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Logbook of the Northern Light (Bark) of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Gilbert L. Smith, Thomas Mellen, and West Mitchell, kept by Robert Conley, on voyage from 1871 October 10-1880 May 17

Item Details

Creator: Northern Light (Bark), Northern Light (Bark), Smith, Gilbert L., Mellen, Thomas, Mitchell, West, Conley, Robert
Subjects: -78, Accidents, Alaska Natives, Alejandro Selkirk Island (Juan Fernï¿½ndez Islands)--Description and travel, Arctic Ocean--Description and travel, Atlantic Ocean--Description and travel, Blackfish, Blue whale, Bourne, J. Jr., Bourne, Jonathan,, Bowhead whale, Chukchi Sea, Conley, Robert, Finback whale, Globicephala, Gomes, Peter, Guam--Description and travel, Hawaii--Description and travel, Hier, Thomas--Death and burial, Honolulu (Hawaii)--Description and travel, Horn, Cape (Chile)--Description and travel, Humpback whale, Ice, Indigenous peoples, Inidgenous peoples, Insubordination, Japan, Sea of--Description and travel, Kamchatka Peninsula (Russia)--Description and travel, Kenai Peninsula (Alaska)--Description and travel, Lisbourne, Cape (Alaska)--Description and travel, Marine accidents, Martha's Vineyard (Mass.)--Social life and customs, Mellen, Thomas H, Mitchell, West, Mokil Atoll (Micronesia)--Description and travel, North Pacific Ocean--Description and travel, Northern Mariana Islands--Description and travel, Oahu (Hawaii)--Description and travel, Okhotsk, Sea of--Description and travel, Pacific Ocean--Description and travel, Panama--Description and travel, Pohnpei Island (Micronesia)--Description and travel, Punishment, Rescues, Right Whales, Saint Lawrence Island (Alaska)--Description and travel, Saint Paul Island (Terres australes et antarctiques franï¿½aises)--Description and travel, San Carlos (Nuble, Chile)--Description and travel, San Francisco (Calif.)--Description and travel, Seafaring life, Shipwrecks, Smith, Gilbert L, Sperm whale, Talcahuano (Chile)--Description and travel, Tumbez (Peru)--Description and travel, Voyages and travels, Walrus, Whalers (Persons), Whalers (Persons)--Death, Whalers' spouses, Whales, Whaling masters, Whaling--Massachusetts--New Bedford, Women and the sea, Yokohama, Port of (Japan)--Description and travel
Collections: Whaling Collections
Contributor: New Bedford Whaling Museum
Date: 1871
Language: English
Referring Collections: newbedfordwhalingmuseumlogbooksandjournals, americana

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