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[Narragansett (Screw sloop) of Boston, Mass., unknown master, keeper Henry W. Fitch, on voyage 14 November 1859 - 11 August 1861],

Item Details

Creator: Narragansett (Screw sloop), Fitch, Henry W.,--1833-
Subjects: --Norfolk (Va.)--Description and travel, Acapulco (Mexico)--Description and travel, Accidents, Andes (Steamship)--Sightings and encounters, Ardier (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Atlantic Ocean--Description and travel, Barter, Bogota (Steamship)--Sightings and encounters, Borja Bay (Chile)--Description and travel, Boston (Mass.)--Description and travel, Buchanta (Frigate)--Sightings and encounters, Callao (Peru)--Description and travel, Clara Belle (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Clarice (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Cortez (Steamship)--Sightings and encounters, Cromwell (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Diseases, Finback whale, Globicephala, Guayaquil (Ecuador)--Description and travel, Horn, Cape (Chile)--Description and travel, Indigenous peoples, Lancaster (Sloop of war)--Sightings and encounters, Magellan, Strait of (Chile and Argentina)--Description and travel, Marine accidents, Mary Hill (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Mutinee (Sloop of war)--Sightings and encounters, Pacific Ocean--Description and travel, Page (Schooner)--Sightings and encounters, Panama--Description and travel, Pisco (Peru)--Description and travel, Punishment, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)--Description and travel, Sailors--Death--United States, Sailors--Health and hygiene--United States, Sailors--Wounds and injuries--United States, Santa Catarina (Brazil : State)--Description and travel, Seafaring life, United States.--Navy--Cruise, 1859, United States.--Navy.--Pacific Squadron, Valparaíso (Chile)--Description and travel, Vixen (Steamship)--Sightings and encounters, Women and the sea, Wounds and injuries, Wyoming (Steamship)--Sightings and encounters
Collections: Whaling Collections
Contributor: New Bedford Whaling Museum
Language: English
Referring Collections: newbedfordwhalingmuseumlogbooksandjournals, americana

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