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Logbook of the Helen Snow (Bark) of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by George H. Macomber, kept by Joseph S. Worth, on voyage from 1871 October 17-1872 August 19 (abandoned in Arctic)

Item Details

Creator: Helen Snow (Bark), Helen Snow (Bark), Macomber, George H., Worth, Joseph S.
Subjects: Accidents, Arctic Ocean--Description and travel, Atlantic Ocean--Description and travel, Barrow, Point (Alaska)--Description and travel, Blue whale, Bone, Bowhead whale, Cape Verde--Description and travel, Collisions at sea, Crew lists, Drawings, Finback whale, Globicephala, Honolulu (Hawaii)--Description and travel, Horn, Cape (Chile)--Description and travel, Ice, Indigenous peoples, Inventories, Journals (accounts), Juan FernÃ¢andez Islands--Description and travel, Juan Fernndez Islands--Description and travel, Kealakekua Bay (Hawaii)--Description and travel, Killer whale, Logbooks, Loum Snow, Loum Snow & Son (New Bedford, Mass.), Macomber, George H., Marine accidents, Mocha Island (Chile)--Description and travel, Pacific Ocean--Description and travel, Sao Tiago Island (Cabo Verde)--Description and travel, Seafaring life, Ships Abandoning of, Shipwrecks, Sperm whale, Voyages and travels, Walrus, Whale oil, Whalers (Persons), Whales, Whaling masters, Whaling ships--Abandoning of, Whaling ships--Equipment and supplies, Whaling--Massachusetts--New Bedford
Collections: Whaling Collections
Contributor: New Bedford Whaling Museum
Date: 1871
Language: English
Referring Collections: newbedfordwhalingmuseumlogbooksandjournals, americana

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