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[Vesper (Ship) of New London, Conn., mastered by John P. Hempstead, keeper unknown, on voyage 19 July 1855 - 20 June 1858],

Item Details

Creator: Vesper (Ship)
Subjects: Accidents, Amputation, Atlantic Ocean--Description and travel, Blue whale, Children and the sea, Corvo Island (Azores)--Description and travel, Cruelty, Desertion, Naval.Crue, Faial Island (Azores)--Description and travel, Finback whale, Foot--Amputation, Fremantle (W.A.)--Description and travel, Geographe Bay (W.A.)--Description and travel, Globicephala, Hempstead, John P, Humpback whale, Indian Ocean--Description and travel, Killer whale, Marine accidents, Mary (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Mauritius--Description and travel, North Star (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Pacific Ocean--Description and travel, Punishment, Rescues, Right Whales, Saint Helena--Description and travel, Sao Nicolau Island (Cape Verde)--Description and travel, Seafaring life, Shipwrecks, Sperm whale, Stowaways, Tristan da Cunha--Description and travel, Whalers (Persons)--Wounds and injuries, Whalers' spouses, Whaling masters, Whaling ships--Equipment and supplies, Whaling--Connecticut--New London, Williams & Barnes (New London, Conn.), Women and the sea, Wounds and injuries
Collections: Whaling Collections
Contributor: New Bedford Whaling Museum
Language: english
Referring Collections: newbedfordwhalingmuseumlogbooksandjournals, americana

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