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[Rodman (Bark) of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Elisha Babcock, keeper Elisha Babcock, on voyage 10 September 1855 - 13 July 1859]

Item Details

Creator: Rodman (Bark)
Subjects: --Drinking of alcoholic beverages, --Florida (Ship : 1827-1870)--Sightings and encounters, Accidents, Alexander (Ship : 1821-1858)--Sightings and encounters, Alfred Gibbs (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Ann (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Atlantic Ocean--Description and travel, Babcock, Eisha, Bali--Description and travel, Barter, Bay of Islands (N.A.)--Description and travel, Belle (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Blue whale, Canton Packet (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Catharine (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Christopher Mitchell (ship)--Sightings and encounters, Clothier, Pierce, 1824-1880, Commodore Morris (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Cruelty, Desertion, Naval, Dirk Hartog Island (W.A.)--Description and travel, Diseases, Doubtful Sound/Patea (N.Z.)--Description and travel, Dover (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Dromo (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Drowning, Drowning victims, Edward Cary (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Empire (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Faial Island (Azores)--Description and travel, Finback whale, Flores Island (Azores)--Description and travel, Franklin (Bark : 1853-1857)--Sightings and encounters, Gardner Pinnacles (Hawaii)--Description and travel, Gazelle (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Gideon Howland (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Globicephala, Grampus (Mammals), Hand-to-hand fighting, Homer (Brig)--Sightings and encounters, Humpback whale, Hunter (Ship : 1851-1867)--Sightings and encounters, India (Ship : 1809-1861)--Sightings and encounters, Indian Ocean--Description and travel, Indigenous peoples, Insubordination, James Allen (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, James Arnold (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, John & Edward (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, John A. Robb (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Julian (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Kerguelen Islands--Description and travel, Lapwing (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Leeuwin, Cape (W.A.)--Description and travel, Manganuioteao River (N.Z.)--Description and travel, Marine accidents, Mars (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Martha (Bark : 1850-1874)--Sightings and encounters, Mary (Ship : 1860-1865)--Sightings and encounters, Massasoit (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Mohawk (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Morgan, Charles Waln,1796-1861, Mount Wollaston (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, North Star (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Ocean (Ship : 1822-1869)--Sightings and encounters, Oneida (Ship : 1832-18640--Sightings and encounters, Pacific (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Pacific Ocean--Description and travel, Pamelia (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Phantom (Brig)--Sightings and encounters, Porpoises, Punishment, Rajah (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Roscoe (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Sabbath, Saint Paul's Island (Malta)--Description and travel, Sao Miguel Island (Azores)--Description and travel, Sea Ranger (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Seafaring life, Sexually transmitted diseases, Shark Bay (W.A.)--Description and travel, Ships--Painting, Sperm whale, Stewart Island/Rakiura (N.Z.)--Description and travel, Sumbawa Island (Indonesia)--Description and travel, Sunbeam (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Swallow (Ship : 1856-1869)--Sightings and encounters, Swift (Ship : 1805-1863)--Sightings and encounters, Turtles, Van Dieman Gulf (N.T.)--Description and travel, Warren (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Water Witch (Brig)--Sightings and encounters, Wavelet (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Whale oil, Whalebone, Whalers (Persons)--Death, Whalers (Persons)--Health and hygiene, Whalers (Persons)--Wounds and injuries, Whaling masters, Whaling ships--Equipment and supplies, Whaling ships--Maintenance and repair, Whaling--Massachusetts--New Bedford, William Hamilton (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Wounds and injuries, Young Hector (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
Collections: Whaling Collections
Contributor: New Bedford Whaling Museum
Date: [10 September 1855 - 13 July 1859]
Language: english-handwritten
Referring Collections: newbedfordwhalingmuseumlogbooksandjournals, americana

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