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[Oscar (Bark) of Mattapoisett, Mass., mastered by Franklin Cross, keeper Thomas C. Landers, on voyage 28 November 1854 - 30 April 1857],

Item Details

Creator: Oscar (Bark), Landers, Thomas C
Subjects: --Florida (Ship : 1827-1870)--Sightings and encounters, Accidents, Aitutaki Atoll (Cook Islands)--Description and travel, America (Ship : 1822-1862)--Sightings and encounters, Arab (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Assault and battery, Atlantic Ocean--Description and travel, Banaba (Kiribati)--Description and travel, Bowhead whale, Brutus (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Cambria (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Church attendance, Cornelius Howland (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Cortes (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Cross, Franklin, Desertion, Naval, Diseases, Edward L. Frost (Schooner)--Sightings and encounters, Euphrates (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Fabius (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Favorite (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Finback whale, George & Mary (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Globicephala, Hand-to-hand fighting, Hilo (Hawaii)--Description and travel, Horn, Cape (Chile)--Description and travel, Humpback whale, Insubordination, Isla de los Estados (Argentina)--Description and travel, J.E. Donnell (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Janus (Ship : 1842-1875)--Sightings and encounters, Japanese--Sightings and encounters, John Wells (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Josiah Holmes, Jr. & Brother, Junior (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Levi Starbuck (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Lewis (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Magnolia (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Maria Theresa (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Marine accidents, Mary Frazier (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Mutiny, Nathaniel S. Perkins (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Nauru--Description and travel, Nauticon (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Okhotsk, Sea of--Description and travel, Omega (Ship : 1836-1844)--Sightings and encounters, Pacific Ocean--Description and travel, Philip (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Phoenix (Ship : 1827-1861)--Sightings and encounters, Poetry, Public worship, Punishment, Right Whales, Robin Hood (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Roman (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Round Island (Dillingham Census Area, Alaska)--Description and travel, Ryukyu Islands--Description and travel, Sarah (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Seafaring life, Ship trials, Ships--Fires and fire prevention, Sperm whale, Swearing, Trials (Arson), Trident (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, 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--Mattapoisett, Wounds and injuries
Collections: Whaling Collections
Contributor: New Bedford Whaling Museum
Language: English
Referring Collections: newbedfordwhalingmuseumlogbooksandjournals, americana

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