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[Stafford (Bark) of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Obed Pierce, keeper unknown, on voyage 16 October 1860 - 10 September 1864],

Item Details

Creator: Stafford (Bark)
Subjects: Accidents, Alpha (Ship), Atlantic Ocean, Blue whale, Columbia (Ship : 1841), Death, Description and travel, Elizabeth (Ship : 1837-1864), Finback whale, Gay Head (Bark), Globicephala, Hathaway, William,, Howland Island, Humpback whale, Indian Ocean, Indigenous peoples, Islands, Bay of (N.Z.), Japan (Bark), Kirua (Kiribati), Little Makin (Kiribati), Maintenance and repair, Makatea (French Polynesia), Marine accidents, Massachusetts, Massachusetts (Bark), Mokil Atoll (Micronesia), Napoleon (Bark), New Bedford, Nikunau (Kiribati), Nonouti (Kiribati), Nukufetau (Tuvalu), Pacific Ocean, Pierce, Obed, Right Whales, Seafaring life, Shipwrecks, Sightings and encounters, Sophia Thornton (Ship), Sperm whale, Sun (Bark), Tabiteuea (Kiribati), Tahuata (French Polynesia), Tutuila Island (American Samoa), Upolu (Samoa), Whaleboats, Whalers (Persons), Whaling, Whaling masters, Woodlark Island (Papua New Guinea)
Collections: Whaling Collections
Contributor: New Bedford Whaling Museum
Language: English
Referring Collections: newbedfordwhalingmuseumlogbooksandjournals, americana

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