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[Logbook of the Gay Head (Ship) of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by William Lowen, on voyage from 20 Oct. 1856-28 Aug. 1860]

Item Details

Creator: Gay Head (Ship)
Subjects: Aitutaki Atoll (Cook Islands)--Description and travel, Arctic Ocean--Description and travel, Honolulu (Hawaii)--Description and travel, Illustrations, Islands, Bay of (N.Z.)--Description and travel, J.B. Wood, J.B. Wood & Co. (New Bedford, Mass.), Logbooks, Lowen, William, Marine accidents, Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia)--Description and travel, Maui (Hawaii)--Description and travel, Mutiny, Oahu (Hawaii)--Description and travel, Okhotsk, Sea of--Description and travel, Pacific Ocean--Description and travel, Pitcairn Island--Description and travel, Punishment, Rarotonga (Cook Islands)--Description and travel, Saint Lawrence Island (Alaska)--Description and travel, Seafaring life, Ships--Equipment and supplies, South Atlantic Ocean--Description and travel, Voyages and travels, Whalers (Persons), Whalers (Persons)--Death, Whales, Whaling masters, Whaling--Massachusetts--New Bedford
Collections: Whaling Collections
Contributor: New Bedford Whaling Museum
Date: 1856
Language: eng
Referring Collections: newbedfordwhalingmuseumlogbooksandjournals, americana

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