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[Niger (Ship) of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Amos A. Chase, keeper Merrill James and then William W. James, on voyage 30 August 1886 - 9 July 1890],

Item Details

Creator: Niger (Ship), James, Merrill, James, William W
Subjects: --Norfolk Island--Description and travel, --Taber, Gordon & Company (New Bedford, Mass.), --Tonga--Description and travel, Accidents, Atlantic Ocean--Description and travel, Blue whale, Chase, Amos A, Diseases, Drowning, Drowning victims, Earthquakes, Finback whale, Globicephala, Good Hope, Cape of (South Africa : Cape)--Description and travel, Hand-to-hand fighting, Horn, Cape (Chile)--Description and travel, Humpback whale, Indian Ocean--Description and travel, Insubordination, Islands, Bay of (N.Z.)--Description and travel, Killer whale, Marine accidents, Medicine, Naval, New Zealand--Description and travel, Niue--Description and travel, Pacific Ocean--Description and travel, Punishment, Right Whales, Seafaring life, Ships--Fires and fire prevention, Sperm whale, Tristan da Cunha Island (Tristan da Cunha)--Description and travel, Whalers (Persons)--Death, Whalers (Persons)--Health and hygiene, Whalers' spouses, Whaling masters, Whaling--Massachusetts--New Bedford, Women and the sea
Collections: Whaling Collections
Contributor: New Bedford Whaling Museum
Language: English
Referring Collections: newbedfordwhalingmuseumlogbooksandjournals, americana

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