Circumpolar Navigator

Arctic Heritage Library

[Vigilant (Bark) of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Otis F. Thatcher, keeper Otis F. Thatcher, on voyage 25 October 1870 - 21 August 1874],

Item Details

Creator: Vigilant (Bark : 1852-1879), Thatcher, Otis F.--(Otis Freeman)
Subjects: --Islander (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, --Mercury (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Accidents, Adeline Gibbs (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Aeolus (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Albany (W.A.)--Description and travel, Antipodes (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Atlantic Ocean--Description and travel, Blue whale, Brava (Cabo Verde)--Description and travel, C.A. Higgins (Schooner)--Sightings and encounters, Canton (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, County of Berwick (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Drowning, Drowning victims, Eliza Adams (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Elizabeth (Bark : 1847-1872)--Sightings and encounters, Emily Smith (Brig)--Sightings and encounters, Excelsior (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Finback whale, Frenchmans Cap (Tas.)--Description and travel, Gazelle (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, General Scott (Bark : 1871-1878)--Sightings and encounters, Globe (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Globicephala, Good Hope, Cape of (South Africa : Cape)--Description and travel, Governor Troup (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Hand-to-hand fighting, Hannibal (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Hercules (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Highlander (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Humpback whale, Indian Ocean--Description and travel, Java--Description and travel, Killer whale, Lady Clarendon (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Lancer (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Lucy (Brig)--Sightings and encounters, Marcella (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Marine accidents, Mermaid (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Midas (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Oatly (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Oceanus (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Ospray (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Palmetto (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Pigeon Island/Wawahi Waka (N.Z.)--Description and travel, Punishment, Right Whales, Sao Paulo (Brazil)--Description and travel, Sapphire (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Sea Shell (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Seafaring life, Shipwrecks, Sperm whale, Stamboul (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Swallow (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Tristan da Cunha--Description and travel, Union (Schooner : 1847-1883)--Sightings and encounters, Veloise (Brig)--Sightings and encounters, Verital (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Victoria (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Water Witch (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Watkins, William--(Shipowner), Whalers (Persons)--Death, Whalers (Persons)--Wounds and injuries, Whaling masters, Whaling--Massachusetts--New Bedford, Wounds and injuries, Young Phoenix (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
Collections: Whaling Collections
Contributor: New Bedford Whaling Museum
Language: English
Referring Collections: newbedfordwhalingmuseumlogbooksandjournals, americana

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