Circumpolar Navigator

Arctic Heritage Library

[Lydia (Ship) of Fairhaven, Mass., mastered by Elisha Babcock, Jr., keeper unknown, on voyage 16 May 1860 - 16 May 1864],

Item Details

Creator: Lydia (Ship : 1840-1864)
Subjects: --Fiji--Description and travel, Accidents, Adeline (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Atlantic Ocean--Description and travel, Babcock, Elisa, Birth, Blue whale, Brewster (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Caroline (Brig)--Sightings and encounters, Champion (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Charles Carroll (Ship : 1828-1862)--Sightings and encounters, Chatham Island (N.Z.)--Description and travel, Children and the sea, Cholera, Columbus (Bark : 1819-1864)--Sightings and encounters, Crozet Islands--Description and travel, Daniel Wood (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Desdemona (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Diseases, Drowning, Drowning victims, Drowning--Resuscitation, Elizabeth (Bark : 1847-1872)--Sightings and encounters, Faial Island (Azores)--Description and travel, Finback whale, Gay Head (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Globicephala, Good Hope, Cape of (South Africa : Cape)--Description and travel, Hand-to-hand fighting, Humpback whale, Hunter (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Indian Ocean--Description and travel, Java (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Jenney & Tripp (Fairhaven, Mass.), Kathleen (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Madagascar--Description and travel, Marine accidents, Matilda Sears (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Mauritius--Description and travel, Messenger (Bark : 1859-1863)--Sightings and encounters, Milwood (Ship : 1806-1871)--Sightings and encounters, Minerva Smyth (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Nautilus (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Navigator (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Pacific Ocean--Description and travel, Pamelia (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Penguin Islands (Namibia)--Description and travel, Percy (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Pines, Isle of (New Caledonia)--Description and travel, Plover (Ship : 1855-1862)--Sightings and encounters, Prince Edwards (Brig)--Sightings and encounters, Punishment, Rescues, Right Whales, Rodrigues (Mauritius)--Description and travel, Santo Ant�o Island (Cabo Verde)--Description and travel, Sarah (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Seafaring life, Southern Cross (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Sperm whale, Sun (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Tasmania--Description and travel, Thomas Pope (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Victory (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Wachusett (Steamer)--Sightings and encounters, Whale oil, Whalebone, Whalers (Persons)--Death, Whalers (Persons)--Wounds and injuries, Whalers' spouses, Whaling masters, Whaling ships--Equipment and supplies, Whaling ships--Maintenance and repair, Whaling--Massachusetts--Fairhaven, Women and the sea, Wounds and injuries, Young Phoenix (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
Collections: Whaling Collections
Contributor: New Bedford Whaling Museum
Language: English
Referring Collections: newbedfordwhalingmuseumlogbooksandjournals, americana

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