Circumpolar Navigator

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[Hector (Ship) of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by George Manter, keeper George Manter, on voyage 18 December 1843 - 28 October 1847]

Item Details

Creator: Hector (Ship : 1818-1866)
Subjects: 1846-1848, Abigail (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Accidents, Aids to navigation, Alejandro Selkirk Island (Juan Fernández Islands)--Description and travel, Alfred (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Atlantic Ocean--Description and travel, Barclay (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Brava (Cabo Verde)--Description and travel, Callao (Callao, Peru)--Description and travel, Callao (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Caroline (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Cocos Island (Costa Rica)--Description and travel, Commodore Morris (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Concepcíon (Chile)--Description and travel, Desertion, Diseases, Dolphins, Drowning--Resuscitation, Dysentery, Eagle (Ship : 1816-1869)--Sightings and encounters, Eliza Adams (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Eliza L. B. Jenney (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Enterprise (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Equator (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Falkland Islands--Description and travel, Finback whale, Flyingfishes, Frances (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Galapagos Islands--Description and travel, General Scott (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, George Porter (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, George Washington (Ship : 1832-1860)--Sightings and encounters, Globicephala, Golconda (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Grampus (Mammals), Hawaii--Description and travel, Horn, Cape (Chile)--Description and travel, Humpback whale, Hurricanes--Sightings and encounters, Indigenous peoples--Sightings and encounters, Insubordination, Isabella (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, John Adams (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, Lucy (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Marine accidents, Mechanic (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Mexican War, Morgan, Charles Waln, 1796-1861, Nassau (Ship : 1824-1865)--Sightings and encounters, Naval, Niger (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Nuka Hiva (French Polynesia)--Description and travel, Orion (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Pacific Ocean--Description and travel, Paita (Peru)--Description and travel, Pernambuco (Brazil)--Description and travel, Peruvian (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Phillip the First (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849, Porpoises, Presidents--Election--1860--United States, Punishment, Religion, Rescues, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)--Description and travel, Robert Edwards (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Roscius (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Russell (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Sabbath, San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands)--Description and travel, Santa Elena Bay (Ecuador)--Description and travel, Santa Maria Island (Galapagos Islands)--Description and travel, Santo Antao Island (Cabo Verde)--Description and travel, Seafaring life, Society Islands (French Polynesia)--Description and travel, Spartan (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Sperm whale, Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island)--Description and travel, Talcahuano (Chile)--Description and travel, Tumbes (Peru)--Description and travel, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865, Valparaíso (Chile)--Description and travel, Venus (Planet)--Observations, Whalers (Persons)--Death, Whalers (Persons)--Health and hygiene, Whaling masters--Wounds and injuries, Whaling ships--Equipment and supplies, Whaling ships--Maintence and repair, Whaling--Massachusetts--New Bedford, William Wilson (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Wind damage, Wisconsin--Description and travel, Wisconsin--Social life and customs, Wounds and injuries
Collections: Whaling Collections
Contributor: New Bedford Whaling Museum
Date: 18 December 1843 - 28 October 1847
Language: eng
Referring Collections: newbedfordwhalingmuseumlogbooksandjournals, americana

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