks, Marine accidents, Medicine, Naval, Mutiny, Port Clarence (Alaska)--Description and travel, Punishment, Saint Lawrence Island (Alaska)--Description and travel, Seafaring life, Sealing--California--San Francisco, Seals (Animals), Sketches, Smyth, Cape (Alaska)--Description and travel, Sperm whale, Voyages and travels, Walrus, Whalers (Persons), Whalers (Persons)--Death, Whales, Whaling masters, Whaling--California--San Francisco, White whale
Collections: Whaling Collections
Contributor: New Bedford Whaling Museum
Date: 1897
Language: English
Referring Collections: newbedfordwhalingmuseumlogbooksandjournals, americana

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