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Logbook of the Mount Wollaston (Ship) and James Allen (Bark), mastered and kept by James M. Willis on two voyages from 1862 November 21-1868 December 25

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Creator: Mount Wollaston (Ship), James Allen (Bark), Willis, James M.
Subjects: Active (Bark : 1839-1874)--Sightings encounters, Anadyr, Gulf (Russia)--Description travel, Arctic Ocean--Description travel, Arctic travel, Aurora encounters, Awashonks encounters, Bering Sea--Description travel, Caldera (Schooner)--Sightings encounters, California 1842-1889)--Sightings encounters, Champion 1833-1871)--Sightings encounters, Concordia encounters, Corinthian (Ship)--Sightings encounters, Cornelius encounters, Count Bismark encounters, Desertion, Naval, Diomede Islands (Alaska Russia)--Description travel, Eagle 1816-1869)--Sightings encounters, Finback whale, Florida 1821-1871)--Sightings encounters, Fox travel, George encounters, Gideon Allen & Son (New Bedford, Mass.), Gideon Mass.), Globicephala, Helen Snow Mar encounters, Honolulu (Hawaii)--Description travel, Ice, Indigenous peoples, John Howland (Bark)--Sightings encounters, Josephine 1856-1876)--Sightings encounters, Julian encounters, Kohola (Brig)--Sightings encounters, Lisburne, travel, Lydia encounters, Massachusetts encounters, Mobulidae, Molokai travel, Monticello encounters, Nautilus encounters, Navy encounters, Oahu travel, Ohio encounters, Onward encounters, Oriole encounters, Pacific travel, Point Hope Paul travel, Port Clarence travel, Prince of Wales, Cape travel, Progress encounters, Reindeer (Ship 1853-1871)--Sightings encounters, Saint Lawrence Island (Alaska)--Description travel, Seafaring life, St. George 1828-1876)--Sightings encounters, Three Brothers encounters, Trident encounters, Vineyard encounters, Voyages and travels, Walrus, Walrus hunting, Whale oil, Whalebone, Whalers (Persons), Whales, Whaling masters, Whaling ships--Equipment supplies, Whaling ships--Maintenance repair, Whaling--Massachusetts--New Bedford, Whaling--Massachusetts--New masters, Willis, James M., Willis, James M.Bowhead whale, Wind damage, Windstorms
Collections: Whaling Collections
Contributor: New Bedford Whaling Museum
Date: 1865
Language: English
Referring Collections: newbedfordwhalingmuseumlogbooksandjournals, americana

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