Circumpolar Navigator

Arctic Heritage Library

[Bowditch (Ship) of Warren, RI, mastered by Nathaniel W. Sowle, keeper unknown, on voyage 9 June 1843 - 8 May 1846]

Item Details

Creator: Bowditch (Ship)
Subjects: Accidents, America (Ship : 1822-1862)--Sightings and encounters, Ansel Gibbs (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Atlantic Ocean--Description and travel, Averick (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Barter, Blue whale, Brighton (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Columbia (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Desertion, Naval, Electra (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Faial Island (Azores)--Description and travel, Falcon (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Finback whale, Fletcher, Thomas, Franklin (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Globicephala, Hamilton (Ship : 1835-1849)--Sightings and encounters, Hand-to-hand fighting, Hand-to-hand fighting injuries, Harbinger (Brig)--Sightings and encounters, Henry Lee (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Hope (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Horn, Cape (Chile)--Description and travel, Humpback whale, India (Ship : 1809-1861)--Sightings and encounters, Indigenous peoples--Sightings and encounters, Islands, Bay of (N.Z.)--Description and travel, Kamchatka Peninsula (Russia)--Description and travel, Killer whale, Lowell (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Margaret (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Marine accidents, Mary and Martha (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Pacific Ocean--Description and travel, Phoenix Islands (Kiribati)--Description and travel, Progress (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Punishment, Right Whales, Romulus (Ship : 1830-1860)--Sightings and encounters, Santo Antao Island (Cabo Verde)--Description and travel, Sao Vicente Island (Cabo Verde)--Description and travel, Seafaring life, Sharon (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Sowle, Nathaniel W., Trinidad--Description and travel, Tuscany (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Tutuila Island (American Samoa)--Description and travel, Whalers (Persons)--Wounds and injuries, Whaling masters, Whaling ships--Equipment and supplies, Whaling ships--Maintenance and repair, Whaling--Rhode Island--Warren, Wounds and injuries
Collections: Whaling Collections
Contributor: New Bedford Whaling Museum
Date: 9 June 1843 - 8 May 1846
Language: eng
Referring Collections: newbedfordwhalingmuseumlogbooksandjournals, americana

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