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[Samuel Robertson (Ship) of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Daniel McKenzie Sr., keeper Daniel McKenzie Jr., on voyage 8 November 1837 - 24 January 1840]

Item Details

Creator: Samuel Robertson (Ship)
Subjects: --Elizabeth (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, --Tonga--Description and travel, --Upolu (Samoa)--Description and travel, 'Eua Island (Tonga)--Description and travel, Accidents, Adeline (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, American (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Angelina (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Ann (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Arab (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Athalia (Bark)--Sightings and encounter, Atlantic Ocean--Description and travel, Atlas (Brig)--Sightings and encounters, Averick Heinecken (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Baltic (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Banks Peninsula (N.Z.)--Description and travel, Barter, Birthday parties--Brazil, Blue whale, Cachalot (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Cloudy Bay (N.Z.)--Description and travel, Congress (Ship : 1831-1865)--Sightings and encounters, Desertion, Naval, Diego Ramírez Islands (Chile)--Description and travel, Diseases, Erie (Ship)--Sightings and encounter, Favorite (Bark)--Sightings and encounter, Finback whale, Firearms accidents, Florence (Brig)--Sightings and encounters, France (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Gagne (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Gardner (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, George (Ship)--Sightings and encounter, Globicephala, Good Hope, Cape of (South Africa : Cape)--Description and travel, Governor Burke (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Grand Turk (Whaling ship)--Sightings and encounters, Harriett (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Hoogley (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Horn, Cape (Chile)--Description and travel, Houqua (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Humpback whale, Indian Ocean--Description and travel, Indigenous peoples--Sightings and encounters, Islands, Bay of (N.Z.)--Description and travel, Izette (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, James Stewart (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Jasper (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Java (Ship : 1818-1855)--Sightings and encounters, John Adams (Whaling ship)--Sightings and encounters, Kendrick, Thomas, Killer whale, Knife fighting, Luminary (ship)--Sightings and encounters, Lydia (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Malinda (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Manawatawhi/Three Kings Islands (N.Z.)--Description and travel, Marine accidents, Mary and Martha (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Mattapoisett (Brig)--Sightings and encounters, McKenzie, Daniel (Shipmaster), Medicine, Mercury (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Merrimac (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Missionaries, Mount Vernon (Ship : 1820-1856)--Sightings and encounters, Nathaniel P. Tallmadge (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Naval, Neiafu (Vava'u, Nile (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Niuatoputapu Island (Tonga)--Description and travel, Orion (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Pacific Ocean--Description and travel, Parker (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Penguins, Pocahontas (Brig)--Sightings and encounters, Punishment, Raivavae Island (French Polynesia)--Description and travel, Raoul Island (Kermadec Islands)--Description and travel, Richard Mitchell (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Right Whales, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)--Description and travel, Robeson, Andrew, 1787-1862, Rolans (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Rosalie (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Roscoe (Bark : 1833-1859)--Sightings and encounters, Saint Paul Island (Terres australes et antarctiques francaises)--Description and travel, Santo Antao Island (Cabo Verde)--Description and travel, Seafaring life, Sexually transmitted diseases, Shark (Schooner)--Sightings and encounters, Ships--Fires and fire prevention, Sperm whale, Swift (Ship : 1805-1863)--Sightings and encounters, Thomas Dickason (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Tonga--Social life and customs, Tweed (Brig)--Sightings and encounters, Warren (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Watts, Charles--Death and burial, 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, Wind damage, Windstorms--Sightings and encounters, Winslow (Bark : 1833-1858)--Sightings and encounters, Women and the sea, Wounds and injuries
Collections: Whaling Collections
Contributor: New Bedford Whaling Museum
Date: 8 November 1837 - 24 January 1840
Language: eng
Referring Collections: newbedfordwhalingmuseumlogbooksandjournals, americana

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